July 9, 2010

ChiCAGO, Ill. - The Big Ten Network has released its 2010 fall Olympic sports schedule and Illinois will appear at least four times in volleyball and at least once in women's soccer. The BTN will also stream a number of live events on-line at bigtennetwork.com, many of which will be re-aired on the linear network. The 2010 Big Ten Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships will also appear on the BTN on Oct. 31.

Kevin Hambly's volleyball squad, fresh off its second straight Sweet 16 appearance, is scheduled for a pair of live Wednesday night Big Ten Network matches with Wisconsin - Sept. 29 in Madison and Nov. 3 at Huff Hall. Illinois also plays two Final Four teams from a year ago in what could be important conference title matches. The Illini meet Penn State at State College on Saturday, Nov. 13 and host Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 20 on the network.

Coach Janet Rayfield's soccer squad travels to Michigan for a Halloween Day matinee, which will be shown live on the BTN at 2 pm.

The BTN has released a partial football schedule for 2010. The Illini will appear at least twice - Sept. 11 vs. Southern Illinois and Sept. 18 vs. Northern Illinois.