Sports Media Report
The Pac-12 Conference has announced the 2023 spring television schedule for baseball, beach volleyball, men’s lacrosse, men’s volleyball, softball, women’s lacrosse and women’s water polo.
Pac-12 Networks’ coverage also includes 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, and dates and locations for those events can be found here.
ESPN selections for the 2023 season will be announced in the coming weeks.
PROGRAMMING/SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS (subject to change)
BASEBALL
- Baseball begins on Tuesday, Feb. 21 with Stanford hosting California, the first of 88 contests airing on Pac-12 Networks during the 2023 season.
- USC goes up against Auburn, who reached the Men’s College World Series a season ago, in a key non-conference showdown on Sunday, Feb. 26 on Pac-12 Networks.
- The 2023 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament kicks off on Tuesday, May 23, and Pac-12 Networks is set to air 11 contests through the semifinals on Friday, May 26.
SOFTBALL
- A total of 84 softball games will air across Pac-12 Networks, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 16 with the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Arizona as Oregon State battles Illinois State, and reigning Pac-12 champion Arizona State takes on reigning WCC champion BYU.
- League play featuring Arizona at Arizona State, and Oregon at Washington headlines Pac-12 Networks programming on Friday, March 10.
- The inaugural 2023 Pac-12 Softball Championship takes place at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Arizona from May 10-13, with Pac-12 Networks airing the opening rounds.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
- Pac-12 Networks is home to select matches at the Pac-12 South Beach Volleyball Tournament in Los Angeles on March 4-5, the Pac-12 North Beach Volleyball Tournament at Stanford on April 7-8, and the Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships at Stanford on April 26-28.
- Reigning national champion USC battles California on Saturday, March 4 on Pac-12 Networks.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
- Colorado hosts California as league play begins on Pac-12 Networks on Sunday, March 19, with Pac-12 Networks airing 17 games in 2023.
- Coverage culminates with the Pac-12 Women’s Lacrosse Tournament on May 3-6, and all five contests are set to air on Pac-12 Networks.
WOMEN’S WATER POLO
- California takes on USC in a rematch of the 2022 NCAA Championship semifinal on Saturday, March 11 on Pac-12 Networks.
- Reigning National Champion Stanford makes its Pac-12 Networks season debut on Sunday, April 2 against Bay Area foe Santa Clara.
- Either Stanford, UCLA or USC have taken home the hardware at every NCAA National Championship since 2001.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
- USC hosts Grand Canyon on Wednesday, Feb. 15 on Pac-12 Network. The 22 wins last season for the Trojans were the most since 2012 when they notched 24 victories.
- Pac-12 Networks is serving up coverage of five men’s volleyball matchups this season
MEN’S LACROSSE
- Utah welcomes Lindenwood to Ute Field on Wednesday, April 12 on Pac-12 Network.
- The Utes reached the ASUN Championship a season ago after recording the most wins in program history and rattling off seven-straight victories in a successful 2022 campaign.
