July 18, 2006 - MAAC Soccer Championships on ESPNU

For Immediate Release       
July 18, 2006  

2006 MAAC Soccer Championships to Air Live On ESPNU

Edison , N.J. – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and ESPN announce plans to televise the 2006 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championship games on ESPNU, live from the campus of Fairfield University on Sunday, November 5, 2006.   

“The MAAC membership is excited to have both the men's and women's soccer championships broadcast nationally on ESPNU in a unique doubleheader format at Fairfield University," said MAAC Commissioner Richard J. Ensor.  "This opportunity will showcase MAAC soccer to a national audience and Fairfield University will be a great venue for the championship with grass and turf field options depending on weather conditions."

“ESPNU is proud to be the home of the MAAC Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championship,” said Burke Magnus, vice president and general manager, ESPNU.  “We are excited to continue our relationship with the Conference into a new college sports season and provide its fans with live game coverage.”    

Participating institutions and game times will be announced at a later date.

ESPNU also aired the 2005 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Soccer Championship games as well as eight men’s basketball games and three women’s basketball games during the 2005-06 season.  

 

About ESPNU

ESPNU was launched in March 2005. The ESPNU schedule featured 477 live events (regular-season and championships) in the network’s first year.   ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, such as replays of ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television games, plus specials and more. In addition, the network has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA calling for extensive coverage of numerous NCAA Championships, including sports from each of the three collegiate seasons.  

ESPNU.com, a new online college sports hub that will join the ESPN.com family in the fall, will be the online companion to the ESPNU college sports television network, functioning as an online home for college sports multi-media content.  ESPN.com and ESPNU will also work with XOS Technologies, to expand online content across ESPN.com, ESPNU.com and the XOS network of college athletics websites – allowing the parties to share online news, information and features, video and audio assets.

ESPNU has secured distribution agreements with DIRECTV (Channel 609), Echostar’s DISH Network (Channel 148), Adelphia, Insight Communications, Mediacom, Verizon, several smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. 

 

About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

The MAAC consists of 10 member institutions: Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Loyola (Md.), Manhattan, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Saint Peter’s and Siena; and is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more on the conference please visit,
www.maacsports.com. 

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