Complete NSIC Release

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced that the conference has agreed to a partnership with Midcontinent Communications to broadcast 36 live events during the 2009-10 season.  Included in those 36 events are 11 Southwest Minnesota State contests, including three volleyball matches, four women's basketball games and four men's basketball games.  SMSU will host eight of those events.

The agreement with the NSIC will include two football games, four volleyball matches as well as 30 men's and women's basketball games. Midcontinent will produce all the events as well as work with the visiting team's cable company to broadcast the events locally for the traveling teams.  All 14 NSIC institutions will be featured in at least one event over the year. Subscribers to Midcontinent can watch the games on the Midcontinent Channel.

Midcontinent Communications is the Upper Midwest's leading provider of cable television, local and long distance telephone service, broadband Internet access, and cable advertising services. Midcontinent's service area includes over 240 communities with over 200,000 customers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

SMSU on Midcontinent Communications
Volleyball
Oct. 23, 2009 - SMSU at Augustana
Oct. 30, 2009 - SMSU vs. Minnesota Duluth
Oct. 31, 2009 - SMSU vs. Bemidji State

Women's Basketball
Dec. 12, 2009 - SMSU vs. Mary
Jan. 22, 2010 - SMSU at Augustana
Feb. 5, 2010 - SMSU vs. Minnesota State Moorhead
Feb. 6, 2010 - SMSU vs. Minnesota, Crookston

Men's Basketball
Dec. 12, 2009 - SMSU vs. Mary
Jan. 22, 2010 - SMSU at Augustana
Feb. 5, 2010 - SMSU vs. Minnesota State Moorhead
Feb. 6, 2010 - SMSU vs. Minnesota, Crookston