Softball to Showcase Talents Four Times on ESPN
1/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Jan. 20, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference announced Thursday that the Alabama softball team will have four regular season games shown on the ESPN family of networks. The Crimson Tide will host a single ESPN broadcast and then will be featured in three contests on the road.
"We are always excited and honored to have a chance to play on television," Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said. "Our sport has grown so much in the past few years and a lot of that has to do with our games being on TV. Our fan base has grown from Alabama to Rhode Island to Oregon."
Alabama will open its national ESPN slate in a home game against Georgia. The two teams will play a three-game set at Rhoads Stadium with the Saturday, March 19, game being aired at 7 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
Alabama will once again be showcased on ESPNU, on Sunday, April 10, when the Tide head down to face the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. The Sunday matinee will start at 1 p.m. CT.
The highly anticipated series between Alabama and Florida will once again be shown to a national audience. Of the three games in Gainesville, Fla., two of the contests will be aired live. The Saturday, April 23, game will be shown on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. ET and the Sunday, April 24, contest will air on ESPN at 1 p.m. ET.
ESPN will once again cover the SEC Tournament that will be held in Oxford, Miss. The coverage will include three SEC Softball Championship quarterfinals, on Thursday, May 12, that will air on ESPNU with the final game of the day on ESPN2. Both semifinals on Friday, May 13, will air on ESPNU and the championship game on Saturday, May 14 will be seen on ESPN.
