Springfield, Mass. - October 11, 2011 - The Springfield College football program will be holding their breast cancer awareness day on Saturday at 2:00 pm when the Pride takes on Empire 8 rival Ithaca College. The team will be selling pink t-shirts for $5, and will be asking for donations throughout the game, which will be collected in limited edition pink helmets. Those helmets will be available for purchase at the end of the game.
All proceeds from the sales will go to breast cancer awareness and the American Cancer Society.
Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game as both the Springfield College coaching staff and players will be in pink apparel.
If you are interested in buying a t-shirt in advance, please contact the Coach Tom Caporale, Coach John Ward, or Coach Mike Cerasuolo in the football office.
Springfield College football would like to thank Stadium Systems for their generous support of this weekend's breast cancer awareness game.
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 32nd season as a head football coach in the fall of 2013. He enters his 30th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 28 years, he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980. Read more.
