At Least 33 Games To Be Nationally Televised

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced its 2010 baseball television schedule today. This season’s slate features 33 games on national television, with the possibility of a 34th game if a second championship contest is necessary at the 2010 Conoco MWC Baseball Championship. It will be the fourth consecutive season that all games from the baseball championship will be televised.

Thirty-two games will be shown on The Mtn. – MountainWest Sports Network, while one is set to be telecast on CBS College Sports Network (CBS C).

In addition to game broadcasts, The Mtn. will feature The Mountain View – Diamond Edition, which brings viewers scores and highlights of all the baseball action from across the Conference every Thursday at 7 p.m. MT during the season beginning in March. Live pre- and post-game shows from The Mtn. studios will be part of all MTN-produced baseball telecasts, including the full slate of 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship games.

The Mtn. is carried nationally by DIRECTV (Channel 616) and numerous cable operators representing over 200 municipalities in nine states. CBS College Sports Network is widely available on cable systems across the country and via satellite on DIRECTV (Channel 613) and Dish Network (Channel 152).

Below is a listing of the 2010 broadcast schedule:

2010 MWC Baseball Television Broadcast Schedule
Date	Game	Time	Broadcast Network	Broadcast Date/Time
Tue., Mar. 2	UT-San Antonio at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Tue., Mar. 2/11:00 p.m. CT
Fri., Mar. 12	Texas Tech at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Mar. 13/1 p.m. CT
Tue., Mar. 23	Texas State at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Live
Tue., Mar. 30	UT-Arlington at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Live
Thu., Apr. 1	San Diego State at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Thu., Apr. 1/8:30 p.m. CT
Fri., Apr. 2	San Diego State at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Fri., Apr. 2/8:30 p.m. CT
Sat., Apr. 3	San Diego State at TCU	2:00 p.m. CT	*	Live
Tue., Apr. 6	Oklahoma at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Live
Tue., Apr. 13	Texas A&M at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Live
Thu., Apr. 15	TCU at BYU	6:30 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Fri., Apr. 16/3:00 p.m. MT
Sat., Apr. 17	TCU at BYU	1:00 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Sun., Apr. 18/3:00 p.m. MT
Fri., Apr. 23	UNLV at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Fri., Apr. 23/8:30 p.m. CT
Fri., Apr. 23	Utah at BYU	6:30 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Sat., Apr. 24/6:00 p.m. MT
Sat., Apr. 24	Utah at BYU	1:00 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Sun., Apr. 25/3:00 p.m. MT
Sat., Apr. 24	UNLV at TCU	4:00 p.m. CT	*	Live
Sun., Apr. 25	UNLV at TCU	1:00 p.m. CT	*	Live
Tue., Apr. 27	Baylor at TCU	6:30 p.m. CT	*	Live
Sat., May 1	New Mexico at San Diego State	6:00 p.m. PT	*	Live
Sat., May 1	TCU at Utah	5:00 p.m. MT		Live
Thu., May 13	San Diego State at BYU	6:30 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Fri., May 14/3:00 p.m. MT
Fri., May 14	San Diego State at BYU	6:30 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Sat., May 15/3:00 p.m. MT
Sat., May 15	San Diego State at BYU	1:00 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Sun., May 16/Noon MT
Tue., May 18	Utah Valley at BYU	6:30 p.m. MT	(re-air)	Live Wed., May 19/8:00 p.m. MT

2010 CONOCO MWC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tuesday, May 25
3:00 p.m. PT	Game #1		Live
7:00 p.m. PT	Game #2		Live
Wednesday, May 26
11:00 a.m. PT	Game #3		Live
3:00 p.m. PT	Game #4		Live
7:00 p.m. PT	Game #5		Live
Thursday, May 27
11:00 a.m. PT	Game #6		Live
3:00 p.m. PT	Game #7		Live
7:00 p.m. PT	Game #8		Live
Friday, May 28
3:00 p.m. PT	Game #9		Live
7:00 p.m. PT	Game #10		Live
Saturday, May 29
1:00 p.m. PT	Game #11 (If necessary)		Live

Broadcast schedule times subject to change.
* TCU Film/Television/Digital Media Dept. Production

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State baseball team will play 34 home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in 2010, which highlights the season’s upcoming schedule released Tuesday by head coach Pat Casey.

OSU Head Coach Pat Casey

games as possible. We have some of the greatest fans in the Pac-10 and across the nation and the 2010 season will represent a great opportunity for our players to compete in front of them and for our fans to lead the Pac-10 in attendance.”

Complete 2010 OregonState Schedule (PDF)

The schedule begins Feb. 19 when the Beavers travel to Hawai’i for a four-game series. It marks the second time in four seasons in which OSU will travel outside the continental United States to open the season. In 2007, OSU played at Hawai’i-Hilo, and swept its four games there en route to its second of two consecutive national championships.

After playing four in the islands, the Beavers will return to Corvallis for the 2010 home opener against Tennessee in the Papé Grand Slam, which will be held at Goss Stadium from Feb. 26-28. The third-annual Papé Grand Slam will be played in Corvallis instead of Portland due to a construction schedule at PGE Park that could not accommodate the Beavers. PGE Park, however, will be able to accommodate Oregon State and Oregon for a non-conference game on May 26, which will mark the Beavers’ only appearance this season at the Triple-A park.

Other non-conference home opponents for the Beavers include perennial West Coast power Long Beach State (March 26-28), Portland and Utah in OSU’s Spring Tournament (March 12-14), Maine (March 19-21), Southern Utah (March 24), San Diego (May 10) and Seattle (May 18-19).

Of the Beavers’ 23 road games, eight will be played amongst the team’s first 11. After the series against Tennessee, OSU travels to Surprise, Ariz., to play in a six-team tournament hosted by Arizona State. In addition to the host Sun Devils, OSU squares off against Cal Poly, Utah Valley and UC Riverside over the four days.

Oregon State opens its 2010 Pacific-10 Conference slate April 1 at USC. The Beavers also travel to Washington State, California and Arizona State for league games this season.

Casey and the Beavers open their Pac-10 home schedule April 9 against UCLA. Other conference foes OSU fans will be able to see at Goss Stadium include Stanford, Oregon, Washington and Arizona, whom the Beavers close out the season with in a three-game series from May 28-30.

The NCAA postseason begins June 4 with NCAA Regionals play. NCAA Super Regionals start June 11, with the College World Series, which is scheduled to be played at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb., for the final year, being played June 19-30.

(Release)

Wildcats Will Open Season With 27 Straight Home Games

UA Head Coach Andy Lopez

Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State.  The Wildcats will also play non-conference two game sets vs. UNLV, Saint Joseph’s, Wichita State and New Mexico.

Complete 2010 Arizona Baseball Schedule

The Wildcats begin Pac-10 play vs. Oregon with a 3-game home series that starts on March 26.  They play their first road games at California April 1,2 & 3 in Berkley, CA.

Other Pac-10 road series are vs. Washington, USC and Oregon State.  The Wildcats host Washington State, UCLA, Arizona State, and Stanford.

Two “non-conference” games vs. Arizona State will be played in Tempe on Aprl 20 & May 4.   Cal State Bakersfield also visits Tucson May 7-9 in Arizona’s last non-conference action.

In all Arizona plays eight games against 2009 College World Series teams.

Gonzaga opens the 2010 season at the Cactus Classic in Arizona

Mark Machtolf

The Bulldogs, coming off of their third consecutive 30-win season and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1981, will open the season Feb. 19-21 with the Cactus Classic held at Tucson Electric Park, the Arizona Diamondbacks spring training complex, in Tucson, Ariz. There the Zags will match up with NCAA Tournament participant Missouri twice and also play single games against New Mexico State and Washington.

Complete 2010 Gonzaga Schedule (PDF)

The following weekend will see Gonzaga return to Arizona, this time for the Peoria Spring Training Classic held at the San Diego Padres spring training home field in Peoria, Ariz. The Bulldogs are scheduled to meet up with NCAA Tournament participant Kansas and Western Athletic Conference member Sacramento State each twice throughout the weekend.

The first weekend of March the Zags will begin a stretch that will see them play 11 games in 12 days, starting with a trip to Shreveport, La. for a three-game series with Summit League member Centenary. Following the series with the Gents, Gonzaga heads to Lubbock, Tex. for a two-game series with Big-12 member Texas Tech Mar. 9-10. GU then travels to San Antonio, Tex. for the Irish Baseball Classic where the Zags will face Pacific, Bradley and Notre Dame.

“The early season tournaments always provide some good challenges and this season will be no different,” commented Machtolf. “The trips to Louisiana and San Antonio will be exciting because it gives us a chance to play a couple different teams in a different region of the country.”

Mar. 15-16 will be the first set of home games for the Zags as they wrap up the 11 games in 12 day stretch with a two-game set against BYU. The ensuing weekend has the Bulldogs traveling to southern California for a three-game series against 2009 Big West Conference champion and NCAA Regional host UC Irvine Mar. 19-21. This will be the first year of a home-and-home series with the Anteaters who will come to Spokane for a weekend series in 2011.

“The series with UC Irvine will be a very tough competitive series against a very good ball club that was the top-ranked team in the country at one point last season,” stated Machtolf. “That weekend will be a difficult test that will get us ready for WCC play.”

Gonzaga continues on the road the following week facing in-state rival and 2009 NCAA Tournament participant Washington State in Pullman, Wash. Mar. 23 before traveling to face Utah Valley Mar. 25-27. Following a midweek home matchup with WSU Mar. 30 the Zags will head to Honolulu for a three-game series with the University of Hawaii.

After the Hawaii series, the Bulldogs welcome another in-state rival out of the Pac-10 in Washington for a two-game midweek set at the Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field Apr. 6-7.

Apr. 9-11 the Zags begin defense of their conference crown at San Francisco. They then play six of their next seven games at home, starting against Arizona Apr. 12. Following at trip to WSU to close out the season-series with the Cougars Apr. 14, GU opens up its WCC home schedule with a three-game weekend series against Pepperdine . The Bulldogs then close out the home stand with a two-game set against another Pac-10 opponent in Oregon Apr. 20-21.

“Those midweek matchups with the Pac-10 teams are always exciting,” stated Machtolf. “All of the Pac-10 teams on our schedule have really improved from last season and will provide us with some tough tests.”

The weekend of Apr. 23-25 will provide a showdown between the past two conference champions as the Zags head to San Diego for a weekend series with the University of San Diego. Gonzaga will wrap up its non-conference schedule at Washington Apr. 27-28 before returning home for a conference series against Santa Clara Apr. 30-May 2.

Following a conference series at Saint Mary’s May 14-16, the Zags are slated to close out the regular season playing their final six games at home, hosting a pair of WCC foes in Loyola Marymount May 21-23 and Portland May 28-30.

“Playing four conference series at home is a huge advantage for us,” explained Machtolf. “We were very tough at home in WCC play last year and playing those last two conference series in front of our home crowd here in Spokane could really help us down the stretch.”

The Bulldogs are coming off of arguably the best season in school-history, posting the sixth most wins in program history (36), capturing the school’s inaugural WCC Regular Season and Championship Series crowns, earning the program’s eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a No. 22 national ranking and having a program-best five players drafted by Major League Baseball.

(Press Release)