Tune In: Spring broadcasts of softball, baseball begin this weekend on OVCDN

By Matthew Wagner, TTU Video Production Coordinator

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Golden Eagle Sports Network is starting off its 2014 spring broadcasting schedule on Saturday when the Tennessee Tech softball team takes on Ohio Valley Conference rival SIUE at 12 p.m.  Both games of the doubleheader will be shown.  The Golden Eagle Sports Network will follow Saturday’s broadcast with a Sunday matinee when the Golden Eagles take on the Panthers of Eastern Illinois at noon.  All broadcast games are available on the OVC Digital Network for free.

Saturday’s broadcast will be the first of 22 broadcasts for the Golden Eagle Sports Network. Dylan Vazzano will provide the on-air calls for all of the Golden Eagle baseball games and select softball games. The rest of the softball games will be relayed by veteran Roger Ealey, or Tim Scruggs and Rob Schabert, depending upon conflicts in scheduling.

Softball fans will get to view five doubleheaders during the OVC schedule plus the Sunday tilt with Morehead State, for a total of 11 contests. The doubleheaders on the schedule are against SIU Edwardsville (March 22), Eastern Illinois (March 23), Tennessee State (April 12), Eastern Kentucky (April 26) and Morehead State (May 3).

The same number of baseball games are schduled for webcasts, all single game dates for the Golden Eagles. The lineup includes two games against Miami (March 25-26), the complete three-game series with both Austin Peay (April 4-6) and Jacksonville State (April 17-19), and single games against Tennessee (April 8), Middle Tennessee (April 9) and Southeast Missouri (May 11).

The webstream schedule could be altered by weather conditions throughout the season. Updates will be posted on TTUsports.com.

The complete schedule of Tennessee Tech baseball and softball
games to be streamed live on the OVC Digital Newtork:

Mar. 22 - Softball vs SIU Edwardsville (DH) 12 and 2 PM
Mar. 23 - Softball vs Eastern Illinois (DH) 12 and 2 PM
Mar. 25 - Baseball vs Miami (Ohio) 6 PM
Mar. 26 - Baseball vs Miami (Ohio) 3 PM
Apr. 4 - Baseball vs Austin Peay 6 PM
Apr. 5 - Baseball vs Austin Peay 2 PM
Apr. 6 - Baseball vs Austin Peay 1 PM
Apr. 8 - Baseball vs Tennessee 6 PM
April 9 - Baseball vs Middle Tennessee 6 PM
Apr. 12 - Softball vs Tennessee State (DH) 1 and 3 PM
Apr. 17 - Baseball vs Jacksonville St 6 PM
Apr. 18 - Baseball vs Jacksonville St 2 PM
Apr. 19 - Baseball vs Jacksonville St 1 PM
Apr. 26 - Softball vs Eastern Kentucky (DH) 1 and 3 PM
May 3 - Softball vs Morehead St (DH) 1 and 3 PM
May 4 - Softball vs Morehead St 1 PM
May 11 - Baseball vs Southeast Missouri 1 PM

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