The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team is making their way to prime time. Fox Sports Prime Ticket will broadcast the 49ers’ match against Cal State Northridge on Oct. 17.
Fox Sports also added the women’s soccer Big West tournament championship game and a men’s soccer rivalry matchup between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly.
The 49er volleyball team beat CSUN in both contests last season, and will look to continue that streak at the Walter Pyramid.
Mike Villamor, assistant commissioner of the Big West Conference, said with LBSU going 16-0 last season and CSUN finishing in the top spots in recent years, having the match-up televised was a “natural fit.”
The final Big West broadcast will unveil the women’s soccer champion for 2015 at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium. The LBSU women’s soccer team (3-1-0) hopes to return to the championship game after being narrowly defeated by CSUF for the title in 2014.
Villamor said that with an NCAA-tournament berth on the line for the Big West Champion, the high profile match-up is bound to rake in the viewers for Fox.
As far as compensation, the simple exposure is the only recompense that the schools will receive.
“The [Big West] conference has a deal in place with Fox,” Villamor said. “There is no pay out for schools.”
The TV schedule for Big West basketball games will be announced at the beginning of October.