ESPNU Presents 2014 NCAA Women's Volleyball and Men's and Women's Soccer Schedule
Weekly Wednesday Women's Volleyball, Sunday Women's Soccer Slate; Five Conference Championship Games
ESPNU will televise more than 35 NCAA women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer games this season, leading into coverage of each sport's NCAA Championship. Villanova vs. Princeton (Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. ET) will begin a weekly, season-long Sunday slate of women's soccer which concludes with the ACC, American, and SEC Championship games (Nov. 9). In addition to regular season matchups featuring No. 6 Georgetown (Sept. 17) and No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Virginia (Sept. 21), ESPNU will also televise the men's soccer American and ACC Championship games (Nov. 16).
A 24-game women's volleyball schedule, which includes a weekly, 10-week Wednesday slate, will begin with a double-header on September 24: No. 2 Texas vs. West Virginia (7 p.m.) and No. 16 Kentucky vs. LSU (9 p.m.). An additional 16 ranked teams are scheduled, including No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Wisconsin, and No. 5 Washington. A top 25, cross-town rivalry - No. 25 UCLA vs. No. 6 USC - will conclude the regular season (Nov 28).
A complete schedule of each sport's NCAA Championship coverage will be announced at a later date.
ESPNU Volleyball Analysts
· Dain Blanton: Gold medalist in beach volleyball at 2000 Olympics
· Nell Fortner: Won a National Championship at Texas; a Texas Sports Hall of Famer
· Jennifer Hoffman: All-American at Louisville
· Karch Kiraly: Four-time gold medalist; only player to win gold in both beach and indoor volleyball
· Holly McPeak: Bronze medalist in beach volleyball at 2004 Olympics
· Maria Taylor: Three-time All-SEC at Georgia
· Hannah Werth: Two-time All-Big Ten at Nebraska
· Missy Whittemore: Three-time Academic All-American at Florida
ESPNU Soccer Analysts
· Richard Broad: Former collegian coach; a George Mason Soccer Hall of Fame inductee
· Tony DiCicco: Former head coach of United States Women's National Team, including the 1999 World Cup Championship squad
· Julie Foudy: Member of the World Cup-winning 1999 United States Women's National Team
· Monica Gonzalez: Former member of the Mexican Women's National Team
· Shannon MacMillan: Member of the World Cup-winning 1999 United States Women's National Team
· Kate Markgraf: Member of the World Cup- winning 1999 United States Women's National Team
· Cat Whitehill: Former member of United States Women's National Team
NCAA Women's Volleyball Programming Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup
Sept. 24, 2014 7 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs. West Virginia
9 p.m. No. 16 Kentucky vs. LSU
Sept. 28, 2014 1 p.m. No. 3 Penn State vs. Minnesota**^
Sept. 30, 2014 9 p.m. No. 9 BYU vs. Pepperdine
Oct. 1, 2014 9 p.m. Georgia vs. Auburn
Oct. 3, 2014 10 p.m. No. 18 Oregon vs. No. 1 Stanford
Oct. 5, 2014 2 p.m. No. 7 Florida State vs. Miami
Oct. 8, 2014 9 p.m. Mississippi State vs. LSU
11 p.m. No. 13 San Diego vs. St. Mary's
Oct. 12, 2014 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Iowa State
Oct. 15, 2014 6 p.m. No. 10 Florida vs. South Carolina
Oct. 19, 2014 1 p.m. No. 17 North Carolina vs. No. 20 Duke
1 p.m. No. 12 Illinois vs. No. 11 Nebraska**^^
Oct. 22, 2014 7 p.m. No. 24 Kansas vs. Iowa State
9 p.m. Alabama vs. Auburn
Oct. 26, 2014 5 p.m. No. 11 Nebraska vs. No.4 Wisconsin**
Oct. 29, 2014 8 p.m. Tennessee vs. No. 16 Kentucky
Nov. 2, 2014 3 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs. Iowa State
Nov. 5, 2014 6 p.m. Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
Nov. 7, 2014 10:30 p.m. No. 18 Oregon vs. No. 5 Washington
Nov. 12, 2014 6 p.m. Mississippi State vs. Alabama
Nov. 19, 2014 6 p.m. South Carolina vs. Tennessee
Nov. 26, 2014 9 p.m. SEC Wildcard Selection^^^
Nov. 28, 2014 11:30 p.m. No. 25 UCLA vs. No. 6 USC
^Live on ESPN3 on Sept. 27, 2014, at 8 p.m. ET
^^ Live on ESPN3 on Oct. 18, 2014, at 4 p.m. ET
^^^ Matchup to be decided at a later date
Rankings are from American Volleyball Coaches Association (Sept. 8)
NCAA Women's Soccer Programming Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup
Sept. 14, 2014 4 p.m. Villanova vs. Princeton
Sept. 28, 2014 2 p.m. Missouri vs. No. 6 Florida
4 p.m. No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 5 Florida State
Oct. 5, 2014 12 p.m. Kentucky vs. No. 12 Texas A&M
Oct. 19, 2014 3 p.m. LSU vs. Georgia
Oct. 26, 2014 4 p.m. Missouri vs. Tennessee
Nov. 2, 2014 5 p.m. No. 24 Santa Clara vs. Portland
Nov. 9, 2014 11 a.m. American Championship Game
1 p.m. ACC Championship Game
3 p.m. SEC Championship Game
Rankings are from National Soccer Coaches Association of America (Sept. 9)
NCAA Men's Soccer Programming Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup
Sept. 17, 2014 7 p.m. ET No. 6 Georgetown vs. Princeton
Sept. 21, 2014 12 p.m. ET No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Virginia
Nov. 16, 2014 2 p.m. ACC Championship Game
Nov. 16, 2014 10:30 p.m. ET American Conference Championship Game^^^^
^^^^Live on ESPN3 on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at 12 p.m.
Rankings are from National Soccer Coaches Association of America (Sept. 9)
Note: All schedules subject to change
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