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Aug. 5, 2011

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland's defending national-championship field hockey team will get a regular-season game broadcast, joining the Terps' men's and women's soccer squads and volleyball team as part of the ACC's fall Olympic-sport broadcast coverage for this season.

Five men's soccer games are part of the regular-season schedule, with one volleyball and one women's soccer game involving Maryland being broadcast.

A rematch of the 2010 NCAA Championship in field hockey featuring Maryland at North Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 22 will be shown on ESPN3.com.

In addition, the package includes extensive coverage of ACC tournament play in both soccers and in field hockey.

The league's schedule has 38 televised games, which account for 75 appearances, the highest-ever in the history of ACC Fall Olympic Sports and triples coverage from previous years.

"This is an unprecedented number of fall televised games for the ACC, and I'm confident our exposure will only continue to grow," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "I appreciate our television partners collaborating together to set a new standard. This line up is a terrific opportunity to showcase the quality of our players, schools and conference as well as giving fans access to more content than ever before."

Highlights of the ACC's upcoming fall schedule include:

** 17 games on ESPN Networks, including six on ESPNU, highlighted by Miami at Florida State volleyball on September 14, which is part of ESPNU's Wednesday Night Volleyball Series, Virginia at North Carolina women's soccer on September 25, and Maryland at North Carolina men's soccer on October 21. ESPN3.com will also air worldwide 11 contests, including a rematch of the 2010 NCAA Field Hockey Championship between defending champion Maryland and North Carolina on October 22.

** 15 conference matchups on the league's regional sports network (known as RSN), which consists of several regional cable syndicated networks throughout the ACC footprint. The RSN package, which reaches up to 24 million households, will showcase Duke at Wake Forest volleyball on September 16, Boston College at Maryland women's soccer on September 22, and Virginia at Clemson men's soccer on September 30 - just to name a few.

** Four additional regionally televised games on FOX Soccer (three men's games and one women's game), including the classic in-state rivalry matchup of Duke and North Carolina (men's) on September 30 and Virginia Tech at Virginia (women's) on October 20. ** 100 percent of the ACC Fall Championships' (Men's & Women's Soccer and Field Hockey) semifinals and championship games will be covered. The league's regional sports network will carry the 2011 ACC Field Hockey semifinals on November 4 (1:00p, 3:30p) in addition to the league's title game on November 6 at 1 p.m. ESPN3.com will carry Men's and Women's Soccer semifinals contests, while ESPNU will showcase the ACC Championship games on November 6 (Women's) at 1 p.m. and on November 13 (Men's) at Noon. The ACC does not conduct an ACC Championship event in the sport of volleyball.

** The two ACC quarterfinal matches for the 2011 ACC Field Hockey Championship will also be streamed live on theACC.com.

The 2010-11 academic year concluded with the league pocketing two more national team titles, including field hockey, and 18 individual NCAA crowns. In all, the ACC has now won 45 national team titles since the beginning of 2000, and won two or more NCAA titles in 29 of the past 31 years.

For more information on the ACC, specifically on Olympic Sports or the league's television coverage, please visit theACC.com.

MARYLAND FALL OLYMPIC-SPORT BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Field Hockey - Maryland at North Carolina, Oct. 22, 1 p.m. (ESPN3.com)
Men's Soccer - Stanford at Maryland, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m. (Fox Soccer)
Men's Soccer - Maryland at Virginia, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. (RSN)
Men's Soccer - Duke at Maryland, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. (ESPN3.com)
Men's Soccer - Maryland at North Carolina, Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Men's Soccer - Maryland at Clemson, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. (RSN)
Volleyball - North Carolina at Maryland, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. (RSN)
Women's Soccer - Boston College at Maryland, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. (RSN)

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