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Women’s College Friday, December 5, at Cary, North Carolina • Notre Dame (25-0) vs. Stanford (22-1-1), 4:30 p.m. Eastern • UCLA (22-0-2) vs. North Carolina (23-1-2), 7 p.m. Eastern • Championship match Sunday, December 7, 2 p.m. Eastern See www.NCAA.com for interactive brackets and championship results |
NCAA corporate champion AT&T will add to the excitement of the Men’s and Women’s College Cups through its “Championship Delivered” program and a game-day, text-to-win initiative.
AT&T will collaborate with the Boys & Girls Club to give 20 children tickets to the national semifinals (December 5 for the women’s tournament and December 12 for the men’s) and championship matches (December 7 and 14, respectively). The winners also receive an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina (site of the Women’s College Cup), and Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas (the Men’s College Cup site).
At the men’s finals, the children also will be able to meet and take pictures with the NCAA’s Division I men’s soccer 50th anniversary team during a special AT&T-sponsored autograph session before the championship game.
Additionally, fans can text-vote for their favorite participating team during the Men’s and Women’s College Cups. AT&T will donate $1,000 on behalf of the fans from the school receiving the most text-votes to the local Marine Toys For Tots campaign. Fans can vote for their favorite men’s team by texting MCC to 345345, and for their favorite women’s team by texting WCC to 345345. They will receive a bounce-back message asking them to place their team vote. Once their vote is cast, they will receive a message asking them if they would like to play NCAA trivia for additional prizes.
AT&T also will offer its Championship Delivered program at the Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship December 18 and 20 in Omaha, Nebraska. Again, the partnership with the Boys & Girls Club will give 20 children the chance to attend the semifinals and championship match, and the opportunity to be first in line at the AT&T-sponsored team autograph session. Winners also receive the exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Quest Center Omaha.
Additionally, AT&T will help raise money throughout championship weekend for the Marines Toys for Tots program by donating $10 for each block (with a minimum of $1,000 donation). AT&T will give the final amount to the local Omaha Toys for Tots on behalf of all participating NCAA volleyball teams in the championship.