Varsity Fall Ball Events

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College Lacrosse Preview at Gillette Stadium

The inaugural College Lacrosse Preview at Gillette Stadium will be played Saturday, October 14. The event was created to introduce the college lacrosse community, as well as the New England lacrosse community, to Gillette Stadium, site of the 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships.

The Preview will feature Fairfield University, Harvard University, Loyola College (MD), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Princeton University, and the United States Naval Academy.

The tentative schedule of games is:

12:00 p.m.
Navy vs. Mssachusetts
Loyola vs. Princeton
Fairfield vs. Harvard

3:00 p.m.
Loyola vs. Harvard
Navy vs. Fairfield
Massachusetts vs. Princeton

The New England Patriots are proud to have partnered with Harvard University, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the Massachusetts Sports and Entertainment Commission, and the Greater Boston Visitors and Convention Bureau to bring the 2008 NCAA championships to Gillette Stadium.

The 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships mark the first time the event has returned to New England since 1986, when it was hosted by Brown University. Attracting the event to the world-class Gillette Stadium not only is in response to the commitment of the Kraft Family and the New England Patriots but also to the escalating number of boys and girls playing lacrosse in all New England states.

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Price Modern "Lacrosse for Leukemia" Fall Invitational

Baltimore, MD – The Price Modern "Lacrosse for Leukemia" Fall Invitational Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 30th from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The event will take place at St. Paul's Schools in Brooklandville, MD. Spectator admission is $5 per person.

Sixteen of the nation's best s lacrosse teams will unite for the annual tournament to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Maryland Chapter, including 2005 NCAA Champions Johns Hopkins University and Syracuse University, the 2004 National Champion.

The remaining field is made up of Towson University, North Carolina, Washington College, UMBC, Penn State University, Mount St. Mary's, Albany, St. John's (NY) University, Air Force Academy, Villanova, Butler (Ind), Binghamton University, Quinnipiac and Rutgers .

Additionally, each team will play in honor of a local youth ambassador who has survived or is currently undergoing treatment for a blood cancer. This year's event is sponsored by Price Modern, Saab of Baltimore Lacrosse Homes, WMAR-TV, STX, DeJarnette Research, WZBA-FM, LAX World, SmartCEO, The Greene Turtle, Manekin, LLC, Inside Lacrosse and Press Box.

More than 785,000 Americans currently have blood cancers. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.

For more information about the 2006 Price Modern "Lacrosse for Leukemia" Fall Invitational Event, please contact Vince Fiduccia at the Maryland Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at (410) 527-0220 or vince.fiduccia@lls.org

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Gillette Stadium today announced that the College Lacrosse Preview has been canceled due to the unfortunate high level of wear and tear on its fields.

The six collegiate teams are discussing alternative sites and will make a decision as to a new location in the next few days.

The Stadium appreciates the efforts put forth to create and facilitate this event by Phil Buttafuoco, executive director of the 2008 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships, however, at this time, the fields can not withstand the impact of additional events.

This unfortunate situation in no way reduces Gillette Stadium's commitment to hosting the 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships. In fact, the Stadium will continue to evaluate the creation of future men’s lacrosse events to be played at the facility.