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[05/05/15 - 12:50 PM]
College Softball Conference Tournaments: 50 Games, 11 Championships
The ACC Championship Game (ESPN) and American Athletic Conference Championship Game (ESPN2) will be televised Saturday, May 9.
[via press release from ESPN]

College Softball Conference Tournaments: 50 Games, 11 Championships

· Television: ACC and American Athletic Conference Championship Games and entire SEC Tournament

· ESPN3: Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC Championship Games

· Big 12 and Pac-12 Key Matchups

· NCAA Softball Championship Selection Show on ESPNU

With the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Championship approaching, ESPN will provide coverage of 11 college softball conference championship games (Saturday, May 9 & Sunday, May 10) and more than 50 conference tournament games (Wednesday, May 6 through Friday, May, 8) leading into the NCAA Softball Championship Selection Show Presented by Capital One (May 10 at 10 p.m. E.T. on ESPNU) when the NCAA Division I Softball Championship bracket is unveiled.

The ACC Championship Game (ESPN) and American Athletic Conference Championship Game (ESPN2) will be televised Saturday, May 9, at 1 p.m. followed by the SEC Championship Game (ESPN) at 8 p.m. Prior to Saturday's tripleheader, ESPNU will televise the SEC Tournament semifinals on Friday, May 8, at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The SEC Tournament first round (noon, 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.) and quarterfinals (11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m.) will be televised Wednesday, May 6, and Thursday, May 7, respectively, on SEC Network.

ESPN3 will carry the Southland Conference Championship Game on Friday, May 8 at 3 p.m., the first of seven conference championship games on the network. On Saturday, May 9, the Horizon League (noon), Atlantic Sun and Southern Conference (1 p.m.), Sun Belt, Missouri Valley, and SWAC (2 p.m.) conference championship games will be played. The Big South Championship Game will be carried Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m. The Southland Conference (5:30 p.m. on Friday), along with Saturday's Horizon League (2:30 p.m.) and Atlantic Sun (3:30 p.m.) if necessary championship games will also be carried. In addition to being on ESPN3, the SWAC Championship Game will air on Sunday, May 10, at 11 a.m. on ESPNU.

ESPN will also televise key matchups from the Big 12 and Pac-12 as the two conferences close out the regular season: Texas at No. 14 Baylor at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, on ESPN2 and Oklahoma State at No. 4 Oklahoma (3 p.m. on ESPN2) and No. 1 Oregon at No. 18 Arizona (11:30 p.m. on ESPNU) both on Saturday, May 9.

NCAA Softball Championship Selection Show Presented by Capital One

Host Beth Mowins and analysts Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza will unveil the 64-team NCAA Division I Softball Championship bracket throughout the NCAA Softball Championship Selection Show on Sunday, May 10, at 10 p.m. Smith and Mendoza will analyze the field, preview each region and determine teams likely to advance throughout the one-hour special. Head coaches from teams named to the field are expected to join the show.

NCAA Division I Softball Championship

ESPN's coverage of NCAA Division I Softball Championship coverage begins Friday, May 15, with the Regional Round. Every game from the Super Regionals and the Women's College World Series will be televised once again this season. Complete programming details will be released next week.

ESPN College Softball Television Schedule (May 6 - May 10)

(subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game Network

Wed, May 6 Noon SEC Tournament: First Round Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Missouri Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Laura Rutledge SEC Network 2:30 p.m. SEC Tournament: First Round Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Georgia Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Laura Rutledge SEC Network 5 p.m. SEC Tournament: First Round South Carolina vs. No. 25 Texas A&M Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe SEC Network 7:30 p.m. SEC Tournament: First Round No. 24 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Tennessee Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe SEC Network 8 p.m. Texas at No. 14 Baylor Pam Ward, Leah Amico ESPN2

Thur, May 7 11 a.m. SEC Tournament: Quarterfinals Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Laura Rutledge SEC Network 1:30 p.m. SEC Tournament: Quarterfinals Adam Amin, Amanda Scarborough, Laura Rutledge SEC Network 4 p.m. SEC Tournament: Quarterfinals Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith SEC Network 6:30 p.m. SEC Tournament: Quarterfinals Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe SEC Network

Fri, May 8 3 p.m. SEC Tournament: Semifinal No. 1 Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe ESPNU 5:30 p.m. SEC Tournament: Semifinal No. 2 Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe ESPNU

Sat, May 9 1 p.m. ACC Tournament: Championship Game Cara Capuano, Cheri Kempf ESPN American Athletic Conference Tournament: Championship Game Melissa Lee, Kayla Braud ESPN2 3 p.m. Oklahoma State at No. 4 Oklahoma Mark Neely, Jenny Dalton-Hill ESPN2 8 p.m. SEC Tournament: Championship Game Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith, Holly Rowe ESPN 11:30 p.m. No. 1 Oregon at No. 18 Arizona Pam Ward, Leah Amico ESPNU

Sun, May 10 11 a.m. SWAC Tournament: Championship Game*** Thad Anderson, Jenny Ritter ESPNU

***Taped Delayed (Live on ESPN3, Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m.)

ESPN3 College Softball Schedule (May 6 - May 10)

(subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game

Wed, May 6 Noon Horizon League Tournament Cleveland State vs. Green Bay 2:30 p.m. Horizon League Tournament Valparaiso vs. Wright State 3 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament Jacksonville vs. North Florida 5 p.m. Horizon League Tournament 5:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament Stetson vs. Kennesaw State

Thur, May 7 11 a.m. ACC Tournament: Quarterfinals** Boston College vs. No.10 Florida State Atlantic Sun Tournament Noon Missouri Valley Tournament: Quarterfinals Indiana State vs. Southern Illinois Horizon League Tournament 12:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament 1:30 p.m. ACC Tournament: Quarterfinals** NC State vs. Louisville 2:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Tournament: Quarterfinals Illinois State vs. Bradley Horizon League Tournament 3 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament 5 p.m. ACC Tournament: Quarterfinals** Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina Missouri Valley Tournament: Quarterfinals Horizon League Tournament 5:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament 7:30 p.m. ACC Tournament: Quarterfinals** Pittsburgh vs. No. 21 Notre Dame Missouri Valley Tournament: Quarterfinals

Fri, May 8 Noon Sun Belt Tournament Horizon League Tournament 12:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament 1 p.m. ACC Tournament: Semifinals** Missouri Valley Tournament: Semifinals 2:30 p.m. Horizon League Tournament 3 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament: Semifinals Sun Belt Tournament: Semifinals Southland Tournament: Championship Game 3:30 p.m. ACC Tournament: Semifinals** Missouri Valley Tournament: Semifinals 5 p.m. Horizon Tournament 5:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament: Semifinals Southland Tournament: Championship Game* 6 p.m. Sun Belt Tournament: Semifinals

Sat, May 9 10 a.m. Big South Tournament Noon Horizon League Tournament: Championship Game 12:30 p.m. Big South Tournament 1 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament: Championship Game Southern Conference Championship Game 2 p.m. SWAC Tournament: Championship Game Missouri Valley Tournament: Championship Game Sun Belt Tournament: Championship Game 2:30 p.m. Horizon League Tournament: Championship Game* 3 p.m. Big South Tournament* 3:30 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament: Championship Game* 5:30 p.m. Big South Tournament*

Sun, May 10 2 p.m. Big South Tournament: Championship Game*

*If necessary

**Subject to blackout





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