Women's soccer set to relay for cancer

ORANGE, Calif. – With sleepless students meandering around the Orange campus through the crack of dawn, one would assume its finals time again at Chapman. Not in March…it's time for Relay for Life, when student and faculty teams are required to have at least one participant for a 24-hour period walking around the Attallah Piazza on the campus of Chapman University. The Panthers' women's soccer team has been at the forefront of this year's efforts, representing Chapman's intercollegiate athletics program.

The relay and fundraising efforts benefit the American Cancer Society.

The Relay for Life will begin on Friday at 2 p.m. and participants will continue to circle the Piazza until 2 p.m. on Saturday. For the first time ever, the event is being held on Chapman's campus.  All philanthropic, monetary efforts are raised through donations collected by each team.

For the second year in a row, Chapman athletes have taken an integral role in the Relay for Life. The starting goalkeeper the Panthers' women's soccer team, Chloe Canta, is serving as Chapman's co-chair for the event.

"Relay For Life gives Chapman a unique opportunity to contribute to the American Cancer Society's mission of saving lives, by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back," said the junior. "Faculty, staff and students who give their time, energy and financial commitment to this exciting event are really standing up for our community and its pledge to join the fight."

Also participating in the event is Chapman's club women's lacrosse team. Last year, Chapman students raised over $8,000. This year the projections are upwards of $20,000. For donations or more information visit Chapman's Relay for Life website: www.relayforlife.org/chapmanca.

Relay for Life is a nationwide effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS) in support of cancer research. ACS combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. ACS is a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers. The non-profit saves lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. ACS is the nation's largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call ACS at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.

by Robert Flicker
Sports Information Intern