CSTV Scores With a Triple-Header of NCAA Lacrosse Championships

NEW YORK (May 22, 2007) – Sunday, May 27 will be Championship Sunday on CSTV as the new 24-hour power in college sports will broadcast three NCAA lacrosse championships.  CSTV’s coverage will begin with the NCAA Division III Men’s Championship at 1:30 p.m. ET, and the Division II Men’s Championship at 4:30 p.m. ET, presented on CSTV by Old Spice, live from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.  The finale of the day will be the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship from Franklin Field in Philadelphia at 7:00 p.m. ET.

The Division III Championship features a re-match of last year’s National title game, as  Cortland (NY) faces off against Salisbury (Md.)  Cortland defeated Salisbury 13-12 in overtime a year ago to capture its first Division III title.  The Division II Championship pairs the National Champion of the previous two seasons Le Moyne (Syracuse, NY) against Mercyhurst (Erie, PA).  Mercyhurst will play in the title game for the first time in school history. 

The Division I Women’s Championship will feature the winners of the two semi-finals games on Friday, May 25: Penn vs. Northwestern and Virginia vs. Duke. 

CSTV will use a high speed camera during its coverage of the men’s championships that can shoot up to 1,000 frames per second.  This camera, the Phantom HD by Vision Research, will provide fans an up-close, super-slow motion view of game action, including face-offs, shot placement and goalie reaction.   Similar technology was used by CBS Sports during Super Bowl XLI.

Play-by-play announcer Jason Chandler teams with analyst and former Syracuse
All-American Paul Carcaterra to call the action for the men’s games, while Jason Knapp (play-by-play) and former Georgetown All-American Sheehan Stanwick (analyst) will call the women’s game.  GameTracker Live will air in between each game, providing fans comprehensive highlights and analysis.   

CSTV is widely available on cable systems across the country and via satellite on DIRECTV’s Total Choice Plus package Channel 610 and DISH Network America’s Top 120 package Channel 152. For more information on how to get CSTV, log on to http://www.cstv.com/getcstv/.

About CSTV Networks

CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation,is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 215 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at www.CSTV.com.