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ESPNU Set to Televise Soccer Home Game
July 05, 2011 | Soccer
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NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma soccer program was selected as one of two sites for ESPNU's television coverage during the 2011 season, the Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday. The ESPNU package features the Sooners' home contest versus Missouri on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m.
It marks the first home contest to be televised from John Crain Field at the OU Soccer Complex. The athletics department completed Phase II of the OU Soccer Complex in 2006, providing the Sooners with one of the premier Division I soccer facilities in the nation. The stadium, which seats 3,500, will host 10 regular season games in 2011. Season tickets are now on sale through the OU Athletics Ticket Office.
"We are excited to showcase our program and facility on national television," said OU Head Coach Nicole Nelson, the 2010 Co-Big 12 Coach of the Year. "It's no secret that we have one of the top facilities in the country, and this allows more people to experience that atmosphere. The exposure is beneficial not only to OU, but also the Big 12 Conference, which is one of the most competitive leagues in the country."
In addition to the Sooners' game on Oct. 16, ESPNU will air live from College Station, Texas, as Oklahoma State battles Texas A&M on Oct. 23.
The 2010 campaign was a season of firsts for the Sooner Soccer team under third-year head coach Nicole Nelson. OU posted double-digit wins for the first time since 2005. The Sooners returned to the Big 12 Tournament for the first time since 2006 and advanced to the program's first conference championship game. Despite falling just short of its first Big 12 Championship following a 5-4 loss in penalty kicks, OU clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history (2003).
Oklahoma started the 2010 campaign as the Big 12 coaches' pick to finish 10th in the league's preseason poll. The Sooners finished the regular season with a program-best five wins in conference play. OU had the league's third-best record but virtue of a tiebreaker with Nebraska, clinched the No. 4 seed in the Big 12 Tournament. Prior to falling to Oklahoma State in the Big 12 title game, the Sooners knocked off then-No. 21 Texas and then-No. 6 Texas A&M in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
The program's highest finish in the Big 12 was coupled with OU tying the 2005 Sooners for the most goals scored in a season with 37.
ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 650 live events annually. Action includes a variety of top football and men's and women's basketball games, as well as Olympic sports from 26 Division I conferences. ESPNU is the destination for premier high school programming, including elite football and basketball events. The network also has a wide-ranging agreement with the NCAA for extensive coverage of NCAA Championships.
ESPNU offers over 600 original studio shows, including SportsCenterU, ESPNU Recruiting Insider, The Experts, The WhipAround, College Basketball Live, BCS Countdown and is the television home of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD, now in over 20 million homes. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection is a multiplatform, student-generated content initiative to enhance the network's link to college campuses nationwide.
ESPNU has seen a steady increase since its inception and is now in approximately 73 million households across the country. The network has long-term carriage agreements with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers – Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.
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