Oct. 5, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton baseball took time recently to help continue the fight against breast cancer participating in the Real Men Wear Pink campaign sponsored by the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on campus.

The UD chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority is very active on campus in promoting the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the sorority also raises money for breast cancer research through its annual FREEFAHL Concert -- Forever Reminding and Educating Every Female About Healthy Living. To help Zeta Tau Alpha support Breast Cancer Awareness Month and promote the concert, several Flyer men's student-athletes wore pink t-shirts provided by the sorority around campus on Friday.

The entire baseball team participated in the promotion and took it one step further by actually wearing the shirts at practice.

"One in Eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime," said head coach Tony Vittorio. "This is an alarming statistic. This means that, more than likely, everyone of our players knows somebody or will come in contact with somebody sometime in their life who has or will develop breast cancer. Because of that alone, the University of Dayton Baseball Program supports Zeta Tau Alpha who is committed to fighting this disease with the best weapon - Early Dectection."

The FREEFAHL concert was Sunday and featured the Jaywalkers, a yogurt eating contest, Farewell Fisher, a luminary ceremony with survivors of breast cancer and Blessid Union of Souls. All proceeds went to breast cancer education and awareness.

In addition, the Flyers will be holding their fall weekend October 9-10. Festivities will include a golf outing, lunch and an opportunity to see the 2009 baseball team in action. For the latest on upcoming events and Flyer baseball news visit www.DaytonFlyers.com.