The Inaugural Lucas Russo Benefit Tournament Raises More than $4,000

The Inaugural Lucas Russo Benefit Tournament raised more than $4,300 to launch improvement projects for Russo Field.

During the two-day tournament, three women's teams and eight men's teams played. The women's teams were made up of social club teams. The winning teams were Linda's Ladies and Phi Kappa Alpha's team The Bees. The team from Sigma Rho finished in second place. The winning men's team was from Tacos for Life and Doug's Dawgs, Chi Beta Chi's team, finished in second place.

Other participating men's teams were Phi Kappa Alpha's alumni team and #LoveLikeLucas, a team organized by Richard Russo, Lucas' father.

In a great act of sportsmanship, Tacos for Life gave Doug's Dawgs the championship trophy so that it would stay on FHU's campus. Tournament coordinators were Adam Cross, FHU's regional development director, and students Alexis Bradford and Chase Rowe.

The Lucas Russo field was named in his honor following his death Nov. 9, 2020.