It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Syracuse-Minoa had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Henninger Black Knights a 6-0 shutout. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Henninger from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Joel Alvarez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
East Syracuse-Minoa's victory bumped their record up to 14-3. As for Henninger, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-11-1.
East Syracuse-Minoa will look to defend their home pitch on Wednesday against Central Square at 7:15 p.m. East Syracuse-Minoa is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season. Henninger does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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