One of the most anticipated moments of the college lacrosse season happened today as ESPN announced its list of televised games for the 2019 season.
ESPN will offer more than 400 games across its streaming platforms, highlighted by 29 regular season games to be televised on either ESPNU or ESPNEWS.
The broadcast schedule includes 24 men’s games and five women’s games, beginning with a top 10 matchup in men’s lacrosse on Feb. 16 with Loyola taking the short trip down Charles Street to Play at Johns Hopkins. That game will be streamed live on ESPN3 and then will air the following morning on ESPNU.
The women’s schedule begins on March 21 with Maryland travelling to Penn State for a Thursday evening game.
In addition to the regular season, ESPN networks will offer complete coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, beginning with the airing of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Selection Special on Sunday, May 5 at 9 p.m., on ESPNU.
ESPN will also provide coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, with championship weekend taking place in Baltimore, Md., from May 24-26.
Anish Shroff will the lead play-by-play announcer for the second straight season and Jay Alter, John Brickley, Mike Corey and Chris Cotter will also handle play-by-play duties throughout the season. The lists of analysts includes Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch, Ryan Boyle, Ryan Flanagan, Myles Jones, Matt Ward, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner and Don Zimmerman.
ESPN College Lacrosse Schedule
Men
Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16 | 2 p.m. | Loyola at Johns Hopkins | ESPN3* |
| March 2 | 12 p.m. | Virginia at Syracuse | ESPNU |
| March 3 | 12 p.m. | Maryland at Notre Dame | ESPNU |
| Mar 7 | 7 p.m. | Loyola at Duke | ESPNU |
| Mar 12 | 7 p.m. | Mount St. Mary's at Johns Hopkins | ESPN3& |
| Mar 16 | 1 p.m. | Cornell at Yale | ESPNEWS |
| 1 p.m. | Delaware at Johns Hopkins | ESPN3^ | |
| March 19 | 5 p.m. | Notre Dame at Michigan | ESPNU |
| Mar 23 | 4 p.m. | North Carolina at Maryland | ESPNU |
| 6 p.m. | Virginia at Johns Hopkins | ESPN3# | |
| Mar 24 | 2 p.m. | Duke at Syracuse | ESPNU |
| Mar 26 | 6 p.m. | Denver at Princeton | ESPNU |
| Mar 30 | 12 p.m. | Syracuse at Notre Dame | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Duke at North Carolina | ESPNU | |
| March 31 | 12 p.m. | Rutgers at Ohio State | ESPNU |
| April 6 | 12 p.m. | Notre Dame at Duke | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Rutgers at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU | |
| April 9 | 6 p.m. | Cornell at Syracuse | ESPNU |
| April 13 | 12 p.m. | Virginia at Duke | ESPNU |
| Apr 14 | 12 p.m. | Ohio State at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
| Apr 20 | 12 p.m. | North Carolina at Notre Dame | ESPNU |
| Apr 21 | 12 p.m. | Johns Hopkins at Penn State | ESPNU |
| Apr 26 | 4 p.m. | MAAC Flex | ESPNU |
| 6 p.m. | Ohio State at Michigan | ESPNU |
* - will air February 17 at 8 a.m. on ESPNU
& - will air March 13 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU
^ - will air on March 17 at 6 p.m. on ESPNU
# - will air on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU
ESPN College Lacrosse Schedule
Women
Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21 | 5 p.m. | Maryland at Penn State | ESPNU |
| Apr 6 | 10 a.m. | Northwestern at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
| Apr 17 | 6 p.m. | Princeton at Penn | ESPNU |
| Apr 18 | 4 p.m. | Michigan at Northwestern | ESPNU |
| Apr 19 | 5 p.m. | Penn State at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |