KiXX win third straight
February 9, 2008 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Philadelphia KiXX News Release
Philadelphia, PA - The defending MISL Champion Philadelphia KiXX (10-11) defeated 8the first-place Milwaukee Wave (14-7) by a score of 12-8 in front of 6,386 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. The first 2,500 fans in attendance received a KiXX hat courtesy of NBC10. Ptah Myers led the charge for the KiXX with two goals and an assist. Peter Pappas, starting in his first game since injuring his neck on January 18, was hurt again in the second quarter and had to leave the game after taking a shot to the face at close range. Rookie Nick Hovaker, who has won the last two games in net for the KiXX, finished the game and picked up his third career win. Milwaukee came in as the MISL's best road team (7-4) and a three-game winning streak.
Sandre Naumoski struck first for Philadelphia with his fifth goal of the season, assisted by Jonathan Steele at 7:47 of the first quarter. Brett Wiesner knotted the game at two with his ninth goal of the season for Milwaukee assisted by Cape May native Anthony Maher.
Warren Ukah gave Milwaukee their first lead of the game off a feed from Deco 11:31 into the second quarter. KiXX player/coach and leading scorer Don D'Ambra responded less than a minute later to tie the game again. The goal was on a restart, set up by Naumoski. On February 2 against Detroit, D'Ambra became the 15th player in MISL history to record 1,000 points in a career when he scored four goals to lead the KiXX to a 15-13 victory. D'Ambra also extended his point streak to four games.
Maher recorded his own two-pointer on a restart set up by MISL leading scorer Greg Howes. The goal put the Wave up 6-4 5:08 into the second half. Just under three minutes later, Aaron Susi scored his eighth of the season on cross field pass from Ptah Myers to tie the game at 6-6.
Steele set John Barry Nusum up at 12:27 of the final frame to give the KiXX the lead once again, 8-6. Myers padded the lead for the KiXX with his 12th goal of the season. Naumoski was credited with his second assist of the night. Maher came back with his second of the night for Milwaukee, an unassisted goal to pull the Wave to within one. Marcio Leite was on as sixth attacker for the Wave. With :19 seconds remaining, Pat Morris launched the ball the length of the field towards the empty net, as Myers caught up to it and deposited his second of the night to seal the win for the KiXX. With the assist, Morris extended his point streak to seven games.
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