The Rochester Rockets will square off against the Springfield Senators at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Rochester is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Meridian/Sangamon Valley/Central A&M an 8-0 shutout. Rochester's offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last seven games.
Their offense was hitting Meridian/Sangamon Valley/Central A&M from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Mary Jane Keller led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Springfield had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Tornadoes 11-0. The result was nothing new for Springfield, who have now won 16 games by three goals or more so far this season.
Springfield pushed their record up to 21-1-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 68 goals over those ten matches. As for Rochester, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 11-10-1.
Rochester might still be hurting after the 6-1 loss they got from Springfield in their previous meeting on May 6th. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Rockets were down 3-0.
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