Press Release: Philadelphia Barrage 
Photography: John Strohsacker / laxphotos.com

Villanova, PA (July 14, 2004) - The Philadelphia Barrage defeated the Long Island Lizards, 18-17, tonight at Villanova Stadium in front of 2,754 fans. Four of Philadelphia’s players recorded four or more points in tonight’s game. Ryan Boyle (1g, 5a) tallied 6 points for the night and recorded his third straight 5 assist game this season. Roy Colsey (3g, 1 2-pt g, 1a) added 5 points and Blake Miller (3g, 1a) notched 4 points. Keith Cromwell (3g, 3a) was named Bud Light MVP for the Barrage. 

   

Kevin Finneran, a Philadelphia local, also netted a goal for the Long Island Lizards. Although the Barrage started out the game strong, Long Island came out into the second quarter ready to play. They outscored the Barrage 8-3, with seven different Lizard’s scoring goals. Conor Denihan of Long Island was the only player to score two goals in the quarter. Colsey scored his first point of the game with an assist from BJ Prager. Prager and Springer scored Philadelphia’s other two goals of the quarter. 
 
 

Colsey of Philadelphia came close with fast 106 MPH. 

Next was the accuracy contest. This contest is run with two players from each team who feed each other the ball and attempt to hit the targeted corners of the net. Philadelphia’s contestants were Matt Striebel and BJ Prager. Team New Jersey, Scott Urick and David Curry, took home the prize though, with 6 goals. 

The Freestyle shot was the next competition. Each player got two attempts to please the crowd, with the winner being determined by the crowd’s applause. The Barrage’s Matt Striebel was this year’s winner, with an awesome crease dive and a through the legs fake and a shot. His outstanding goals were applauded with over whelming cheers, making him the automatic winner! 

The score after half time was 11-9, Long Island. Colsey opened up firing a two-point goal behind the Lizards Brian Dougherty, just 31 seconds into the quarter. Miller scored his 100th career point with a flying bounce shot past Long Island’s netminder. Steve Sombrotto scored his lone goal of the night with an assist from Kevin Lowe, his fourth of the game. Chris Massey scored the last goal of the quarter on a buzzer beater, tying the score, 14-14. 

Mike Mollot registered his second goal of the night, and the Barrage’s first of the last stanza. Massey recorded his third goal of the night at 8:02. Cromwell scored his 6th point of the game with an assist from Striebel, again tying the score 17-17. After a series of beautiful passes by Philadelphia, Prager notched a behind the back shot with an assist from Boyle, giving Philadelphia the final lead of the game. Cromwell earned tonight’s Bud Light MVP award with 7 points (3g, 4a). 

STATS:
07/15/2004: Long Island 17, Philadelphia 18
                           1   2   3   4  Total
Long Island         3   8   3   3     17
Philadelphia       6   3   5   4     18

First Quarter: Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Cromwell 17 (Boyle), 3:10. 2, 
Philadelphia, Miller 25 (Cromwell), 5:12. 3, Philadelphia, Springer 12 (Boyle), 
5:51. 4, Philadelphia, Cromwell 18 (sh) (Striebel), 7:27. 5, Philadelphia, 
Miller 26 (Boyle), 8:31. 6, Long Island, Massey 14, 12:44. 7, Long Island, 
Haugen 12, 13:22. 8, Long Island, Finneran 10 (Goettelmann), 13:45. 9, 
Philadelphia, Boyle 6, 14:08. Penalties: J.Testa, LI (Unsportsmanlike Conduct); 
Spallina, Phi (Slashing); Long Island Bench (Too Many Men); Miller, Phi 
(Slashing); Spallina, Phi (Illegal Body Checking); Russo, Phi (Pushing). 

Second Quarter: Scoring: 10, Long Island, Denihan 7 (Lowe), 0:47. 11, 
Philadelphia, Colsey 12, 2:17. 12, Philadelphia, Prager 10 (Cromwell), 3:26. 13,
Long Island, Haugen 13, 3:56. 14, Long Island, Wasik 8, 5:02. 15, Long Island, 
Cercy 1, 5:16. 16, Long Island, Denihan 8, 6:23. 17, Long Island, J.Testa 6 
(Jalbert), 8:15. 18, Long Island, Finneran 11 (Lowe), 11:19. 19, Long Island, 
Goettelmann 18 (Lowe), 13:11. 20, Philadelphia, Springer 13 (pp) (Boyle), 14:42.
Penalties: Shanahan, Phi (Cross Checking); Sombrotto, LI (Holding). 

Third Quarter: Scoring: 21, Philadelphia, Colsey 13 (2 pts) (Miller), 0:31. 22, 
Philadelphia, Miller 27 (Cromwell), 3:18. 23, Philadelphia, Mollot 6, 5:42. 24, 
Philadelphia, Prager 11 (pp) (Colsey), 6:57. 25, Long Island, Harned 2, 12:54. 
26, Long Island, Sombrotto 3 (Lowe), 13:28. 27, Long Island, Massey 15 (Lowe), 
14:59. Penalties: Jalbert, LI (Pushing); Jalbert, LI (Illegal Body Checking); 
Jalbert, LI (Unsportsmanlike Conduct). 

Fourth Quarter: Scoring: 28, Long Island, J.Testa 7, 1:36. 29, Long Island, 
Jalbert 18 (pp) (Goettelmann), 4:40. 30, Philadelphia, Mollot 7, 4:58. 31, Long 
Island, Massey 16 (Goettelmann), 6:58. 32, Philadelphia, Colsey 14 (Moran), 
10:07. 33, Philadelphia, Cromwell 19 (Striebel), 11:36. 34, Philadelphia, Prager
12 (Boyle), 13:36. Penalties: Jalbert, LI (Holding); Rogler, Phi (Holding); 
Jalbert, LI (Offsides). 
                             Shots 
                         1  2  3  4 Tot 
Long Island      17 13 10  7  47
Philadelphia     14 17 18 14  63

Power-play Conversions: Long Island - 1 of 6, Philadelphia - 2 of 8. Long 
Island, Dougherty (40 shots, 23 saves; record: 3-3). Philadelphia, Cattrano (32,
15; record: 3-5). A:2,754. Officials: DiDomenico, Kelly, Lynn.