Catamount Classic Invitational
"Stache for Cash" Donation Form
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – University of Hartford men's lacrosse coach Peter Lawrence has announced that the Hawks will be taking part in the third annual Catamount Classic – Lacrosse for a Cure on October 10. All proceeds from the event will be donated to testicular cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The third annual Catamount Classic – Lacrosse for a Cure, will be held on Sunday, October 10 at Thayer Academy's off- campus turf fields in Braintree, Mass. Event gates will open at 9:00 a.m. with opening face-off taking place at 10:00 a.m. Games will continue until 5:00 p.m. Joining the Hawks and host-team Catamounts for the 2010 annual event are Albany, Bryant, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Endicott, Massachusetts, Providence, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart and Western New England.
The Hartford lacrosse team is putting a spin on the event in its efforts to raise additional money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Each player and member of the coaching staff is currently partaking in “Stache for Cash,” a fundraising initiative in which every Hawk grows a mustache and maintains it until the Catamount Classic. To donate to “Stache for Cash,” please fill out the donation form and e-mail to coach Lawrence at CoachLaw@hartford.edu. “Stache for Cash” tee-shirts will be distributed for donations greater than $20.
The Hawks are scheduled for three, 50 minute games in their first time partaking in the event. Hartford will first square off against Endicott at 11:00 a.m. followed by a 12:00 p.m. match-up against Providence. The Hawks face Bryant in their last game which is slated for 2:00 p.m.
In 2007, a member of the Vermont lacrosse team was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Following surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, he was able to start for the lacrosse team that spring. Although he was treated in Vermont, the player followed a treatment plan from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is in full remission. Vermont head coach Ryan Curtis and his wife Kelly, who worked at the Institute, collaborated with the men's lacrosse team and started the Catamount Classic – Lacrosse for a Cure in 2008.
In its inaugural year in 2008, the Catamount Classic raised nearly $20,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and last year, the event netted nearly $40,000 for the foundation.
For more information and/or to make a donation, visit the Catamount Classic – Lacrosse for a Cure's website at www.catamountclassic.com.
