College Women
Final
Feb 22
ODU
CAMP
ESPN will offer more than 450 regular season college lacrosse games across ESPNU, ACC Network (ACCN), ESPN3, ACCNX and ESPN+ this season. ESPNU and ACCN will televise 53 matchups, with more than 400 available on ESPN3, ACCNX and ESPN+ via the ESPN App.
Highlights
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Reigning NCAA men’s champion Virginia is set to appear on ESPN Networks eight times this season
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Eighteen of the top 20 men’s teams in Inside Lacrosse preseason poll to appear on ESPN networks
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Fifteen matchups featuring ranked opponents
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Eight ranked women’s teams to be featured across ten women’s games on ESPNU and ACCN
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Big Ten boasts top-ranked men’s team in No. 1 Penn State, which is coming off a program-best 16-2 season last year; slated to face No. 13 Johns Hopkins (April 11) and Michigan (April 19)
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All Johns Hopkins men’s home games are set to air on an ESPN network
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No. 20 High Point and Utah to both make their first appearance on ESPNU
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Men’s conference championships: ACC (April 24 – ACCN, and April 26 – ESPNU), Ivy League (May 1 and 3, ESPNU), MAAC (May 2 – ESPNU), America East (May 2 – ESPNU); semifinals on digital networks: America East, Ivy League, MAAC, SoCon
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Women’s conference championships: ACC (April 22-26, ACCN); digital networks: A10, America East, ASUN, Ivy League, SoCon
Commentators
Anish Shroff, in his third season, will serve as the lead play-by-play commentator for men’s lacrosse coverage on ESPN networks. Jay Alter, Jason Benetti, Chris Carlin, Booker Corrigan, Mike Corey and Chris Cotter will also handle play-by-play duties throughout the season.
Men’s analysis will be provided by: Quint Kessnich, Paul Carcaterra, Ric Beardsley, Ryan Boyle, Myles Jones, Doug Tarring, Matt Ward and Don Zimmerman.
Play by play commentators for women’s coverage include John Brickley, Mike Corey and Leah Secondo.
Women’s game analysts include: Sheehan Stanwick-Burch, Rachel DeCecco, Courtney Martinez, Halley Quillinan and Jon “Stugotz” Weiner.
Weekly schedules and commentators will be available here throughout the season.
Games aired on an ESPN network will also be available through the ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
Championship Drive
ESPN will be providing complete coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, beginning with the 2020 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Selection Special on Sunday, May 3 (9 p.m., ESPNU). Each round will air on ESPNU, and culminate with championship weekend from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on May 23-25 on ESPN2.
ESPN will also provide coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, with championship weekend taking place at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. (May 24-26).
ESPN/ACCN College Lacrosse Schedule
Men
Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1 | Noon | Colgate at North Carolina | ACCN |
| 2 p.m. | Air Force at Duke | ACCN | |
| Feb. 7 | 4 p.m. | Colgate at Syracuse | ACCN |
| Feb. 8 | 1 p.m. | Towson at Johns Hopkins ^ | ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | Loyola at Virginia | ACCN | |
| Feb. 15 | Noon | Lafayette at North Carolina | ACCN |
| 2 p.m. | Binghamton at Syracuse | ACCN | |
| Feb. 22 | Noon | Princeton at Virginia | ACCN |
| 1 p.m. | North Carolina at Johns Hopkins * | ESPN3 | |
| Feb. 25 | 5 p.m. | High Point at Virginia | ESPNU |
| Feb. 28 | 5 p.m. | Richmond at Duke | ACCN |
| 7 p.m. | Hobart at Syracuse | ACCN | |
| March 1 | Noon | Cornell at Ohio State | ESPNU |
| March 7 | Noon | Denver at Notre Dame | ACCN |
| 1 p.m. | Syracuse at Johns Hopkins & | ESPN3 | |
| March 10 | 6 p.m. | Jacksonville at Duke | ESPNU |
| Mount St. Mary's at Johns Hopkins % | ESPN3 | ||
| March 15 | 4 p.m. | Michigan at Notre Dame | ESPNU |
| March 17 | 5 p.m. | Dartmouth at North Carolina | ESPNU |
| March 19 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at Notre Dame | ACCN |
| March 21 | Noon | Maryland at North Carolina | ACCN |
| March 22 | Noon | Syracuse at Duke | ESPNU |
| March 26 | 7 p.m. | North Carolina at Duke | ACCN |
| March 28 | Noon | Michigan at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Notre Dame at Syracuse | ESPNU | |
| April 2 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at North Carolina | ACCN |
| April 4 | Noon | Johns Hopkins at Rutgers | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Duke at Notre Dame | ESPNU | |
| April 5 | Noon | Maryland at Michigan | ESPNU |
| April 9 | 7 p.m. | Duke at Virginia | ACCN |
| April 10 | 7 p.m. | Rutgers at Michigan | ESPNU |
| April 11 | Noon | Penn Atate at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
| Army at Notre Dame | ACCN | ||
| 2 p.m. | North Carolina at Syracuse | ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | Utah at Virginia | ESPNU | |
| April 18 | Noon | Notre Dame at North Carolina | ESPNU |
| Syracuse at Virginia | ACCN | ||
| April 19 | Noon | Michigan at Penn State | ESPNU |
| April 24 | 3 p.m. | Detroit at Monmouth | ESPNU |
| April 25 | Noon | Cornell at Princeton | ESPNU |
| 2 p.m. | Maryland at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
^ - airing Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. on ESPNU
* - airing Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. on ESPNU
& - airing March 8 at 10 a.m. on ESPNU
% - airing March 11 at 5 p.m. on ESPNU
ESPN/ACCN College Lacrosse Schedule
Women
Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup |
Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5 | 7 p.m. | Louisville at North Carolina | ACCN |
| March 11 | 4 p.m. | Hofstra at Boston College | ACCN |
| March 12 | 7 p.m. | Syracuse at Virginia | ACCN |
| March 21 | 2 p.m. | Boston College at Duke | ACCN |
| March 23 | 6 p.m. | East Carolina at North Carolina | ACCN |
| March 25 | 7 p.m. | Towson at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
| March 28 | Noon | North Carolina at Boston College | ACCN |
| March 29 | 2 p.m. | Syracuse at Notre Dame | ACCN |
| April 3 | 5 p.m. | Rutgers at Northwestern | ESPNU |
| April 4 | 1 p.m. | Maryland at Johns Hopkins # | ESPN3 |
| April 9 | 6 p.m. | Penn State at Ohio State | ESPNU |
| April 16 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at Virginia Tech | ACCN |
# - airing April 5 at 8 a.m. on ESPNU