Barrage Break Road Curse, Defeat Pride 12-7
July 12, 2007 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Philadelphia Barrage News Release
Piscataway, NJ (July 12, 2007) - In front of 2,536 fans at Yurcak Field, the Philadelphia Barrage defeated Eastern Conference rivals the New Jersey Pride 12-7 to break their two-game losing streak on the road. 2006 Goalie of the Year, Brian "Doc" Dougherty was named the Bud Light MVP for his 20 saves, only allowing seven goals past, which is the lowest of the season.
New Jersey's Scott Urick started the scoring off early for the Pride off a Chris Unterstein assist. Philadelphia's Roy Colsey tied the game up three minutes later, unassisted, followed by a Justin Smith goal off a great pass through the center from Matt Striebel. Attackman Jesse Hubbard from New Jersey tied the game at two for the Pride midway through the second quarter. Ian Dingman, the attackman from Navy who made his MLL debut tonight for the Barrage, scored his first professional goal to give Philly another one-goal lead. With a great run through the midfield by the Barrage's Joe Ceglia, he got the ball to Ryan Boyle who found an open Dingman who put another one by Jersey's Rob Scherr. With less than two minutes to play in the first half, Kevin Cassese scored his first two-point goal of the season for the Barrage, giving his team a comfortable four-goal lead going into halftime.
It was a defensive battle at both ends; neither teams goalkeepers allowing a goal in for 10 minutes of the third quarter. Kevin Boland finally broke down the Barrage defense scoring his first goal of the night for the Pride with just under four minutes left in the quarter. After stripping the ball from New Jersey's Conor Ford, long pole defensive Kyle Sweeney scored his fifth goal of the season for the Barrage, giving his team back their four-goal lead. In a heated fight for the ball at the end of the third quarter, Boyle recorded his first penalty of the season for a slash of the Pride's goalkeeper Scherr. Barrage face off specialist, Andy Corno, won the opening face off of the final quarter to dump the ball off to Boyle who scored his first goal of the evening only seven seconds into the fourth. The Barrage came alive in the fourth with a goal from Colsey, his second of the night. Desperately trying to get his team back in the game, Dan Chemotti broke Philadelphia's three-goal run with his first goal of the game with just under eight minutes left to play. The transition to the MLL was no struggle for Dingman, who scored his third goal of the night at the seven-minute mark off a Michael Springer feed. Trying to show that the Pride are still fighting as the fourth quarter gets close to an end, newcomer Merrick Thompson scored his first MLL goal for New Jersey; followed by Hubbard's second goal of the night. Barrage midfielder Striebel scored a two-point goal with only eight seconds left on the clock giving the Barrage a six-goal lead. As the clock ran out, New Jersey had one last attempt to score and Urick put it past Dougherty to cut their deficit to five with one second left. The final buzzer blew and the Barrage won their third straight game, 12 to 7.
Philadelphia will face the Denver Outlaws on Saturday, July 21 for a rematch of the 2006 Championship game. The game is set for 9:30 PM eastern time. The Barrage return for a "home" game against the Pride on July 26 at Yurcak Field at Rutgers University. Face off is set for 7:30 p.m. 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 7:30 PM July 26 vs. New Jersey Pride 7:30 PM 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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