Outlaws Defeat San Francisco, 10-9

DENVER—July 4, 2008—The 2008 July 4th game kicked off in front of a crowd of 20,116 persons, setting a new Major League Lacrosse (MLL) attendance record. Before the fireworks display at INVESCO Field at Mile High, the Denver Outlaws defeated the San Francisco Dragons, 10-9, to continue their undefeated home game winning streak. With four points (2g, 2a) on the night, Brendan Mundorf was named the Bud Light MVP.

Following the Fourth of July flyover, Outlaw Geoff Snider won the first face-off and preceded to score a goal 17 seconds into the game. With an assist by Drew Westervelt, Brian Langtry scored his fifteenth goal of the season at 3:57. The first quarter was a low-scoring one with only these two unanswered goals by the Outlaws.

Matt Brown of the Outlaws recorded a goal to open up the second quarter. San Francisco got on the board following Bill McGlone’s goal at 2:51. On the face-off following a Drew Westervelt goal for the Outlaws, San Francisco’s Greg Gurenlian gained possession and fired it past goalie Jesse Schwartzman. Three unanswered goals by Mundorf, Brown, and Matt Hanna gave the Outlaws the advantage, 7-2. But with Dan Cocoziello and Hanna out on a penalty, Dragon Lewis Ratcliff scored a man-up goal with 39 seconds left in the half.

Out of the locker room, San Francisco scored three consecutive goals narrowing the score to 7-6. On that run, Jake Byrne, Matt Lalli and Brendan Loftus all recorded a goal. Westervelt and Lalli traded goals preserving the status quo.

His second goal of the night, Bud Light MVP Mundorf recorded a goal with help from Ryan Powell on the assist. Not giving up hope was San Francisco’s Tim Booth with a marker at 4:48. The night wouldn’t be complete without a goal by Powell who delivered in the fourth quarter. Closing out the night was an unassisted goal by Loftus, his second of the night.

Schwartzman recorded 9 saves while his San Francisco counterpart Mike Gabel saw 13.