For Immediate Release
Monday, June 11, 2018
NSIC Media Relations
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is excited to announce a continued partnership with
Midco Sports Network® during the 2018-19 academic year for live coverage of eight football games and nine basketball doubleheaders. The partnership will continue the “NSIC Thursday Night Football Game of the Week”, airing the first four weeks of the season from August 30 through September 20 on MidcoSN. The live football broadcast schedule will also include four Saturday games during the season.
Additionally, MidcoSN will broadcast nine basketball doubleheaders and continue its full coverage of the NSIC/Sanford Health Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. All fourteen games of the tournament played at the Sanford Pentagon along with the nine doubleheaders will mark 32 live basketball contests produced and aired live on MidcoSN.
“Midco continues to be a tremendous supporter of the NSIC, and we are thrilled to be able to continue to grow our partnership, exposing the region to the first-class institutions and incredible student-athletes that compete in the NSIC,” said NSIC Commissioner Erin Lind.
“MidcoSN is pleased to continue our partnership with the NSIC. Their dedication to student-athlete performance matches our desire to share their excellence on the competitive platform and we are excited to share this live NSIC content with fans across the region,” said Mark Powell, VP of MidcoSN.
For the past four years, the NSIC and MidcoSN have partnered to broadcast numerous live and taped-delayed regular season and tournament contests from various NSIC sports, including most recently, the NSIC Baseball Tournament and NSIC Softball Tournament Championship games.
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The mission of the NSIC is to promote, conduct and regulate competitive sports programs which will assist student-athletes in their successful athletic, academic and person development.
About Midco Sports Network
Midco Sports Network provides live coverage of local sporting events and produces award-winning original sports programming. Since 2010, MidcoSN has delivered the sights and sounds of high school, collegiate, outdoors, motorsports and more to homes and businesses across the Upper Midwest. Visit
MidcoSN.com to catch up on the action and check out blogs from the MidcoSN team.
2018 NSIC/MidcoSN Football Game Schedule:
| Date |
Day |
Away Team |
Home Team |
Facility |
Time |
| 8/30/18 |
Thursday |
SMSU |
Minnesota State |
Blakeslee Stadium |
6 p.m. |
| 9/6/18 |
Thursday |
Minot State |
Northern State |
Swisher Field |
7 p.m. |
| 9/13/18 |
Thursday |
Minnesota Duluth |
St. Cloud State |
Husky Stadium |
6 p.m. |
| 9/15/18 |
Saturday |
SMSU |
Sioux Falls |
Bob Young Field |
6 p.m. |
| 9/20/18 |
Thursday |
Wayne State |
Concordia St. Paul |
Sea Foam Stadium |
6 p.m. |
| 9/22/18 |
Saturday |
Sioux Falls |
Augustana |
Kirkeby Over Stadium |
1 p.m. |
| 9/29/18 |
Saturday |
Winona St. |
Northern State |
Swisher Field |
2:30 p.m. |
| 10/20/18 |
Saturday |
Minnesota State |
Bemidji State |
Chet Anderson Stadium |
1 p.m. |
2018-19 NSIC/MidcoSN Basketball Schedule (MBB & WBB Doubleheaders)
| Date |
Day |
Away Team |
Home State |
Facility |
Time |
| 12/1/18 |
Saturday |
MSU Moorhead |
Northern State |
Barnett Center |
2 p.m. |
| 12/7/18 |
Friday |
Minnesota State |
SMSU |
R/A Facility |
5:30 p.m. |
| 12/14/18 |
Friday |
UMary |
MSU Moorhead |
Alex Nemzek Hall |
5:30 p.m. |
| 1/4/19 |
Friday |
Augustana |
SMSU |
R/A Facility |
5:30 p.m. |
| 1/25/19 |
Friday |
Concordia St. Paul |
Augustana |
SF Arena |
5:30 p.m. |
| 2/1/19 |
Friday |
Minnesota Crookston |
SMSU |
R/A Facility |
5:30 p.m. |
| 2/8/19 |
Friday |
Sioux Falls |
Northern State |
Barnett Center |
5:30 p.m. |
| 2/15/19 |
Friday |
Winona State |
Sioux Falls |
Stewart Center |
5:30 p.m. |
| 2/22/19 |
Friday |
Sioux Falls |
Augustana |
SF Arena |
5:30 p.m. |
| 3/2/5/19 |
Sat.-Tues. |
*NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament |
TBD |
Sanford Pentagon |
|
*Quarterfinals, semifinals and champions games played at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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