OSN will broadcast 15 Oregon baseball games this season.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
EUGENE, Ore. – The return of Oregon baseball is less than a month away, and today the Oregon Sports Network announced that it will broadcast 15 games during the season.
“My staff, the student-athletes and the program are delighted about the news that OSN will be producing a 15-game schedule this season,” head coach George Horton said. “The University and the Athletics Department has made a great step to reach out to all of our fans.”
All 15 games broadcast during the year will be aired on Comcast SportsNet Northwest (37) as well as CSN’s new HD channel (737), set to launch Feb. 4.
OSN will cover the entire season from March through May, broadcasting five non-conference games and 10 conference games, including the Civil War Series from PK Park and PGE Park.
Two Oregon opponents on the television schedule competed in the 2008 College World Series; Fresno State (March 1) and Stanford (April 4), with the Bulldogs winning the championship.
The first broadcast of the season will be March 1, when Oregon hosts Fresno State, the defending CWS champions, at PK Park.
OSN will also broadcast three games against opponents that competed in last year’s Regionals and Super Regionals; UCLA (May 3) and Arizona (May 23-24).
Following opening weekend, OSN will broadcast two games from the Rose City Invitational played at PGE Park against Portland (March 20) and Washington (March 21).
OSN’s first Pac-10 broadcast of the year will be the conference opener and first Civil War baseball game in 28 years, when the Beavers visit PK Park on March 27. Oregon will also broadcast the third game of that series, Sunday, March 29, from PGE Park in Portland.
OSN will also hit the road for four broadcasts: Oregon State (April 28, May 19) and Washington State (May 9-10).
Also, five of the teams on the OSN TV schedule (UCLA, Stanford, Oregon State, Fresno State, Arizona) are currently ranked in either of the Baseball America, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, or Collegiate Baseball pre-season polls.
Oregon’s first baseball practice of the spring is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 2. The Ducks will play their season opener at Saint Mary’s (Moraga, Calif.) on Friday, Feb. 20.
OSN on CSNNW 2009 Baseball Schedule
March 1 Fresno State 1:00 p.m.
March 20 Portland-PGE Park 7:00 p.m.
March 21 Washington-PGE Park 11:00 a.m.
March 27 Oregon State* 3:00 p.m.
March 29 Oregon State-PGE Park* 1:00 p.m.
April 4 Stanford* 1:00 p.m.
April 25 Washington* 1:00 p.m.
April 26 Washington* 1:00 p.m.
April 28 at Oregon State 5:00 p.m.
May 3 UCLA* 1:00 p.m.
May 9 at Washington State* 7:00 p.m.
May 10 at Washington State* 2:00 p.m.
May 19 at Oregon State 5:00 p.m.
May 23 Arizona* 1:00 p.m.
May 24 Arizona* 12:00 p.m.
*Pac-10 Conference games
