May 29, 2007
Atlanta, Ga. -
The "Road to Omaha" begins this week on Comcast / Charter Sports Southeast (CSS), as the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship gets underway. CSS will carry the complete Vanderbilt Regional live from Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN on June 1-4, 2007.
Vanderbilt (51-11) was named the No. 1 national seed in the 64 team NCAA baseball tournament field. The Commodores will host No. 2 seed Michigan (39-16), No. 3 seed Memphis (36-25) and No. 4 seed Austin Peay (39-20) in the Nashville Regional.
The Commodores are 51-11 on the year after winning the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament titles. They have been on top of the national rankings for 14 of the last 15 weeks, including nine straight weeks heading into NCAA play.
"College baseball thrives in the South, so we are excited to extend our collegiate baseball broadcast season with live coverage of the NCAA Regional from Nashville" said CSS GM Mark Fuhrman.
The complete broadcast schedule for the Nashville Regional follows:
Friday, June 1
Game 1 - Michigan vs. Memphis 3:00 p.m. ET
Game 2 - Vanderbilt vs. Austin Peay 8:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, June 2
Game 3: G1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 3:00 p.m. ET
Game 4: G1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 8:00 p.m. ET
Sunday, June 3
Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 3:00 p.m. ET
Game 6: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 8:00 p.m. ET
Monday, June 4
Game 7 If Necessary 7:00 p.m. ET
CSS is a 24-hour regional sports network serving approximately 5.7 million cable subscribers across twelve southeastern states. Launched in 1999, the network is a partnership between Comcast Corporation and Charter Communications. CSS carries a full slate of college sports programming including over 50 live football games, 110 college football replay games, more than 200 men's and women's live college basketball games and 50 live baseball games, as well as a comprehensive mix of sports news and in-depth sports analysis geared toward fans in the Southeast. CSS is only available on cable.
