Feb. 27, 1998

College Park, Md. - The University of Maryland will play host to the second annual Kicks Against Breast Cancer soccer tournament April 18-19 at Ludwig Field. Joining the Terrapins at the charity event will be seven top collegiate women's teams. The highlight of this super soccer weekend will take place on Saturday, April 18 when Maryland meets the College of William and Mary at 7 p.m. in the first game of the tournament's feature doubleheader under the lights. George Mason University and the University of Virginia meet in the nightcap at 8:15 p.m. Other teams in the field include Ohio State, Navy and Northwestern.

The Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament honors the memory of Claudia Mayer, who died of breast cancer on Nov. 1, 1996 at the age of 47. Claudia was a woman who displayed extraordinary courage as she battled the disease that eventually took her life.

Proceeds from the Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament will be donated to the Howard County General Hospital's Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center. Advanced-purchase tickets for the feature doubleheader on April 18 cost $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for boys and girls under 19 years of age. Team discount tickets priced at $5.00 each are also available for group orders of 12 or more. Prices at the gate are $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for boys and girls under 19.

The weekend festivities kick off on Friday, April 17 at the Greenbelt Marriott Hotel with the 1998 Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament banquet. The featured speaker at this year's banquet will be University of Virginia coach April Heinrichs. Heinrichs, the former women's soccer coach at the University of Maryland, captained the U.S. National Team that won the first women's World Cup in 1991. She is also the head coach of the U.S. Girls' U-16 National Team. The tournament banquet will start at 7 p.m. and the donation is $50.00.

Don't miss the chance to watch some of the best teams on the collegiate soccer scene and support a worthy cause.

To order tickets to the Kicks Against Breast Cancer feature doubleheader or reserve a seat at the tournament banquet, contact Louise Waxler at (410) 740-1147. After business hours or on weekends, call the MSYSA Ticket Hotline at (301) 498-4906.

Special advanced-purchase tickets and team discount tickets must be ordered by April 10.