This is a Lacrosse Championship Weekend for the NCAA. The men have the Division I Championships being played in Baltimore on this Memorial Day weekend. The women are also having their championships as well being played Saturday and Sunday in Stony Brook, NY. On Saturday, Big Ten Network will have exclusive national coverage of the semifinals on tape delay starting at 10:30 p.m. or immediately following the conclusion of Big Ten Baseball Tournament action. The following day, the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship will be aired live at 4 p.m. Eastern.
The Final Four of Women’s Lacrosse this year will involve Northwestern vs. North Carolina and Duke vs. Maryland as you can see it’s ACC-heavy. We have the press release from Big Ten Network.
NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Semifinals, Championship Game to Air on Big Ten Network
Sunday’s championship game to air live at 4 PM ET
CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network and the NCAA announced today that the Big Ten Network will provide national television coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship from Stony Brook, N.Y., this weekend.
One semifinal, Northwestern (19-2) vs. North Carolina (15-5), will air on delay beginning at 10:30 PM ET, or following the network’s coverage of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The other semifinal, Duke (15-4) vs. Maryland (20-1), will follow immediately after. Both games will re-air beginning at 8 AM ET, Saturday morning, with Duke-Maryland, followed by Northwestern-North Carolina at 10 AM ET.
Sunday’s championship game will air live at 4 PM ET, or immediately following the network’s coverage of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament championship game.
The Big Ten Network is available to more than 80 million households across the country through more than 300 cable, satellite and telco affiliates. For local channel information, go to www.bigtennetwork.com/channelfinder.
The Terrapins, the tournament’s top seed, own the nation’s top defense, allowing fewer than seven goals per game. The second-seeded Wildcats have reached the national semifinals for the seventh-straight season and have eliminated the Tar Heels on the tournament’s final weekend each of the last two years. No. 3 North Carolina and No. 5 Duke are both in the national semifinals for the sixth time in program history.
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