ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU combine to air all 15 tournament games; Women’s Championship Weekend on ESPN3 & ESPNU

The 16-team bracket for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual  was unveiled exclusively Sunday on ESPNU with Syracuse earning the No. 1 seed in the field. Tournament play begins with first-round action Saturday, May 11, featuring Lehigh at No. 5 seed North Carolina at noon ET on ESPN2. Sunday’s games open with Cornell at No. 6 Maryland at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.

The defending national champion Loyola-Maryland travels to No. 7 seed Duke on Sunday, May 12, at 5:15 p.m. on ESPNU.  All games throughout the championship on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU can also be seen on WatchESPN.

ESPN networks will provide exclusive coverage of all 15 games of the NCAA Championship for the seventh straight year. Coverage will be across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and WatchESPN beginning Saturday, May 11, and concludes with the national title game on Monday, May 27.  The women’s championship weekend – beginning Friday, May 24, with the national semifinals – will be shown on ESPN3, followed by the title game on Sunday, May 26, on ESPNU and WatchESPN.

ESPN’s top lacrosse commentating team will again be in position throughout the NCAA Championship, led by veteran play-by-play voice Eamon McAnaney, along with analyst Quint Kessenich and sideline reporter/analyst Paul Carcaterra. During their college careers, Kessenich (Johns Hopkins) and Carcaterra (Syracuse) both played in four NCAA Championships and each won a national title with their respective teams.

Also joining ESPN’s early-round coverage are analysts Ryan Boyle (three-time Princeton All-American), Mark Dixon (John Hopkins midfielder), Ryan Flanagan (North Carolina defenseman), Stephen McElduff (North Carolina defenseman and team co- captain) and Matt Ward (Tewaaraton trophy winner and Virginia attackman). Calling game action will be Joe Beninati, Mike Corey and Booker Corrigan.

Host Anish Shroff will be at ESPNU’s Charlotte, N.C., studios with analyst Kessenich for all first-round action. Joining the duo for Saturday’s games will be 21^st-year Virginia head coach Dom Starsia, while 13^th-year John Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala will be in studio on Sunday.

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (Subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network(s)
Sat, May 11	Noon	First Round: Lehigh at No. 5 seed North Carolina Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	First Round: Yale at No. 8 seed Penn State Joe Beninati & Stephen McElduff	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	First Round: Detroit at No. 2 seed Notre Dame Mark Dixon & Matt Ward	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	First Round: Albany at No. 4 seed Denver Booker Corrigan & Jamie Munro	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, May 12	1 p.m.	First Round: Cornell at No. 6 seed Maryland Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	3 p.m.	First Round: Towson at No. 3 seed Ohio State Ben Holden & Matt Ward	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	5:15 p.m.	First Round: Loyola-Maryland at No. 7 seed Duke Mark Dixon & Ryan Flanagan	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	First Round: Bryant at No. 1 seed Syracuse Mike Corey & Ryan Boyle	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, May 18	12:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #1 (Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Update Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	3 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #2 (Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Update Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Sun, May 19	Noon	Quarterfinal: Game #3 (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #4 (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, May 25	2:30 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #1 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #2 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Mon, May 27	1 p.m.	National Championship (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN / WatchESPN
	3:30 p.m.	2013 NCAA Lacrosse Championship Post Game Show Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPNU / WatchESPN

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (Subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network
Fri, May 24	5 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #1 (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #2 (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPN3
Sun, May 26	8 p.m.	National Championship (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPNU / WatchESPN

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ESPN’s 2013 college lacrosse schedule features an increase in games, plus the debut of the ESPNU Wednesday Men’s Lacrosse Game of the Week showcasing nationally-ranked teams and high-quality games. This year’s coverage includes 53 total games – 44 regular season, 46 men’s and seven women’s – including the crowning of the ACC, BIG EAST, America East and Ivy League tournament champions. All ESPNU programming will be available on computers at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

Play commences on Friday, Feb. 8 with Siena facing No. 6 Johns Hopkins at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.

Schedule Highlights:

• ESPNU will be the home to 38 games – 33 regular season, 36 men’s and two women’s matchups
• The Wednesday Men’s Game of the Week on ESPNU opens March 6 and runs through April 10, including a top-10 matchup between ACC rivals No. 4 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina on March 13, at 7:30 p.m.
• ESPNU will air all three games of the ACC Men’s Lacrosse Championship from Chapel Hill, N.C., on Friday, April 26 and Sunday, April 28, while the 24-hour sports network will carry a BIG EAST men’s semifinal and the title game, along with America East and Ivy League men’s title games
• ESPN3 will have a minimum of 15 games – 10 men’s and five women’s, plus a live airing of a BIG EAST Men’s Championship semifinal game on Thursday, May 2
• The men’s schedule includes at least one appearance from each team in the top 10 of the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Top 20 and 14-of-16 teams that qualified for the 2012 NCAA Championship
• A rematch of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinal featuring currently-ranked No. 2 Maryland at No. 4 Duke on Saturday, March 2 at 11 a.m. on ESPNU
• An additional top-five men’s game include No. 5 North Carolina at No. 2 Maryland on Saturday, March 23, at noon (ESPN3)
• Games from five in-season men’s tournaments – Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic in Chester, Pa., home to the 2013 NCAA Championship weekend, on Saturday, March 9; Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic in Denver, on Saturday, March 16; Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic in Flushing, N.Y., on Sunday, March 17; Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic in Baltimore, on Saturday, March 23; and Konica Minolta Big City Classic in East Rutherford, N.J., on Saturday, April 27
• The women’s schedule includes at least one appearance from five teams in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Top 20 – No. 3 Northwestern, No. 6 Duke, No. 9 Penn State, No. 13 Georgetown and No. 16 Johns Hopkins
• The entire ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship, also from Chapel Hill, N.C., will be on ESPN3 on Friday, April 26 and Sunday, April 28

This season, the network’s telecasts will include a deep roster of experienced and knowledgeable lacrosse analysts: Ryan Boyle (Four-time All-American at Princeton), Paul Carcaterra (All-American at Syracuse and a member of 1995 National Championship team), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder), Ryan Flanagan (All-American defenseman at UNC), Quint Kessenich (Four-time All-American at Johns Hopkins), Jamie Munro (All-American at Brown and former Denver head coach) and Matt Ward (former Virginia attackman and 2006 Tewaaraton winner). Play-by-play announcers include: ESPNU’s Anish Shroff, Joe Beninati (Bowdoin College goalie), Mike Corey and Eamon McAnaney (Notre Dame defenseman). Courtney Martinez-Connor (Four-time NCAA Championship at Maryland) will handle analysis of the women’s games.

ESPNU & ESPN3 2013 Division I Men’s Lacrosse Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Networks
Sun, Jan 27	1:30 p.m.*	US Men’s National Team at No. 1 Loyola (Md.)	ESPN3
Fri, Feb 8	5 p.m.	Siena at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Feb 23	1 p.m.^	Michigan at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPN3
Fri, Mar 1	5 p.m.	No. 13 Princeton at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Mar 2	11 a.m.	No. 2 Maryland at No. 4 Duke	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Tue, Mar 5	5 p.m.	Mount St. Mary’s at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Wed, Mar 6	5 p.m.	UMBC at No. 2 Maryland	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Mar 8	5 p.m.	UMBC at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Mar 9	Noon	Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic (Chester, Pa.): St. John’s at No. 14 Syracuse	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic (Chester, Pa.): Penn vs. Villanova	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic (Chester, Pa.): Penn State vs. No. 8 Lehigh	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 10	TBD	Stony Brook at No. 2 Maryland	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 4 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Mar 16	1 p.m.	No. 6 Johns Hopkins at No. 14 Syracuse	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	4 p.m.	Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Lacrosse Classic (Denver, Colo.): No. 1 Loyola (Md.) vs. Air Force	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.$	Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Lacrosse Classic (Denver, Colo.): No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Denver	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 17	TBD	Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic (Flushing, N.Y.): Michigan vs. No. 11 Colgate	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	TBD	Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic (Flushing, N.Y.): Holy Cross vs. Navy	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 20	6 p.m.	No. 12 Massachusetts at No. 8 Lehigh	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Mar 22	5 p.m.	No. 20 Yale at No. 13 Princeton	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Mar 23	Noon	No. 5 North Carolina at No. 2 Maryland	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore, Md.): No. 11 Colgate vs. Navy	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	4:30 p.m.	Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore, Md.): No. 9 Virginia vs. No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Wed, Mar 27	6 p.m.	Brown at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Mar 30	Noon	No. 6 Johns Hopkins at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	2 p.m.	No. 5 Maryland at No. 9 Virginia	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Wed, Apr 3	5 p.m.	Villanova at Georgetown	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Apr 5	7 p.m.	Albany at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Apr 6	5 p.m.	No. 14 Syracuse at No. 13 Princeton	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Wed, Apr 10	6 p.m.	No. 7 Cornell at No. 14 Syracuse	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Apr 12	6 p.m.	No. 9 Virginia at No. 4 Duke	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Apr 13	3 p.m.	No. 6 Johns Hopkins at No. 2 Maryland	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 14	11 a.m.	Georgetown at No. 3 Notre Dame	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Apr 19	6 p.m.	Harvard at No. 13 Princeton	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Apr 20	2 p.m.	Villanova at No. 3 Notre Dame	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	4 p.m.	Navy at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Apr 26	5 p.m.	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Semifinal #1	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Semifinal #2	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, Apr 27	2 p.m.	No. 1 Loyola (Md.) at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	4 p.m.	Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.): No. 13 Princeton vs. No. 7 Cornell	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	6:30 p.m.	Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.): No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Syracuse	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 28	1 p.m.	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Final	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Thu, May 2	4:30 p.m.	BIG EAST Championship (Villanova, Pa.): Semifinal #1	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7 p.m.#	BIG EAST Championship (Villanova, Pa.): Semifinal #2	ESPN3
Fri, May 3	4 p.m.	America East Championship (Stony Brook, N.Y.): Final	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, May 4	Noon	BIG EAST Championship (Villanova, Pa.): Final	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, May 5	11 a.m.	Ivy League Tournament (Site of team with best Ivy League record)	ESPNU / WatchESPN

* – exhibition game; tape delayed on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 10 p.m. on ESPNU / WatchESPN

^ – tape delayed on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 11:30 a.m. on ESPNU / WatchESPN

$ – tape delayed on Monday, March 18 at 12:30 a.m. on ESPNU / WatchESPN

# – tape delayed on Thursday, May 2 at 10:30 p.m. on ESPNU / WatchESPN

ESPNU & ESPN3 2013 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Networks
Sun, Jan 27^	11 a.m.	Champion Challenge: US Women’s National Team at No. 3 Northwestern	ESPN3
Sat, Mar 2	TBD	Vanderbilt at No. 6 Duke	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 13	5:30 p.m.	No. 13 Georgetown at No. 16 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 21	Noon	No. 9 Penn State at No. 16 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Fri, Apr 26	TBD	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Semifinal #1	ESPN3*
	TBD	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Semifinal #2	ESPN3*
Sun, Apr 28	TBD	ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Final	ESPN3*

^ – exhibition game; tape delayed on Monday, Jan. 28 at noon on ESPNU / WatchESPN

* – also available out of market

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National Championship Game to be Played Monday, May 28, at 1 p.m. on ESPN & ESPN3

The last four teams remain as the field is set for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car championship weekend – Saturday, May 26 and Monday, May 28, from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The semifinals commence Saturday on ESPN2 and ESPN3 with No. 4 Notre Dame facing top-seeded Loyola (Md.) at 2:30 p.m. ET and Maryland against No. 3 Duke at 5 p.m. The 2012 season will culminate with the National Championship Monday at 1 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.

ESPN has covered 29 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships since 1980 and 2012 marks the 18^th consecutive year of televising the National Semifinals and Championship Game.

Commentators

• Eamon McAnaney will be calling his first-ever championship weekend games as the play-by-play announcer
• Quint Kessenich will join McAnaney in the booth and sideline analyst Paul Carcaterra is a newcomer on the field for the biggest weekend of the season

Studio

• Host Anish Shroff and analyst Mark Dixon will cover the National Semifinals from ESPNU’s Charlotte, N.C. headquarters
• The duo will be on site in Foxborough for the National Championship on Memorial Day with pregame and halftime reports
• In addition,  Shroff and Dixon will anchor  the NCAA Lacrosse Championship Post Game Show on ESPNU and ESPN3, immediately following the title game, which will include game reaction, postgame celebration, trophy presentation and net cutting
• Bill Tierney, head coach at Denver and six-time NCAA Championship coach at Princeton, will join Shroff and Dixon in studio for the coverage of the semifinals

 

Game Features

• A series of bumps and full-length teases that combine Native American narrative with current day life from the Onondaga Nation in upstate New York
• Microphones will be worn by all three game officials during the semifinals and championship, providing on-field dialogue throughout the telecast with periodic switches to each official
• The telecast will use nine cameras, plus the SkyCam and Super Slo Motion camera,  which will allow viewers to experience a visually enhanced presentation

ESPN Digital

• All three games from Gillette Stadium simulcast on ESPN3
• Full coverage of the postgame celebration, trophy presentation and the net cutting on Monday on ESPN3
• Fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription via Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV or Comcast Xfinity will also have access to WatchESPN for live coverage online at WatchESPN.com and through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets, in addition to ESPN3’s multi-screen offering

 

ESPN.com

• ESPNBoston.com will cover all the weekend’s action from Gillette Stadium

 

Sports Science Lab

Former Johns Hopkins All-American and current Boston Cannon star Paul Rabil put his skills to the test at the ESPN Sport Science lab, demonstrating why some call him the world’s greatest lacrosse player. Using state of the art technology, John Brenkus and his team analyze Rabil’s immensely powerful shot, which can exceed 100 miles per hour, plus record his speed, power and accuracy. The team also breaks down the art of the lacrosse shot with one of the game’s finest players ever.

ESPN International

• The semifinal games will be shown live on ESPN PacRim, ESPN2 Australia and ESPN2 Caribbean, and next day delay on ESPN America
• The title game will air live on ESPN America, ESPN PacRim and ESPN2 Caribbean
• Same day/next day airs for the championship game will be available on ESPN Africa, ESPN2 Australia, ESPN Israel, ESPN Middle East, ESPN Brazil HD and ESPN Latin America

ESPN’s Coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network(s)
Sat, May 26	2:30 p.m.	Semifinal #1: No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Loyola (Md.) (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Semifinal #2: Maryland vs. No. 3 Duke (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / ESPN3
Mon, May 28	1 p.m.	National Championship: Semifinal winners (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN / ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	NCAA Lacrosse Championship Post Game Show Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPNU

ESPN’s NCAA Championship Coverage

• ESPN networks will air over 400 hours of 2012 NCAA Spring Championships coverage, increasing more than 30 hours from 2011
• As part of ESPN’s extended rights agreement with the NCAA, spring championship programming highlights seven sports over eight weeks: Men’s Lacrosse, Men’s Volleyball, Baseball and Softball
• For the first time, ESPN networks will also air the Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field and Women’s Lacrosse Championships

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Select Games on ESPN2 & WatchESPN

The 2012 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) season will feature six games on ESPN2 and 42 regular-season games delivered live on ESPN3 as the 12th season of MLL action is slated to begin Saturday, April 28, with a tripleheader. With the league expansion of Charlotte and Ohio, MLL has a record number of games across ESPN networks. In addition, the MLL All-Star Game and the MLL Championship Weekend will air on ESPN2, ESPN3 and WatchESPN.

The season opens with a tripleheader on ESPN3 at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Rochester at Boston, Denver at Charlotte and Chesapeake at Long Island. ESPN2, ESPN3 and WatchESPN will also air three regular-season games – Rochester at Long Island on Saturday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m., Charlotte at Denver on Saturday, July 14, at 7 p.m. and Chesapeake at Boston on Saturday, July 28, at 2 p.m.

The 2012 MLL All-Star Game will take place at FAU Stadium in Palm Beach County, Fla., Saturday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN3 and WatchESPN. The season will culminate with the MLL Championship Weekend Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 & 26, at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Mass., airing the first semifinal and the championship game on ESPN2, ESPN3 and WatchESPN.

Play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati and analyst Quint Kessenich will once again serve as the commentator team for the MLL telecasts on ESPN2. Beninati will be returning for his 11th season, while Kessenich will begin his 12th with MLL. A variety of commentators will be utilized for ESPN3 including play-by-play announcers Beninati, Todd Bell, Jason Chandler, , Mike Evans, Scott Garceau, Eamon McAnaney, Dave Ryan and Tom Werme, along with analysts Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra, Brian Shanahan, Evan Washburn and Ron Zwerin.

ESPN has been the national television home of Major League Lacrosse since 2003, and in 2004 aired the New Balance Championship Game – the first live national telecast of a Major League Lacrosse competition.

2012 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Television Schedule
(All times are Eastern and subject to change)
Date

Time (ET)

Game

Network(s)

Sat, April 28

7 p.m.

Rochester at Boston

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Denver at Charlotte

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Chesapeake at Long Island

ESPN3

Sat, May 5

7 p.m.

Charlotte at Boston

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Ohio at Chesapeake

ESPN3

9 p.m.

Hamilton at Denver

ESPN3

Sat, May 12

7 p.m.

Hamilton at Boston

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Ohio at Charlotte

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Rochester at Chesapeake

ESPN3

9 p.m.

Long Island at Denver

ESPN3

Fri, May 18

11 a.m.

Chesapeake at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, May 19

7 p.m.

Long Island at Charlotte

ESPN3

8 p.m.

Rochester at Ohio

ESPN3

9 p.m.

Boston at Denver

ESPN3

Fri, June 1

7 p.m.

Ohio at Long Island

ESPN3

Sat, June 2

9 p.m.

Chesapeake at Denver

ESPN3

Sat, June 9

7 p.m.

Charlotte at Chesapeake

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Denver at Ohio

ESPN3

7:30 p.m.

Rochester at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, June 16

7 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Long Island at Ohio

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Hamilton at Chesapeake

ESPN3

Sat, June 23

7 p.m.

Boston at Chesapeake

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Charlotte at Ohio

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Denver at Long Island

ESPN3

Sat, June 30

7:30 p.m.

MLL All-Star Game
(FAU Stadium, Palm Beach County, Fla.)

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

Fri, July 6

7 p.m.

Chesapeake at Charlotte

ESPN3

Sat, July 7

7:30 p.m.

Rochester at Long Island

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

7:30 p.m.

Boston at Hamilton

ESPN3

Fri, July 13

7:30 p.m.

Ohio at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, July 14

7 p.m.

Hamilton at Ohio

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Boston at Long Island

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Charlotte at Denver

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

7 p.m.

Chesapeake at Rochester

ESPN3

Fri, July 20

7 p.m.

Charlotte at Rochester

ESPN3

Sat, July 21

8 p.m.

Chesapeake at Ohio

ESPN3

Sat, July 28

2 p.m.

Chesapeake at Boston

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

7 p.m.

Ohio at Rochester

ESPN3

7:30 p.m.

Denver at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, Aug 4

7 p.m.

Denver at Rochester

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Ohio at Boston

ESPN3

7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, Aug 11

7 p.m.

Rochester at Charlotte

ESPN3

7 p.m.

Denver at Chesapeake

ESPN3

7:30 p.m.

Long Island at Hamilton

ESPN3

Sat, Aug 25

1 p.m.

MLL Semifinal Game 1 (Harvard Stadium, Boston, Mass.)

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

Sun, Aug 26

3 p.m.

MLL Championship Game (Harvard Stadium, Boston, Mass.)

ESPN2 / ESPN3 / WatchESPN<http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/type/replay/sport/lacrosse>

ESPN3
ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, a 24/7 destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com.  It is currently available to over 71 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider.  The network is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.  It is also accessible through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app through an affiliated provider.

About Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded by Jake Steinfeld and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Major League Lacrosse commenced play in June of 2001 and will enter its twelfth season in 2012.  MLL has continued to lead the sport of lacrosse into the mainstream of competitive team sports. The league is made up of eight teams: The Boston Cannons, Charlotte Hounds, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Denver Outlaws, Hamilton Nationals, Long Island Lizards, Ohio Machine and Rochester Rattlers.
The 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft will take place on January 13, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. The 2012 season will commence on April 28, 2012. More information about the league can be found at www.majorleaguelacrosse.com<http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com>, Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/MajorLeagueLacrosse> or Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/mll_lacrosse>.

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Extensive Coverage of College Lacrosse Games Planned for ESPN Networks

ESPNU announces its 2011 college lacrosse coverage of more than 50 games – including a rematch of the 2010 NCAA National Championship game between Duke and Notre Dame in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 20, at noon on ESPN and ESPN3.com. The schedule includes 53 total games – featuring 35 regular-season matchups, 33 men’s and two women’s games and all 15 games of the NCAA Men’s Championship. Coverage begins on ESPN3.com – one of 12 exclusive games for the online network – with Johns Hopkins at Towson Saturday, Feb. 19 at noon ET. All games on ESPN and ESPN2 will also be simulcast on ESPN3.com.

Schedule highlights include:

• The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore – home of the 2011 NCAA Championship – Saturday, March 12. ESPNU will air a BIG EAST matchup between Syracuse and Georgetown at 11 a.m., and a non-conference game pitting Cornell vs. Virginia at 1:30 p.m. ESPN3.com will carry the third game of the event – Johns Hopkins against UMBC at 4 p.m.
• The Konica Minolta Big City Classic at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Saturday, April 3, in its second year at the newly opened stadium. The tripleheader will include BIG EAST teams Rutgers vs. St. John’s at 1 p.m. on ESPN3.com, followed by two games on ESPNU – Johns Hopkins vs. North Carolina at 4 p.m., and Syracuse vs. Duke at 6:30 p.m., the winners of the last three NCAA Championship titles.
• The ESPNU Warrior Classic at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., Saturday, April 23, which will showcase CAA opponents Massachusetts and Hofstra will face-off at 3 p.m., followed by a BIG EAST tilt between Rutgers and Syracuse at 5:30 p.m.
• Eleven of 16 teams that qualified for the 2010 NCAA Championship will be featured, including five appearances from the defending national champion Duke.
• Johns Hopkins women’s program will be shown twice on ESPNU – at Georgetown on Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. and at home against Penn Wednesday, March 23, at 5 p.m.

For the fifth straight year, the ESPN networks will televise the complete NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, beginning with first-round action on Saturday, May 14. ESPNU will televise six first-round and two quarterfinal games May 14-22. ESPN2 will televise two-first round games and two quarterfinals, plus the National Semifinals Saturday, May 28 at 4 & 6:30 p.m. ESPN will offer the National Championship game Monday, May 30 at 3:30 p.m. ESPN3.com will simulcast the entire championship weekend.

ESPN Network’s 2011 College Lacrosse Schedule (Schedule subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Feb 19	Noon	Johns Hopkins at Towson	ESPN3.com
Sun, Feb 20	Noon	Duke vs. Notre Dame (Jacksonville, Fla.)	ESPN/ESPN3.com
Sat, Feb 26	Noon	Loyola (Md.) vs. Towson	ESPN3.com
	1 p.m.	Siena at Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	Georgetown at Maryland	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 5	1 p.m.	Princeton at Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Maryland at Duke	ESPN3.com
Wed, Mar 9	7 p.m.	Manhattan at John Hopkins	ESPNU
Fri, Mar 11	7 p.m.	North Carolina at Princeton	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 12	11 a.m.	Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): Syracuse vs. Georgetown	ESPNU
	Noon	Maryland at Towson	ESPN3.com
	1:30 p.m.	Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): Cornell vs. Virginia	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): Johns Hopkins vs. UMBC	ESPN3.com
Wed, Mar 16	6 p.m.	Georgetown at Johns Hopkins (women)	ESPNU
Thu, Mar 17	7 p.m.	Duke at North Carolina	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 19	Noon	UMBC at Maryland	ESPN3.com
	6 p.m.	Johns Hopkins at Syracuse	ESPNU
Tue, Mar 22	7 p.m.	Dartmouth at North Carolina	ESPNU
Wed, Mar 23	5 p.m.	Penn at Johns Hopkins (women)	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 26	Noon	North Carolina at Maryland	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Virginia at Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 2	Noon	Maryland at Virginia	ESPNU
	Noon	Hofstra at Towson	ESPN3.com
Sun, Apr 3	1 p.m.	Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.): Rutgers vs. St. John’s	ESPN3.com
	4 p.m.	Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.): Johns Hopkins vs. North Carolina	ESPNU
	6:30 p.m.	Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.): Syracuse vs. Duke	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 8	7:30 p.m.	Albany at Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 9	Noon	North Carolina at Virginia	ESPN/ESPN3.com
	Noon	Binghamton at UMBC	ESPN3.com
	4 p.m.	Syracuse at Princeton	ESPNU
Sun, Apr 10	Noon	Georgetown at Notre Dame	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 16	5:30 p.m.	Virginia at Duke	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Johns Hopkins at Maryland	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 23	3 p.m.	ESPNU Warrior Classic (East Hartford, Conn.): Massachusetts vs. Hofstra	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	ESPNU Warrior Classic (East Hartford, Conn.): Rutgers vs. Syracuse	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Navy at Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 30	2 p.m.	Loyola (Md.) at Johns Hopkins	ESPN3.com
	7 p.m.	Notre Dame at Syracuse	ESPNU
Fri, May 6	8 p.m.	Notre Dame at North Carolina	ESPNU
	TBD	Ivy League Semifinal (site of regular-season champion): Game 1	ESPN3.com
	TBD	Ivy League Semifinal (site of regular-season champion): Game 2	ESPN3.com
Sun, May 8	Noon	Ivy League Championship (site of regular-season champ)	ESPNU

ESPN Network’s 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule (Schedule subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, May 14	Noon	First Round (Site TBD): Game 1	ESPN2/ESPN3.com
	2:30 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 2	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 3	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 4	ESPNU
Sun, May 15	1 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 5	ESPN/ESPN3.com
	3 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 6	ESPNU
	5:15 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 7	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	First Round (Site TBD): Game 8	ESPNU
Sat, May 21	Noon	Quarterfinal (James M. Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, N.Y.): Game 1	ESPN2/ESPN3.com
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal (James M. Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, N.Y.): Game 2	ESPN2/ESPN3.com
Sun, May 22	Noon	Quarterfinal (Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.): Game 3	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal (Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.): Game 4	ESPNU
Sat, May 28	4 p.m.	Semifinal (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore): Game 1	ESPN2/ESPN3.com
	6:30 p.m.	Semifinal (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore): Game 2	ESPN2/ESPN3.com
Mon, May 30	3:30 p.m.	National Championship (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore)	ESPN/ESPN3.com

About ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 650 live events annually. Action includes a variety of top football and men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as Olympic sports from 26 Division I conferences. ESPNU is the destination for premier high school programming, including elite football and basketball events. The network also has a wide-ranging agreement with the NCAA for extensive coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.

ESPNU offers over 400 original studio shows, including SportsCenterU, ESPNU Recruiting Insider, The Experts, The Bracket, BCS Countdown and is the television home of ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD, now in over 17 million homes. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection is a multiplatform, student-generated content initiative to enhance the network’s link to college campuses nationwide.

ESPNU has seen a steady increase since its inception and is now in approximately 73 million households across the country. The network has long-term carriage agreements with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers – Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.

About ESPN3.com

ESPN3.com delivers thousands of live, global sports events annually.  It is available in approximately 65 million households nationwide via dozens of affiliated service providers including Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Cox, Charter, Windstream, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and many more.  It is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.  For more information about the service, click HERE.

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ESPNU Warrior Classic to Feature Four Top-20 Men’s Lacrosse Teams

No. 10 Georgetown, No. 16 UMass, No. 18 Fairfield and No. 20 Denver Make up Inaugural Field

The ESPNU Warrior Classic, a men’s college lacrosse doubleheader, will feature four teams currently ranked among the nation’s top 20, according to the USILA Coaches’ Poll for April 12. Tickets are on sale now for the event that will be played Saturday, April 24, at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.

The doubleheader will feature No. 18 Fairfield vs. No. 20 Denver in the first game at 11 a.m. ET, followed by No. 16 Massachusetts vs. No. 10 Georgetown at 1:30 p.m. Both games will be televised live on ESPNU. Carter Blackburn will call play-by-play with analysis from Quint Kessenich, while Eamon McAnaney will report from the sidelines.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $9 for senior citizens, children and students with ID (must show ID at box office). Children under 2 will be admitted free. Tickets are available at www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Group discounts are available by calling the XL Center at 860-524-5794.

The Rentschler Field parking lot opens at 8 a.m. for the ESPNU Lacrosse Tour and Warrior FanFest, where fans can play games, win prizes and meet lacrosse legend Mike Powell.

ESPNU has been televising NCAA lacrosse matches since the first week the network was launched in March 2005.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tipoff (San Juan); SONIC All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

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