Kentucky Women’s Soccer to be Featured Twice on SEC Network
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky
women’s soccer program in conjunction with its partners at ESPN and the SEC
Network have announced that the Wildcats will be featured nationally on two SEC
Network telecasts in 2016, in addition to all of its home matches and road Southeastern
Conference matches to be featured on the SEC Network+, WatchESPN app and
ESPN3.com.
Kentucky will have two national appearances on
the SEC Network with its matches against Florida and Alabama making the
national stage. The Florida match on Thurs., Sept. 8 will kick off at 7 p.m.
ET, and the Alabama match on Sunday, Sept. 18 will kick off at 5 p.m. ET live
on the SEC Network. Both matches will take place at the Wendell & Vickie
Bell Soccer Complex on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
In addition, all home matches for the 2016
season will be shown live on the WatchESPN app and ESPN3, in addition to all
road matches in conference play this season.
Extensive coverage of SEC soccer continues for
the third year on SEC Network beginning August 14. SEC Network+, the digital
extension of SEC Network available on WatchESPN, is set to feature more than
250 matchups, with an additional 50 soccer games and 80 volleyball games slated
for the SEC Network television channel and ESPNU.
National coverage of the two sports has
quintupled since SEC Network’s launch in 2014 and more than 300 games will be
nationally available this season. This year’s schedule also includes one soccer
wildcard match on the SEC Network.
2016 SEC Network/ESPN Soccer Schedule
|
Date
|
Time (ET)
|
Matchups
|
Network
|
|
Thu, Sept. 8
|
7 p.m.
|
Florida at Kentucky
|
SEC Network
|
|
Fri, Sept. 9 |
7 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Auburn |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Sept. 11 |
7 p.m. |
LSU at Texas A&M |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Sept. 15 |
7 p.m. |
Missouri at Tennessee |
SEC Network |
|
Fri, Sept. 16 |
7 p.m. |
Georgia at Texas A&M |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Sept. 18 |
3 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State |
ESPNU |
|
|
5 p.m.
|
Alabama at Kentucky
|
SEC Network
|
|
|
7 p.m. |
South Carolina at Auburn |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Sept. 22 |
7 p.m. |
Mississippi State at Ole Miss |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Sept. 25 |
3 p.m. |
Arkansas at Ole Miss |
SEC Network |
|
5 p.m. |
Tennessee at Florida |
SEC Network |
|
|
Thu, Sept. 29 |
7 p.m. |
South Carolina at Texas A&M |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Oct. 6 |
7 p.m. |
Vanderbilt at Arkansas |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Oct. 9 |
6 p.m. |
Florida at Ole Miss |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Oct. 13 |
7 p.m. |
Georgia at Alabama |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Oct. 16 |
3 p.m. |
Florida at South Carolina |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Oct. 20 |
7 p.m. |
Auburn at LSU |
SEC Network |
|
Sun, Oct. 23 |
4 p.m. |
Missouri at Georgia |
SEC Network |
|
6 p.m. |
Auburn at Texas A&M |
SEC Network |
|
|
Thu, Oct. 27 |
7 p.m. |
Wildcard |
SEC Network |
|
Thu, Oct. 27 |
9 p.m. |
Florida at Missouri |
SEC Network |
|
Mon, Oct. 31 |
4:30 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: First Round |
SEC Network |
|
7 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: First Round |
SEC Network |
|
|
Wed, Nov. 2 |
1 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Quarterfinal |
SEC Network |
|
|
3:30 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Quarterfinal |
SEC Network |
|
|
6 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Quarterfinal |
SEC Network |
|
|
8:30 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Quarterfinal |
SEC Network |
|
Fri, Nov. 4 |
4:30 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Semifinal |
SEC Network |
|
7 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Semifinal |
SEC Network |
|
|
Sun, Nov. 6 |
4 p.m. |
SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament: Championship |
ESPNU |
For the latest on the Kentucky Women’s Soccer program, follow @UKWomensSoccer on Twitter, Instagram
and Facebook, as well as on the web at UKathletics.com.
