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National Championship Game Live on ESPN2 & WatchESPN on Monday, at 1 p.m.
Top-seeded Notre Dame leads the field for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual – set to air on ESPN2 Saturday, May 23 and Monday, May 25, from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The semifinals will be shown on ESPN2 and WatchESPN as No. 1 seed Notre Dame faces No. 4 seed Denver at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Johns Hopkins vs. No. 6 seed Maryland at 3:30 p.m. The 2015 season will culminate with the National Championship Monday at 1 p.m., also on ESPN2 and WatchESPN.
ESPN has covered 32 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships since 1980 and 2015 marks the 21st consecutive year of televising the entire championship weekend.
The National Championship will also air on ESPNU via the Spider Cam feed – an alternate viewing fan experience that is integrated into the traditional telecast.
Game Storylines & Features
- Denver and Notre Dame are in search of their program’s first lacrosse national title, and one will have a chance to compete in the Championship game Monday.
- Only nine schools have won the 44 NCAA Lacrosse Championship titles, with North Carolina being the western-most school to do so. The Pioneers and Fighting Irish face off in the first semifinal with the opportunity to make history, by a long distance, if one of the schools were to win the national championship.
- Johns Hopkins and Maryland own the longest rivalry in college lacrosse – dating back to 1924. The Blue Jays are seeking their 10th national title and first since 2007, while Maryland won its last and second overall national title 40 years ago (1975).
- Johns Hopkins, which has been mourning the sudden death of freshman Jeremy Huber in January, began the season with a 4-6 record but has won the last seven games in a tribute to their teammate.
- Tracking two of the Tewaaraton Award finalists: Denver’s Wesley Berg and Notre Dame Matt Kavanagh.
- Major League Lacrosse player and former Johns Hopkins standout Paul Rabil joins the telecast Saturday to discuss the last time his alma mater played during Championship Weekend, his senior season in 2008.
- A Sport Science feature examines all the elements that make for a great lacrosse faceoff.
- ESPN Images will be onsite providing still photos to be incorporated throughout the telecasts.
- Microphones will be worn by all three game officials during the semifinals and championship, providing on-field dialogue throughout the telecast with periodic switches to each official.
- The telecast will use 10 cameras, including the Spider Cam and the High Speed Nac Camera (SSMO).
Commentators
ESPN’s top lacrosse commentating team will again be in position for championship weekend.
- Play-by-play voice Eamon McAnaney, a former Notre Dame defenseman, will lead the booth.
- Joining McAnaney is analyst Quint Kessenich and sideline reporter/analyst Paul Carcaterra. During their college careers, Kessenich (Johns Hopkins goalkeeper) and Carcaterra (Syracuse midfielder) both helped their teams earn four NCAA Championship berths and each won a national title with their respective teams.
- Host Anish Shroff and analyst Ryan Flanagan (UNC All-American defenseman) will cover the National Semifinals from ESPNU’s Charlotte, N.C., headquarters.
ESPN Digital
- The National Semifinals and Final will be shown on WatchESPN.
- com’s Dana O’Neil will have all the weekend’s coverage from Lincoln Financial.
ESPN International
- ESPN2 Australia and ESPN-UK will televise both semifinals and the championship game live.
- ESPN Latin North will televise both semifinals and the championship game on a delay.
- ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Brazil and ESPN Tres South networks will televise the championship game on a delay.
ESPN Network’s Coverage of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (subject to change)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network(s) |
| Sat, May 23 | 1 p.m. | Semifinal: Game #1 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia) – No. 4 seed Denver vs. No. 1 seed Notre Dame Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Semifinal: Game #2 (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia) – Johns Hopkins vs. No. 6 seed Maryland Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 / WatchESPN | |
| Mon, May 25 | 1 p.m. | National Championship (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia) Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| National Championship Spider Cam (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia) | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
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