March 19, 2009

LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bison Vision, the video aspect of BucknellBison.com, will carry live video of a number of Bucknell Athletics events over the next month, it was announced on Thursday. The next live game scheduled to air will be Saturday's home women's lacrosse contest against Lafayette.

Men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, baseball, softball, women's water polo and the football spring game will be featured on Bison Vision throughout the spring. Doug Birdsong, Bucknell's coordinator of radio, television, marketing and promotions, as well as the lead play-by-play voice of the Bison Sports Network, will serve as the play-by-play voice for all broadcasts. He will be joined by select guest analysts throughout the spring season. Coverage will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of each event.

The men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, women's water polo broadcasts, as well as the football spring game, will air live on Bison Vision. The baseball and softball games will have live audio available on WVBU 90.5 FM and free of charge through SportsJuice.com.

In addition to the live events, Bucknell fans can continue to enjoy the special videos, interviews and other features that Bison Vision has offered since its inception last summer.

While much of the content offered through Bison Vision is free, live events will require a subscription. Subscriptions are available for $79.95 per year or $9.95 per month.

Following is the full broadcast schedule with potential Patriot League Tournament games being added at a later date. Times and dates of broadcasts are subject to change.

March 21 - Women's Lacrosse vs. Lafayette, 1 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
March 28 - Men's Lacrosse vs. Holy Cross, 12 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
March 29 - Baseball vs. Army, 12 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
March 31 - Baseball at Penn State, 7 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
April 3 - Women's Water Polo vs. Princeton, 7:30 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
April 4 - Baseball vs. Lafayette, 12 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
April 5 - Women's Water Polo vs. Indiana, 11 a.m. (Bison Vision Video)
April 8 - Softball vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), 3:30 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
April 11 - Men's Lacrosse vs. Lehigh, 8 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
April 14 - Women's Lacrosse vs. Marist, 4 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
Apriil 15 - Baseball vs. Towson, 3:30 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com) 
April 18 - Women's Lacrosse vs. Navy, 1 p.m. (Bison Vision Video)
April 19 - Softball vs. Lehigh, 12 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
April 23 - Softball vs. Susquehanna, 3:30 p.m. (WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com)
April 25 - Football Spring Game, 10 a.m. (Bison Vision Video)