ESPNU will lead ESPN’s college lacrosse coverage with increased game coverage this season, including 40 men’s and women’s regular-season contests combined, in addition to one live ESPN2 and ESPN360.com game. The networks will televise 57 games overall, including 42 regular-season contests (up from 30) and 15 NCAA Tournament games across ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com. Coverage will begin on ESPNU on Friday, Feb. 19, at 5 p.m. ET, when No. 6 Johns Hopkins hosts Manhattan.
ESPNU highlights include the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, which will showcase No. 1 Duke vs. No. 7 Maryland at 11 a.m. and No. 8 Princeton vs. No. 6 Johns Hopkins on Saturday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The schedule will also feature the second annual Konica Minolta Big City Classic on Saturday, April 10, with No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 3 Virginia at 4 p.m. and No. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 8 Princeton at 6:30 p.m. from New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Included in this year’s schedule will be a new lacrosse doubleheader, the ESPNU Warrior Lacrosse Invitational, organized by ESPN Regional Television. The event will take place at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, April 24, and will showcase No. 17 Denver vs. Fairfield at 11 a.m., followed by No. 18 Massachusetts vs. No. 13 Georgetown at 1:30 p.m.
The men’s schedule will be highlighted by appearances from 19 of the top 25 teams ranked in the Inside Lacrosse’s Face-Off Yearbook Top 25. Also, defending NCAA Champion Syracuse, ranked No. 2, will make six appearances on air, along with No. 3 Virginia. No. 1 Duke will appear four times. ESPNU will also feature two women’s matchups: Towson at Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 10, at 4 p.m. and Ohio State at Johns Hopkins on Sunday, May 2, at noon.
For the fourth year in a row, the ESPN networks will televise the complete NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship. ESPNU will televise all eight First Round games and Quarterfinal contests May 15-23. ESPN2 will televise the National Semifinals on May 29 and ESPN will offer the National Championship game on May 31 from M&T Bank Stadium. ESPN360.com will simulcast the National Semifinals and Championship games.
2010 ESPNU College Lacrosse Regular-Season Schedule
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
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Fri, Feb 19 |
5 p.m. |
Manhattan at Johns Hopkins |
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Tue, Feb 23 |
5 p.m. |
Delaware at Johns Hopkins |
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Sat, Feb 27 |
Noon |
Hofstra at Princeton |
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2 p.m. |
*Maryland at Georgetown |
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Sun, Feb 28 |
Noon |
Siena at Johns Hopkins |
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Sat, Mar 6 |
11 a.m. |
Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic: Duke at Maryland |
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|
1:30 p.m. |
Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic: Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins |
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4 p.m. |
Syracuse at Virginia (ESPN360.com) |
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Sun, Mar 7 |
12:30 a.m. |
*^North Carolina at UMBC |
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Tue, Mar. 9 |
11:30 p.m. |
^UMBC at Johns Hopkins |
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Wed, Mar. 10 |
4 p.m. |
Towson at Johns Hopkins (women) |
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|
7 p.m. |
North Carolina at Duke |
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Sat, Mar 13 |
11 a.m. |
*Towson at Maryland |
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|
2 p.m. |
Georgetown at Syracuse |
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Sat, Mar 20 |
2 p.m. |
*^Maryland at UMBC |
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|
8 p.m. |
Syracuse at Johns Hopkins |
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Sun, Mar 21 |
Noon |
*Virginia at Towson |
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Sat, Mar 27 |
Noon |
Johns Hopkins at Virginia (ESPN2) |
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|
Noon |
Duke at Georgetown |
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|
2 p.m. |
Maryland at North Carolina |
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Sun, Mar 28 |
2 a.m. |
*^Towson at Loyola (Md.) |
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Sat, Apr 3 |
Noon |
*North Carolina at Johns Hopkins |
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|
8 p.m. |
Virginia at Maryland |
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Sat, Apr 10 |
Noon |
*Navy at Maryland |
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|
2 p.m. |
Albany at Johns Hopkins |
|
|
4 p.m. |
Konica Minolta Big City Classic: North Carolina at Virginia |
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|
6:30 p.m. |
Konica Minolta Big City Classic: Princeton at Syracuse |
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Sun, Apr 11 |
Noon |
Notre Dame at Georgetown |
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Sat, Apr 17 |
Noon |
*Georgetown at Loyola (Md.) |
|
|
4 p.m. |
Smartlink Day of Rivals: Navy vs. Army |
|
|
6:30 p.m. |
Smartlink Day of Rivals: Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins |
|
|
8:30 p.m. |
Duke at Virginia |
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Sun, Apr 18 |
6 p.m. |
Syracuse at Rutgers |
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Sat, Apr 24 |
11 a.m. |
ESPNU Warrior Lacrosse Invitational: Denver vs. Fairfield |
|
|
1:30 p.m. |
ESPNU Warrior Lacrosse Invitational: Massachusetts vs. Georgetown |
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Sun, Apr 25 |
5 p.m. |
*^Penn State at Towson |
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Wed, Apr 28 |
7 p.m. |
Towson at Johns Hopkins |
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Sat, May 1 |
Noon |
*Hartford at UMBC |
|
|
5 p.m. |
Cornell at Princeton |
|
|
7 p.m. |
Syracuse at Notre Dame |
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Sun, May 2 |
Noon |
Ohio State at Johns Hopkins (women) |
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Sat, May 8 |
Noon |
*Johns Hopkins at Loyola (Md.) |
*Will co-exist on WMAR-TV (ABC affiliate in Baltimore)
^Tape delay
2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Coverage on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|
Sat, May 15 |
Noon |
NCAA First Round – Game 1 (TBD) |
ESPNU |
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|
2:30 p.m. |
NCAA First Round – Game 2 (TBD) |
ESPNU |
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