ESPNU Announces 2015 Men's & Women's Lacrosse Schedule

By: Caryn Robbins Feb. 04, 2015

The 2015 college lacrosse season on ESPNU, ESPN3 and SEC Network + will showcase nationally-ranked programs and top-caliber games including 47 men's and 21 women's regular-season games, as well as the crowning of the ACC, America East and Ivy League men's tournament champions and the Big Ten and Big South women's tournament champions.

The men's regular-season schedule begins on Saturday, Feb. 7, with No. 6 Johns Hopkins hosting UMBC live 1 p.m. on ESPN3 and next-day tape delayed on ESPNU at noon.

Eighteen of the 20 programs ranked in the Inside Lacrosse' preseason poll will be showcased throughout the season on ESPNU and ESPN3, including No. 1 Denver, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Johns Hopkins, No. 7 Loyola (Md.), No. 8 Cornell, No. 9 Virginia, No. 10 Maryland, No. 11 Albany, No. 12 Harvard, No. 13 Penn, No. 14 Bryant, No. 15 Yale, No. 17 Penn State, No. 19 Hofstra and No. 20 Army. The women's ESPNU schedule includes ranked teams: No. 1 Maryland, No. 17 Johns Hopkins and No. 20 Georgetown.

Additional schedule highlights:
· 15 of the 16 teams that qualified for the 2014 NCAA Men's Championship, while 13 women's programs earned berths.
· A rematch of the 2014 NCAA Men's Championship title game between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Duke on Saturday, April 4, at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.
· Defending national champion Duke makes a minimum of four appearances on the ESPNU schedule.
· Beginning February 28, a consistent Saturday men's game airing on ESPNU thought the remainder of the season, including five doubleheaders.

ESPNU will have the entire ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship from PPL Park in Chester, Pa., airing the semifinals on Friday, April 24, at 5 & 8 p.m., and the title game on Sunday, April 26, at 1 p.m.
In addition, ESPNU is the home to the America East and Ivy League men's title games on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, respectively.

The ESPNU women's slate of games includes two No. 17 Johns Hopkins matchups: vs. Georgetown on Saturday, March 21, at 2 p.m., and vs. No. 1 Maryland on Wednesday, April 15, at 8:30 p.m.
An additional 12 regular-season women's games will be part of an exclusive ESPN3 package, including ranked teams: No. 2 North Carolina, No. 5 Northwestern, No. 7 Boston College, No. 8 Duke, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 10 Ohio State and No. 15 Louisville.

No. 3 Florida will have seven games on SEC Network +, including four games against ranked opponents: No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 11 Loyola (Md.) and No. 16 Stony Brook.

· The Big Ten Women's Championship title game will be shown on Sunday, May 3, on ESPN3 and same-day tape delayed at 5 p.m. on ESPNU

· ESPN's exclusive coverage of the NCAA Men's & Women's Championship begins with the Selection Show on ESPNU on Sunday, May 3 and continues through the Men's Championships on Memorial Day Weekend.

This season, the network's telecasts will include a deep roster of experienced and knowledgeable lacrosse analysts: Ryan Boyle (Four-time All-American at Princeton), Paul Carcaterra (All-American at Syracuse and a member of 1995 National Championship team), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder), Ryan Flanagan (All-American defenseman at UNC), Quint Kessenich (Four-time All-American at Johns Hopkins) and Matt Ward (former Virginia attackman and 2006 Tewaaraton winner). Play-by-play announcers include: ESPNU's Anish Shroff, Mike Corey, Booker Corrigan and Eamon McAnaney (Notre Dame defenseman). Courtney Martinez-Connor (Four-time NCAA Champion at Maryland) will handle analysis of the women's games.

Every game will also be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

2015 Men's & Women's College Lacrosse Schedule (subject to change; all ESPN3 games are exclusive)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Feb 7	11:30 a.m.	No. 2 North Carolina at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
	1 p.m.	UMBC at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPN3!
	4 p.m.	Siena at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPN3
Sun, Feb 8	Noon	Air Force at No. 3 Duke	ESPN3
Tue, Feb 10	4 p.m.	High Point at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPN3
Sat, Feb 14	Noon	No. 20 Georgetown at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Stony Brook at St. John's	ESPN3
Sun, Feb 15	4 p.m.	No. 8 Cornell at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPN3
Fri, Feb. 20	3 p.m.	No. 19 Hofstra at Princeton	ESPNU
	6:30 p.m.	San Diego State at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
Sat, Feb 21	Noon	No. 10 Maryland at No. 15 Yale	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 20 Army at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPN3
Fri, Feb 27	4 p.m.	No. 1 Denver at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU
Sat, Feb 28	Noon	No. 12 Harvard at No. 3 Duke	ESPN3
		No. 5 Northwestern at No. 2 North Carolina (women)	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Princeton at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPN3@
		Dartmouth at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 1	Noon	No. 9 Virginia at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPNU
		No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Duke (women)	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Providence at No. 3 Duke	ESPN3
Tue, Mar 3	1 p.m.	No. 11 Loyola (Md.) at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
	3 p.m.	No. 15 Yale at St. John's	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 4	3 p.m.	Duquesne at No. 15 Louisville (women)	ESPN3
Sat, Mar 7	Noon	Navy at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPN3^
	1 p.m.	No. 7 Loyola (Md.) at No. 3 Duke	ESPN3
		Niagara at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
Tue, Mar 10	4 p.m.	No. 14 Bryant at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	No. 4 Syracuse at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
Sat, Mar 14	Noon	No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 9 Virginia	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Virginia Tech at No. 9 Notre Dame (women)	ESPN3
		Drexel at St. John's	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	No. 6 Johns Hopkins at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPNU
Sun, Mar 15	4 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina at Virginia Tech (women)	ESPN3
Tue, Mar 17	2 p.m.	No. 16 Stony Brook at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
	7 p.m.	No. 12 Harvard at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPN3
Sat, Mar 21	Noon	No. 10 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame (women)	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	No. 20 Georgetown at No. 17 Johns Hopkins (women)	ESPN3*
	4 p.m.	Ohio State at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	No. 9 Virginia at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 7 Boston College at No. 2 North Carolina (women)	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 22	12:30 p.m.	No. 3 Duke at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPNU
Sat, Mar 28	Noon	No. 4 Syracuse at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Providence at St. John's	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Rutgers at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	San Diego State at Yale (women)	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 29	11 a.m.	Brown at Princeton	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	No. 3 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU
		No. 2 North Carolina at No. 9 Notre Dame (women)	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Ohio State at No. 17 Penn State	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 3	7 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina at No. 9 Virginia	ESPNU
		No. 11 Albany at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPN3
Sat, Apr 4	4 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina at No. 15 Louisville (women)	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 3 Duke	ESPNU
Tue, Apr 7	4 p.m.	Marquette at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPN3
Sat, Apr 11	Noon	No. 7 Boston College at Virginia Tech (women)	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	No. 4 Syracuse at No. 5 North Carolina	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	No. 17 Penn State at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
Sun, Apr 12	Noon	No. 9 Virginia at No. 3 Duke	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Ohio State at Michigan	ESPNU
Tue, Apr 14	7 p.m.	Hobart at No. 4 Syracuse	ESPN3
Wed, Apr 15	Noon	Cincinnati at No. 3 Florida (women)	SEC Network +
	8:30 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland at No. 17 Johns Hopkins (women)	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 17	6 p.m.	No. 12 Harvard at Princeton	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina at No. 8 Duke (women)	ESPN3
Sat, Apr 18	2 p.m.	Michigan at No. 6 Johns Hopkins	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPNU
Fri, Apr 24	5:30 p.m.	ACC Lacrosse Championship (Chester, Pa.): Semifinals	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	ACC Lacrosse Championship (Chester, Pa.): Semifinals	ESPNU
Sat, Apr 25	Noon	Ohio State at Rutgers	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	ACC team vs. No. 13 Penn (Chester, Pa.)	ESPN3
Sun, Apr 26	1 p.m.	ACC Lacrosse Championship (Chester, Pa.): Final	ESPNU
Fri, May 1	5 p.m.	Ivy League Championship (site of No. 1 seed): Semifinals	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Ivy League Championship (site of No. 1 seed): Semifinals	ESPN3
Sat, May 2	10 a.m.	America East Championship (highest seed): Final	ESPNU
Sun, May 3	Noon	Ivy League Championship (site of No. 1 seed): Final	ESPNU
		Boston University at No. 3 Duke	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Big South Women's Championship (site of No. 1 seed): Final	ESPN3
	TBD	Big Ten Women's Championship (College Park, Md.): Final	ESPN3$

! - tape delayed Sunday, Feb. 8, at noon on ESPNU

@ - tape delayed Sunday, March 1, at 10 a.m. on ESPNU

^ - tape delayed Sunday, March 8, at 10 a.m. on ESPNU

* - tape delayed Sunday, March 22, at 9 a.m. on ESPNU

$ - same-day tape delayed Sunday, May 3, at 5 p.m. on ESPNU

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