PPL Park in October will host the "inaugural Fall Brawl for a Cure college lacrosse tournament,” according to Kerith Gabriel of the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS. The men's lacrosse teams from Villanova, Stony Brook, Loyola (Md.) and Siena College “highlight an all-day tournament" on Oct. 22, benefiting the American Cancer Society. Youth games will be “played on adjacent fields set up around the stadium” starting at 9:00am ET, and all four college teams “also will hold mini-scrimmages throughout the day.” Waterbucket Media President and former NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings, a "primary organizer of the event, is a cancer survivor who is in remission after undergoing treatments last June.” Gabriel noted the event will “serve as a preview into how big-time college lacrosse will look next spring when PPL Park will host the NCAA men's quarterfinals.” Philadelphia also will host the '13 NCAA men's Final Four at Lincoln Financial Field (
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