ESPN Networks Will Really Be Into Softball This Weekend

Starting today and going into the Women’s College World Series, the ESPN Family will air extensive coverage of college softball. Today, ESPN and ESPNU will carry the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals from Tuscaloosa, AL.

In addition, the ACC, Big East and Big South Championships will be seen on TV. ESPN3 will have other conference championships online.

It all leads to the NCAA Softball Selection Show will ESPNU will air on Sunday night. Check out the announcement from ESPN below.

ESPN Increases Softball Coverage with Ten Conference Championship Matchups

NCAA Softball heads into a week of more championship coverage than ever before across ESPN networks with the addition of the two Conference Championships to ESPNU – the ACC and Big South – and five exclusively live on ESPN3 with the Atlantic Sun, Missouri Valley, Southern, SWAC and Sun Belt.

In addition to simulcasting the entire SEC Softball Tournament and the five Conference Championship games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, ESPN3 will also show the ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinals and six championships exclusively. ESPN networks will air a combined 25 total softball tournament games over four days beginning Thursday, May 10.

ESPNU will close out the record week of championship coverage with the fifth annual NCAA Division I Softball Championship Selection Show on Sunday. May 13, at 10 p.m. and unveil the 64-team field for this season’s final matchups.

Date Time Championship Network
Thu, May 10 Noon SEC Softball Tournament Quarterfinal:
LSU vs. Florida
Cara Capuano and Michele Smith
ESPNU
  Noon ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinal:
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech
ESPN3
  2:30 p.m. SEC Softball Tournament Quarterfinal:
Auburn vs. Tennessee
Cara Capuano and Michele Smith
ESPNU
  2:30 p.m. ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinal:
North Carolina vs. Florida State
ESPN3
  5 p.m. SEC Softball Tournament Quarterfinal:
Kentucky vs. Georgia
Beth Mowins and Jessica Mendoza
ESPNU
  5 p.m. ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinal:
Boston College vs. North Carolina
ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. SEC Softball Tournament Quarterfinal:
Mississippi State vs. Alabama
Beth Mowins, Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza
ESPN
  8 p.m. ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinal:
Maryland vs. Virginia Tech
ESPN3
Fri, May 11 3 p.m. SEC Softball Tournament Semifinal
Beth Mowins, Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza
ESPNU
  1 p.m. ACC Softball Championship Semifinal ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. ACC Softball Championship Semifinal ESPN3
  5:30 p.m. SEC Softball Tournament Semifinal
Beth Mowins, Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza
ESPNU
Sat, May 12 Noon Atlantic Sun Softball Championship ESPN3
  1:30 p.m. Southern Softball Championship ESPN3
  3 p.m. Missouri Valley Softball Championship ESPN3
  3 p.m. Southland Softball Championship ESPN3
  4 p.m. ACC Softball Championship
Cara Capuano and Cheri Kemp
ESPN
4 p.m. Sun Belt Softball Championship ESPN3
  6 p.m. BIG EAST Softball Championship
Pam Ward and Jennie Finch
ESPN2
  8 p.m. SEC Softball Championship
Beth Mowins and Michele Smith
ESPN
Sun, May 13 Noon Big South Softball Championship
Holly Rowe and Garland Cooper
ESPNU
  2 p.m. SWAC Softball Championship
Adam Amin and Amanda Scarborough
ESPN3
  10 p.m. NCAA Division I Softball Championship Selection Show ESPNU

*All games listed will also air on ESPN3; viewing links attached to game designation

There you have it.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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