The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced that the Coppin State softball team has been selected to appear on ESPNU against Delaware State on Sunday, April 13 (3:30 p.m.). The series finale from Dover, Del. will be aired live on ESPN3 and shown on same-day tape delay at 6:30 p.m. “This is a great opportunity to showcase our outstanding institution as well as our student-athletes,” Coppin State Director of Athletics Derrick Ramsey said. “We’re excited to compete and represent the MEAC on a national stage.” Coppin State features one of the best players in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in junior shortstop Candice Van Horn, who is 18th nationally and second in the conference in batting with a .464 average. Van Horn also leads the nation with 0.43 home runs per game and slugging percentage (1.000). Overall, Coppin State has three of the top five hitters in the MEAC in Van Horn, Samantha Denlinger (fourth, .400) and Alyssa Barker (fifth, .348). The Eagles were picked to finish fourth in the MEAC preseason poll while Delaware State was picked to finish third. Coppin State will host Howard University in a three-game series beginning Saturday with a doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. ESPNU is 24-hour college sports network. ESPNU is available nationwide in approximately 75 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers – Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse. Launched in April 2011, WatchESPN delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Buzzer Beater/Goal Line on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox, Apple TV and Roku. It is currently accessible in 55 million households nationwide to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from AT&T U-verse® TV, Bright House Networks, Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Charter, Comcast Xfinity TV, Cox, Google Fiber, Midcontinent Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon FiOS TV (coming soon to NRTC members’ customers). Rob Knox Sports Information Director Coppin State University 321 Physical Education Complex 410-951-3729 610-800-1044 cell phone Coppinstatesports @coppinsports “Better Together”
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:02:55 +0000
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