CALDWELL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TO PLAY ON NATIONAL TELEVISION

10-20-09
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College women’s basketball team has been selected to play in a nationally-televised game against Bloomfield College on Saturday, Feb. 27 in the George R. Newman Center. The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game is one of eight NCAA Division II regular-season men’s and women’s basketball games to be televised on CBS College Sports Network this season. It also marks the first time that a contest involving a Caldwell College athletic program will be on national television.

“This is such a great opportunity for our players to play a big conference game on national television,” said Linda Cimino, head women’s basketball coach and assistant director of athletics at Caldwell. “Bloomfield is probably our biggest rival, and we’ve had some exciting games the past few years. This game will provide exposure to our program and to the type of basketball we play in the CACC, and we’re certainly looking forward to it.”

This is the fourth year of the television agreement between Division II and CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV).

“Our partnership with CBS College Sports is another example of why our schools consider Division II as a membership destination,” said Division II Vice President Mike Racy. “We are able to provide national exposure for the student-athletes and their institutions while also providing viewers a unique glimpse into the division and the way we balance academic and athletics excellence.”

Previous CACC institutions that have played televised games as a part of the agreement include Philadelphia’s men’s team in 2007 and 2009, Holy Family’s men’s team in 2009 and the women’s teams from Holy Family and Georgian Court in 2008.

“We are excited to be hosting this landmark game for our conference and for the Caldwell College community,” said Mark A. Corino, head men’s basketball coach and the Executive Director of Athletics at Caldwell. “Not only is it a great opportunity for our student-athletes, but the game gives the whole campus a chance to come together and put our best foot forward to showcase all that Caldwell College has to offer.”

Caldwell also will serve as host of the semifinals and finals of the CACC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, held Mar. 5-6 in the Newman Center. The Cougars return eight players from last year’s team that went 10-18 and finished third in the CACC North Division. Junior guard Kirsty Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Acad.) averaged a team-high 16.6 points per game last year en route to earning all-CACC third team honors.


2010 Division II/CBS College Sports Network regular-season basketball broadcast schedule
(all games noon Eastern time unless otherwise noted)
Saturday, Jan. 9 – Fort Valley State at Albany State (Women) (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
Saturday, Jan. 16 – Molloy at Queens (New York) (Women) (East Coast Conference) (6 or 8 p.m.)
Saturday, Jan. 23 – Bellarmine at Northern Kentucky (Men) (Great Lakes Valley Conference)
Saturday, Jan. 30 – Queens (North Carolina) at Pfeiffer  (Men) (Conference Carolinas)
Saturday, Feb. 6 – Cal State Monterey Bay at Humboldt State (Men) (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (5:30 or 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Feb. 13 – Montevallo at Augusta State (Men) (Peach Belt Conference)
Saturday, Feb. 20 – Franklin Pierce at Bentley (Women) (Northeast-10 Conference)
Saturday, Feb. 27 – Bloomfield at Caldwell (Women) (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)

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