The Springfield Demize finished their final road trip of the season on Saturday evening in Des Moines where they fell 4-0 to the hosts. With the win the Des Moines Menace has secured a spot in the playoffs and a share of the division championship. With two games remaining, one point is all that is necessary to ensure home-field advantage along with the Heartland Division title.
Ben Taylor and a trio of Drake Bulldogs – Garrett Webb (recently named Preseason All-American), Julien Edwards and Hunter Kennedy – led the Menace’s late-game rampage.
Taylor assisted Webb (50th minute) and Edwards (84th) before capping off the night with an unassisted goal in the final minute. With his first points in eight matches, Taylor passes Armin Mujdzic (10 points) as the team’s leading scorer (11 points)
The Demize will finish their season at home on Friday against the Colorado Real Foxes. Their opportunity to move up from the bottom of the table disappeared with their 0-1 loss to the KC Brass last week. So the final goal will be to get their 3rd win of the season at home against the visitors. Game time is 7:30 pm, come out and cheer on the home side!
| 2009 PDL Heartland Division | |||||||
| Team | Pts | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MENACE | 31 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 11 |
| Thunder Bay | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 |
| Real Colorado | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 |
| St. Louis | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 |
| Rochester | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Kansas City | 12 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 33 |
| Springfield | 7 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 41 |
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