ESPN Unveils Women’s Collegiate Soccer Schedule for 2024-25 Season (2024)

• ESPN+ to stream more than 1,800 games from 20 conferences live, highlighted by 100 conference championship matches

ESPN platforms, including ESPNU, SEC Network (SECN), and ACC Network (ACCN) will showcase 50 regular-season women’s college soccer matches this fall beginning Thursday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. ET with the interconference match between defending national champion and preseason No.1 Florida State hosting Rice on ACC Network.

ESPN+, the No. 1 sports streaming platform, will stream over 1,800 women’s soccer matches live from more than 20 conferences this season, highlighted by marquee regular season matches and more than 100 conference championship gamesincluding Big 12, now a 16-team conference, with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah joining and the return of Colorado.

In all, ESPN+, SEC Network+, and ACC Network Extra will exclusively stream more than 2,000 live matches during the season. Digital games will feature inter- and intra-conference matchups between teams from a myriad of conferences: American, Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, Ivy, SEC, ACC and the West Coast Conference.

The 2024 women’s college soccer fall schedule extends ESPN’s long-term commitment as the definitive home for women’s college sports coverage. It aligns with the strategy behind the expansive growth in popularity and programming of women’s sports across ESPN platforms.

Commentators:
Critically acclaimed play-by-play commentator Jenn Hildreth and former U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Lori Lindsey are teaming up again on ACC Network to call the Thursday Night Primetime on ACC Network. Lindsey was a two-time ACC Player of the Year (2000, 2001) at the University of Virginia.
Mike Watts, the primary play-by-play voice for women’s soccer on SEC Network, will team with analyst Jill Loyden, a former U.S. Women’s National Team goalkeeper, to call most matches, including the weekly Thursday Night Primetime matchup on the network. Also returning is play-by-play commentator Alex Perlman, who will pair up in the booth with former Georgia standout Marion Crowder.

Highlights:

• Strong matchups:
  • Defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Florida State will be featured six times this season as they look to win their fourth national title in a span of seven seasons and first back-to-back champion since North Carolina (2008, 2009).
  • 33 of 50 regular-season games on ESPN platforms feature at least one preseason ranked team.
  • 17 conference tournament matches on ESPN platforms this season.
  • 10 matches will pit a pair of preseason ranked teams against each other.
• ACC Network will present 28 matches this season, including four ACC Tournament matches. 16 of 24 regular season matches will feature at least one ranked team. Full ACCN schedule.
• ACC Newcomers: preseason No. 2 and three-time national champion Stanford are one of three teams joining the ACC this season, in addition toSMU and Cal. In October, Stanford will be featured on ACC Network twice this season as they visit Louisville (Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.) and then No. 15 Notre Dame (Oct. 20 at 2 p.m.).
• SEC Network will offer 26 matches this season, including the entire SEC Soccer Tournament. Nine of the 15 regular season SEC matches will feature at least one preseason ranked team. Full SECN schedule.
• SEC Newcomers: No. 17 Texas will make their SEC Network debut as a member of the conference when they play Iowa on August 25^th and will be featured three times on SEC Network including a match against fellow SEC newcomer Oklahoma on October 10^th.
• ESPNU will present 11 regular season matches as well as both the ACC and American Tournament Championship games in November.
• Big 12 matchups will include No. 3 BYU hosting Utah on September 23 on ESPNU. In the 2024 Big 12 soccer poll, BYU is placed first in the preseason ranking with 206 points, 2023 regular season champions Texas Tech is ranked second with only one point less and TCU ranked third.
• The last 18 national champions (some repeated teams) will be featured at least once.
• Rivalry Matchups: Multiple rivalry matchups will be presented on ESPN platforms, kicking off with No. 5 Clemson visiting No. 21 South Carolina on September 5^th on ESPNU. That same night at 7 p.m. on ACC Network, No. 8 North Carolina will visit No. 24 Duke. A few days later on September 8, No. 1 Florida State will head to Gainesville to take on in-state rival Florida at 2 p.m. ET on SEC Network. On October 10^th, the No. 20 Alabama Crimson Tide visits Auburn at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network.

2024 WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER TELEVISED ON ESPN PLATFORMS
(*subject to change)

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