The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced today that the 2009 MEAC Volleyball Championship will be televised on ESPNU for the first time ever. The match is scheduled for Noon at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md. and will air on the college sports network in a tape-delayed broadcast at 10 p.m.
The nationally televised contest is a part of the MEAC's seven-year partnership with ESPN.
"We are excited about achieving another first for women's sports in the MEAC." The opportunity to have our women's championship match televised by ESPNU further showcases our outstanding student-athletes and coaches and gives them the national visibility they deserve." said Dennis Thomas, MEAC Commissioner
The 2009 MEAC Volleyball Championship begins on Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22 at the Coppin Center on the campus of Coppin University in Baltimore, Maryland.
The MEAC southern divisional preseason favorite Florida A&M Lady Rattlers have won eight consecutive MEAC titles. FAMU is currently 6-0 in MEAC play and 12-8 overall. Maryland Eastern Shore, the preseason choice in the north, clinched their third consecutive northern divisional title and are currently 8-0 in conference play and 19-6 overall.
The championship bracket and seedings for the tournament will be announced at a later date.
For more information on MEAC Volleyball or other sponsored events, log on to www.MEACsports.com.
ESPNU
ESPNU launched on March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network features more than 550 live events annually, including college football, college basketball and Olympic sports from more than 25 Division I conferences, as well as premier high school content. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.
ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, including live simulcasts of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and replays the best games of the week from ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD and online at ESPNU.com. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection, a multi-platform student-generated content initiative, was introduced in August 2007.
ESPNU will be available nationwide in more than 46 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with nine of the top 10 providers - Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 614), DISH Network (Channel 148), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.