Home Opener Set for June 6th; Mystics to Appear on National
Television Six Times: January 30, 2003

The Washington Mystics today announced its schedule for the 2003 WNBA
regular season. The WNBA schedule this season includes 17 home games
and 17 away games (two more games than last season) and will begin
earlier (May 22nd) and run later (August 25th). The Mystics will open
the season with a three-game road trip before returning to MCI Center
for its home opener on Friday, June 6th at 7:00 p.m. vs. the
Cleveland Rockers. The Mystics will be highlighted on national
television six times this season (four times at MCI Center) with
games scheduled on ABC, ESPN2 and the Oxygen network.

"This is a very exciting schedule for us this season," said Mystics
Senior Vice President of Business and Basketball Operations Judy
Holland-Burton. "Our home schedule features some fantastic match-ups
and we're extremely proud that out of our six nationally televised
games, four of those contests will take place at MCI Center. This
gives us a venue to showcase our tremendous fans, our state-of-the-
art arena as well as the Washington-Metropolitan community."

Season tickets and partial plans for the 2003 Mystics season are
currently on sale and can be purchased by calling the Mystics Sales
Office at (202) 661-5050.