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Free Audio Broadcast - Courtesy Of Irish All-Access - One Of Several Ways To Track Saturday's ND-UNC Soccer Showdown

College soccer fans will have several options to follow the NCAA third-round game between the Irish and Tar Heels (Nov. 24; noon).

Nov. 22, 2007

College soccer fans wishing to follow Saturday's NCAA round-of-16 game at North Carolina (noon eastern start) will have several options - including a bonus audio broadcast (from und.com's Irish All-Access) that will be the only way to follow the play-by-play action live (other than GameTracker):

• Listen online to the free live audio broadcast, provided courtesy of und.com and Irish All-Access. Fans who have not already signed up for All-Access can do so via a quick signup process. The audio link - which can be used for initial signup purposes - is available in several locations on the und.com main page and the women's soccer page and also is included below:

Women's Soccer Audio vs. North Carolina

• Livestats will be available courtesy of the NCAA and the host school North Carolina, via the following link (also linked directly on the und.com main page and women's soccer page): GameTracker Livestats

• Fans can sign up for free Irish Alert text messages (sent to cellphones or other mobile devices) - which will include text updates sent several times during Saturday's game (at least at the end of each half, with possible additional texts for scoring updates). The quick signup can be made via links on und.com (see right sidebar on women's soccer page, direct link is: Irish Alert text-message update signup. Fans may select the specific ND sports text updates that they would like to receive through the Irish Alert system (more than 400 currently are signed up to receive ND w-soccer text updates).

• The ND Sports Hotline will include a halftime update and a final recap of the game. The hotline number is (574) 631-3000, then choose option 4 and then option 2 for women's soccer updates.

• A quick recap of the game - and later a full recap - will be posted on und.com. UNC will provide quotes from the postgame press conferences (see www.tarheelblue.com after the game for podcasts of those press conferences).