ALBANY – The College of Saint Rose intercollegiate athletics department will host “Cancer Awareness Day” in conjunction with three home contests throughout the afternoon of Sunday, March 25, at the Christian Plumeri Sports Complex. The Golden Knights baseball and softball squads both have 12:00 pm doubleheaders scheduled against Assumption and Merrimack respectively, while the men's lacrosse team has a 4:30 pm game versus Merrimack.

Softball team members will wear pink jerseys and shoelaces in support of breast cancer awareness, while members of the baseball squad will wear blue shoelaces and their pants up in order to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. Furthermore, the bases on the softball and baseball diamonds will be painted pink and blue respectively in honor of the day.

At the lacrosse field, Saint Rose team members will wear lime green in support of the HEADstrong Foundation and each player will furthermore wear a color of their choice to support a form of cancer that has impacted his life.

Donation stations will be located at each field and color coordinated balloons will line the complex as well.

The event represents just one of numerous community service projects that Saint Rose student-athletes complete every year. It furthermore puts forth another example of how Saint Rose student-athletes embody a major prong of the College's mission statement to engage with the school's urban environment and thus help foster a sense of motivated and caring citizenship.

It also coincides with the NCAA Division II Life in the Balance platform that stresses growth opportunities through academic achievement, learning in high-level athletics competition and development of positive societal attitudes in service to community.

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