LIVE COVERAGE SET FOR FSU'S NCAA REGIONAL GAMES
Webcast Coverage Available For Friday's Opening Round Contest
Plans have been made to air the Ferris State women's basketball team's opening game in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Tournament set for this Friday (March 12) live over the internet only.
FSU, which is presently 21-9 overall, is the region's third seed and will face sixth-seeded Ashland this Friday (March 12) at 1 p.m. (EST) in Quincy, Ill. Rob Bentley of the FSU Athletics Communications Office will handle the webcast play-by-play coverage. Coverage will begin at approximately 12:50 p.m. (EST) from QU's Pepsi Arena.
The webcast can be heard live through the Ferris Cable Channel 7 website by clicking on the Bulldog Athletics Webcast icon at www.ferris.edu/sports. The FREE RealPlayer software, which can be downloaded at the link, must be installed to listen to the contest.
Live coverage of FSU’s NCAA Tournament games beyond Friday should the Bulldogs advance would be carried live by both local radio station WBRN-1460 AM and accessible via the internet by clicking on the Bulldog Athletics Webcast icon at www.ferris.edu/sports.
Friday's contest represents the third meeting between the Bulldogs and Eagles this campaign. Ferris registered an 85-81 regular-season road win at Ashland (Dec. 6) and beat the Eagles 86-80 in overtime this past Friday (March 5) in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
The Bulldogs made their first NCAA-II appearance during the 1999-00 campaign and dropped 90-77 decision to Missouri-St. Louis (3/9/00) in the opening round of the Great Lakes Regional held at Highland Heights, Ky.
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