With women’s football spreading across the nation, there were not only more teams, but better quality teams. The 2004 season represented a strong challenge for the New York Sharks. Last season they came within 30 minutes of repeating as IWFL champions. If the Sharks were to win this year they were going to run a gauntlet of some of the best teams in the nation. New York’s schedule included 4 games against teams that went undefeated in 2003 and another game against a team that lost only once. Their oppponent’s 2003 winning percentage was a lofty .815.

To add to the difficulty was a new coaching staff for the Sharks. Coach Ruben Sanchez

Player-wise the Sharks were well stocked. Most of the eastern conference lost 2 veteran receivers returning players Kathy Holloman, a former University of Connecticut track star. Lori DeVivio Lynn Lewis Veronica Simmons Kim Bishop Dana Sparling Beth Nugent Lakisha Grant was back. former NWFA Shauna Seegers lost Cha Chi

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The Sharks played their 2004 home games in Queens, New York at August Martin High School.

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2004 Season
Date	Opponent	Location	Score
April 4th	Atlanta Xplosion	August Martin	28 – 21
April 17th	New Hampshire Freedom	August Martin	26 – 0
April 24th	Montreal Blitz	August Martin	20 – 0
May 8th	Chicago Force	at Chicago	6 – 2
May 15th	Bay State Warriors	August Martin	45 – 0
May 22nd	Chicago Force	August Martin	27 – 7
June 5th	Rhode Island Intensity	at Rhode Island	41 – 16
June 12th	Bay State Warriors	at Bay State	35 – 0
Eastern Conference Wildcard Game
June 26th	Chicago Force	August Martin	40 – 0
Eastern Conference Championship Game
July 10th	Tampa Bay Terminators	August Martin	29 – 7
IWFL Championship Game
July 12th	Sacramento Sirens	at Sacramento	27 – 29

(Click on the score to read the game write-up)

2004 IWFL Final Standings
Eastern Conference
Mid Atlantic Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
p-New York Sharks	8	0	0	1.000
p-Chicago Force	6	2	0	.750
New Hampshire Freedom	4	3	1	.563
North Atlantic Division
Montreal Blitz	6	2	0	.750
Bay State Warriors	0	8	0	.000
South Atlantic Division
p-Tampa Bay Terminators	6	2	0	.750
p-Atlanta Xplosion	5	3	0	.625
f-Orlando	2	6	0	.250
Western Conference
Pacific Northwest Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
p-Tacoma Majestics	8	0	0	1.000
p-Corvallis Pride	6	2	0	.750
Portland Shockwave	3	5	0	.375
Boise Xtreme	2	6	0	.250
Eugene Edge	1	7	0	.125
Pacific West Division
p-Sacramento Sirens	7	1	0	1.000
San Francisco Stingrayz	6	2	0	.750
Santa Rosa Scorchers	2	6	0	.250
Southwest Division
p-Oakland Banshees	8	0	0	1.000
San Diego Seacatz	3	5	0	.375
California Quake	0	8	0	.000
Exhibition Teams
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Jacksonville Dixie Blues	7	1	0	.857
Rhode Island Intensity	3	4	0	.429
Memphis	0	2	2	.500
Southern Maine Rebels	2	4	1	.357
Des Moines Courage	1	4	0	.200
Carolina Spartans	0	4	0	.000
Redding Rage	0	3	0	.000
Knoxville Summit	0	3	0	.000
Detroit Predators	0	3	0	.000

p-playoff teams
f-folded from league

IWFL Eastern Conference
	Atlanta Xplosion
	Baystate Warriors
	Chicago Force
	Montreal Blitz
	New Hampshire Freedom
	New York Sharks
	Orlando Starz
	Tampa Bay Terminators
IWFL Western Conference
	Boise Xtreme
	California Quake
	Corvallis Pride
	Eugene Edge
	Memphis Matrix
	Oakland Banshees
	Portland Shockwave
	Sacramento Sirens
	San Diego Seacatz
	San Francisco Stingrayz
	Santa Rosa Scorchers
	Tacoma Majestics
Exhibition Teams
	Detroit Predators
	Rhode Island Intensity