New York Titans Face Rochester Knighthawks Saturday
March 22, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Orlando Titans News Release
New York, NY -- The New York Titans are prepared to take on the Rochester Knighthawks for the second time this season on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30PM at home at Nassau Coliseum. The Titans last faced the Knighthawks in January, when they were defeated 22-18 in a game worthy of several highlight reels for both teams. The Knighthawks' John Grant broke the single game points record in that game against the Titans, by recording 15 points off of nine goals and six assists. The Titans' Casey Powell had his best game of the season during that match-up when he dished 10 assists and scored one goal, in acrobatic form, from behind the net.
The New York vs. Rochester showdown pits the best against the best. Both Grant and Powell are league leaders in two important statistics - Grant is currently leading the league in scoring with 36 goals and Powell is currently leading the league in assists, with 46.
"[Rochester] put up a good number on us at the beginning of the season, with 22 goals. We think we've gotten better since then," said Titans Head Coach Adam Mueller. "They've got a scary offense and we're going to give it our best shot. We had a good shot on offense last time and hopefully we'll do the same this Saturday and make a game of it."
The Knighthawks currently sit atop the standings in the NLL's East Division with a 9-2 record. Buffalo is in second place with a 7-4 record and Minnesota is in third place with a 6-4 record.
"New York's record isn't indicative of the team they have," said Rochester head coach Ed Comeau. "They battle hard and we know going in that they're team that plays full force from buzzer to buzzer. We know we have a challenge in front of us."
The Titans game against the Knighthawks Saturday will be broadcast live on SportsNet New York at 7:30pm. SNY, the television home of the New York Mets, New York Jets and New York Titans, announced that the network will air additional Titans games this season, including a live broadcast of the Titans' game in Chicago this Sunday, March 25 at 4pm. (See below for the remaining Titans schedule on SNY.) The last Titans-Knighthawks match-up was broadcast live on SNY and registered a higher Nielsen television rating than its head to head competition combined, New York Islanders hockey on Fox Sport New York and the New Jersey Devils hockey on MSG.
The Titans travel to Chicago Sunday, March 25th to battle the Shamrox for the third time this season. The Titans first faced the Shamrox at Chicago's inaugural season home opener and lost that match-up 15-12. At the Titans inaugural season home opener at Madison Square Garden, the Titans avenged that loss with a 11-9 win over the Shamrox in front of 13,127 fans. The Titans take on the Shamrox Sunday at 4PM EST. The game will be broadcast live on SNY.
The Titans (2-9) take on the Rochester Knighthawks (9-2) Saturday, March 24th, at 7:30pm at Nassau Coliseum. Tickets are now on sale via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, the Nassau Coliseum box office or by logging onto www.nytitans.com.
About the New York Titans
The New York Titans are an expansion team in the National Lacrosse League this season. The Titans played their first home game in franchise history at Madison Square Garden on January 20, 2007 before a crowd of 13,127. The Titans home schedule consists of four home games at Madison Square Garden and four home games at Nassau Memorial Veterans Coliseum. To read more about the New York Titans, log onto www.nytitans.com.
The following outlines the remaining games to be broadcast in the 2007 season
Schedule subject to change; home games in bold
Saturday, March 24 7:30PM vs. Rochester Knighthawks
Sunday, March 25 4:00PM at Chicago Shamrox
Saturday, March 31 12:30PM vs. Edmonton Rush
Saturday, April 7 11:00PM at Philadelphia Wings
Saturday, April 14 11:00PM` at Toronto Rock
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