Team USA surprises Renegades

Team USA, which was mired in a four-match winless steak, surprised

the Howe Division-leading Renegades Wednesday, scoring a 7-5 victory at

Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach.

Tanner Marsey scored three goals to lead Team USA, which picked up just

its second win in eight matches to improve to 2-5-1.

Marsey now has 24 goals on the season.

Single goals also went to Ryan Boyce, Chad Kelleher, Kelly Kelleher, and

Joshua Laurel, while Boyce and Chad Kelleher each handed out two assists,

to complete the Team USA attack.

Ricky Kratter scored twice to lead a balanced scoring attack that also

featured single goals by Sam Robinson, Jeff Woods, and Christopher Yazzie

as the Renegades fell to 6-3 overall.

In other games:

Riptide 9, Roughnecks 6

Tyler Lakes scored three goals and Joe Murphy scored twice as the Riptide

(4-2-1) gained ground on the Roughnecks (4-2-2) in the division

standings. Jacob Jaramillo, Adam O’Connor, Stephen Powers, and Ross

Turchi also scored, with both Kyle Bezayiff and Justin Holland each

adding two assists for the winners.

Danny Gandasetiawan scored three goals, Drew Leahy scored once with two

assists, Taylor Griffin and Troy Weis each scored once, and Joshua Heyman

had two assists to lead the Roughnecks.

Blastoids 5, Buzzards 4

Two goals went to both Patrick Lacy and Kevin Mahoney, Marques Carroll

scored once to go along with three assists, Michael Thistle had two

assists and Ryan Hemming added another assist for the Blastoids, who

evened their record at 4-4; Newman Collett and Christopher Torres each

scored once with an assist and Greg Earl and Kyle Goode each scored once

for the Buzzards (2-3-3).

Renegades 7, Raptors 4

Sam Robinson scored three goals with an assist and Kevin Hamaguchi and

Jeff Woods each scored once with an assist to power the Renegades;

Matthew Araoz scored twice to lead the Raptors (2-5-1).