MWC-TV Network to Broadcast All Seven Games of 2002 MWC Volleyball Championship

Event to be held Nov. 21-23 at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.

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Nov. 15, 2002

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced today that all matches of the 2002 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championship will appear on television. The MWC Volleyball Championship will be held Nov. 21-23 at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo.

This year marks the first time matches will be broadcast back to each Mountain West Conference market. Preliminary round championship matches can be seen on over-the-air and cable affiliates throughout the Mountain West Conference region. Saturday's title match will be televised live regionally on Fox Sports Net with a coverage area including Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, as well as parts of Montana, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska and Nevada. The telecast will also be available to a national audience on FSN to DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers.

The Mountain West Conference Television Network will be the production entity for the 2002 MWC Volleyball Championship, marking the league's first in-house production venture. Listed below is a list of clearances along with the satellite coordinates. Check local listings for match coverage.

AIR TIME: 
Thursday, Nov. 21    Quarterfinal #1, 11 a.m. (MWC-TV)
                     Quarterfinal #2, 1:30 p.m. (MWC-TV)
                     Quarterfinal #3, 4 p.m. (MWC-TV)
                     Quarterfinal #4, 7 p.m. (MWC-TV)
Friday, Nov. 22      Semifinal #1, 4 p.m. (MWC-TV)
                     Semifinal #2, 7 p.m. (MWC-TV)
Saturday, Nov. 23    Championship, 2 p.m. (Fox Sports Net)

SATELLITE:           Thursday    SBS 6  TR. 9      Downlink: 11921 H
(74 degrees)         Friday      SBS 6  TR. 9      Downlink: 11921 H
                     Saturday    SBS 6  TR. 16     Downlink: 12092 V

CLEARANCES:
School               Market                Station
Air Force            Colorado Springs      Adelphia Cable (Channel 6)
BYU                  Provo                 KBYU (Channel 11)
CSU                  Fort Collins/Denver   Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain (Championship Game Only)
New Mexico           Albuquerque           Comcast Cable (Channel 72)
San Diego State      San Diego             Cox (Channel 4)
UNLV                 Las Vegas             Cox (Channel 48)
Utah                 Salt Lake City        KUWB (Channel 30)
Wyoming              Casper                KTWO (Channel 3)
                     Cheyenne              KKTU (Channel 33)

Bill Doleman will call the play-by-play and Amy Gant will be the color analyst. A native of Fairbury, Neb., Doleman is a veteran sportscaster whose career as a free-lance announcer has taken him from small-market public television to the national networks and several points in between. Named the Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year in 1998, Doleman has called games for ABC Sports, Fox Sports Net and the ESPN networks. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Doleman was the play-by-play announcer for the 2002 State Farm NACWAA Volleyball Classic held in Minneapolis.

Gant, a 1998 graduate of BYU, brings an extensive volleyball background to television. She was a three-time All-American for the Cougars and played for the U.S. National Team from January 1998 to September 1999. An NCAA Woman of the Year top 10 finalist in 1998, Gant was the color analyst for the 2000 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championship.

Please check the MWC website [www.themwc.com] for future announcements.