COMMEMORATIVE PERSONALIZED DISPLAY SHAFT
TO BENEFIT WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT

$48.00

Solid cherry display shaft from Glory Hound Lacrosse with personalized engraving.  Indicate school or team along with player or coach’s name (32 characters max) when ordering.  Click Order Online Link found to the left!

Glory Hound will donate 15% of Patriot Cup shaft sales to the Wounded Warrior Project through March 31^st.

The Patriot Cup host committee in conjunction with the North Texas Chapter of US Lacrosse is pleased to announce this year’s lineup of great games. According to North Texas Chapter President Tom Fitzsimmons, “We have some great high school programs playing, two top NCAA D-3 teams and four top MCLA, college club teams, including the University of Michigan who is aiming for its’ third national championship in a row. All sports fans should come on out to SMU to see the fastest sport on two feet, while supporting the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). “ The WWP benefits families of wounded servicemen and women.

Facing off on Saturday, March 20 in Ford Stadium will be:

In addition to the 5 games on Saturday at Ford Stadium, three games will be played there on Friday afternoon/evening.

Finally, a number of exciting Division III College games and High School games will be played the week leading up to the Saturday lineup. Check back soon for more details on the full week’s schedule.

On Saturday, March 20, college lacrosse will return to Dallas for the fourth annual Patriot Cup. Returning MCLA National Champion University of Michigan will take the field at SMU’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium to face‐off against the University of Oregon. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a non‐profit organization which seeks to assist men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations around the world.

“The Patriot Cup has grown beyond our expectations in the last four years. With the addition of the National Champion Michigan, we now have the Big‐10 facing off against the Pac‐10, which further highlights Dallas as the place to see lacrosse played at its best,”said Tom Fitzsimmons, president of the North Texas Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse and the Patriot Cup committee chair. “No sport has grown faster at the high school and college levels over the last five years.”The 2010 Patriot Cup will showcase some of the nation’ premier collegiate and high school programs. In addition to the Michigan/Oregon game will be three of the nation’ top NCAA Division III teams for a total of three games. Western New England College (Ranked 9th

in 2009) , Nazareth College (#19) and Bowdoin College (#20) will practice and play each other in Dallas, culminating with the WNEC v. Nazareth game at SMU Ford Stadium on Saturday. SMU and Texas A&M University will square off in the nightcap at Ford Stadium for the second consecutive year.

Local high school teams St. Mark’s School of Texas, Episcopal School of Dallas and Highland Park High School will serve as event hosts and also compete at Ford Stadium on March 19‐20. The local schools will take on top‐ranked lacrosse teams Loomis Chaffee(Connecticut) and Mullen (Colorado).
Tickets are available online by clicking here or by emailing patriotcup@gmail.com. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for adults. A 20% group discount is available for groups of 10 or more.
Media Contact: Tom Fitzsimmons 214-630-0322

The 2009 Patriot Cup drew a huge crowd of more than 7,500 this past weekend, raising more than $10,000.00 for the Wounded Warrior Project. We appreciate the lacrosse community turning out to make this year’s event a huge success. Check out the days events from the eyes of DMagazine’s Jeff Miller as he blogged live from the event. Next year’s Patriot Cup date will be announced on this website soon.

RESULTS

March 16 Monday

Bowdoin (9) v Western New England (11)
St. Lawrence (15) v Nazareth (10)

March 18 Wednesday

St. Lawrence (6) v Bowdoin (10)
St. Mark’s (10) v. Fort Collins (5)

March 19 Thursday

St. Mark’s (9) v. Woodlands (6)
ESD (6) v. Fort Collins (5) – 3OT
Highland Park (16) v. Westlake (3)

March 21 Saturday

St Marks (8) v. St. Mary’s (12)
Notre Dame (13)  v. Vermont (7) 
Air Force (2) v. Bucknell (9)
WNE (10) v. Nazareth (9)
SMU (9) v. A&M (11)
Highland Park (9) v. Ft. Collins (4)