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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Southern New Hampshire University Department of Athletics has struck a deal with FOX College Sports to carry 16 Penmen games during the 2017-18 season. One women's and men's soccer match, 10 total basketball games and two softball and baseball tilts dot the schedule. The broadcasts will be produced by Pack Network.

"SNHU Athletics is extremely excited to have formed this relationship with FOX College Sports," said Southern New Hampshire Associate Director of Athletics, Tom Wilkins. "We have seen great benefit televising Penmen athletic contests the last four years and are thrilled to now be able to feature our top-notch programs to a national audience on a tremendous platform in FOX College Sports.  It is also satisfying to continue rewarding the support of the SNHU fans, alumni and members of the Penmen family across the country with more opportunities to see Penmen Athletics."

SNHU's FOX College Sports schedule will begin Tuesday, Oct. 17 when women's soccer takes on Assumption College at 7 p.m. Men's soccer against Bentley will be broadcast the following night at 7 p.m. The winter slate kicks off Saturday, Dec. 2 with a basketball doubleheader against Assumption College that begins at 1:30 p.m. The spring schedule gets going Saturday, April 21 when softball hosts Merrimack College in a noon doubleheader, with the first of two baseball tilts following Wednesday, April 25 at 6 p.m. against Franklin Pierce University. 

Dan Hannigan and Jacob VanRyn will share play-by-play and color commentary duties, after working together on Penmen basketball broadcasts for the last four seasons. Hannigan has 20 years of experience as the University of Maine men's ice hockey radio voice. Hannigan has earned Maine Sportscaster of the Year honors on multiple occasions and was at the microphone for Maine's 1999 national championship win as he called the game-winning goal for Maine radio. VanRyn, meanwhile, is a seasoned New England broadcast professional and will lend insight into the Northeast-10 during broadcast as he currently serves as the league's Associate Commissioner for Strategic Communications. VanRyn owns nearly 20 years of broadcasting experience, calling numerous NCAA Division II men's basketball regionals, as well as the 2015 Elite Eight, and is also the play-by-play voice of Bentley University football.

ABOUT FOX COLLEGE SPORTS
FOX College Sports (FCS) is a set of three nationally distributed channels – FCS Pacific, FCS Central and FCS Atlantic.  With more than 1,000 NCAA and high school events per year, FCS leaves no rivalry left uncovered with programming from premiere conferences such as the Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten and BIG EAST, including a variety of football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey and more. FCS is home to exclusive BIG EAST men's basketball and Big 12 men's and women's basketball, plus an extensive lineup of collegiate coaches and magazine shows from around the country. FCS is seen by viewers in the nation's 25 largest markets, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa. Key distribution partners include Charter Spectrum, Cox Communications, Frontier, Mediacom Communications, Altice and Cable One. FOX College Sports, where college never ends. 

ABOUT PACK NETWORK
A Boston-based video production company, Pack Network was founded in 2007 and specializes in affordable, high-definition video solutions throughout the Northeast. Pack Network productions range from online webcasts to televised productions with over 300 live sporting events broadcast last season, many of which were delivered using cutting edge IP transmission technology. To learn more, visit packnetwork.com or facebook.com/packnetwork.

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2017-18 SNHU FOX COLLEGE SPORTS BROADCAST SCHEDULE