Rochester Lancers Fall to Syracuse Late
January 12, 2013 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Rochester Lancers News Release
(Rochester, NY) - The Syracuse Silver Knights (6-11) had a fourth quarter comeback to defeat the Rochester Lancers (5-10) 15-14 in front of 8217 fans at Christopher J. Wilmot Field at the Blue Cross Arena. The Lancers were led offensively by Mauricio Salles who had four goals for eight points and Rey "Boom Boom" Martinez who chipped in with a goal and two assists for four points. Patrick Hannigan made 13 saves in his return to the Lancers goal. The Silver Knights were led offensively by Neto who had two goals and an assist for five points.
Neto opened the scoring on the powerplay for Syracuse before Salles scored the first two of his goals to give the Lancers a two point lead after one quarter.
Salles would score his third straight goal off a Martinez assist to open the second quarter. But, the Silver Knights would score four straight goals to end the first half. Jamar Beasley, Bozidar Jelonc, Neto, and Nelson Santana would be the goal scorers that would give Syracuse a 10-6 halftime lead.
The Lancers would have a four goal run of their own in the third quarter with Doug Miller, Salles, Martinez, and Elliot Fauske as the Lancers would lead 14-10 heading into the final fifteen minutes of play.
Syracuse would get the only two goals in the final quarter with Nate Bordeau pulling Syracuse to within two points. With less than two minutes remaining in the game, Marcos Chantel would get the game-winning 3-point goal to give the Silver Knights the 15-14 win.
With seven goals by the Lancers this evening Dunkin Donuts will donate seven pounds of coffee to Foodlink. So far this season Dunkin Donuts has donated 84 pounds of coffee.
The Lancers will return to action on Friday, January 18th when they visit the Wichita Wings at 8:35 pm at Hartman Arena. The Lancers will return home to Christopher J. Wilmot Field at the Blue Cross Arena on Sunday, January 27th when they host the Missouri Comets at 1 pm. All matches can be heard live on the Lancers flagship station Fickle 93.3 FM with veteran broadcaster Joe Giuliano once again calling all of the action. In addition all MISL matches can be seen live via webcast at www.MISLLive.com.
Rochester Lancers Season Tickets are now available on the Lancers' website at www.RochesterLancers.com or by calling (585) 872-KICK [5425]. Lancers tickets are available at all local Wegmans locations, through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-745-3000 to charge by phone or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
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