January 13, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Syracuse Silver Knights claimed a season sweep of the Missouri Comets as they took an 11-8 victory on Friday night in front of 2,495 fans at The Oncenter War Memorial. All of Syracuse's points came in the third quarter as they rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to claim victory.

The Comets got out to a fast start as Lucas Rodriguez opened the scoring only 44 seconds into the game, and Missouri added to its lead before the end of the first quarter when Ramone Palmer put home a finish from Brian Harris' pass. Milan Ivanovic then added to the Comets' lead less than four minutes into the second quarter for a 6-0 halftime lead.

Syracuse's comeback began early in the third quarter as Bo Jelovac drove home a finish from 3-point range 50 seconds in, and the Silver Knights took the lead on back-to-back goals by Nate Bourdeau and Neto. Missouri regained the lead as Vahid Assadpour added to his league-leading points total, but another pair of goals Cory Elenio and Neto gave the Silver Knights a three-point lead going to the fourth quarter.

The Silver Knights held the Comets scoreless in the fourth quarter as Bryan O'Quinn finished the game with 23 saves to earn his side its seventh win of the season and sole possession of third place in the MISL standings.

SATURDAY

MILWAUKEE 28, ROCHESTER 12: Marcio Leite had five assists and Nick Perera a hat trick as the Milwaukee Wave cruised to victory against the Rochester Lancers in front of 5,324 fans at U.S. Cellular Arena. The Wave's win capped the club's 30th anniversary weekend, which saw a large number of alumni in attendance to celebrate the club's landmark season.

Milwaukee jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on goals by Carlos Munoz and JC Banks, but the Lancers pulled within a point as Mauricio Salles struck from 3-point range. Banks and Salles each added a second goal before Pablo made it 8-5 at the end of the first quarter, and from there the Wave pulled away.

Three consecutive goals, including two from Perera, in the second quarter led to a 14-5 halftime lead, and while Stephen Basso made it a six-point game with a 3-pointer to start the third, the Wave scored six consecutive goals to close the period and start the fourth to comfortably claim victory.

MISSOURI 13, PENNSYLVANIA 5: The Missouri Comets rounded out their final east coast trip of the season as they held off a rally by the Pennsylvania Roar at Santander Arena. Byron Alvarez had a goal and an assist as the Comets kept the Roar winless in their expansion season.

Missouri claimed an early lead as Robert Palmer scored off a turnover 61 seconds in, and Coady Andrews added a 3-pointer to make it 5-0 by the end of the first quarter. Goals by Ramone Palmer and Alvarez stretched the Comets' lead to 9-0 midway through the third quarter, but then the Roar began to come back as new addition Kingsley Onwuka scored in his debut and Jerjer Gibson struck from 3-point range to make it a four-point game with just more than six minutes to play.

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Silver Knights Rally Past Comets