Game Preview - AZ Knighthawks (1-5) @ SD SunFire (2-4)
Published on September 26, 2003 under Women's Professional Football League (WPFL)
San Diego Sunfire News Release
SAN DIEGO - The SunFire goes for it's second straight win at home taking on the Knighthawks of Arizona at La Jolla High School Stadium on Saturday, September 27th 7:05 p.m. PT. Check below for the complete game schedule.
The SunFire are fresh from a bye week, after handily beating the Temecula Scorpions 36 to 14 at La Jolla High on September 13th. With a challenging first half of the season behind them, the SunFire has proved to be a much better team on the field than on paper. San Diego has lost its four games to the league's three toughest teams. The second half of the campaign the SunFire will face mainly teams with worse records. One of those is Saturday's opponent, the Arizona Knighthawks.
The Knighthawks are in its 2nd season of WPFL football. Arizona's "other" team, has held its own, picking up its first win of the campaign by way of a surprising 14 â 6 victory over the Los Angeles Amazons last Saturday night. The Knighthawks are another franchise better on field than on paper. This marks the first ever meeting between the SunFire and the AZ Knighthawks and 1 of 2 set for the season. The second game will take place in Arizona on October 11th.
SUNFIRE STAR â Last game, QB Aisha Ruffo was 11for 20 for a total of 216 yards and 2 touchdowns
SUPER GIRL â Railene Ritzberg - Through 6 games, Rai has more than 700 yards rushing.
MVP ALERT - With an average of approximately 140 yards and 1 td per game, Offensive Captain, and 3 year All-Star Carmen Cruz is considered the BEST receiver in the WPFL.
ROOKIE WATCH - LB Latashia McKinney led all defenders with 12 tackles in the last win.
ALLSTAR VETS â 3 year All- Star #22 Duece Reyes had eight tackles and the SunFire's only interception in last game. 3 year vet LB Faith Nealy had 7 tackles and the hit of the game â a crowd pleasing quarterback sack!
The San Diego SunFire is a member of the 17-team Women's Professional Football League. The SunFire's 2003 regular season consists of a 10-game schedule with San Diego playing its home games at La Jolla High School. Last season, the SunFire finished its second professional campaign at 9-1, the best regular season record in the disbanded American Football Women's League and Silver Cup Winners of the AFWL. For scores and updates call 619-200-2555. For media information, please call 619-295-8649, or email info@sandiegosunfire.com. Please visit us on the web at sandiegosunfire.com or womensprofootball.com.
2003 San Diego SunFire Schedule
Week 1 Sun. Aug 3 - @ Long Beach, L/18 - 6
Week 2 - Sat. Aug 9 - BYE
Week 3 - Sat Aug 16 - Long Beach, L/34 -13
Week 4 - Sat. Aug 23 - LA Amazons, W/20-12
Week 5 - Sat. Aug 30 - @ AZ Caliente, L/38-20
Week 6 - Sat. Sep 6 - @ Houston Energy, L/62-22
Week 7 - Sat. Sep 13 â Scorpions W/36-14
Week 8 - Sat. Sep 20 - BYE
Week 9 - Sat. Sept 27 - AZ Knighthawks
Week 10 - Sat. Oct 4 - @ LA Amazons 1pm
Week 11 - Sat. Oct 11 - @ AZ Knighthawks
Week 12 - Sat. Oct 18 - AZ Caliente
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