ANCHORAGE ? The University of Alaska Anchorage Athletic Department announced Thursday a renewed agreement with KCFT FamilyNet to televise UAA men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, and ? new this season ? Seawolf volleyball for the upcoming 2008-09 campaign.
The tape-delayed broadcasts on KCFT (GCI cable 19) will air at least twice, including later the same evening. Additionally, a live video stream of all KCFT events will be available at GoSeawolves.com.
“KCFT FamilyNet has been an excellent partner helping us promote our programs the last two years, and we're thrilled they are adding volleyball to their lineup,” said UAA athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb.
Beginning with the Aug. 28 opening match against Central Missouri, KCFT will air 11 UAA home volleyball matches, including all eight Great Northwest Athletic Conference contests.
The Seawolf men's and women's basketball schedules begin in November with over 30 games on tap, while gymnastics will host meets against Centenary, Temple and Kentucky in the winter months.
“We are very proud to continue our partnership with UAA and to bring an even wider variety of UAA sports into the homes of Alaska than we did last year,” said KCFT general manager Tom Steigleman. “I've always been impressed by UAA's commitment to excellence and their ability to provide exciting and competitive games for their fans, plus their staff is great to work with.Alaskan viewers can expect entertaining and professional broadcasts from KCFT FamilyNet, and we see UAA basketball, volleyball and gymnastics as an excellent fit to our family friendly lineup.”
2008-09 UAA Sports
KCFT Broadcast Schedule
(Exact air times TBA; check GoSeawolves.com or local listings for updates)
All events shown live on GoSeawolves.com
Volleyball
Aug. 28 Central Missouri
Aug. 29 Harding
Aug. 30 vs TBA
Sept. 18 Northwest Nazarene
Sept. 20 Seattle Pacific
Oct. 9 Western Washington
Oct. 11 Central Washington
Oct. 15 Alaska Fairbanks
Oct. 30 Saint Martin's
Nov. 1 Western Oregon
Nov. 8 Montana State Billings
Gymnastics
Jan. 16 Centenary
Feb. 20 Temple
Mar. 13 Kentucky
Men's & Women's Basketball
Schedules TBA
