CSTV to televise Div. II Wrestling Championships

Julie Eversgerd NCAA
02/08/2007

INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA announced Thursday that the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship finals on March 10 in Kearney, Nebraska, will be televised on CSTV: College Sports Television (channel 610 on DirecTV/channel 152 on DISH Network). The championship finals will also be available live for free online at www.NCAAsports.com/dii.

The show will air tape-delayed Sunday, March 11, 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Eastern time. The two-day championship will be held at the Health and Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, March 9-10.

“We are extremely excited and pleased to have the national exposure that CSTV will provide to our great championship, it is such a great statement for all Division II athletes that CSTV has given us this opportunity” said Tony Cipollone, chair of the NCAA Division II Wrestling Committee and assistant athletics director at Mercyhurst College. “We are looking forward to a great championship and the opportunity to showcase the balance of Division II student-athletes to the nation.”

This will mark the first year of national television coverage for the Division II Wrestling Championship. Altitude Sports Network (channel 644 on DirecTV/channel 410 on DISH Network) will also broadcast the event, same-day tape-delayed at 11:30 p.m., Eastern time. The event will be syndicated and all clearances will be listed on www.NCAASports.com/broadcast as agreements are reached.

Tickets for the event are available via the Nebraska-Kearney ticket office at 308/865-1563.