TV Schedule Announced for 2016
December 14, 2015 | Softball
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The Pac-12 Conference television schedule has been announced and the Bruins will be on 20 times during the 2016 regular season, including 17 times on Pac-12 Networks, twice on ESPN2 and once on ESPNU.
The Bruins' TV schedule begins with a Women's College World Series rematch against Michigan on Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks. Conference play begins at California (March 19-21), with all three games (3:30 p.m./3 p.m./4 p.m.) airing on Pac-12 Networks during the Saturday-Monday series.
UCLA begins its league home schedule with a Thursday-Saturday series against Washington (March 24-26), with the first (5 p.m.) and last (12:30 p.m.) contests airing on Pac-12 Networks. The following weekend (April 1-3), all three games at Oregon, will be televised. The Friday, April 1 affair will be at 6 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks), the Saturday, April 2 contest will air on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday, April 3 matchup will be at 2 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks.
The Bruins' next home series is against Stanford (April 9-11), another Saturday-Monday weekend, which will feature three games on Pac-12 Networks (7:30 p.m./6 p.m./7 p.m.). Following a non-televised home series versus Oregon State, UCLA travels to Arizona for three TV contests (April 23-25) in another Saturday-Monday series. Each of the first two games will air on ESPN2 at 2 p.m., while the Monday, April 25 matchup will be on Pac-12 Networks at 7 p.m.
UCLA's final home series of the regular season comes against Arizona State (April 29-May 1), with the first two contests airing on Pac-12 Networks at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively. The Bruins close out their regular-season slate Friday, May 6-Sunday, May 8 at Utah, with all three games on Pac-12 Networks (6 p.m./5 p.m./11 a.m.). UCLA's Pac-12 bye this season comes in the final week of regular-season play, as the NCAA Regionals begin May 20-22.