One of ESPN’s signature events since its inception has been the College World Series. It will air all of the games from Omaha, Nebraska either on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU starting Saturday. Karl Ravech and Jon Sciambi will be the announcers throughout the 10-11 days of competition.
The analysts will include Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone. Jessica Mendoza and Jaymee Sire will be the dugout reporters for the games.
There will be doubleheaders for the first four days of the College World Series, then single games Wednesday and Thursday, June 18 and 19, respectively.
The best-of-three College World Series Finals will run between Monday through Wednesday, June 23-25.
Here’s the ESPN announcement.
ESPN’s 35th Consecutive Year of College World Series Coverage Begins Saturday
Coverage includes ESPNU Studio Shows, K Zone, Two ESPN3 Surround Presentations & Omaha to the Bigs Vignettes
ESPN’s second consecutive year of complete NCAA Division I Baseball Championship coverage – all possible 153 games scheduled across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and WatchESPN – will culminate with the entire NCAA College World Series, Saturday, June 14, to Wednesday, June 25. ESPN’s 12th straight year of televising every College World Series game – and 35th consecutive season covering the event – will include up to 17 telecasts, including the best-of-three College World Series Finals on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Every game will also be available on WatchESPN.
Former Stanford pitcher, and two-time College World Series participant, Kyle Peterson will rotate analyst responsibilities with Aaron Boone, who will work his first College World Series. Karl Ravech and Jon Sciambi will call play-by-play. Softball Olympic Gold (2004) and Silver (2008) Medalist Jessica Mendoza will report from the field along with Jaymee Sire.
NCAA College World Series Presented by Capital One
Seven of the eight teams in this year’s College World Series are seeking their first championship (Louisville, Ole Miss, TCU, Texas Tech, UC Irvine, Vanderbilt and Virginia) while Texas is playing for its first since 2005 and seventh overall. Highlights of first-round matchups:
UC Irvine vs. Texas
- Texas will play in its 35th College World Series, the most of any school and nearly twice as many as the other seven teams in this year’s event combined (18 times). The Longhorns’ six championships are tied with LSU for the second most by any school behind USC’s 12. It will be Texas’ eighth College World Series event since 2000 and first since 2011.
- UC Irvine, which defeated overall top seed Oregon State in the Regionals, will make its second trip to Omaha and first since 2007.
Louisville vs. Vanderbilt
- Louisville, the only team in the field to have played in the 2013 College World Series, will make its third all-time appearance.
- Vanderbilt will play in its second College World Series with the first coming in 2011.
Texas Tech vs. TCU
- TCU, one of the two national eight seeds to reach the College World Series, will make its second trip to Omaha. The Horned Frogs also played in the 2010 event.
- Texas Tech will make its first College World Series appearance.
Ole Miss vs. Virginia
- Virginia, the other national eight seed to reach Omaha, will play in its third College World Series and first since 2011.
- Ole Miss will make its fifth overall appearance and first since 1972.
Date Time (ET) Game Matchups / Commentators Networks Sat, June 14 3 p.m. 1 UC Irvine vs. Texas
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPN2 8 p.m. 2 Louisville vs. Vanderbilt
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN2 Sun, June 15 3 p.m. 3 Texas Tech vs. TCU
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPN2 8 p.m. 4 Ole Miss vs. Virginia
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN2 Mon, June 16 3 p.m. 5 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPN2 8 p.m. 6 Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN2 Tue, June 17 3 p.m. 7 Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPN2 8 p.m. 8 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN Wed, June 18 8 p.m. 9 Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN Thu, June 19 8 p.m. 10 Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN Fri, June 20 3 p.m. 11 Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 6
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPNU 8 p.m. 12 Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 8
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN Sat, June 21 3 p.m. 13 If necessary
Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone & Jaymee SireESPN2 ** 8 p.m. 14 If necessary
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson & Jessica MendozaESPN ** Mon, June 23 8 p.m. 1 CWS Finals
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee SireESPN Tue, June 24 8 p.m. 2 CWS Finals
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee SireESPN Wed, June 25 8 p.m. 3 * CWS Finals
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza & Jaymee SireESPN * If necessary
** If only one if necessary game, it will air at 8 p.m. on ESPN
That is all.
