Jan. 26, 2005

NEW YORK - For the third straight season, CSTV: College Sports Television (www.cstv.com) will present a live men's volleyball conference championship tripleheader featuring the three premier men's college volleyball conferences as part of its NCAA Volleyball on CSTV schedule.  On Saturday, April 30, CSTV will televise the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA), the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), with the trio of title matches determining the NCAA Championship field.

The NCAA Volleyball on CSTV Schedule (all times ET)

Saturday, January 29                            Ohio State at Penn State       7 p.m.

Thursday,  April 7                                Hawaii at Long Beach State                10 p.m.

Friday, April 15                                    Brigham Young at Stanford                10 p.m.

Saturday, April 30                                                Volleyball Championship Saturday

                                                                MIVA Championship                    5 p.m.

                                                                EIVA Championship                    7:15 p.m.

                                                                MPSF Championship                    9:30 p.m.

Penn State, Long Beach State and Brigham Young all competed in the NCAA Championship last season.  Long Beach State defeated Penn State in one semifinal while Brigham Young defeated Lewis in the other, with Brigham Young claiming the championship with a 3-2 victory over Long Beach State.

Tom Hart and David Rottman will alternate handling play-by-play for NCAA Volleyball on CSTV and Krista Blunk and Karl France will provide expert analysis.

CSTV is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, CollegeSports.com; and the first ever 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio.  Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans, than any other company.

College Sports TV, voted the No. 1 emerging cable network in a recent Beta research study, televises regular season and championship event coverage from over 35 men's and women's sports across every major collegiate athletic conference, as well as many NCAA and NAIA Championships.

CollegeSports.com, the most-trafficked college sports Web site, and its network of more than 170 official athletic sites are the No. 1 online source for college sports broadband content, news, information, scores and analysis.  SIRIUS College Sports Radio broadcasts a comprehensive package of college football and basketball games from teams representing 16 conferences, including the Big Ten, Big 12, BIG EAST, Pac-10 and SEC, in addition to Notre Dame. 

CSTV was co-founded by President and CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Steve Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN.  It is now ESPN Classic.  Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company's successful foray into the college market.