{"id":438590,"date":"2026-08-20T18:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438590\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:56:43","slug":"csub-athletics-announces-fall-2026-espn-broadcast-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438590\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUB Athletics Announces Fall 2026 ESPN+ Broadcast Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013 With the 2026 fall season approaching, the Cal State Bakersfield Athletics Department is preparing to provide Roadrunner fans with extensive live coverage from the Main Soccer Field and Icardo Center. CSUB will produce and stream 26 men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball home contests live on ESPN+, accounting for more than 96 percent of the three programs’ 27 regular-season home dates.<\/p>\n

This year’s slate features every men’s soccer and volleyball home match, along with seven of women’s soccer’s eight home contests. In total, ESPN+ will carry eight men’s soccer matches, seven women’s soccer matches and 11 volleyball matches from Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

Cal State Bakersfield has produced ESPN broadcasts for more than a decade, including as part of The Big West’s long-standing relationship with the network. Fans unable to attend home contests will once again be able to follow the `Runners live, with CSUB Director of Creative Services Kyle LePere<\/a> overseeing Roadrunner broadcast operations.<\/p>\n

Roadrunner broadcasts have showcased countless exciting moments over the years, including multiple plays featured on SportsCenter. That tradition will continue this fall with 26 opportunities for fans across the country to watch the `Runners compete at home.<\/p>\n

Tickets for all home contests are available through the CSUB Athletics ticketing page. The most up-to-date streaming information and links to each broadcast will be available on the live events page at GoRunners.com.<\/p>\n

CSUB’s first fall broadcast will take place Thursday, Aug. 20, when men’s soccer welcomes Utah Tech to the Main Soccer Field for its 2026 home opener.<\/p>\n

2026 FALL ESPN+ HOME BROADCAST SCHEDULE<\/p>\n

Men’s Soccer<\/p>\n


\n\tAug. 20, 7 p.m. \u2013 Utah Tech \u2014 Home Opener
\n\tAug. 29, 7 p.m. \u2013 UNLV
\n\tSept. 12, 7 p.m. \u2013 Gonzaga
\n\tSept. 20, 7 p.m. \u2013 San Francisco
\n\tOct. 7, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC Santa Barbara \u2014 Big West Home Opener
\n\tOct. 10, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC Irvine
\n\tOct. 21, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC Riverside
\n\tOct. 31, 7 p.m. \u2013 Utah Valley \u2014 Senior Night <\/p>\n

All eight regular-season men’s soccer home matches will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

Women’s Soccer<\/p>\n


\n\tAug. 23, 11 a.m. \u2013 Idaho State \u2014 Home Opener
\n\tSept. 3, 7 p.m. \u2013 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi \u2014 Rowdy Run
\n\tSept. 10, 7 p.m. \u2013 Boise State
\n\tSept. 30, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC Santa Barbara
\n\tOct. 14, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC Riverside
\n\tOct. 17, 7 p.m. \u2013 Cal Poly
\n\tOct. 28, 7 p.m. \u2013 UC San Diego \u2014 Senior Night <\/p>\n

In addition to the seven ESPN+ broadcasts, fans will have another opportunity to support women’s soccer in person when the `Runners host CSUN on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Main Soccer Field.<\/p>\n

Volleyball<\/p>\n


\n\tSept. 4, 6 p.m. \u2013 Weber State \u2014 Home Opener
\n\tSept. 5, 6 p.m. \u2013 Weber State
\n\tOct. 2, 6 p.m. \u2013 Cal State Fullerton \u2014 Big West Home Opener
\n\tOct. 3, 6 p.m. \u2013 Long Beach State
\n\tOct. 16, 6 p.m. \u2013 UC Irvine
\n\tOct. 17, 6 p.m. \u2013 UC San Diego
\n\tOct. 24, 6 p.m. \u2013 CSUN
\n\tNov. 6, 6 p.m. \u2013 UC Riverside
\n\tNov. 7, 6 p.m. \u2013 California Baptist
\n\tNov. 19, 11 a.m. \u2013 Utah Valley \u2014 Education Day
\n\tNov. 20, 6 p.m. \u2013 Sacramento State \u2014 Senior Night <\/p>\n

All 11 regular-season volleyball home matches will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

Dates and times are subject to change.<\/p>\n

~GoRunners.com~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013 With the 2026 fall season approaching, the Cal State Bakersfield…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-438590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}