Fourth Annual Warrior Major League Challenge a Success
June 4, 2004 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
Boston, MA (June 4, 2004) â Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premiere professional outdoor lacrosse league, saw some of the best graduating senior college lacrosse players display their talent in the Warrior Major League Challenge Thursday evening at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. The teams, divided into a home "Dark" team and the road "Light" squad, played the invitational all-star game under official MLL rules and with officials from the league and all its member teams evaluating the players for the Collegiate Draft, which followed the game.
The Dark team, led by Conor Ford of Johns Hopkins and Sean Lindsay of Syracuse, defeated the Light team by a final score of 19-11. Ford scored four goals, including the game's first two-pointer, and added an assist for six points. Lindsay posted an identical line score, including a two-pointer of his own to close out the scoring for the game. Stephen Berger of Washington College added a hat trick for the Dark team.
"The talent on display was tremendous," said David Gross, C.O.O. of Major League Lacrosse. "Everyone on the field showed why they are considered the best of the best in college lacrosse. We are obviously excited at the thought of some of these players suiting up this season for Major League Lacrosse teams."
The Light squad was led by Walid Hajj of Georgetown and Dartmouth's Tom Daniels, who each posted two goals and an assist. Hajj's Georgetown teammate Neal Goldman and Cortland middie Andrew Roth posted a pair of goals apiece for the Light team.
The first half was a back-and-forth affair that ended with the Dark in front, 11-8. Ford and Lindsay sandwiched goals around a tally by Ohio State midfielder Shawn Lyons to open the third quarter and give the Dark team an insurmountable 14-8 lead. Brown goalie Mike Levin then stole the show in second half, allowing only three goals to a Light squad that fired 12 shots on net in the final two quarters. Levin's nine saves outshone Maryland goalie Tom McGinnis, whose second half performance for the Light team included ten saves on 17 shots.
Major League Lacrosse, a six-team professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded in 1999 by fitness entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global L.L.C., and 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 and enters this season with teams in Baltimore, Boston, Long Island, (Montclair) New Jersey, Philadelphia and Rochester. The 2004 MLL season began on Saturday, May 22 and concludes with the New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend, Thursday, August 19 and Sunday, August 22. Additional league information can be found at www.majorleaguelacrosse.com.
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