CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Friday’s Patriot League Network (PLN) women’s soccer match between Loyola Maryland and Cornell will be the first collegiate soccer match broadcast on Twitter. Coverage of the Greyhounds vs. Big Red begins on Friday, September 2 at 6 p.m. EST and can be found by following the PLN official Twitter account: @PatriotLeagueTV.
The match will be one of the first two PLN contests distributed to Twitter during the month of September, through the League’s partnership with Campus Insiders. Viewers can find Friday’s match by going to this link:
https://twitter.com/i/live/770724813216153600. Fans can join the conversation on Twitter with #PLSoccer
Holy Cross women’s volleyball will also be featured on Twitter on Tuesday, September 13, when they host Bryant at Holy Cross Field House at 7 p.m. EST.
Additional content, including Patriot League football, basketball and lacrosse will be announced throughout the course of the 2016-17 academic year.
“As we continue to grow the national and international profile of the Patriot League, these new media opportunities allow us to showcase our programs and student-athletes,” Commissioner Jennifer Heppel said. “We’re very thankful to our partners at Campus Insiders for working with us to help broaden our reach and continue to transform the fan experience.”
| DATE |
Title |
Description |
Site |
Start Time (ET) |
| 9/2/2016 |
PLN Women's Soccer |
Cornell at Loyola Maryland |
Ridley Athletic Complex |
6:00 PM |
| 9/13/2016 |
PLN Women's Volleyball |
Bryant at Holy Cross |
Holy Cross Field House |
7:00 PM |
ABOUT CAMPUS INSIDERS: Campus Insiders, the premier digital destination and leading content source for college sports fans, announced a new digital media rights partnership with Twitter, highlighted by the live streaming of more than 300 college sports events from the Patriot League, Mountain West Conference and West Coast Conference. Campus Insiders will stream the live college games on Twitter with an extensive line-up of football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, baseball, volleyball, field hockey, water polo and swimming.
ABOUT TWITTER LIVE: Twitter is where sports and Patriot League fans go to experience and talk about what is happening live, in the moment. Live streaming of Patriot League games is a strong complement to the live nature of Twitter. Now, fans can enjoy the live game content and the conversation in one place.