Wake Forest Athletics
Field Hockey to Host Sixth Annual Melanoma Fundraiser
4/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
By Erika Carrubba, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeHockey)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest field hockey team will host its sixth annual melanoma fundraiser on April 19 from 1-3 p.m. to raise money for melanoma research. This year the team will host a spike ball tournament on Poteat Grass Field.
The disease struck close to home for the Demon Deacon field hockey program in 2006, when former standout Maria Whitehead, who helped lead the team to its first-ever ACC and NCAA championships in 2002, lost her battle with melanoma.
For the past five years the field hockey team has hosted a dodgeball tournament but changed it to spike ball in 2015 after adopting the game as part of their warm-ups last season. Spikeball, a common beach game, is a team sport played by two teams of two players. The object of the game is to hit the ball into the net so that the opposing team cannot return it.
The event is held as part of field hockey's alumni weekend. The team will hold an alumni game on April 18 at 1 p.m.
The cost per team is $10. Teams consist of two players. Donations will also be accepted on the day of the event or can be donated directly online at to Wake Health
All proceeds will benefit the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the entire campus community is encouraged to join in the fight against this prevalent and fatal disease.
For more information visit Spike Melanoma or contact Anna Kozniuk at koznak11@wfu.edu.
