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June 2, 2005 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
MLL Offensive Player of the Week
Mark Millon, Attack, Boston Cannons, 5-9, 184, UMass (1993)
Millon scored four goals to go with four assists in his Boston Cannons debut as the Cannons opened their 2005 season with an exciting 13-12 victory over the defending MLL champion Philadelphia Barrage on Sunday evening ... Millon, who spent the first four seasons as a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks, tied a career high with the four assists as the Cannons snapped a three-game losing streak to the Barrage ... The win also allowed the Cannons to avenge last year's New Balance MLL Championship Game loss to the Barrage at Nickerson Field.
MLL Defensive Player of the Week
Greg Cattrano, Goalkeeper, Long Island Lizards, 5-11, 190, Brown (1997)
Cattrano recorded 20 saves despite missing the final 3:45 with a calf injury in Long Island's 17-14 win over the Rochester Rattlers on Friday night ... It marked the second straight game Cattrano had recorded 20 or more saves ... The three-time Warrior Goalie of the Year was traded to the Lizards after leading the Philadelphia Barrage to their first MLL title last August ... It was his second league title after guiding Baltimore to the crown in 2002 ... Cattrano has started every game in his MLL career.
OPENING FACE-OFF
SOLID DEBUTS ALL AROUND THE LEAGUE: All six teams were in action this past week and several players had solid debuts ... In Seattle, Baltimore A Mikey Powell scored two goals and added three assists to help the Bayhawks win their second straight season opener with a convincing 21-12 victory over New Jersey at Qwest Field ... Powell, who was the Bayhawks' top draft pick in last year's Collegiate Draft, sat out last season for personal reasons ... Powell electrified the crowd with an attempt of the "Air Gait" move, a shot perfected by his teammate Gary Gait.
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, A Mark Millon made his Boston Cannons debut with a four-goal, four-assist effort in the Cannons' 13-12 win over Philadelphia ... Millon was named the Bud Light Game MVP ... The former Baltimore Bayhawk recorded his 36th career hat trick, tying New Jersey A Jesse Hubbard for the league's all-time lead ... Millon remains the all-time leading points scorer in league history.
In Uniondale, A John Grant had a good game in his return to the league after missing the last three seasons ... Named as the Offensive Player of the Year in 2001, Grant missed the last three seasons while playing in his native Canada ... He had two goals, including a two-pointer, to go with four assists in the Rattlers' loss to Long Island.
LAST WEEK'S GAME RECAPS
MAY 27 - @ LONG ISLAND 17, ROCHESTER 14: GK Greg Cattrano made 20 saves en route to Bud Light MVP honors as the Long Island Lizards rebounded from a tough season-opening loss two weeks ago and handed the Rochester Rattlers a 17-14 MLL loss at Mitchel Field ... Cattrano recorded his second straight 20-save game despite missing the final 3:45 with a pulled calf muscle ... The Lizards used a pair of large runs to defeat Rochester, including a 6-0 run in the first quarter ... M Stephen Berger scored his first professional goal during the run, a two-pointer midway through the first quarter ... Rochester A John Grant led all players with seven points on two goals, including a two-pointer, and four assists ... The brother tandem of Casey Powell and Ryan Powell combined for six goals and three assists in a losing effort ... After missing the season opener with an injury, M A.J. Haugen scored three goals with three assists in the win for Long Island ... The Lizards now hold a commanding 8-1 lead in the all-time regular season series and avenged last year's regular season finale loss, which kept the Lizards out of the playoffs for the first time in team history.
MAY 28 - BALTIMORE 21, NEW JERSEY 12: Baltimore A Gary Gait scored a game-high four goals to lead the Bayhawks to a season-opening 21-12 win over New Jersey in a National Division match-up at Qwest Field on Saturday evening ... It marked the second straight season the Bayhawks were able to open the season with a victory and marked the ninth straight time they were able to beat the Pride ... New Jersey's last victory in the series came on June 29, 2002 in a 22-17 win at Commerce Bank Ballpark ... The Bayhawks used a 4-0 run in the first two minutes of the game to set the pace in the win ... M Mark Frye scored a two-pointer during the quick run while A Mikey Powell recorded his first professional goal on an unassisted marker with 13:17 left in the first period ... Baltimore M Drew Pfarr scored his first professional goal in the win, a two-pointer with 10:27 left in the second quarter ... It was one of three two-point goals scored by Baltimore in the win ... M Adam Doneger led the Pride by scoring three goals, including a two-pointer, as the Pride lost for the 12th time in the last 13 games ... Powell, who sat out last season after being drafted by the Bayhawks in last year's Collegiate Draft, had an impressive debut with two goals and three assists, while Frye had three goals, including a pair of two-point tallies ... GK Scott Schroeder made 16 saves in a losing effort for the Pride as the Bayhawks held a slim 47-44 advantage in shots ... M Paul Cantabene won 20 of 33 face-offs and tied a league season high with 10 ground balls ... The two teams meet again next Sunday in the Bayhawks' home opener at Johnny Unitas Stadium at 4:00 p.m.
MAY 29 - BOSTON 13, @ PHILADELPHIA 12: Making his Boston Cannons debut, A Mark Millon scored four goals and added four assists as the Cannons avenged last year's New Balance MLL Championship Game loss to the Philadelphia Barrage with a 13-12 win over the defending MLL champions in the season opener for both teams at Villanova Stadium on Sunday evening ... The victory allowed the Cannons to snap a three-game losing streak to the Barrage and win their fourth season opener in five tries ... Millon was one of three players who recorded four assists in the game ... Reigning MVP Conor Gill added four assists for the Cannons while reigning Cascade Rookie of the Year Ryan Boyle had four assists ... Millon, who spent the first four years with Baltimore, tied a career high with the four assists in the game ... The Cannons overcame a 10-9 deficit at the start of the fourth quarter by scoring four straight goals, giving Boston a 13-10 lead with 8:11 left in regulation ... B.J. Prager and Matt Striebel scored to cut the deficit to 13-12, but the Cannons held on for the victory ... The Cannons had a commanding 52-38 advantage in shots over the Barrage, while winning 17 of 27 face-offs ... GK Chris Garrity made 20 saves in the win while Brian Dougherty, who was making his hometown return, stopped 15 shots in a losing effort for the Barrage.
STREAKS AND STORYLINES
DON'T I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE?: When the Long Island Lizards play at Philadelphia this week, it will mark the return of several key players from last year's MLL Championship team ... Warrior Offensive Player of the Year Blake Miller returns to Philadelphia after having one of the best seasons ever by a midfielder ... Meanwhile, Warrior Defensive Player of the Year Nicky Polanco returns along with Warrior Goalie of the Year Greg Cattrano after being traded to Long Island during the off-season.
DON'T I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?: The Baltimore Bayhawks and the New Jersey Pride will face off for the second straight week ... For the Bayhawks, it will be the first time they have faced the same opponent in back-to-back games since a home and home series with Long Island last July 23-24 ... For the Pride, it will mark the first time they have faced an opponent in consecutive games in team history.
SNAKE CHARMER: Boston A Mark Millon has had some of his best games against the Rochester Rattlers in his career ... As a member of the Bayhawks, he set the MLL single-game points record with eight goals and four assists in a 20-12 victory over the National Division rivals during the 2003 season ... In 13 career games, the former UMass attackman has scored 47 goals against the Rattlers, including three of his four career two-point goals ... The 47 goals are the most scored by Millon against any other opponent.
GET READY FOR SOME FIREWORKS: This week's matchup between the Rattlers and the Cannons will also feature one of the most explosive match-ups in Major League Lacrosse as Boston's Mark Millon and Rochester's Casey Powell square off at Nickerson Field.
In nine career regular season meetings, Millon has had the upper hand, scoring 34 goals with 18 assists ... Meanwhile, Powell has scored only 20 goals with 14 assists ... On July 10, 2004, Powell scored four goals with one assist in Rochester's 17-13 win over the Bayhawks, while Millon was limited to just one goal with two assists.
Millon has scored at least one goal in all nine games, while Powell was shut out on July 14, 2001 when he was a member of the Long Island Lizards ... Powell and Millon each have nine career postseason points against each other.
This will be the first of two regular season meetings between the two superstars ... Rochester and Boston will meet next week at Bishop Kearney Field in Rochester.
2005 COLLEGIATE DRAFT NOTES
WITH THE NUMBER ONE PICK ... : The 2005 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft will take place this Wednesday night at Sacred Heart University beginning at 8:00 p.m. ... The draft will be broadcast live on ESPNU and Cox Cable with MLL broadcasters Joe Beninati and Quint Kessenich providing all of the action.
In addition, the 2005 Warrior Major League Challenge will be broadcast on both networks beginning at 5:00 p.m. from Sacred Heart University ... The annual all-star game will feature 40 of the nation's top seniors playing in a game under MLL rules ... The draft will take place after the game.
MORE ON THE DRAFT: At last year's Warrior Major League Challenge, A Conor Ford earned MVP honors after scoring four goals, including a two-pointer, to go with an assist ... The Dark team defeated the Light team by a final of 19-11 ... There were a pair of two-point goals scored by the Dark team with the other coming from current Rochester Rattler Sean Lindsay ... Of the four goalkeepers who played in the game, only Baltimore GK Mike Levin is currently playing with a team this season.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... WE WANT MORE!: This year's class of draft-eligible players includes five seniors from national champion Johns Hopkins University ... The Blue Jays have the most seniors in this year's draft class, followed by Drexel, Georgetown, Massachusetts, Syracuse and Virginia, which each have three draft-eligible seniors on the roster ... Of the five Blue Jays, M Kyle Harrison was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team.
PLAYING IN THE SHOW: At the start of the 2005 season, all six of the picks from last year's first round are playing in Major League Lacrosse in the 2005 season ... Baltimore A Michael Powell, last year's top choice, had an impressive debut this past weekend, while Philadelphia A Ryan Boyle and Rochester GK Tillman Johnson had stellar rookie campaigns ... The other three picks in the first round, Rochester M Sean Lindsay, Baltimore D Lee Zink and Boston D Chris Passavia also return for their second seasons of Major League Lacrosse play.
MLL NEWS AND NOTES
WEEK ONE PROVIDES OFFENSIVE EXPLOSIONS: If last week's games are indication of how the 2005 season will be, fans should expect an exciting and high-scoring year of Major League Lacrosse ... Teams averaged 14.8 points per game and there were six two-point goals in the three games.
Baltimore continued its dominance of the New Jersey Pride by scoring 21 points in their season-opening win at Seattle's Qwest Field ... The victory gave the Bayhawks a perfect 3-0 record all-time in games played on the West Coast ... It also marked Baltimore's ninth straight win over the Pride, dating back to the 2002 season ... Baltimore has recorded 20 or more points in four of those nine meetings.
After losing their season opener against New Jersey, the Long Island Lizards returned to their winning ways with a 17-14 victory over the Rochester Rattlers in a game that featured 30 goals between the two teams ... Long Island jumped out to a 13-3 lead at one point and never looked back, holding Rochester to just five points in the first half ... It marked the eighth time in nine all-time regular season meetings the Lizards had defeated the Rattlers.
The game of the week was in Philadelphia, where the Cannons used a 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to defeat the defending MLL champion Barrage ... A Mark Millon and Conor Gill combined for four goals and eight assists in the victory, giving Boston a potent 1-2 combination to start the season.
MLL RETURNS TO ESPN2 FOR 2005: For the third straight season, Major League Lacrosse returns to ESPN2 as the "Game of the Week" package features 12 exciting games during the season ... Games will air on Tuesday afternoons beginning at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise designated ... The package begins on Tuesday, June 7 as the Rochester Rattlers take on the Boston Cannons at Nickerson Field.
Each team will appear on the broadcast at least three times during the regular season ... The defending MLL champion Philadelphia Barrage will appear four times.
Joe Beninati and Quint Kessenich return for the 2005 season while MLL Director of Public Relations Jason Chandler handles the sideline duties this season.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: This past weekend, two players were able to score from beyond the two-point arc for their first professional goal ... Baltimore M Drew Pfarr recorded a two-point goal in the second quarter of the Bayhawks' 21-12 win over New Jersey ... Pfarr was one of three players to score a two-point goal in the game, joining Baltimore M Mark Frye and New Jersey M Adam Doneger.
On Friday night, Long Island's Stephen Berger ripped home a two-pointer for his first-ever goal in MLL play ... The tally gave the Lizards a 3-2 lead and helped to ignite a 13-5 run in the first half for Long Island ... Berger ended the game with two goals and one assist.
WE HAVE YOUR NUMBER: For the New Jersey Pride, the most difficult games seem to be against the Baltimore Bayhawks ... Baltimore has defeated their National Division rival nine straight times, including Saturday's 21-12 win at Qwest Field ... New Jersey's last win in the series came on June 29, 2002 in a 22-17 decision at Commerce Bank Ballpark ... Baltimore has only needed to win twice at home during the stretch.
NOT THE BACK-TO-BACK YOU WANT: Philadelphia and Rochester will be looking to avoid 0-2 starts this week when they take on Long Island and Boston, respectively ... There have been four occasions in league history when a team has started 0-2 in a season ... Only once has a team started 0-2 and made the playoffs ... The New Jersey Pride finished the 2003 season with a 7-5 record and made the playoffs as a wild card ... Rochester will be avoiding their first 0-2 start since the 2002 season ... Philadelphia has had two 0-2 seasons in the last three years.
SHAKING OFF THE RUST: Rochester A John Grant played in his first MLL game since the 2001 season in the loss to Long Island on Friday night ... Grant, who was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year in 2001, had an impressive return with seven points on two goals, including a two-pointer, and four assists ... He has missed the last three seasons while playing box lacrosse in Canada ... Grant scored 59 points in his lone MLL season on 41 goals and 15 assists ... He had three two-pointers during the season.
BAYHAWKS HAVE A NEW COLOR - ORANGE: The Bayhawks have a new unofficial color after opening the season with three former Syracuse Orange players on their attack unit ... Gary Gait, Tom Marechek and Mikey Powell all played for Syracuse University ... Gait ended his SU career in 1991, while Marechek graduated in 1993 ... Powell joined the trio after becoming the school's all-time leading scorer in 2004 with 150 caeer goals and 157 assists ... Powell's older brothers, Casey and Ryan, play for Rochester.
STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT: Beginning the season on a good note does not necessarily guarantee an MLL championship at the end of the season ... Last year, the Boston Cannons won their first four games before falling to Long Island ... The Cannons advanced to the New Balance MLL Championship Game before losing to Philadelphia by a 13-11 margin ... Conversely, the Barrage began the season with a 2-5 record before ending the year with seven straight wins, including a pair of victories to clinch the team's first league championship ... It was a complete turnaround for the Barrage, who had a 1-11 record in 2003.
For the Philadelphia Barrage, defending their MLL title has gotten off to a rough start after a 13-12 loss to Boston on Sunday night ... They became the third straight team to lose their first game after winning the title the year before ... The only team to earn a win in their first game as champions is Long Island, which won by 21-8 over Bridgeport to start the 2002 season.
MR. CONSISTENCY: For the last 29 games, the Baltimore Bayhawks have been able to count on one player to score at least once - A and Player-Coach Gary Gait ... The 1991 Syracuse graduate has scored in every game since July 18, 2002 against the New Jersey Pride ... He is still over a season away from reaching the league mark of 46 straight games with a goal, set by New Jersey A Jesse Hubbard.
Gait's former teammate, Boston A Mark Millon, is also approaching Hubbard's mark ... He has scored a goal in 25 straight games, dating back to the beginning of the 2003 season ... He ranks third on Baltimore's all-time list for games with a consecutive goal behind Gait and A Tom Marechek.
Another current player who are on the list include New Jersey A Scott Urick, who has reached a similar 25-game goal scoring streak ... He scored just one goal in Saturday's loss to Baltimore in order to lengthen the streak ... If Gait can score a goal in every game this season, he would be able to take over the record in the seventh game of the 2006 season.
The streaks do not include postseason games.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!: Since the end of the 2004 season, several high-profile players have made a move from one team to another, including three of last year's league award winners.
In Philadelphia, three of the league's award winners were traded to division rival Long Island, including Warrior Goalie of the Year Greg Cattrano, who was traded for the second straight season.
Meanwhile, Baltimore's all-time scoring leader was traded as A Mark Millon was sent to the Boston Cannons in exchange for GK Trevor Tierney after four seasons in a Bayhawks uniform.
In addition, Tony Resch made his return to Major League Lacrosse as he was named head coach of the defending MLL champion Barrage ... He was an assistant coach for the Bayhawks for two seasons before stepping aside after the Bayhawks' 2002 championship season ... Also, former Barrage assistant coach Jim Mulé was named as the Long Island Lizards coach, replacing Vinnie Sombrotto ... Sombrotto coached the Lizards last year, guiding them to a 6-6 record.
CAN WE TURN THIS AROUND?: A year ago, the Philadelphia Barrage turned a 1-11 season into a 7-5 record during the regular season and the MLL championship ... This year, the New Jersey Pride are hoping to do the same ... After tying the league record for fewest wins and most losses in a single season, the Pride are looking to turn things around ... The 1-11 record included 11 straight losses after a season-opening win over Philadelphia in the Barrage's debut in the City of Brotherly Love.
LET'S PLAY ON THE ROAD: During the 2004 regular season, wearing a road uniform was not a bad thing as the road team went 23-13 (.639) during the regular season ... Baltimore became the first team in MLL history to complete a perfect season away from home, winning all six of its games away from Johnny Unitas ® Stadium at Towson University.
Every team won at least once on the road ... New Jersey earned its only win of the season at Philadelphia in the season opener at Villanova Stadium .before losing five straight road games to end the season ... They snapped that streak with the season-opening victory at Long Island two weeks ago.
So far this season, the road team has won three of the four games ... Long Island is the only team to win at home after their 17-14 victory against the Rattlers this past weekend at Mitchel Field.
NEW BALANCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND MAKES RETURN TO BOSTON: For the second straight season, the New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend returns to Boston University's Nickerson Field on August 19 and 21 ... Last year, over 15,000 fans came to home field of the Boston Cannons for three games, including an MLL-postseason record crowd of 8,273 for the title game between the Philadelphia Barrage and the Cannons.
The format for selecting the teams will remain the same for the 2005 season, as the two division champions and two teams with the next best records (regardless of division) advance to play for the league championship ... The championship game will air live on ESPN2 on Sunday, August 21 at 1:00 p.m. in the finale of the MLL Game of the Week package.
TEAM NEWS AND NOTES
BOSTON CANNONS (1-0): The Boston Cannons opened the 2005 season with an exciting 13-12 victory over the defending MLL champion Philadelphia Barrage on Sunday night ... A Mark Millon made his Cannons debut with an outstanding four-goal, four assist effort in the victory ... He was named the Bud Light Game MVP for his efforts ... Millon tied a career-high with his four goals, while reigning Bud Light MVP Conor Gill matched Millon with four assists of his own in the win ... M Chris Fiore scored a career-high three goals in the win, giving the former UMass middie his first career hat trick ... The victory allowed the Cannons to snap a three-game losing skid to the Barrage, including last year's New Balance MLL Championship Game at Nickerson Field ... It was also the Cannons' fourth season-opening win in five years ... This week, the Cannons take on the Rochester Rattlers in Boston's home opener at Nickerson Field ... It will be the first game of this year's ESPN2 Game of the Week package ... Last season, the Cannons swept the season series against the Rattlers, taking both games ... Boston has won three straight in the series.
BALTIMORE BAYHAWKS (1-0): The Bayhawks opened the 2005 season with a convincing 21-12 victory over the New Jersey Pride in a game played at Qwest Field in Seattle ... The win marked the ninth straight victory for Baltimore against the Pride, while allowing the Bayhawks to open the season with a win for the second straight year ... M Gary Gait scored a game-high four goals in the win over New Jersey, including a one-handed, between-the-legs shot off a loose ball that electrified the crowd ... The Bayhawks improved to 3-0 all-time in the Wild West Tour and 2-0 in games played at Seattle ... Baltimore has scored 67 points in those three games, including a team-record 24 points in last season's opener against Rochester ... Making his return to MLL play after a two-season hiatus, M Gavin Prout registered a career-high four assists in the victory ... A Mikey Powell made his long-awaited debut by scoring two goals with three assists ... Powell sat out last season for personal reasons after being drafted with the first overall pick in the Collegiate Draft ... The Bayhawks face the Pride for the second straight week on Sunday afternoon in the team's home opener at Johnny Unitas Stadium ... Baltimore was 1-5 last season at home.
LONG ISLAND LIZARDS (1-1): The Lizards recovered from their season-opening loss to New Jersey and exploded for 16 goals in a 17-14 victory over the Rochester Rattlers on Friday night at Mitchel Field ... The win allowed the Lizards to avenge last year's regular season finale loss to Rochester, which kept Long Island from defending its 2003 MLL championship in the playoffs ... GK Greg Cattrano recorded his second straight 20-save game in the win despite missing the final 3:45 with a calf injury ... He is questionable for this week's game against Philadelphia ... M Stephen Berger scored his first professional goal in the win over Rochester, a two-pointer in the first quarter during Long Island's 6-0 run that turned a two-goal deficit into a four-point lead ... Berger also had an assist in the victory ... After missing the season opener with a thigh injury, M A.J. Haugen returned with a vengeance by scoring three goals with three assists ... The Lizards will travel to Philadelphia to face the defending MLL champion Barrage on Saturday night ... The game will feature the return of several players to Philadelphia who helped the Barrage win the title last season, including Cattrano ... M Blake Miller and D Nicky Polanco will also return to face their former team.
NEW JERSEY PRIDE (1-1): After opening the season with an overtime victory against Long Island, the Pride were unable to win back-to-back games for the first time since the 2003 season ... They suffered a 21-12, National Division loss to Baltimore, marking the ninth straight time the Bayhawks have beaten the Pride ... The Pride were without A Jesse Hubbard, who suffered a broken index finger in the season opener ... He is expected to be out for at least this week against the Bayhawks ... The Pride have not had much success in Baltimore, winning just one game in the Charm City during the first four years of league play ... New Jersey's lone win in Baltimore came on August 5, 2001 in a 16-14 victory at Homewood Field ... The Pride will finally return home on June 18 against the defending MLL champion Philadelphia Barrage.
PHILADELPHIA BARRAGE (0-1): The defending MLL champions were unable to earn a victory in their home opener last Sunday with a 13-12 setback to Boston at Villanova Stadium ... The loss snapped a three-game win streak against the Cannons ... A Ryan Boyle led the Barrage with four assists in the loss to the Cannons ... He finished last season with 28 assists and 45 points to lead all rookie scorers ... Meanwhile, B.J. Prager scored three times for the Barrage ... GK Brian Dougherty, who made his Philadelphia return in the season opener, made 15 saves in the loss with five of those coming in the fourth quarter ... The Barrage will be looking to extend their win streak over the Lizards to three straight when the two teams meet on Saturday night at Villanova Stadium ... That streak snapped a four-game losing streak to the Lizards, which started at the end of the 2002 season and lasted through to the start of last season ... Long Island has won nine of the 13 all-time meetings in the series.
ROCHESTER RATTLERS (0-1): The defending National Division champion Rattlers were unable to open defense of their division crown as they suffered a 17-14 loss to Long Island at Mitchel Athletic Complex ... The Rattlers are now 0-5 all-time at Long Island and 1-8 all-time in regular season meetings against the American Division rival ... A John Grant made his return to Major League Lacrosse after missing the past three seasons ... He had an outstanding debut with two goals, including a two-pointer, and four assists ... Grant teamed up with M Casey Powell for the first time since the 2000 National Lacrosse League season when Powell scored off a Grant feed early in the second quarter ... However, it was not enough as the Rattlers lost their road opener for the fifth time in team history ... They have never been able to win a road opener ... A Ryan Powell became the fourth player in MLL history to record 200 career points with a three-goal, two-assist performance at LongIsland last week ... He now has 203 career points ... M Chris Schiller recorded three goals in the loss to Long Island, giving him his first-ever hat trick in 52 career games ... This weekend, the Rattlers will take on the defending American Division champion Boston Cannons and will look to avoid their first 0-2 start since the 2002 season.
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