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IGNITION WEEKLY

The weekly news release of the Detroit Ignition

Southfield, Mich., March 19, 2008 – The Detroit Ignition (18-7) will travel to Stockton this weekend to take on the California Cougars (9-17) for the last time this during the 2007-08 regular season. The Ignition have posted a 2-1 record against the Cougars so far this season.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 3/18/2008)

                                                                                          POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

                          GP   W   L    PCT   GB    FOR    AG   HOME  ROAD   DIV   TEN  STREAK

X-Detroit Ignition        25  18   7   .720   ---   368   244   10-3   8-4  18-7   7-3  WON 6

X-Milwaukee Wave          25  18   7   .720   ---   338   230   11-2   7-5  18-7   7-3  WON 4

X-Baltimore Blast         25  16   9   .640   2.0   315   238   11-2   5-7  16-9   8-2  WON 2

Monterrey La Raza         26  14  12   .538   4.5   384   343    9-4   5-8  14-12  8-2  WON 1

Chicago Storm             26  14  12   .538   4.5   279   287    8-5   6-7  14-12  3-7  LOST 2

New Jersey Ironmen        26  13  13   .500   5.5   309   332    7-5   6-8  13-13  3-7  LOST 1

Philadelphia Kixx         26  11  15   .423   7.5   254   290    8-6   3-9  11-15  4-6  LOST 2

California Cougars        26   9  17   .346   9.5   299   374    5-7   4-10  9-17  2-8  LOST 2

Z-Orlando Sharks          27   3  24   .111  16.0   204   412    2-11  1-13  3-24  2-8  LOST 8

X-Clinched playoff berth    Y-Clinched Division Title   Z-Eliminated from Playoff Contention

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 18-7 Home: 10-3 Road: 8-4

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

March 22, 2008: Detroit Ignition (18-7) at California Cougars (9-17)

The Ignition will face the Cougars for the final time this season on Saturday night at Stockton Arena. The Cougars, who have been hit by a string of injuries this season, are led by forward Enrique Tovar who has tallied 60 points so far this season.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS: March 14, 2008 - Ignition, 18 Sharks, 2: The Detroit Ignition (18-7) defeated the visiting Orlando Sharks (3-24) 18-2 tonight for the club’s sixth straight victory.

Jamar Beasley struck first for Detroit, scoring two points at 3:15 of the first with an assist from forward Hewerton Moreira. Ignition midfielder Ze Roberto netted a two-point tally at 8:50, and Kyt Selaidopoulos followed 13 seconds later

with another two-point score for Detroit. Hewerton added a pair of two-pointers in the second quarter to put the Ignition up 10-2 going into the half. Selaidopoulos was credited with the assists on both goals.

Just over a minute into the third quarter, midfielder Doug Rice notched a two-point tally with an assist from Beasley, and buried another two-point shot, this time unassisted, at 4:40. Birmingham native Ryan Mack followed Rice’s lead less than two minutes later, scoring two points off an assist from Vahid Assadpour. At 10:57 of the third, Hewerton scored his third goal of the night, a two-point tally with an assist from Droo Callahan to bring the final score to 18-2.

ITINERARY: Week of March 17-23

* All Detroit Ignition practices are held at High Velocity Sports at 46245 Michigan Avenue in Canton unless otherwise scheduled. All practices are open to the media upon request. All times are Eastern Standard Time and subject to change without notice

Thursday, March 20: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, March 21: Training, 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Travel to California

Saturday, March 22: Detroit Ignition at California Cougars, 10:15 pm

Sunday, March 23: Off

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Doug Rice Quad Probable

Josh Rife Ribs Probable

Kyt Selaidopoulos Knee Questionable

Worteh Sampson Hip Flexor Questionable

Ricardinho Knee Out

Abraham Francois Knee Out - IR

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

Mike Apple needs 7 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals

Nate Craft needs 4 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Hewerton needs 11 points to reach 150 MISL career points

Ryan Mack needs 8 points to reach 75 MISL career points

Ricardinho needs 1 point to reach 150 MISL career points

Ze Roberto needs 5 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Bill Sedgewick needs to play 5 games to reach his 250^th MISL career game

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 2 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Danny Waltman needs 5 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 3/18/2008)

No. PLAYER               GP 3PG 2PG   A PTS   SH PIM   F BLK PP SHG SOG/A PKG/A GWG RSG SAG VS6 OTG

 9  Moreira, Hewerton    25   3  15  20  59  104   2  32   9  4   0  0/0   0/0    2   0   1   0   0

11  Mack, Ryan           23   3  21   7  58   87   4  27  10  0   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   1   0

17  Beasley, Jamar       21   1  22  10  57  112  11  22   3  3   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

12  Callahan, Droo       25   5  12  13  52   66  17  41  51  1   0  0/0   0/0    1   2   0   1   0

 8  Ricardinho           20   1  18  12  51   70   8  12   7  5   0  1/1   3/3    2   0   0   0   0

14  Sampson, Worteh      23   0  13  13  39   58  15  27   5  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   1   0   0

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 25   2   9  12  36   64   7  13  18  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 23   3   7  10  33   57   9  15   6  0   0  0/0   0/0    4   0   0   1   0

 7  Apple, Mike          17   0  11   3  25   36   2  16   3  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

 5  Rice, Doug           25   1   8   5  24   34  11  26   7  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   2   0

10  Roberto, Ze          24   1   5   7  20   45   2  28  19  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

 3  Assadpour, Vahid     17   0   4   6  14   18   8  24   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

15  Francois, Abraham    17   0   3   3   9   12   8  20  10  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 4  Rife, Josh           24   0   3   1   7   24   4  11  25  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

24  Waltman, Danny       22   0   0   7   7    0   6   6   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        23   0   2   1   5   18   6  31  17  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

16  Gibson, Leo           3   0   1   0   2    5   0   3   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

26  Craft, Nate          14   0   0   1   1    3   9  12   4  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 6  Sedgewick, Bill       1   0   0   0   0    2   0   3   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 2  Wilkes, Zachary       5   0   0   0   0    4   2   2   2  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

18  Chencinski, Tomer     7   0   0   0   0    0   0   1   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

    BENCH                25                       11

    TOTALS               25  20 154 131 499  819 142 372 198 16   3  1/1   3/3   18   4   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      25  18  95  82 326  630 144 301 272 18   3  3/4   2/2    7   5   3   5   0

No. GOALKEEPER            GPI GS     MIN   SF   SV 3PG 2PG SOG/A PKG/A    W  L    AVG   SVPCT

17  Beasley, Jamar         1   0    3:44    0    0   0   0   0/0   0/0    0  0   0.00   0.000

18  Chencinski, Tomer      7   4  224:29   56   40   1  15   0/0   1/1    3  0   8.82   0.714

24  Waltman, Danny        22  21 1247:57  367  278  11  78   3/4   0/0   15  7   9.09   0.757

 9  Moreira, Hewerton      1   0    0:01    1    0   0   1   0/0   1/1    0  0 7200.0   0.000

 8  Ricardinho             6   0   20:44    7    1   5   1   0/0   0/0    0  0  49.20   0.143

12  Callahan, Droo         2   0    3:05    1    0   1   0   0/0   0/0    0  0  58.38   0.000

    TOTALS                25     1500:00  432  319  18  95   3/4   2/2   18  7   9.76   0.738

    OPPONENT TOTALS       25     1500:00  547  373  20 154   1/1   3/3    7 18  14.72   0.682

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Hewerton - 59 Mack, Ryan - 24 Hewerton – 20 Callahan, Droo - 51

Mack, Ryan - 58 Beasley, Jamar - 23 Sampson, Worteh - 13 Rife, Josh - 25

Beasley, Jamar - 57 Ricardinho - 19 Callahan, Droo - 13 Roberto, Ze - 19

Callahan, Droo - 52 Hewerton - 18 Ricardinho – 12 Greenfield, Jonathan - 18

Ricardinho - 51 Callahan, Droo - 17 Greenfield, Jonathan - 12 Johnson, Matt - 17

SAVES: Waltman, Danny – 278

MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 3/18/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   23    5  30  27    102

Delevski, Dino       MON   25    7  30  11     92

Martinez, Genoni     MON   26    9  18  22     85

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   25    0  35   9     79

Cabral, Denison      BAL   24    2  27  11     71

Millwood, Machel     BAL   24    0  22  21     65

Leite, Marcio        MIL   25    4  18  15     63

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   24    2  23   8     60

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   25    3  15  20     59

Mack, Ryan           DET   23    3  21   7     58

Beasley, Jamar       DET   21    1  22  10     57

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   26    0  16  21     53

Callahan, Droo       DET   25    5  12  13     52

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   25    0  22   8     52

Ricardinho           DET   20    1  18  12     51

Farias, Chile        CHI   26    3  11  20     51

Alavanja, Lazo       NJY   24    5  10  14     49

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   25    4  12  13     49

Vasic, Goran         NJY   19    4   5  26     48

Alvarez, Byron       MON   17    1  18   7     46

GOALS                TEAM  GP GOALS                 ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Delevski, Dino       MON   25   37          Howes, Greg          MIL        27

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   25   35          Vasic, Goran         NJY        26

Howes, Greg          MIL   23   35          Martinez, Genoni     MON        22

Cabral, Denison      BAL   24   29          D'Ambra, Don         PHL        21

Martinez, Genoni     MON   26   27        Millwood, Machel     BAL        21

BLOCKS               TEAM      BLK

Martinez, Genoni     MON        63

Callahan, Droo       DET        51

Caution, Matt        ORL        47

Hall, Ryan           CAL        45

Several Players Tied at         42

SAVE PERCENTAGE TEAM GOALS SAVES PCT

Waltman, Danny       DET     89    278  0.757

Vorberg, Nick        MIL     94    273  0.744

Bontti, Jose         MON    112    316  0.738

Pappas, Peter        PHL     81    226  0.736

Sagu                 BAL     71    194  0.732

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