ESPNU To Televise Two Utah State Volleyball Matches In 2010
Utah State will have two of its volleyball matches televised
live on ESPNU during the 2010 season it was announced by the Western
Athletic Conference Thursday. In all, ESPNU will televise five WAC matches
during the season including the WAC Tournament Championship match on
Wednesday, Nov. 24.
Utah State¹s first nationally televised match will be at Idaho on Wednesday,
Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. (MT), while its second will be at home against national
power Hawai¹i on Monday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. (MT). Last year, USU hosted
Idaho in a match televised nationally by ESPNU.
³We are excited and honored to be part of the ESPNU broadcasts again,² said
USU head coach Grayson DuBose. ³It brings great exposure to our program and
our conference. Our team enjoyed the opportunity last year to play on ESNPU
and we look forward to having another great experience.²
ESPNU is a multimedia college sports brand, highlighted by a 24-hour college
sports television network televises more than 650 live events annually.
Action includes a variety of top football and men¹s and women¹s basketball
games, as well as Olympic sports from 26 Division I conferences. ESPNU is
the destination for premier high school programming, including elite
football and basketball events. The network also has a wide-ranging
agreement with the NCAA for extensive coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.
ESPNU has seen a dramatic increase since its inception and is now in more
than 72.9 million households. The network has long-term carriage agreements
with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers Cablevision, Charter,
Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom,
Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.
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