(Philadelphia, Penn., September 23, 2026) - The HEADstrong Foundation is pleased to announce that the Fall Event Series will return for a 19th year with 11 events this fall.
“We are so incredibly excited for the Fall Event Series this year,,” HEADstrong President, and Nick’s mom, Cheryl Colleluori said. “As we celebrate 20 years as an organization, there is no better way for us to honor Nick’s life and legacy than on the lacrosse field that he loved so much.”
To kick everything off, the Fall Event Series will return to where it all began with two Nick Colleluori Classics at Hofstra University on October 3rd and 4th. On Saturday, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team will host Bucknell, NJIT, Marist and Iona while on Sunday the Hofstra women’s team will host Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson and Temple. That same weekend the event returns to Amherst, Mass., as the UMass women’s lacrosse team plays host to Vermont, Siena, Quinnipiac, Merrimack and Central Connecticut in support of HEADstrong’s Kendra’s Kindness fighter fund.
The following weekend will see two men’s events taking place. On Friday, October 9th Lafayette will host Monmouth and on Sunday, October 11th the University of Pennsylvania will host Michigan, Fairfield and Saint Joseph’s.
On October 17th the event will return to the Severn School in Maryland with Penn State, Georgetown and Towson hitting the field. The following weekend will see four events taking place, two women’s on October 24th and two men’s on October 25th. On the 24th, the Adelphi women’s lacrosse program will host Mercy, Pace, Sacred Heart, Iona and New Haven on Long Island while in New Jersey the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team will host South Florida, Colorado, UConn and Holy Cross.
The following day, VMI will host Washington & Lee and Lenoir Rhyne for a play day and the Drew University men’s lacrosse program will host Georgian Court, Stevens and Molloy in conjunction with the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation.
The fall event series will wrap up on October 31st when the Tampa men’s program will host Saint Leo, Embry Riddle and Florida Southern for a play day.
Entry to select fall events is $15 per person and will go directly to HEADstrong’s mission of assisting families affected by cancer. Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://bit.ly/FallEvents2026. Teams participating at each location will also be fundraising, with their efforts going directly to local families that HEADstrong is assisting. Those funds will be presented to a family at each location at a special presentation in between games by HEADstrong representatives.
For more information on the HEADstrong Foundation please visit www.HEADstrong.org or follow on social media at @HEADstrongFND.
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