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2007 NB ZIP MLL Championship Weekend in Rochester

June 21, 2007 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release


Boston, MA (June 21, 2007) - Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that the 2007 NB ZIP MLL Championship Weekend will take place at PAETEC Park in Rochester on August 25 and 26, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. The semi-final games will be held at 2:00 PM ET and 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, August 25. The two semi-final winners will advance to the NB ZIP MLL Championship Game on Sunday, August 26. The Championship Game will air live on ESPN2 at 1:00 PM.

Tickets for both days of NB ZIP MLL Championship Weekend are already on sale. A complete weekend package is only $30, with discounts available for youths and groups of 20 or more. Single game packages begin at $20 per day. For more information, contact the Rattlers ticket office at (585) 454-5425.

The playoff format will repeat the 2006 season as winners from each conference, Eastern and Western, advance to NB ZIP MLL Championship Weekend. Two wild card spots are awarded to the two teams with the next best regular season records, regardless of conference. The conference winner with the better record plays the wild card team with the lesser record in one Semi-Final game, with the remaining conference winner and wild card team facing off in the other Semi-Final.

In 2006, the Boston Cannons, Denver Outlaws, Philadelphia Barrage and San Francisco Dragons advanced to the NB ZIP MLL Championship Weekend. The Barrage won their second MLL title, beating the Outlaws 23-12 in the New Balance Championship Game. Roy Colsey was named the game's Bud Light MVP after scoring six goals (two two-pointers) and handing out a pair of assists. It was Philadelphia's second title in three years as they beat Boston in the 2004 New Balance Championship Game.

As an anchor level corporate sponsor of Major League Lacrosse, New Balance is the "Official Footwear and Sideline Apparel of Major League Lacrosse." The New Balance logo also appears on the Boston Cannons team uniform. The Warrior Burn lacrosse shoe by New Balance debuted in February 2004. Designed and tested by members of the Warrior Lacrosse Players Club Team, the Burn is the world's first lacrosse shoe developed by the world's best players.

About New Balance

New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a leading manufacturer of technologically innovative width-sized performance footwear and athletic apparel for women, men, and children. The range of product categories includes running, walking, cross training, basketball, tennis, adventure, and kids. Dunham joined the New Balance family in Fall 1998. Dunham an outdoor performance brand known for its technologies, innovations and development of footwear that is lightweight, comfortable and inspired by the world outside. New Balance acquired the rights to the PF Flyers brand in February 2000. First introduced in 1937 by the B.F. Goodrich Company, PF Flyers was re-launched in Spring 2003 as an authentic brand of active casual footwear. Aravon® comfort performance brand footwear debuted in January 2004 as an unsurpassed blend of fit, comfort, support and style. In early 2004, New Balance acquired Warrior Lacrosse, widely recognized as the world's most cutting edge manufacturer of lacrosse equipment. Innovative Hockey was acquired in 2005 to operate as a new division called Warrior Hockey. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. employs more than 2,800 people around the globe, and in 2005 reported worldwide sales of $1.54 billion. For more information please visit http://www.newbalance.com.

About Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse, a ten-team professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded in 1999 by fitness entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global L.L.C., and founding partners Dave Morrow, a former champion lacrosse player and now CEO of Warrior Lacrosse, a leading global provider of innovative and high performance lacrosse equipment; and Timothy B. Robertson, former CEO of The Family Channel and the current chairman of Bay Shore Enterprises, L.L.C., an investment holding company with activities in international media and Internet technology ventures. The MLL commenced play in June of 2001. The MLL is comprised of two conferences. The Eastern Conference contains the original six teams, Baltimore, Boston, Long Island, (Montclair) New Jersey, Philadelphia and Rochester. The Western Conference debuted in the 2006 season with MLL expansion franchises Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additional league information can be found at www.majorleaguelacrosse.com.

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