CBS Sports Network Increases TV coverage of 2011 College Championships
Posted: March 16, 2011 01:13 PM
USA ULTIMATE AND CBS SPORTS NETWORK INCREASE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF 2011 COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Expanded Coverage Includes Event Finals and Semifinals on CBS Sports Network,
Plus Live Internet Streaming
Boulder, Colo. (March 16, 2011)—The 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships return to national television this year with expanded coverage on CBS Sports Network, which will air the Championships for the seventh year and the semifinals for the first time. The extended coverage is part of a new two-year partnership between USA Ultimate and CBS Sports Network that extends through 2012.
The 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships will be prominently featured on CBS Sports Network as part of its Alt Games programming, debuting Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26. The Open and Women’s division semifinals will air as two 90-minute programs on Friday, June 24 (7:00-10:00 PM, ET). On Saturday, June 25 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET), highlights of the USA Ultimate College Championships will be featured in a special one-hour Alt Games preview show on the CBS Television Network.
CBS Sports Network will air extensive USA Ultimate programming, beginning with the Women’s Final on Saturday, June 25 and the Open Championship Final on Sunday, June 26. The Women and Open Championship Finals will also air as stand-alone 90 minute programs in mid-July. Additionally, CBS Sports Network will live stream each of the four semifinal matches and both championship finals online.
The 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships will take place May 27-30 in Boulder, Colo., which last hosted the event in 2008. Throughout the four-day event, 40 Open and Women’s division teams comprised of nearly 900-student athletes from colleges and universities across the nation will compete for national titles in the sport of Ultimate. The championship event represents the culmination of a regular season in which roughly 11,000 athletes from more than 700 colleges compete to qualify for a trip to Boulder. Last season, the University of Florida claimed the Open division championship over Carleton College, while the University of Oregon captured the Women’s division title against the University of California – Santa Barbara.
The 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships are free to the public. More details can be found at www.usaultimate.org. The event is scheduled for May 27-30 at the Pleasant View Sports Complex in Boulder, Colo.
##