Rochester Lancers News Release - www.rochesterlancers.com
Saturday, December 3, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – For the second time in a week, the Rochester Lancers (3-4) fell to the Baltimore Blast (5-1) in an MISL Eastern Division battle. This time, both teams played a much tighter defensive game in front of the 5,973 fans that came out to the Blue Cross Arena at the Community War Memorial, resulting in a 10-4 final. The loss drops the Lancers back into a tie with the Syracuse Silver Knights for second place in the MISL’s Eastern Division.
Like last week, the Blast were able to open the scoring with Stephen DeRoux connecting nearly six minutes into the match. The Lancers were then victimized by a bad bounce off of one of the officials as the clearance deflected to Baltimore’s Adriano Dos Santos who took advantage and doubled the Blast lead to 4-0. Baltimore captain Mike Lookingland was able to score off an assist from Max Ferdinand to close out the scoring in the first quarter of action.
The second quarter saw both defenses buckle down and both Baltimore’s Sagu and the Lancers’ Patrick Hannigan making some big saves. Late in the quarter and with Baltimore on the power play, Gary Boughton was able to strip Ferdinand of the ball and go the length of the floor and score the first shorthanded goal in Lancers history to pull Rochester to within 6-2 at the halftime break.
Baltimore was able to answer back early in the third quarter when Adauto Neto was able to set Lookingland up for his second of the night. Lookingland then turned into the playmaker as he set up forward Machel Millwood for a goal. Millwood was posted up in front of the Rochester goal and was able to pull off a cheeky finish to extend the Baltimore lead to 10-2. The Lancers were able to pull two points back before the end of the third quarter when Andrew Hoxie set up Doug Miller for the tap-in goal to make it 10-4.
The fourth quarter saw the Lancers pressure the Blast goal but Sagu and the Blast defense stood firm. With 4:40 remaining, the Lancers pulled goalkeeper Patrick Hannigan in favor of the extra attacker, but were unable to get one past Sagu and the match ended with the Blast on the favorable end of the 10-4 scoreline.
The Lancers’ next match is on the road at the Milwaukee Wave on Saturday, December 10 at 7 p.m. The Lancers return home to host the Syracuse Silver Knights at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 at the Blue Cross Arena at the Community War Memorial. Individual game tickets are still available and start at $10 for adults, and children age 12 and under receive free entry for every regular season home game.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Blue Cross Arena box office, at most area Ticketmaster locations including the House of Guitars, the Auditorium Theatre and many Walmart stores, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000 to charge by phone. Discounted ticket vouchers are available at all area Wegmans locations. Active military members receive a free ticket compliments of SmugtownBeacon.com (Gameday only with valid military ID).