RENO, Nev. - Nevada Sports Net will air 22 Wolf Pack baseball and softball games during the 2023 season, Nevada Athletics and NSN announced Wednesday.
The spring broadcast schedule will include 11 Wolf Pack baseball games and 11 Wolf Pack softball games. The broadcasts start this week with Nevada softball's games against UNLV on Friday and Sunday and Wolf Pack baseball hosting New Mexico on Saturday.
NSN's Alex Margulies and Shannon Kelly will be on the softball call Friday at 3 p.m. with Mike Stefansson and Kelly on the call Sunday at noon. For Saturday's baseball game, Wolf Pack play-by-play announcer John Ramey and ex-Nevada standout Zak Basch will be on the call. Basch and fellow Wolf Pack alums Chris Gimenez and Konrad Schmidt, who both played in the major leagues, will serve as color analysts alongside Ramey during the season.
In addition to this week's games, Nevada baseball contests against Pacific (March 28), San Jose State (March 31), Air Force (April 14), Sacramento State (April 25), Grand Canyon (April 29), Long Beach State (April 30), San Francisco (May 5) and Fresno State (May 5-7) will air on NSN. On the softball side, future broadcasts include the Wolf Pack's home game with No. 3-ranked UCLA on March 28 as well as games with Utah State (April 1), San Diego State (April 15-16), Idaho State (May 1, a doubleheader) and Colorado State (May 4-6).
"We are excited to offer a robust offering of Wolf Pack spring sports on Nevada Sports Net this season," NSN director of operations, Anthony Resnick, said. "Broadcasting double-digit Nevada baseball and softball games this year shows our dedication to bringing high-quality live local action to Wolf Pack fans across Northern Nevada."
Nevada softball, in its second season under head coach
Linda Garza, is off to the best start in program history at 20-4 while ranking among the nation's leaders in team ERA and stolen bases. Wolf Pack baseball is in its first season under head coach
Jake McKinley and sits at 10-10 overall heading into the meat of its Mountain West schedule.
During the 2022-23 athletic season, NSN has broadcast 12 Wolf Pack men's basketball games; 10 women's basketball games; four football games; and four volleyball matches.
NSN, which debuted in September 2018, is the state's only full-time sports channel. In Northern Nevada, NSN is available over the air on channel 21; Charter channel 787 in HD or 7 in SD; DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 21; or on AT&T U-verse channel 1021 in HD or 21 in SD. The games can be seen from the following counties: Washoe, Carson, Humboldt, Churchill, Pershing, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Lassen, Lander and Eureka.
Nevada Sports Net broadcast schedule
Nevada Baseball
March 25: vs. New Mexico, 1 p.m.
March 28: vs. Pacific, 5:05 p.m.
March 31: vs. San Jose State, 6:35 p.m.
April 14: vs. Air Force, 6:35 p.m.
April 25: vs. Sacramento State, 6:35 p.m.
April 29: vs. Grand Canyon, 4:35 p.m.
April 30: vs. Long Beach State, 2:35 p.m.
May 2: vs. USF, 2 p.m.
May 5: vs. Fresno State, 6:35 p.m.
May 6: vs. Fresno State, 4:35 p.m.
May 7: vs. Fresno State, 1:05 p.m.
Nevada Softball
March 24: vs. UNLV, 3 p.m.
March 26: vs. UNLV, noon
March 28: vs. UCLA, 11 a.m.
April 1: vs. Utah State, 2 p.m.
April 15: vs. San Diego State, 2 p.m.
April 16: vs. San Diego State, noon
May 1: vs. Idaho State, 1 p.m.
May 1: vs. Idaho State, 3:30 p.m.
May 4: vs. Colorado State, 3 p.m.
May 5: vs. Colorado State, 3 p.m.
May 6: vs. Colorado State, 10:30 a.m.