Barrage Beat Pride in Overtime Thirller
July 26, 2007 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Philadelphia Barrage News Release
Barrage Beat Pride In Overtime Thriller Philadelphia defeated New Jersey 12-11 in an exciting overtime victory at Yurcak Field.
Piscataway, NJ (July 26, 2007) - After an exciting game between the New Jersey Pride and the Philadelphia Barrage, Seth Goldberg sealed the 12-11 overtime win for the Barrage Yurcak Field. Barrage face off specialist Andy Corno was named the Bud Light MVP for winning 19 out of 24 face offs and scoring one goal.
New Jersey opened up the scoring with a two-point goal from Kyle Harrison, followed by a goal from former Barrage player Conor Ford. Philadelphia came back to tie the game at three with a goal from Seth Goldberg, who is coming off an injured shoulder, Roy Colsey and Matt Striebel. The Pride, who are coming off a big win over Long Island, scored three goals in a row against the 2006 Goalie of the Year, Brian "Doc" Dougherty. Pride goalie Rob Scherr held the Barrage scoreless for almost an entire quarter when Tim Byrnes finally put one past with just three seconds left in the first half.
After a heated halftime talk, the Barrage seemed to come alive when Mike Springer scored his first goal of the night just 40 seconds in, followed by a goal from Colsey, his second of the night, to tie the game. New Jersey scored to go ahead but the Barrage came back with another goal from Springer, followed by a goal from Kevin Cassese. However the Pride didn't like falling behind, so Matt Rewkowski scored a two-point goal, the Pride's second of the night. New Jersey jumped ahead by two to start off the fourth quarter, but face off man Andy Corno, won the face off and ran the length of the field to score his first goal of the night to bring the Barrage within one. Attackman Ryan Boyle scored his first goal of the night for the Barrage to tie the game at 10, followed by a goal from Jed Prossner to give the Barrage the lead. Joe Yevoli scored for the Pride to tie the game at 11, eventually sending the game in to sudden death overtime.
The 10-minute overtime period started with a face off possession by Philly's Matt Zash but the Barrage couldn't put it past Scherr in goal. After multiple possessions, Philadelphia's Goldberg had a one on one with Scherr and but it past him low to win the game for the Barrage. The final scored was Philadelphia 12, New Jersey 11.
The Barrage set out for their final road trip against the Washington Bayhawks on Saturday, August 11 at 4:00 PM. Philadelphia returns home for their final game of 2007 against the Bayhawks. Game is being played at United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, PA. Face off is set for 7:00 PM. Tickets are still available by calling the Barrage ticket office at 610.355.8999.
2007 Barrage Schedule: May 19 at Boston Cannons W, 13-9 June 2 vs. Rochester Rattlers W, 21-17 June 9 vs. Boston Cannons W 16-13 June 16 at Long Island Lizards L 16-11 June 23 at Rochester Rattlers L 16-11 June 30 vs. Long Island Lizards W 14-13 OT July 6 vs. San Francisco Dragons W 14-9 July 12 at New Jersey Pride W 12-7 July 21 at Denver Outlaws L, 13-15 July 26 vs. New Jersey Pride W, 12-11 OT August 4 at Washington Bayhawks 4:00 PM August 11 vs. Washington Bayhawks 7:30 PM Bolded games = Home Games All games are Eastern Standard Time
About the Philadelphia Barrage The Philadelphia Barrage are members of Major League Lacrosse, a ten-team professional outdoor lacrosse league. The Barrage moved to Philadelphia prior to the 2004 MLL season and proceeded to win the organization's first MLL Championship at the 2004 New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship Game. In 2006, the Barrage defeated the Denver Outlaws in the MLL championship game to be crowned the Major League Lacrosse Champions for the second time in two years. The Barrage play their home games at United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pa. Additional information on the Barrage can be found at www.philadelphiabarrage.com.
About United Sports Training Center United Sports Training Center is an indoor/outdoor sports facility that hosts numerous sporting events such as tournaments, high school games and practices for both lacrosse and soccer, special events that range from high school after prom parties to political campaigns. The outdoor facility consists of 11 fields: 10 natural grass and one artificial turf, plus two lighted fields. The indoor facility includes a Mondo Surface clear span field house, two Crystaplex Boarded Sportcourt Surfaces and four 30-foot climbing surfaces. More information about United Sports can be found on their website at www.go2ustc.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; 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; and Jim Davis, chairman and CEO of New Balance. The MLL commenced play in June of 2001. The MLL is comprised of two conferences. The Eastern Conference contains the original six teams, Boston, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Rochester and Washington. 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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