Starting Saturday, the networks of ESPN will air the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship. Beginning with the first round this weekend and then lasting through Memorial Day with the National Final. We have the release from ESPN.
Complete Coverage of NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship on ESPN Networks
For the fifth straight year, ESPN networks will provide exclusive coverage of all 15 games from the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship. Coverage will be in high definition across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU beginning Saturday, May 14, and concluding with the national title game on Monday, May 30. ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile will also carry select games.
Highlights:
- ESPNU will televise six first-round and two quarterfinal games May 14-22;
- ESPN2 will televise one first-round game and two quarterfinals, plus the national semifinals Saturday, May 28, at 4 and 6:30 p.m.;
- ESPN will cover one first-round game and the championship game Monday, May 30, at 3:30 p.m.;
- ESPN3.com will simulcast the two first-round games that will air on ESPN and ESPN2 and every game from the quarterfinals through the title game;
- An exclusive SkyCam vantage point of the championship weekend games will be on ESPN3.com.
Telecasts will include a deep roster of experienced and knowledgeable lacrosse analysts: Paul Carcaterra (All-American at Syracuse and a member of 1995 National Championship team), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder), Jack Emmer (former Army head coach and the NCAA’s winningest Division I head coach), Quint Kessenich (All-American at Johns Hopkins), Stephen McElduff (former North Carolina defensemen), Matt Ward (former Virginia attackman and 2006 Tewaaraton winner), Jamie Munro (All-American at Brown and former Denver head coach). Play-by-play announcers include Joe Beninati, Mike Corey, Ben Holden, Eamon McAnaney, Sean McDonough and Anish Shroff.
Date Time (ET) Game Network Sat, May 14 Noon First Round: Hofstra at No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins
Eamon McAnaney & Paul CarcaterraESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com / ESPN Mobile 2:30 p.m. First Round: Penn at No. 4 seed Notre Dame
Anish Shroff & Stephen McElduffESPNU HD / ESPN Mobile 5 p.m. First Round: Delaware at No. 5 seed Duke
Joe Beninati & Jamie MunroESPNU HD / ESPN Mobile 7:30 p.m. First Round: Hartford at No. 2 seed Cornell
Mike Corey & Mark DixonESPNU HD Sun, May 15 1 p.m. First Round: Maryland at No. 8 seed North Carolina
Eamon McAnaney & Paul CarcaterraESPN HD / ESPN3.com /
ESPN Mobile3 p.m. First Round: Bucknell at No. 7 seed Virginia
Joe Beninati, Jamie Munro & Jack EmmerESPNU HD /
ESPN Mobile5:15 p.m. First Round: Villanova at No. 6 seed Denver
Ben Holden & Matt WardESPNU HD /
ESPN Mobile7:30 p.m. First Round: Siena at No. 1 seed Syracuse
Mike Corey & Mark DixonESPNU HD Sat, May 21 Noon Quarterfinal (Hempstead, N.Y.): Game 1
Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Mark DixonESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Quarterfinal (Hempstead, N.Y.): Game 2
Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Mark DixonESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com Sun, May 22 Noon Quarterfinal (Foxboro, Mass.): Game 3
Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Mark DixonESPNU HD / ESPN3.com 2:30 p.m. Quarterfinal (Foxboro, Mass.): Game 4
Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Mark DixonESPNU HD / ESPN3.com Sat, May 28 4 p.m. National Semifinal (Baltimore, Md.): Game 1
Sean McDonough, Quint Kessenich & Eamon McAnaneyESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com 6:30 p.m. National Semifinal (Baltimore, Md.): Game 2
Sean McDonough, Quint Kessenich & Eamon McAnaneyESPN2 HD / ESPN3.com Mon, May 30 3:30 p.m. National Final (Baltimore, Md.)
Sean McDonough, Quint Kessenich & Eamon McAnaneyESPN HD / ESPN3.com/ ESPN Mobile
There you have it.