Meredith College Softball will next travel to face the Peace College Pacers on Wednesday April 4at 3 p.m., in Peace’s Wachovia Athletic Park. The event is a part of the “Pacers Go Pink Game.”

The event is sponsored by The Strike-Out Cancer initiative, which unites the American Cancer Society and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association to help raise funds and awareness to fight cancer. The program leverages the personal experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of fastpitch softball coaches nationwide to help increase cancer education and promote healthy living through awareness efforts and fundraising activities.

North Carolina State head coach Lisa Navas and her 2006 ACC Championship Wolfpack softball team will be the special guests and throw out a “first pitch to strikeout cancer” between games at approximately 5 p.m. Other activities scheduled include a guest appearance by Wool E. Bull, the very popular mascot for the Durham Bulls triple A baseball team.

Concessions, including hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, and Krispy Kreme donuts, will be served. Proceeds from concession sales will go directly to the American Cancer Society and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Other donations will be accepted in the form of a dunking booth, where $1.00 will get the patron four throws to dunk special guests into the tank.

Spectators are asked to wear pink clothing to show their support of the activities, while both teams will also wear pink game jerseys. The uniforms will be auctioned off throughout the game with the proceeds also going to help find a cure for cancer. Admission for the event is free.