CSTV To Televise Seven Matches At The 2005 MWC Volleyball Championship
Nov. 21, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -
For the sixth straight year, the Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championship will be televised, with seven of the eight matches being made available to a national audience by College Sports Television (CSTV). The MWC will be the only conference to have its quarterfinal, semifinal and championship matches nationally televised. The 2005 MWC Volleyball Championship will be held Nov. 22-26 at Cox Pavilion on the campus of UNLV.
To supplement CSTV's national coverage, matches will also be streamed live over the internet (www.themwc.com).
The Mountain West Conference Television Network will be the production entity for the 2005 MWC Championship. The complete schedule and satellite coordinates are listed below. Check local listings for match coverage.
MWC Volleyball Championship Television Schedule
| Date | Event | Time | Television |
| Thursday, November 24 | #3 Utah vs. #6 Wyoming | 11 a.m. PT | CSTV |
| Thursday, November 24 | #2 Colorado State vs. #7 New Mexico | 1:30 p.m. PT | CSTV |
| Thursday, November 24 | #1 BYU vs. the winner of #8 TCU/#9 AFA | 4 p.m. PT | CSTV |
| Thursday, November 24 | #4 UNLV vs. #5 San Diego State | 7 p.m. PT | CSTV |
| Friday, November 25 | Women's Volleyball Championship SF #1 | 5 p.m. PT (tape delay - 10 p.m. PT) | CSTV |
| Friday, November 25 | Women's Volleyball Championship SF #2 | 8 p.m. PT | CSTV |
| Saturday, November 26 | Women's Volleyball Championship Match | 8 p.m. PT | CSTV |
CSTV In MWC Markets
| School | Market | Cable Operator | Packages |
| Air Force | Colorado Springs | Adelphia | Digital Plus - Channel 170 |
| Air Force | Colorado Springs | Bresnan | Digital Basic - Channel 411 |
| BYU | Provo/Salt Lake City | Comcast | Sports Tier - Channel 269 |
| BYU | Provo/Salt Lake City | Bresnan | Digital Basic - Channel 411 |
| Colorado State | Fort Collins | Comcast | Sports Tier - Channel 412 |
| Colorado State | Denver | Comcast | Sports Tier - Channel 412 |
| Colorado State | Denver | Qwest Choice TV | Digital Tier - Channel 134 |
| Colorado State | Denver | Bresnan | Digital Basic - Channel 411 |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque/Santa Fe | Comcast | Sports Tier - Channel 274 |
| San Diego State | San Diego | Time Warner | Sports Tier - Channel 415 |
| TCU | Dallas | Grande Communications | Digital Tier - Channel 223 |
| UNLV | Las Vegas | DirecTV | Channel 610 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | Comcast | Sports Tier - Channel 269 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | Bresnan | Digital Basic - Channel 411 |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne/Scottsbluff Spring | Bresnan | Digital Basic - Channel 411 |
| Wyoming | Laramie | Bresnan | Basic - Channel 27 |
| DirecTV | National | - | Channel 610 |
| Dish Network | National | - | Channel 152 |
SATELLITE:
Digital Ku
SBS 6 TR. 11
Dig. Slot A
Downlink: 11953H
FEC 3 / 4
Sym Rate 6.1113
Satellite will be active 30 minutes prior to the first game time of the day.
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 freelance 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, as well as the 2002, 2003 and 2004 MWC Volleyball Championships.
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, Gant was the color analyst for the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championships.
Please check the MWC website (www.TheMWC.com) for future announcements.