ESPN announced its announcers for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament that will be conducted entirely in Omaha, Nebraska.
The first round, with four sets of four matches each that will be played simultaneously, start at noon Eastern on Wednesday. The second round is Thursday. Every one of the first two matches can only be seen on ESPN3. Click here for the links.
2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship First Round Schedule
*Matchups and commentator assignments for later rounds will be made available prior to the start of each round
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Game
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Network
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Wed, April 14
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Noon
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First Round – Court 1
South Dakota vs. Missouri Mike Monaco |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 2
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. San Diego Matt Schick |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 3
Army vs. Notre Dame Sam Ravech |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 4
UMBC vs. Pepperdine Alex Perlman |
ESPN3
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3:30 p.m.
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First Round – Court 1
Utah Valley vs. Texas State Mike Monaco |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 2
High Point vs. UCF Matt Schick |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 3
Towson vs. Dayton Sam Ravech |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 4
Morehead State vs. Creighton Alex Perlman
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ESPN3
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7 p.m.
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First Round – Court 1
Weber State vs. Bowling Green Courtney Lyle |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 2
Lipscomb vs. Georgia Tech Sam Gore |
ESPN3
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First – Court3
Illinois State vs. UNLV Tyler Denning |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 4
Samford vs. Wright State Paul Sunderland |
ESPN3
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10:30 p.m.
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First Round – Court 1
North Carolina A&T vs. Rice Courtney Lyle |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 2
Jackson State vs. Western Kentucky Sam Gore |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 3
LIU vs. Pittsburgh Tyler Denning |
ESPN3
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First Round – Court 4
Rider vs. UCLA Paul Sunderland |
ESPN3
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Thu, April 15
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Noon
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Second Round – Court 1
TBD vs. No. 9 Ohio State Mike Monaco |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 2
TBD vs. No. 11 Louisville Matt Schick |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 3
TBD vs. No. 10 Oregon Eric Frede |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 4
TBD vs. No. 12 Baylor Alex Perlman |
ESPN3
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3:30 p.m.
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Second Round – Court 1
TBD vs. No. 5 Nebraska Mike Monaco |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 2
TBD vs. No. 7 Purdue Matt Schick |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 3
TBD vs. No. 6 Washington Eric Frede |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 4
TBD vs. No. 8 Florida Alex Perlman |
ESPN3
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7 p.m.
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Second Round – Court 1
TBD vs. No. 1 Wisconsin Courtney Lyle |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 2
TBD vs. No. 3 Minnesota Sam Gore |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 3
TBD vs. No. 2 Kentucky Tyler Denning |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 4
TBD vs. No. 4 Texas Paul Sunderland |
ESPN3
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10:30 p.m.
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Second Round – Court 1
TBD vs. No. 13 Penn State Courtney Lyle |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 2
TBD vs. No. 15 Washington State Sam Gore |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 3
TBD vs. No. 14 Utah Tyler Denning |
ESPN3
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Second Round – Court 4
TBD vs. BYU Paul Sunderland |
ESPN3
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Sun, Apr 18
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1 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPN3
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2:30 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPNU
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3:30 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPN3
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5 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPNU
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6 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPN3
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7:30 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPN2
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8:30 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPNU
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10 p.m.
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Regional Semifinals
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ESPN2
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Mon, Apr 19
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Noon
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Regional Finals
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ESPN2
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*TBD
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Regional Finals
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ESPN2
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6:30 p.m.
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Regional Finals
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ESPNU
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*TBD
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Regional Finals
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ESPNU
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Thu, Apr 22
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7 p.m.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Semifinals
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ESPN
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*TBD
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NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Semifinals
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ESPN
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Sat, Apr 24
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8 p.m.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship
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ESPN2
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Please tell Eric Frede that Day-en is not playing in the tournament.
I must say I found that quite annoying as well. But he did a good job calling the match.
The announcers for Texas vs Nebraska volleyball need to go back and listen to their commentary. They certainly did not do their homework for Nebraska! All they could talk about was Texas. I understand being biased but not in this profession.