ESPN Finalizes 1st Round Lacrosse announcers and broadcast schedule

During the Selection Show last night ESPN revealed the 1st Round matches for the men's lacrosse championship. Today they revealed the announcers who will call the games from each site. Here's the full announcement from ESPN.

ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU combine to air all 15 tournament games; Women’s Championship Weekend on ESPN3 & ESPNU
The 16-team bracket for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual  was unveiled exclusively Sunday on ESPNU with Syracuse earning the No. 1 seed in the field. Tournament play begins with first-round action Saturday, May 11, featuring Lehigh at No. 5 seed North Carolina at noon ET on ESPN2. Sunday’s games open with Cornell at No. 6 Maryland at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.

The defending national champion Loyola-Maryland travels to No. 7 seed Duke on Sunday, May 12, at 5:15 p.m. on ESPNU.  All games throughout the championship on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU can also be seen on WatchESPN.

ESPN networks will provide exclusive coverage of all 15 games of the NCAA Championship for the seventh straight year. Coverage will be across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and WatchESPN beginning Saturday, May 11, and concludes with the national title game on Monday, May 27.  The women’s championship weekend – beginning Friday, May 24, with the national semifinals – will be shown on ESPN3, followed by the title game on Sunday, May 26, on ESPNU and WatchESPN.

ESPN’s top lacrosse commentating team will again be in position throughout the NCAA Championship, led by veteran play-by-play voice Eamon McAnaney, along with analyst Quint Kessenich and sideline reporter/analyst Paul Carcaterra. During their college careers, Kessenich (Johns Hopkins) and Carcaterra (Syracuse) both played in four NCAA Championships and each won a national title with their respective teams.

Also joining ESPN’s early-round coverage are analysts Ryan Boyle (three-time Princeton All-American), Mark Dixon (Johns Hopkins midfielder), Ryan Flanagan (North Carolina defenseman), Stephen McElduff (North Carolina defenseman and team co- captain) and Matt Ward (Tewaaraton trophy winner and Virginia attackman). Calling game action will be Joe Beninati, Mike Corey and Booker Corrigan.

Host Anish Shroff will be at ESPNU’s Charlotte, N.C., studios with analyst Kessenich for all first-round action. Joining the duo for Saturday’s games will be 21^st-year Virginia head coach Dom Starsia, while 13^th-year Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala will be in studio on Sunday.

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (Subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network(s)
Sat, May 11	Noon	First Round: Lehigh at No. 5 seed North Carolina Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	First Round: Yale at No. 8 seed Penn State Joe Beninati & Stephen McElduff	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	First Round: Detroit at No. 2 seed Notre Dame Mark Dixon & Matt Ward	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	First Round: Albany at No. 4 seed Denver Booker Corrigan & Jamie Munro	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sun, May 12	1 p.m.	First Round: Cornell at No. 6 seed Maryland Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	3 p.m.	First Round: Towson at No. 3 seed Ohio State Ben Holden & Matt Ward	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	5:15 p.m.	First Round: Loyola-Maryland at No. 7 seed Duke Mike Corey & Ryan Flanagan	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	7:30 p.m.	First Round: Bryant at No. 1 seed Syracuse Mark Dixon & Ryan Boyle	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, May 18	12:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #1 (Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Update Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	3 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #2 (Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Update Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Sun, May 19	Noon	Quarterfinal: Game #3 (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU / WatchESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal: Game #4 (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU / WatchESPN
Sat, May 25	2:30 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #1 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
	5 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #2 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Mon, May 27	1 p.m.	National Championship (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN / WatchESPN
	3:30 p.m.	2013 NCAA Lacrosse Championship Post Game Show Anish Shroff & Mark Dixon	ESPNU / WatchESPN

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (Subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Network
Fri, May 24	5 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #1 (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Semifinal: Game #2 (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPN3
Sun, May 26	8 p.m.	National Championship (Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pa.) Joe Beninati & Courtney Martinez-Connor	ESPNU / WatchESPN

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