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ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com will televise 53 regular-season college softball and baseball games leading into the networks’ extensive postseason action of up to 110 contests. It is ESPN’s most coverage overall of the two sports and the most games scheduled of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship – up to 55 — with the addition of a Regional round.

Regular-season softball action will begin with two games from the No. 13 Florida at No. 5 Alabama series Saturday, March 27, at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD and Sunday, March 28, at 2:30 p.m. on ESPNU HD. Baseball coverage will start the following weekend with three telecasts, all featuring at least one ranked team: Georgia at No. 4 LSU (Friday, April 2, at 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU HD), No. 8 Texas at No. 12 Oklahoma (Saturday, April 3, at 3 p.m. on ESPNU HD) and Mississippi State at No. 23 South Carolina (Sunday, April 4, at 2 p.m. on ESPNU).

Regular-season schedule details:

• ESPNU will televise the majority of the action, with 41 of the 53 games. ESPN360.com will simulcast the 12 ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts.
• Thirty-one of the telecasts will be in high definition.
• The schedule includes 30 softball and 23 baseball games.
• The networks will combine to televise six conference title games, comprising:
  • The entire SEC Softball Tournament.
  • The SEC Baseball Tournament championship game.
  • The SWAC softball and baseball championships.
  • The baseball championships from the BIG EAST and MEAC.

ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com will offer up to 55 games each from the NCAA Division I Softball Championship and NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for a potential of 110 total telecasts (the entire schedules for both will be released at a later date). Coverage for both events will include two Regional series, all eight of the Super Regionals and the entire Championships.

A minimum of 62 games will be offered in high definition, including every game from both of the softball and baseball Regional series and the entire Women’s College World Series and College World Series.

Softball and baseball commentators

ESPN’s telecasts will feature former top players and coaches providing analysis. The softball lineup will include:

• Three U.S. Olympic Medalists working softball games: two-time gold medalist Michele Smith (2000 and 1996), Jessica Mendoza, who won gold in 2004 and silver in 2008, and Amanda Freed, who won gold in 2004.
• Former Northwestern standout Garland Cooper, a three-time Big Ten Player of the Year and all-time Big Ten home runs leader.
• National Pro Fastpitch commissioner Cheri Kempf.
• Cindy Bristow, former head softball coach at Arizona State, New Mexico State and Wichita State.

The baseball telecasts will include:

• Kyle Peterson, a former Stanford All-American, participant in the College World Series and first-round MLB Draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers, entering his seventh season of college baseball analysis with ESPN.
• Morgan Ensberg who won the College World Series with USC in 1998 and played eight years in Major League Baseball (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees).
• Former LSU All-American and Gold Spikes Award winner Ben McDonald, who also played eight years in Major League Baseball (Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers).
• Leland Maddox, a former Major League Baseball Director of Scouting for the Cincinnati Reds and Oakland A’s.

ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com Regular-Season Schedule

Note: Softball and baseball championship schedules will be released at a later date

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators (through April 18)	Sport	Network
Sat, Mar 27	2 p.m.	No. 13 Florida at No. 5 AlabamaJustin Kutcher & Jessica Mendoza	Softball	ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
Sun, Mar 28	2:30 p.m.	No. 13 Florida at No. 5 AlabamaJustin Kutcher & Jessica Mendoza	Softball	ESPNU HD
Fri, Apr 2	8:30 p.m.	Georgia at No. 4 LSUEric Collins & Kyle Peterson	Baseball	ESPNU HD
Sat, Apr 3	3 p.m.	No. 8 Texas at No. 12 OklahomaDan McLaughlin & Morgan Ensberg	Baseball	ESPNU HD
Sun, Apr 4	2 p.m.	Mississippi State at No. 23 South CarolinaJustin Kutcher & Kyle Peterson	Baseball	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 9	8 p.m.	No. 18 Ole Miss at GeorgiaDan McLaughlin & Kyle Peterson	Baseball	ESPNU
Sun, Apr 11	2 p.m.	South Carolina at KentuckyBeth Mowins & Michele Smith	Softball	ESPNU HD
	5 p.m.	Cal State Fullerton at No. 22 UC IrvineTroy Bender & Morgan Ensberg	Baseball	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 16	7 p.m.	Georgia at No. 17 ArkansasClay Matvick & Kyle Peterson	Baseball	ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
Sun, Apr 18	Noon	Kentucky at No. 13 FloridaCara Capuano & Michele Smith	Softball	ESPNU HD / ESPN360.com
	2 p.m.	Auburn at No. 20 VanderbiltClay Matvick & Morgan Ensberg	Baseball	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	No. 15 Texas at No. 9 OklahomaBeth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
Wed, Apr 21	1 p.m.	Syracuse at No. 24 Louisville	Softball	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse at No. 24 Louisville	Softball	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 23	4:30 p.m.	Radford at Winthrop	Baseball	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 4 LSU at No. 18 Ole Miss	Baseball	ESPNU HD
Sat, Apr 24	5 p.m.	Auburn at Ole Miss	Softball	ESPNU HD
Sun, Apr 25	2 p.m.	Radford at Winthrop	Softball	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	No. 4 Missouri at No. 17 Texas A&M	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
Thu, Apr 29	8 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No 12 LSU	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
Fri, Apr 30	2:30 p.m.	Bethune-Cookman at Florida A&M	Softball	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	No. 24 Kentucky at Tennessee	Baseball	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No. 12 LSU	Softball	ESPNU HD
Sat, May 1	2 p.m.	No. 4 LSU at No. 9 Florida	Baseball	ESPNU HD
	7:30 p.m.	No. 21 Tennessee at No. 5 Alabama	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
	9 p.m.	Baylor at No. 8 Texas	Baseball	ESPNU
Sun, May 2	1 p.m.	No. 4 LSU at No. 9 Florida	Baseball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
	2 p.m.	SWAC Championship	Softball	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	No. 21 Tennessee at No. 5 Alabama	Softball	ESPNU HD
Fri, May 7	8 p.m.	No. 17 Arkansas at No. 18 Ole Miss	Baseball	ESPNU
	11 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Fresno State	Softball	ESPNU
Sat, May 8	Noon	No. 12 LSU at No. 21 Tennessee	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
	2:30 p.m.	Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton	Softball	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton	Softball	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 17 Arkansas at No. 18 Ole Miss	Baseball	ESPNU
Sun, May 9	1 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No. 15 Texas	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
	2 p.m.	No. 12 LSU at No. 21 Tennessee	Softball	ESPNU HD
	5 p.m.	No. 22 UC Irvine at Cal Poly	Baseball	ESPNU
Mon, May 10	7 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia at No. 15 Texas	Softball	ESPNU HD
Thu, May 13	Noon	SEC Quarterfinals	Softball	ESPNU HD
	2:30 p.m.	SEC Quarterfinals	Softball	ESPNU HD
	5 p.m.	SEC Quarterfinals	Softball	ESPNU HD
	7:30 p.m.	SEC Quarterfinals	Softball	ESPNU HD
Fri, May 14	3 p.m.	SEC Semifinal	Softball	ESPNU HD
	5:30 p.m.	SEC Semifinal	Softball	ESPNU HD
	8 p.m.	Georgia at No. 9 Florida	Baseball	ESPNU HD
Sat, May 15	4 p.m.	No. 18 Ole Miss at No. 16 Alabama	Baseball	ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
	7:30 p.m.	SEC Championship	Softball	ESPN HD / ESPN360.com
Thu, May 20	6 p.m.	No. 11 Louisville at Notre Dame	Baseball	ESPNU
Mon, May 24	5 p.m.	MEAC Championship *	Baseball	ESPNU
Sun, May 30	Noon	BIG EAST Championship	Baseball	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	SEC Championship	Baseball	ESPN2 HD / ESPN360.com
Mon, May 31	6 p.m.	SWAC Championship *	Baseball	ESPNU

* Tape Delay

All baseball rankings are from ESPN/ USA Today Coaches Top 25  

All softball rankings are from ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Women’s Top 25

Schedule subject to change; All times Eastern

Additional commentator assignments will be released as the season progresses

About ESPNU

ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 600 live events (regular-season and championships) annually. Action includes a variety of top football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling and more. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA calling for extensive coverage of 22 NCAA Championships. 

ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, such as SportsCenterU, ESPNU Recruiting Insider, SEC Weekly, The Bracket, BCS Countdown and simulcasts of ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD and online at ESPNU.com. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection, a multi-platform student-generated content initiative, was introduced in August 2007.

ESPNU is currently in more than 70 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with the top 10 providers – Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 614), DISH Network (Channel 148), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.

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