2006 First Four Info (March 10-11 in San Diego)

[Sonny]

Just got this email.....

Dear Lacrosse Enthusiasts:

The FIRST 4 Elite Men's Lacrosse Invitational is heading to San Diego this March. The top college and high school teams will compete at the University of San Diego (USD) on Friday and Saturday, March 10-11.

I thought you would find the following FIRST 4 event information appropriate content for your website and related forums and/or blogs you may know of. Additionally, if you can please pass this information along to anyone you know who would be interested in attending the event, I would greatly appreciate it.

The FIRST 4 event features two days of lacrosse action with the highly anticipated "High School Challenge." It will be a battle between Northern and Southern California high school teams. Participants include Coronado, St. Ignatius, Rancho Bernardo, Menlo, Torrey Pines, San Ramon Valley, Poway, University (SF), La Costa Canyon and Monte Vista Danville. In addition, rival college club teams, USD vs. Claremont and UCSD vs. UCSB, will face off as a preview to the DI match-ups. The finale to the FIRST 4 event takes place Saturday night at Torero Stadium featuring No. 2 Duke University vs. No. 23 Loyola College and No. 7 US Naval Academy (Navy) vs. No. 25 Bucknell University.

I hope someone from your organization will be attending the FIRST 4 event in San Diego. For media credential information, you can reach me at 818-344-6195 ext. 119. Or, to purchase tickets, please visit www.tickets.com or call the USD box office at 619-260-7550, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. PST, Monday - Friday. Also, please feel free to visit the official event website at www.thefirst4.com.

With a united effort, I hope that the FIRST 4 invitational will help increase the growth, participation and interest in the great sport of lacrosse in Southern California. Please let me know if there is any other information I can help you with or if you would like to receive our press releases. Hope to see you at the event!

Sincerely,

Monica Sears
Account Executive
Brener Zwikel & Associates
6901 Canby Ave., Suite 105
Reseda, CA 91335

[SDSULAX]

Pass this on!!

Dear Lacrosse Enthusiasts,

SAVE THE DATE! On March 10th, 2006 at the Mission Valley Marriott, the San Diego Chapter of US Lacrosse will kick off a great week-end of lacrosse by hosting the First Four Lacrosse Celebration Banquet. The banquet will include a sit down dinner, talks by each of the First Four coaches, an additional keynote speaker and a silent auction. We will also honor our inaugural inductees to the San Diego Chapter Hall of Fame! Tickets to the event will be $50. All proceeds of the event and auction will go to helping schools develop and improve their lacrosse programs, as well as promoting more youth, college and post-collegiate programs.

The First Four event will be Saturday March 11th, 2006 featuring games between Division 1 teams: Duke, Loyola, Navy and Bucknell. This event will be at USD and will be broadcast live on CSTV.

Mark your calendars! This will be one of the biggest lacrosse events in San Diego’s history!! We are also accepting donations to support this event for the silent auction. Help promote the growth of lacrosse in San Diego by donating an auction item, get involved today!

We will keep you posted on this event, including how to purchase tickets.
For more information or to inquire about donations, please contact Courtney Reidarson at: Courtney_lax@hotmail.com or courtney@throwlikeagirl.com.

Sincerely,
Courtney Reidarson
President, San Diego Chapter of US Lacrosse

[SDSULAX]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2005

Contact: Monica Sears/Steve Brener (818) 344-6195 ext 119/103

THE SECOND ANNUAL FIRST 4 MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE INVITATIONAL MOVES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Duke, Loyola, Navy and Bucknell to Meet in Doubleheader on March 11

SAN DIEGO, CA - Sports marketing and event management leader, Pantheon International, has announced plans to host The FIRST 4 on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the University of San Diego in San Diego, CA. This is the second annual spring invitational of Division I men’s college lacrosse in the state of California and first ever Division I lacrosse competition at Torero Stadium. Four of the nation’s top ranked teams will meet in the doubleheader with the ’05 NCAA Championship Finalist, now #1 Duke, meeting the #23 Greyhounds of Loyola, followed by the ’04 NCAA Championship Finalist, #6 Navy Midshipmen, facing off against #25 Bucknell.

The DI doubleheader is the finale to two days of lacrosse action that will showcase the ten top ranked high school teams in Northern and Southern California in the “High School Challenge” on Friday, March 10th. This year’s event will also include two highly anticipated College Club games featuring four regional rivals, the University of San Diego against Claremont College and the University of California at Santa Barbara versus University of California at San Diego.

“The Inaugural First 4 in California was very well received by thousands of lacrosse fans on the west coast,” says Kent Atherton, President & CEO of Pantheon International. “We are thrilled with our move to San Diego and USD provides a wonderful facility and atmosphere to showcase lacrosse…our expanded event format meets our objective of continuing to build the sport of lacrosse on a more national scale.”

CSTV will be televising both games of The FIRST 4 “live” as part of College Sports Television’s National College Lacrosse Series. CSTV’s CollegeSports.com, the most-trafficked college sports Web site, will also deliver live online coverage of The FIRST 4, along with their exclusive new Game Tracker Live feature that will provide “real time” game scores and statistics.

Pantheon International is a privately held, Westport, CT-based sports marketing & event management firm that own event properties in California, Indiana, New York and Florida. Pantheon specializes in providing unique corporate marketing platforms through its high profile sports events. The company is a niche leader at originating and producing marquee live sports entertainment that create powerful bonds between corporations and the passionate affinity groups that permeate sports. The company’s core properties include the prestigious John R. Wooden Classic and John R. Wooden Tradition college basketball invitational events, held in honor of the Hall of Fame coaching legend.

Reserved tickets to The FIRST 4 are available in advance at tickets.com or by calling the University of San Diego box office at 619-260-7550. For additional event information please go to www.thefirst4.com.

2004 FIRST 4 Results:
Notre Dame 9, North Carolina 7
Georgetown 10, Syracuse 7

SID Contacts:
Stacie Michaud, Navy 410-293-8773
Art Chase, Duke 919-684-2614
Tom Milajecki, Loyola 410-617-2777
Jon Terry, Bucknell 570-577-3121

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Monica Sears
Account Executive
Brener Zwikel & Associates
6901 Canby Ave., Suite 105
Reseda, CA 91335
Ph: (818) 344-6195 x119
F: (818) 344-1714
E: monicas@bzapr.com
www.bzapr.com

[Bigdaddy11]

Checked the First 4 info.....Does anyone know where 'Manchester Field' is?

[Bigdaddy11]

Never mind, answered my own question


http://www.sandiego.edu/maps/

[TrojanLaxman5]

Anyone else see the full page ad for this in the latest Sports Illustrated?

[Wolfman]

The ad in Sports Illustrated was very cool.

Here's a great article in Lacrosse Magazine about the First 4:
http://www.uslia.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=396

[WaterBoy]

I was pretty jazzed about going to this event- unfortunately I saw that for me to buy a ticket, it would be 45 bucks- and to be totally honest, I only really wanted to see the UCSD UCSB game.

I'd contacted the person putting on the event several times to see if they needed volunteers for the event or the banquet beforehand, and also to ask some clarifying questions, and never received a response at all.

I just don't know if 45 bucks is enough to sell me on an endzone seat.

Way to promote/disenfranchise the lacrosse community.

[CATLAX MAN]

I went to this event last year, and even though it was pricey, it was worth it. The 2 NCAA Div 1 games last year were incredible and, if you haven't had a chance to see top rated Div 1 teams play, you should do yourself a favor and cough up the bucks. What a show it was last year! Georgetown & Syracuse facing off in a close battle and No. Carolina up aginst Notre Dame. This year's line up is just as good, Bucknell v. Navy and Loyola v. Duke. You get a chance to see some of the top players in the country like Matt Danowski, Ian Dingman, Matt Russell & CATLAXer Mike Abou-Jaoude just to name a few. I guarantee that you will not feel as bad afterwards about spending that kind of money.

If you have any contacts at the MDIA schools that are participating, they may have tickets for sale. You won't get a discount, but you may be helping out that team with their fundraising as last year teams got a small piece of the group tickets that they bought.

[lil lady lax fan]

I'd contacted the person putting on the event several times to see if they needed volunteers for the event or the banquet beforehand, and also to ask some clarifying questions, and never received a response at all.

I believe that some of the members of the USD and Claremont teams are serving as volunteers so they may already have all the help they need. They probably got bombarded with volunteers as well on their website. My guess is that you weren't the only one who didn't hear from them.

[TrojanLaxman5]

I can attest that the event was awesome last year and in my opinion definitely worth $45 if that is the cost this year. Those were my first two DI lacrosse games and I was amazed by the athleticism and skill at that level. Definitely a great day of lacrosse that I am sad to be missing this year.

[Wolfman]

Glad to see the newpapers in San Diego featuring information about the event:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20 ... rosse.html

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03 ... 3_9_06.txt

[Wolfman]

Good article in today's San Diego Union Tribune about the First 4:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20 ... rosse.html