SAN MARCOS, Texas - Texas State Athletics is excited to announce the 2021 Spring broadcast schedule for home events. The athletic department is scheduled to oversee the production of 43 events crossing three sports this spring in addition to finishing complete coverage of the men's and women's basketball campaigns. All events are scheduled to air on subscription platform ESPN+ via the ESPN app on your favorite mobile device or connected TV.

Fans can get a subscription by downloading the ESPN app from their app store or by visiting ESPNPlus.com/sunbelt.  To see a full list of scheduled broadcasts for each sport visit their schedule page at TXST.com or see composite coverage at TXST.com/Coverage.

BASEBALL
The reigning Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champion Texas State Baseball team will host 29 games at Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos and Texas State Athletics will oversee the broadcasts of 19 of those home games.  Among the games to be broadcasted feature exciting mid-week matchups including two games against No. 9 Texas on Mar. 3 and Apr. 20, a Mar. 9 match-up against No. 10 TCU, a Mar. 24 game versus Oklahoma and an Apr. 13 game against Texas A&M. 

The broadcast schedule will also consist of the final game of opening weekend on Feb. 22 vs. BYU as well as games on Mar. 2 vs. New Mexico State, Mar. 12-14 vs. Houston, Mar. 17 vs. Rice and May 9 vs. South Alabama.
 
Texas State's ESPN+ coverage of Sun Belt Conference baseball games includes broadcasts on Mar. 26 and 28 against ULM, Arp. 2 and 4 vs. in-state conference rival UTA, Apr. 23 against Arkansas State and the final two games of the home schedule on May 15 and 16 vs. Georgia State. 

Brant Freeman will shoulder the play-by-play announcing duties while former Texas State Baseball Head Coach and 3-time conference coach of the year Ty Harrington will serve as analyst.

SOFTBALL
Ricci Woodard begins her 21st season as the Head Coach of Texas State Softball in 2021, a schedule which features 29 home games, 19 of which will be broadcasted on ESPN+ beginning with the final game of opening weekend versus Texas Tech on Feb. 14 

Broadcast coverage will also feature Texas State's games against Lamar on Feb. 28, vs. Houston Mar. 5-7, against Tarleton State on Mar. 30, an Apr. 6 match-up vs. Texas A&M and Apr. 28 against Houston Baptist.

A number of select conference games will also be broadcasted from Texas State's softball stadium, including a doubleheader on Apr. 1 against Coastal Carolina and series against South Alabama (Apr. 10-11), Georgia Southern (Apr. 24-25) and rival UTA (May 6-8). 

Brant Freeman will serve as play-by-play announcer and will work alongside former Texas State pitching coach and 2-time Olympian Cat Osterman and former collegiate softball player and current Texas State Football radio sideline reporter Koral Riggs.  Each will work a number of select games along with Freeman throughout the season.

VOLLEYBALL
The Texas State Volleyball team, fresh off of winning its third straight Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship this past Fall, will prepare for their upcoming NCAA Tournament appearance with a schedule of 14 matches this Spring, six of which will be played in Strahan Arena. Five of those six matches are slated to be broadcast on ESPN+.  

Broadcast coverage will include Texas State's Mar. 18 match against No. 5 Bayor, the Bobcats' Mar. 16 match versus No. 2 Texas, a Mar. 18 match-up against TCU, Mar. 25 vs. North Texas and Mar. 27 vs. Texas Tech. 

The broadcast team from Texas State's ESPN+ volleyball productions from this past Fall will again serve on commentary for volleyball broadcasts this Spring with Brant Freeman on play-by-play alongside 3-time NCAA Champion Head Coach Mick Haley as analyst.

Since Texas State Athletics began producing its own ESPN+ telecasts in 2018, more than 150 Texas State home events across seven different sports have been broadcasted, with more than 40 additional broadcasts scheduled to be produced throughout the Spring of 2021.

Through Texas State and the Sun Belt's relationship with ESPN, we are happy to partner with the worldwide leader in sports as the exclusive provider of stream television content. Texas State strives to provide as much coverage as possible for Texas State fans and the entire ESPN audience. We are happy to deliver what we can so fans can experience many of the great sports moments happening at Texas State University.

While all shows are scheduled to air on ESPN+, the network, time, date, and matchups are all subject to change.

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