NAZARETH TO HOST LAX FOR ALYSSA TOURNAMENT
TEAM ROSTERS

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Sept. 27, 2006) -- The Nazareth College men's lacrosse team will be hosting the Lax for Alyssa Tournament Oct. 22 for the benefit of the family of Alyssa Bruno, a six-year-old girl from Henrietta who passed away from brain cancer in August. Admission is $5 per person.

Tournament participants in addition to Nazareth are Division II national champion LeMoyne, Colgate and the Graph Tex Club Team, featuring alumni from Syracuse (including Casey Powell), Nazareth and LeMoyne as well as members of the Rochester Rattlers and Rochester Knighthawks. Representatives from the Rattlers and Knighthawks will be at the tournament and will be selling raffle tickets for prizes such as game-worn jerseys for both the Rattlers and Knighthawks, a Brine equipment bag and Knighthawks tikets.

The event will serve as a fundraiser for the family of Alyssa Bruno, whose battle against cancer of the brain stem prompted thousands of well-wishers to send her birthday cards with a penny enclosed for luck. Her kindergarten teacher at Sherman Elementary School in Henrietta, Marcy Mooney, sent an e-mail asking people to send Alyssa birthday cards and she received more than 60,000 cards by the time her birthday arrived Aug. 2. She died Aug. 24.

Alyssa's father, Chris Bruno, was an assistant lacrosse coach at Nazareth for three seasons (1987, 1988 and 1989).

Tournament schedule:
10 a.m. -- Nazareth vs. LeMoyne on upper practice field (old game field)
12 p.m. -- LeMoyne vs. Colgate on artificial turf field
12 p.m. -- Nazareth vs. Graph Tex on upper practice field
2 p.m. -- LeMoyne vs. Graph Tex on artificial turf field
2 p.m. -- Nazareth vs. Colgate on upper practice field