DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire President Mark W. Huddleston
has a crab feast riding on the outcome of the Oct. 3, 2009, football game between
the UNH Wildcats and the Towson University Tigers when Towson President Robert
Caret -- a UNH alum – accepted Huddleston’s friendly Crustacean
Challenge -- one dozen New Hampshire lobsters against a bushel of Maryland
blue crabs.
The UNH D.C. Alumni Chapter and UNH Athletics are partnering to ensure UNH
has a strong presence at the game, hosting a pre-game tailgating reception
for Wildcat fans from 1-3 p.m. Kick-off is 3:30 p.m. Tickets to the game and
pre-game reception are $25, which includes a ticket in the UNH seating area
at Johnny Unitas Stadium, food, beverage and cash bar plus shuttle transportation
to the stadium; $15 for tailgating only. Wildcat merchandise will be available
at the UNH Alumni Association Marketplace and the Wildcat Marching Band will
perform.
A limited number of tickets are available to the pre-game reception, so fans
are encouraged to take advantage of early registration. For more information,
to purchase tickets and to register for the pre-game tailgating party visit
http://www.alumni.unh.edu or call Lynn Smith at (603) 862-2040. A special hotel
rate of $109 per night is available at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Baltimore North-Hunt
Valley for anyone traveling. Call 877-898-1721 and ask for the special UNH
group rate.
Fans will have the opportunity to participate in a raffle. Prizes include:
• Overnight stay for two at the Washington, D.C. Ritz Carlton
•
Skybox at the D.C. Verizon Arena at one of the Washington Capitols Game
•
Signed UNH football jersey
You must be present at the pre-game tailgating reception to win these prizes.
All prizes were donated by UNH alums -- Mike Hickey, ’73; Elizabeth Mullins, ’89;
and Sean McDonnell, ’78.
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research
university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea,
and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution,
enrolling 11,800 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students.
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