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How and when to watch, stream, listen to NC State vs. Vanderbilt in Saturday’s CWS game

Update: NC State will not play Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols. Vanderbilt will advance to the CWS finals series. Read more about it here.

N.C. State needs one win to reach the College World Series championship series.

The Wolfpack, missing several players due to COVID-19 protocols, lost to Vanderbilt, 3-1, on Friday. The two teams will now play in a winner-take-all game on Saturday at 2 p.m. N.C. State and Vanderbilt each have one loss in the College World Series.

The winner of that game advances to the CWS championship round and the loser will be eliminated.

Television, streaming info

ESPN will televise Saturday’s game, using a broadcast crew of Tom Hart on play-by-play, Chris Burke and Ben McDonald as analysts and Kris Budden as reporter.

ESPN is available on Spectrum cable (channel 31), DirecTV (channel 206) and Dish Network (channel 140), as well as on streaming services like Hulu, Sling and YouTube TV. It can also be streamed via the ESPN app and at ESPN.com/watch.

Audio broadcasts are available online on the N.C. State athletics website, or via the TuneIn app, which you can find here.

This story was originally published June 25, 2021 at 7:15 PM.

Steve Wiseman
The News & Observer
Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. 
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