Slow start stops Marksmen streak, fall 4-3 to Roanoke

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Following a nail-biting win Friday, sending the streak to eight, the Marksmen came home for their fourth straight game against Roanoke. Fayetteville looked keep winning, not yet losing since the flip of the calendar. Roanoke wanted no part of the noise and they showed it, scoring only three minutes into the game.

The Rail Yard Dawgs showed that they could take the heat of Fayetteville, scoring their second goal in the final four seconds off a redirect in front. That goal put the Marksmen in an odd spot, as they hadn’t gone down 2-0 in a game since January 4th against Pensacola. A streak the length of Fayetteville’s didn’t come without adversity, they proved that today.

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