ESPN, ESPN2, & ESPNU to air every game of Women's College World Series beginning Thursday, Dial Global carries Championship Series

While the Regionals begin in baseball this weekend, the women's College World Series will steal most of the airtime and force most of the college baseball games to ESPN3 and possibly ESPNews. A quadruple header will kick off ESPN's coverage of the double elimination women's college world series.  Here's the press release and the schedule breakdown from ESPN.

ESPN Airs Every WCWS Game from Oklahoma City Beginning Thursday

 

ESPN’s coverage of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship continues with every game in the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) from Oklahoma City airing across ESPN and ESPN2 for the 13^th consecutive year beginning Thursday, May 30 at noon ET. After over 136 hours of Regionals and Super Regionals action airing exclusively on ESPN networks, the field has been narrowed to: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Florida, No.4 Texas, No. 5 Arizona State, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 8 Michigan, No. 11 Washington and No. 14 Nebraska. 

In addition to exclusive domestic coverage, ESPN International will provide the WCWS in: ESPN Australia, ESPN Africa, ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Europe, ESPN Israel, ESPN Latin America, ESPN Middle East, ESPN Pacific Rim and ESPN Brazil.

espnW.com will continue to serve as the online destination for complete coverage of NCAA softball. Contributor Graham Hays and others will provide extensive preview coverage, bracket analysis, power rankings, photos, videos and more. In addition, several players are guest blogging for the site in “Blogs From the Road”. 

Women’s College World Series Schedule:

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, May 30	noon	Women’s College World Series: No. 14 Nebraska vs. No.11 Washington Pam Ward, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
	2:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series: No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Florida Pam Ward, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Women’s College World Series: No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 4 Texas Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
	9:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series: No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
Sat, June 1	noon	Women’s College World Series No. 11 Washington vs. No. 7 Tennessee Pam Ward, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
	2:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 4 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 14 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Florida Pam Ward, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	9:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 5 Arizona State Pam Ward, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN
Sun, June 2	1 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 4 Texas vs. No. 2 Florida Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 11 Washington vs. No. 8 Michigan Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Texas Pam Ward, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
	9:30 p.m.	Women’s College World Series No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Washington Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
Mon, June 3	8 p.m.	Women’s College World Series Finals No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN2
Tue, June 4	8 p.m.	Women’s College World Series Finals No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN
Wed, June 5	8 p.m.	Women’s College World Series Finals* No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, Michele Smith & Holly Rowe	ESPN*
		*If Necessary games
		Media contact: gracie.blackburn@espn.com

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In addition to ESPN's coverage, Dial Global will carry all 3 Championship series games from the Women's College World Series. Dial Global's coverage will begin at 7:45 PM on June 3- 5 with Kevin Kugler returning as play-by-play and Leah Amico returning as the analyst. Once again Dial Global's coverage will be streamed online through the Dial Global player. 

The official press release from Dial Global follows.

Dial Global Sports, in conjunction with the NCAA Radio Network, will once again broadcast the NCAA Women’s Softball Championship. The 32nd annual Women’s College World Series (WCWS) will be held at ASA Stadium in Oklahoma City for the 17th consecutive year and 24th time overall.

Similar to the Men’s College World Series, eight teams will compete during the preliminary rounds of the championship, and will play in a double elimination format, with the two bracket survivors meeting in a best-of-three series to determine the NCAA champion. Dial Global Sports will be on hand to broadcast the Championship Series. The games will be heard on Dial Global affiliate radio stations nationwide, right here on DialGlobalSports.com, on the TuneIn app for mobile devices and on SiriusXM Satellite Radio

Game One of the Championship Series will be played on Monday, June 3rd, 2013. Game Two will be played the following night, Tuesday, June 4th, 2013. Should a third game be necessary to determine a champion, it would be played on Wednesday night, June 5th, 2013. Airtime for all the broadcasts is 7:45 PM ET.

For the third consecutive year, the broadcast crew features Kevin Kugler as play-by-play announcer and Leah (O’Brien) Amico as the analyst. Leah (O’Brien) Amico was a three-time WCWS Champion while at Arizona, and three-time U.S. Olympic Softball Gold Medalist as well. She still holds the NCAA record for highest batting average in a single tournament, hitting .750 in 1994.