PENN STATE TO CHALLENGE UCLA IN
NCAA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS
TO AIR WORLDWIDE THURSDAY EVENING
ON CABLE RADIO NETWORK & AUDIONET

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28, 1997 – Penn State (29-1) will challenge two-time defending national champion UCLA (23-4) in the semi-finals of the 1997 NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Championship, this Thursday evening, May 1st at 7:00 p.m. PDT, 10:00 p.m. EDT, across America and around the world, via satellite, from St. John Arena at Ohio State University, on The Cable Radio Network and the World Wide Web at Audionet.com.

The winner of Thursday evening’s first semi-final match between Stanford (25-3) and Ball State (27-7), will face the winner of the Penn State/UCLA match for the 1997 NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Championship title. The championship final will air this Saturday evening, May 3rd at 4:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. EDT on The Cable Radio Network and the World Wide Web at Audionet.com.

Olympic sportscaster Jeff Ruffolo will call the play-by-play with Mitch Lehman providing the color commentary. PowerBar (www.powerbar.com) is the broadcast title sponsor.

NCAA Volleyball is available on the global Internet at Audionet (www.audionet.com/radio/contemporary/crn) and throughout the United States on The Cable Radio Network, with satellite audio coverage provided to hundreds of cable TV systems ... including the major metro markets of: Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Washington D.C., Dallas, Providence, Seattle, Portland and Arlington, Virginia.

NCAA Volleyball radio broadcasts are also available to TV satellite dish owners in Canada, Guam, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central and South America, via Satcom C3, Transponder 23, Audio Channel 7.235.

Worldwide Hot-Link sites to NCAA Volleyball Radio Programming:

www.cvu.com (College Volleyball Update)
chili.collegesportsnews.com (College Sports News Daily)
www.powerbar.com (PowerBar Home Page)
www.volleyball.org (Volleyball Worldwide)
www.pixi.com/~kulasoft/volley.htm (Mike Ching's University of Hawaii Volleyball Page)
www.audionet.com/radio/contemporary/crn (AudioNet/Cable Radio Home Page)
www.cableradionetwork.com (Cable Radio Network's Home Page)
volleyball.miningco.com (The Volleyball Mining Company)