TOWSON, Md. – Joining the other 11 schools in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the Towson University football program will host "Be The Match" this Saturday as the Tigers host conference rival Delaware. Kickoff at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium is set for 2 p.m.
 
Located on the north concourse of Johnny Unitas ® Stadium, Be the Match will have a booth set up where fans will be able to swipe their cheek with a cotton swab to enter the bone marrow donor list.
 
Saturday's honorary captain for the conference rivalry game will be Shahonna Grove, who has aplastic anemia and is currently in need of a bone marrow transplant.
 
"We will make a difference in the futures of the people that have these diseases," said Towson head coach Rob Ambrose.
 
In addition, coaches and other sideline personnel will wear Be The Match patches, and in-stadium announcements will further communicate details to fans in attendance.
 
This spring, all 12 CAA Football schools plan to participate in the Get in the Game, Save a Life program by holding Be The Match donor registration drives on campus.
 
Be The Match registers potential bone marrow donors and pairs them with patients diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers. The organization also provides financial assistance to patients and their families, educates doctors, and supports research to advance the science of marrow transplants.
 
The Get in the Game, Save a Life program partners with college athletes and coaches to host marrow donor registry drives on college campuses. In 2014 alone, 38 colleges and universities participated in the program and recruited nearly 9,000 new potential marrow donors.
 
To join the Be The Match Registry, visit www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/caafootballwins. 
 
 
Parts of this released borrowed from CAASports.com
 
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