4th Annual Patriot Cup Event Goes Off Saturday
from press release
DALLAS – College lacrosse will return to Dallas
March 20 for the fourth annual Patriot Cup. Returning Men's
Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) national champion University
of Michigan will take the field at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium to
face off against the University of Oregon. Proceeds from the event
will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization
that seeks to assist men and women of the armed forces who have
been severely injured during conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and
other locations around the world.
"The Patriot Cup has grown beyond our expectations in the last four
years," said Tom Fitzsimmons, president of the North Texas Chapter
of U.S. Lacrosse and Patriot Cup committee chair. "With the
addition of national champion Michigan, we now have the Big Ten
facing off against the Pac-10, which further highlights Dallas as
the place to see lacrosse played at its best. No sport has grown
faster at the high school and college levels over the last five
years."
The 2010 Patriot Cup will showcase some of the nation's premier
collegiate and high school programs in the week leading up to the
main event. In addition to the Michigan/Oregon game, the Patriot
Cup will feature three of the nation's top NCAA Division III teams.
Western New England College (ranked 9th in 2009), Nazareth College
(#19) and Bowdoin College (#20) will practice and play each other
in Dallas, culminating with the WNEC vs. Nazareth game at SMU Ford
Stadium on March 20.
Later that day, SMU and Texas A&M University will square off in
the nightcap at Ford Stadium for the second consecutive year. Local
high school teams St. Mark's School of Texas, Episcopal School of
Dallas and Highland Park High School will serve as event hosts and
will also compete at Ford Stadium on March 1920. The local schools
will take on topranked lacrosse teams Loomis Chaffee (Connecticut)
and J.K. Mullen (Colorado).
Saturday, March 20
SMU Ford
Stadium
10:00 a.m. – St. Mark's School of Texas vs. Loomis
Chaffee School (Connecticut)
12:00 p.m. – Nazareth College vs. Western New England
College
2:30 p.m. – Highland Park High School vs. J.K. Mullen High
School (Colorado)
4:30 p.m. – SMU vs. Texas A&M
7:00 p.m. – University of Michigan vs. University of Oregon
