Liberty Events to be Featured on New Platform ESPN+, Starting Saturday
4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball, Women's Lacrosse
Liberty-Winthrop Women's Lacrosse ESPN+ Link
The Big South Conference will feature 13 exclusive live events, including six Liberty Athletics events, on its new ESPN+ Service.
The ESPN+ coverage begins with Saturday's Liberty-Winthrop women's lacrosse game at the Liberty Lacrosse Field at 3 p.m. The contest will be the first-ever Big South event on the new platform.
Day two of the 2018 Big South Baseball Championship, featuring four games from Liberty Baseball Stadium, will also be showcased on ESPN+. Additionally, the May 2 baseball contest between Liberty and Virginia Tech in Lynchburg will air on ESPN+.
"The Big South is excited to work with ESPN in providing compelling content to ESPN+," said Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander. "Whether it was ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, or now ESPN+, the Big South has always believed in being an ‘early adopter' of the Worldwide Leaders' latest technologies. This presence on ESPN+ is a great way to promote talented Big South student-athletes."
The remainder of Liberty's streaming schedule for the spring will stay on the Big South Network. The Big South's ESPN+ schedule is as follows:
Women's Lacrosse
April 14 – Winthrop at Liberty, 3 p.m.
April 18 – High Point at Winthrop, 7 p.m.
Softball
May 10 – Softball Championship Day 2 (three games – at Radford)
Baseball
April 17 – Virginia Tech at Radford, 6 p.m.
May 2 – Virginia Tech at Liberty, 6 p.m.
May 12 – High Point at UNC Asheville, 3 p.m.
May 19 – UNC Asheville at Charleston Southern 2 p.m.
May 23 – Baseball Championship Day 2 (four games – at Liberty)
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