GREENSBORO, N.C. -- ESPNU and ESPN2 have announced their coverage of the 2009-2010 ACC Men's Lacrosse season, which features a league all-time high 16 games, including all seven of the ACC match-ups. The North Carolina Tar Heels will be featured four times on the network, including all three ACC contests and its game at Johns Hopkins.

[Update includes (a) the new UNC story below about the team's 2010 schedule and (b) additional TV listings.]

"We are thrilled with the opportunity to have this unprecedented level of exposure for our four men's lacrosse programs," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "Our teams' successes in men's lacrosse have been well documented, and ESPN's commitment allows us to showcase our programs to a national audience."

The 2009-2010 ESPN schedule, which opens when Maryland travels to Georgetown on February 27, features nine non-conference games, including four teams that competed in the 2009 NCAA Tournament and finished the season ranked in the final USILA coaches' poll, and seven ACC contests.

"ESPN remains committed to covering the sport of lacrosse throughout the entire season, from the first face-off to the NCAA Championship," stated ESPN's Director of Programming & Acquisitions Daniel Margulis. "We appreciate our partnership with the ACC and its vital role in bringing top level college lacrosse to the viewers at home."

League teams own 10 national titles and have advanced to the finals 24 times. Last year, all four ACC teams finished the year ranked in the final USILA coaches' poll, including three of the top six spots.

The 2010 ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship will be held in College Park, Md., on April 23 and 25, 2010 at the University of Maryland.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina's men's lacrosse team will play six of its 13 regular-season games during the upcoming 2010 season on television, including five national television appearances, and meet seven teams which competed in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The schedule was announced Monday by Tar Heel head coach Joe Breschi, now in his second year at the helm of his alma mater.

UNC will meet Duke on March 10, Maryland on March 27, Johns Hopkins on April 3 and Virginia on April 10 on ESPNU. The game against Virginia will be part of the Konica Minolta Big City Classic and will be part of a tripleheader of lacrosse games that will comprise the first-ever athletic event at the New Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J. that day.

Carolina will also meet Navy on February 25 in a game to be televised nationally by CBS College Sports. The Tar Heels will meet UMBC on March 6 in the WMAR-TV (Baltimore Channel 2) Game of the Week. UNC could also appear on TV a seventh time if it advances to the championship game of the 2010 ACC Tournament at College Park, Md. on April 25. The title game of the event will be broadcast live by FSN South.

In its 13 regular-season games, the Tar Heels will meet seven teams that participated in the 2009 NCAA Tournament with only two of those seven games at home. UNC plays at Navy February 25, at UMBC March 6, at Duke March 10, home against Princeton March 16, home against Maryland March 27, at Johns Hopkins April 3 and against Virginia at the Meadowlands April 10.

UNC will open its season playing in the inaugural varsity game for Jacksonville's lacrosse program. The Dolphins will open their lacrosse history against the Tar Heels in Jacksonville, Fla. on February 6 at 2:30 p.m

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