Weekend Preview: Hopkins Sticking It To Sarcoma
by Corey McLaughlin | LaxMagazine.com | Twitter
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| The Johns Hopkins women's
lacrosse team, including junior Taylor D'Amore, will host the
second annual "Stick it to Sarcoma" fall play day, created by 2012
Hopkins graduate and two-time team captain Rachel
Ballatori. © John Strohsacker/LaxPhotos.com |
Saturday
WOMEN
Blue Jays "Stick it to Sarcoma" Play Day, Johns Hopkins
in Baltimore, 9 a.m.
Rachel Ballatori, a 2012 Johns Hopkins graduate and two-time
captain of the women's lacrosse team, created the "Stick it to
Sarcoma" fall play day in 2011 in honor of her father, Ned
Ballatori, who was then fighting cardiac angiosarcoma, an extremely
rare and rapidly malignant soft-tissue cancer. He died on Dec. 25
of last year after a yearlong battle.
Last year's tournament raised more than $15,000 for the Hopkins Sarcoma Program and this year Ballatori has sought to raise at least $20,000 for the program again to fund research projects.
Saturday's play day will feature raffles, a silent auction, including Baltimore Ravens and Orioles packages, among other items, and there will be more opportunities to donate to the cause. All proceeds will benefit the Hopkins Sarcoma Program.
Teams participating: UMBC, Mount St. Mary's, George Mason and Johns Hopkins.
Georgetown Tournament, 9 a.m.
Georgetown hosts Temple, Lehigh, Delaware and Virginia Tech.
Duke Invitational, 9 a.m.
The Blue Devils host Notre Dame, High Point, Richmond, Winthrop,
American, Davidson, North Carolina, Old Dominion and Coastal
Carolina and a Florida split-squad.
MEN, WOMEN
Hawaii Invitational
The lucky ones are already there. The annual Hawaii
Invitational men's and women's club tournament starts
Friday and runs through Sunday at Kapiolani Park on the island of
Oahu. The event, run by US Lacrosse's Hawaii Chapter, has three
men's divisions (18 and over, 33 and over and 44 and over) and one
open women's division (18 and over).
It's one of the marquee club events of the year and always is held on or around Halloween.
Check back to LaxMagazine.com for reports and photos from Hawaii.
MEN
Pumpkin Shootout, Manning School in Golden,
Colo.
Adams State, Colorado, Colorado State and Colorado Mesa get after it.
Sunday
WOMEN
Duke Invitational, 10 a.m.
Florida, James Madison and Notre Dame stick around for Day 2 of
the Duke event.
MEN
Battle at the Beach, 9 a.m.
The "Battle at the Beach" in Melbourne, Fla., features Florida
Tech, Central Florida, South Florida and Palm Beach Atlantic.
