This 12 months, the faculty softball season kicks off on MLB Community.
As a part of the season-opening 2024 NFCA Division I Leadoff Traditional, reside school softball video games shall be televised on MLB Community for the primary time ever.
MLB Community will broadcast three video games from the Leadoff Traditional on Saturday, Feb. 10:
Utah is coming off a season wherein the Utes made it to the Girls’s Faculty World Collection, whereas each Clemson and Oregon reached the Tremendous Regionals of the NCAA softball event. Liberty, Missouri and Notre Dame all reached the Regionals.
“We’re thrilled to broadcast reside softball on MLB Community for the primary time in our 15-year historical past,” MLB Community president Invoice Morningstar stated. “Partnering with the NFCA to showcase the Leadoff Traditional on a nationwide stage completely aligns with Main League Baseball’s ongoing dedication to develop youth softball and baseball, and it accomplishes our purpose to current new content material that engages and excites our followers.”
The 17-team Leadoff Traditional event shall be held from Feb. 8-11 on the Eddie C. Moore Advanced in Clearwater, Fla. The Nationwide Fastpitch Coaches Affiliation introduced the event’s schedule on Thursday, together with the plans for MLB Community broadcasts.
“We really feel honored to have our Saturday tripleheader be the primary reside softball video games ever broadcast on MLB Community,” Nationwide Fastpitch Coaches Affiliation govt director Carol Bruggeman stated. “This chance will showcase our thrilling sport and increase our attain to a brand new viewers.”
Softball followers all over the world may even be capable of watch each sport of the 2024 NFCA Division I Leadoff Traditional without cost on the GameChanger app. All 43 video games of the event shall be streamed on GameChanger, which is offered in your telephone, pill or desktop.
Viewers can go to MLBNetwork.com to seek out native channel listings to look at the tripleheader of MLB Community telecasts. These three video games may even be streamed on GameChanger.
“Our dedication to the game runs deep, and we imagine in making each sport accessible to followers and gamers alike by dynamic video protection,” GameChanger president Sameer Ahuja stated. “Alongside NFCA and MLB, we’ll proceed to champion the visibility of the game and produce the joy of softball to an ever-expanding viewers.”
9 of the 17 groups taking part in within the 2024 Leadoff Traditional made it to the NCAA event final 12 months — the six taking part in within the MLB Community video games, in addition to Central Arkansas, Indiana and North Carolina Central. Iowa, which didn’t play within the Division I softball event however gained the 2023 Nationwide Invitational Softball Championship, can be collaborating.
Military West Level, Kansas, Missouri State, NC State, South Alabama, St. John’s and Western Kentucky spherical out the event discipline.
