How to watch and listen to the Wisconsin vs. Pitt NCAA Tournament volleyball match on TV, livestream and the radio

Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The reigning national champion Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team is one win away from a fourth straight Final Four appearance. Kelly Sheffield's team will play host to the Pittsburgh Panthers out of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a NCAA Tournament regional final Saturday night.

Here's what you should know about the top-seeded Badgers as well as how to watch and listen to the match:

What time is the Wisconsin volleyball team playing Pitt?

The regional final match starts at 7 p.m. at the UW Field House.

How can I watch Wisconsin vs. Pitt regional final NCAA Tournament match?

The match will be televised on ESPNU and ESPN+.

Wisconsin's Caroline Crawford (9), Anna Smrek (14) and Sarah Franklin (13) prepare to receive a serve during their match with Florida at the Kohl Center on Friday, Sept. 16. The match set a regular-season NCAA attendance record with 16,833 fans.
Wisconsin's Caroline Crawford (9), Anna Smrek (14) and Sarah Franklin (13) prepare to receive a serve during their match with Florida at the Kohl Center on Friday, Sept. 16. The match set a regular-season NCAA attendance record with 16,833 fans.

What channel is ESPNU on Spectrum?

Channel 370.

What channel is ESPNU on DirecTV?

Channel 208.

Can I watch ESPNU on livestream? How can I watch ESPN+?

Many streaming services offer ESPNU and they feature a free trial, including Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV STREAM or YouTube TV. Sling TV, fuboTV and Vidgo also offer ESPNU in their lineup of channels in various packages. Most, but not all of these services, are available with Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV devices so be sure to check first.

ESPN+ is a subscription-based service available through the ESPN App on any device and on ESPN.com.

What is the radio station for Wisconsin vs. Pitt?

In the Madison area, you can listen to the match on Fox Sports 1070. For anyone outside that radio zone, you can listen online.

Wisconsin's Izzy Ashburn celebrates a point during an NCAA first-round tournament match against Quinnipiac on Dec. 2 at the UW Field House. Ashburn, a senior setter, leads the Badgers in assists this season.
Wisconsin's Izzy Ashburn celebrates a point during an NCAA first-round tournament match against Quinnipiac on Dec. 2 at the UW Field House. Ashburn, a senior setter, leads the Badgers in assists this season.

What should I know about the 2022 Wisconsin Badgers volleyball roster?

Outside hitter Sarah Franklin leads the team in kills with 385. Devyn Robinson (283) and Julia Orzol (271) are also part of the high-powered attack.

Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill are the quarterbacks of the offense. Ashburn has 681 assists while Hammill has 462 on the season.

Hammill (37), Ashburn (35) and Gulce Guctekin (32) are three servers to watch. They lead the team in aces.

Defensively, Guctekin is the team leader in digs with 391 or 3.91 per set. For blocks, fifth-year senior Danielle Hart tops the team with 157.0. Three others (Caroline Crawford, Robinson and Anna Smrek) also have more than 100 blocks on the season.

Kelly Sheffield was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time.
Kelly Sheffield was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time.

What else should I know about the Wisconsin volleyball team?

The Badgers won the Big Ten Conference for the fourth straight year, earned a No. 1 seed in their portion of the NCAA bracket, are riding a 21-match winning streak (they haven't lost since Sept. 25) and reloaded in 2022 with largely a new cast of players from last year when they were anchored by many fifth-year seniors, including national player of the year Dana Rettke.

Sheffield, who has been Wisconsin's head coach since 2013, was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time.

The Badgers swept their first two opponents in the NCAA Tournament and then pulled out a five-set thriller over Big Ten rival Penn State in a regional semifinal match Thursday night.

What is the Wisconsin Badgers' record?

Wisconsin is 28-3 overall and 19-1 in Big Ten play. The Badgers are 16-1 at home, with wins at the UW Field House in their first three NCAA Tournament matches. Their only home loss was to Florida on Sept. 16, a match played at the Kohl Center and one that set the NCAA record for attendance.

What should I know about Pittsburgh volleyball?

The Panthers, coming off a Final Four appearance of their own in 2021, are 30-3 overall in 2022, finished 17-1 in the ACC and tied with Louisville as conference co-champs. Pitt, a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, is 11-1 away from home.

The Panthers defeated Florida, 3-1, in a regional semifinal Thursday. They swept their first and second-round matches, to Colgate, and BYU, at home.

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