Worcester, MA- Worcester State University, the Worcester State Athletics Department and the Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund have teamed up for the second time in under a year, following their success in the Spring endeavor, in a continued bid to raise awareness for cancer detection and research. The Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund, created by Gregg '86 and Pam '87 Rosen, aims to provide a robust curriculum that supports peer to peer education regarding early cancer detection. Raising awareness in our young people, particularly Worcester State students in the field of public health, can effectively expedite these important educational initiatives to curb the prevalence of late-stage cancer and increase longevity.
Four Worcester State Fall Athletics teams will be donning pink t-shirts, designed with the Rosen Cancer Awareness logo, throughout select games during the first two weeks in October. Each game will not only have teams dressed in Pink Out Shirts, but those same shirts will also be for sale, along with free informational giveaways and raffle tickets at $25 apiece to win a scratch ticket tree, that includes $500 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets, with the winner being announced at halftime of the football game on Homecoming on October 28th. All proceeds from the raffle and sales will benefit the Rosen Cancer Awareness fund and its wonderful work.
The Field Hockey team, which is looking to claim their first MASCAC Title will be the first to dawn the pink jersey’s when they host former LEC rival Southern Maine at 7pm on Wednesday, October 4. The following day will have Volleyball Pinked Out as they host Clark University on Brissette Court at 7pm. Closing out the first week of October will see Men’s Soccer hosting MCLA on Saturday, October 7 with a scheduled start time of 3pm. The final Pink Out Game of the fall will have Women’s Soccer, who traditionally spends all of October in pink jersey’s, to replace their traditional pink game jerseys with the Pink Out T-shirts for the day, when they welcome Framingham State in a MASCAC battle at 12pm on October 14.
The Worcester State Field Hockey team currently sits on top of the MASCAC with four conference wins and a 5-5 overall record. Volleyball opened MASCAC play this past Tuesday with a decisive sweep over Salem State, and currently sits at 6-10 on the season. Men’s and Women’s Soccer both grabbed their first conference wins this weekend versus Fitchburg State as they each look to grab top finished for the conference post season.
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