LAKEWOOD, Ohio - This fall the Madonna University men's lacrosse team is going to travel to Canton to take part in the Burning River Lacrosse 'Crosse Out Cancer event on Saturday, Oct. 5. 

The 10th annual event is run by Burning River Lacrosse in conjunction with Cleveland Clinic and Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village Sports Complex. The event will benefit the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic. This program provides world-class care to patients with breast cancer and is at the forefront of new and emerging clinical, translational and basic cancer research. This year's goal is to raise over $20,000 for breast cancer research. 

This year's event will be held at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village in Canton, Ohio. The world-class sports complex is part of Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village, a $600 million development of the Hall of Fame's campus, that is underway in Canton. The project is being led by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Industrial Realty Group. Lacrosse fans can experience the spectacular new sports complex at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village while enjoying great college lacrosse!

This year's COC Showcase, which is the largest fall college showcase, will feature 23+ teams from across the country with 19 men's programs and six women's teams. There will be 20+ games throughout the day beginning at 9 a.m. and running through 6 p.m. Event games open at 8:15 a.m. and tickets cost $15 at the gate with all proceeds going to benefit breast cancer research. 

Madonna will play at 1 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. against Thiel and Mercyhurst after the event guest speaker, Dr. Chirag Shah,  Director of the Breast Surgery Fellowship Program at the Cleveland Clinic and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University, speaks to all in attendance at 12:20 p.m.

If you can't attend the game, or you want to donate more, you can do so by making an online donation here. 

For more information about the event, including the event schedule, address of the complex, event map and HOF complex rules, click here. 

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