ESPN will cover 12 college softball conference championship games and more than 55 conference tournament games in five action-packed days (May 11-15) to conclude a record-setting regular season schedule. The schedule will lead into the NCAA Softball Championship Selection Special Presented by Capital One (May 15 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPNU) when the NCAA Division I Softball Championship bracket is unveiled. Once again, ESPN will be the home of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship throughout the month of May and into June.
ESPN will televise a tripleheader of conference championship games Saturday, May 14: the American Championship game (noon),
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (2 p.m.) and
SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (5 p.m.). Prior to Saturday's slate,
ESPNU will televise the SEC Tournament semifinals (3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) on Friday, May 13, and
SEC Network will televise the tournament's quarterfinals and first round (noon, 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both rounds) on May 12 and May 11, respectively. Prior to the
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME airing on ESPN, ESPN3 will stream the tournament's semifinals (1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.) and quarterfinals (11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.) on May 13 and May 12, respectively, making every game from the tournament available.
ESPN3 will stream nine conference championship games, including seven on Saturday, May 14: the Horizon League (noon), MAC (1 p.m.), Atlantic Sun (1 p.m.), Southern (1 p.m.), Sun Belt (2 p.m.), Big South (2 p.m.), Missouri Valley (2 p.m.), and SWAC (3 p.m.). On Friday, May 13, the
SOUTHLAND Conference Championship game (3 p.m.) will be carried. Additionally, the Horizon League (2:30 p.m.), Southern (3 p.m.), Atlantic Sun (3:30 p.m.) and MAC (3:30 p.m.) 'if necessary' Championship games will be carried on Saturday, May 14, and the
SOUTHLAND Conference's (5:30 p.m.) on Friday, May 13. In addition to being live on ESPN3, the
SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME will air on Sunday, May 15, at 10 a.m. on ESPNU.
ESPN3 will carry early round action from the Atlantic Sun (May 12-13), Horizon League (May 12-13), and Sun Belt (May 13) conferences, in addition to the aforementioned ACC action. The entire Missouri Valley Tournament (May 12-14) will also be streamed.
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