Sports Media Report
Pac-12 Networks is set to televise over 250 live events during the 2022 spring season, which includes highly-anticipated regular season matchups for baseball, beach volleyball, rugby, softball, women’s lacrosse and women’s water polo, as well coverage for the Pac-12 Championship events for men’s & women’s golf, men’s & women’s rowing, men’s & women’s swimming and diving, men’s & women’s tennis, and men’s & women’s track & field.
Pac-12 Networks will air 100 baseball games beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 22 with Arizona State hosting Nevada, UCLA battling Pepperdine, and Stanford taking on Santa Clara. Reigning Pac-12 Champion Arizona, who reached the College World Series this past season, makes its Pac-12 Networks season debut against Stanford on Saturday, March 19. Expansive coverage continues at the inaugural Pac-12 Baseball Tournament, which takes place from May 25-29 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
A total of 85 softball games are set to air on Pac-12 Networks this season starting on Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Kajikawa Classic, with Arizona State taking on Cal Baptist followed by a showdown with Oklahoma State. Conference action begins on Friday, March 18 with California hosting Washington, and reigning Pac-12 Champion UCLA battles Arizona on Saturday, March 19.
Beach volleyball returns to center stage on March 26 & 27 during the Pac-12 South Tournament in Tuscon, Ariz., which features 18 contests including a rematch of last year’s NCAA Championship between USC and UCLA on Saturday, March 27. The Pac-12 North Tournament takes place on April 9 & 10 on The Farm, and the Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships will run from April 28-30 in Tuscon, Ariz., with full coverage available on Pac-12 Networks.
A total of 18 women’s lacrosse contests, including five games at the Pac-12 Women’s Lacrosse Championships from May 4-7 in Tempe, Ariz., will be showcased this spring beginning on Friday, March 11 with Stanford, who took the Pac-12 crown a season ago, hosting California key rivalry clash.
Women’s water polo coverage begins on Saturday, Feb. 19 with 2021 National Champion USC hosting California. UCLA and Stanford, who both reached the NCAA Tournament a season ago, face off on Saturday, March 26.
California rugby hits the pitch on Saturday, March 26 against St. Mary’s on Pac-12 Networks. The Golden Bears won the PAC Rugby 7s Championship for the eighth time in nine tournaments to cap off their fall sevens season with a 13-0 record.
Oregon acrobatics and tumbling hosts Baylor in a rematch of last year’s NCATA National Championship semifinal on Sunday, April 10 on Pac-12 Networks.
In addition to the baseball, beach volleyball and women’s lacrosse conference championships, Pac-12 Networks will also air Pac-12 Championship events for swimming and diving (Feb. 23-26 and March 2-5), tennis (April 20-23), golf (April 18-20 and April 25-27), track & field (May 13-15) and rowing (May 15).
