Women’s College Basketball: No. 1 Stanford Faces No. 2 Connecticut Saturday on ESPNU

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Women’s College Basketball: No. 1 Stanford Faces No. 2 Connecticut Saturday on ESPNU

The stage is set for the top two teams in women’s college basketball to face off – No. 2 Connecticut at No. 1 Stanford in front of a sold-out crowd at Maples Pavilion Saturday, Dec. 29, at 4 p.m. ET on ESPNU. Both teams remain undefeated entering the game and it features a rematch in Palo Alto, Calif., where the Cardinal snapped UConn’s 89-game record winning streak by a score of 71-57 on Dec. 30, 2010. The teams also played last season – with Connecticut taking the 68-58 home victory.

Game Highlights

  • Featuring a three-person booth, veteran play-by-play announcer Dave O’Brien will be joined by analysts Doris Burke and Rebecca Lobo.
  • Lobo will also serve in a reporting capacity conducting interviews at halftime and postgame with select coaches and players.
  • Chris Cotter, Kara Lawson and Carolyn Peck will be in studio from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios.
  • The game will be designated with the hashtag #UCONNvsSTAN from @ESPNCBB twitter feed.

espnW Highlights

  • Significant promotion of the game online in the espnW top story section
  • espnW contributor Michelle Smith will be onsite for full game coverage, including a preview story and postgame column
  • Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike will provide a pregame blog on the big game from her perspective as part of espnW’s season-long Athlete’s Life blogs
  • Lobo will have a video blog following the game plus analyst segments from the telecast

Also this week, Boston College will travel to Florida State for a 2 p.m. ESPN3 start on Sunday, Dec. 30,

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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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