TOWSON, Md. – With the program's Military Appreciation Day game coming up on Saturday, April 16, the Towson University men's lacrosse team will wear special helmets for its Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) game against rival Delaware.
 
The Tigers will sport custom Cascade Rs with helmet decals donated by Zima Gear for Military Appreciation Day.
 
Throughout the week leading up to the game, the Tigers will release pictures of the helmets, which began on Monday with a look at the customized facemask. On Tuesday, the back panel of the helmet was released, followed by the visor on Wednesday. Thursday's release will show the vent stripes, while the helmet will be shown in its entirety on Friday morning.

Photos of the helmets will be available on TowsonTigers.com each day, as well as the Towson men's lacrosse social media platforms: Facebook.com/TowsonLacrosse, Twitter.com/Towson_MLax and Snapchat by following Towson_MLax. Photos of the helmets will also be shown on the Athletic Department's Instagram account at Instagram.com/TUTigers.
 
Each helmet will be for sale through the Tiger Athletic Fund Web site and will be available for purchase at $300 per helmet. Proceeds from the sale the helmets will be donated to local military support organizations USO-Metro and Baltimore Station. The helmets will go on sale Friday at 12:01 p.m. at www.TowsonTigers.com/auctions and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
A total of 46 helmets will be for sale. There will also be a helmet signed by the entire Towson lacrosse team available for raffle. Tickets, set at $5 per ticket, can be purchased during the game, which begins at noon at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium. The winner of the raffled helmet must be present to win.
 
In honor of the service and sacrifice of the military members and their families, Towson Athletics is providing complimentary tickets to past or present service members, along with three additional guest tickets.
 
Other events surrounding Military Appreciation Day will be The Old Guard's Presidential Salute Battery, which will fire off cannons after each Tiger goal and a Military Village within Unitas Stadium. Additional partners joining Towson Athletics in Military Appreciation include Maryland National Guard, American Red Cross-Chesapeake, Maryland Veterans Administration, Shootout for Soldiers, The 6^th Branch, Catch-A-Lift Fund and Maryland's 9/11 Rolling Memorial.
 
Towson's football program will present the inaugural Wardell Turner Football Scholarship, named in honor of honor of US Army Sergeant Major Wardell Turner '89, who was killed in action on Nov. 24, 2014 in Afghanistan.
 
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