ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Sept. 30, 2006) -- Visiting Nazareth overcame an early deficit as the Golden Flyers rallied for a 4-1 men's soccer victory over St. John Fisher at Growney Stadium Saturday.

The victory was Nazareth's third in a row and boosted the Golden Flyers' overall record to 8-2. Nazareth is 2-1 in Empire 8 Conference games. St. John Fisher fell to 1-9 overall and 1-2 in the Empire 8.

Four different players scored for the Golden Flyers, who also got a pair of assists from freshman Philip Holmberg and a goal and an assist from senior Andrew Wirfel (pictured).

Fisher got a goal just 42 seconds into the match as Anthony D'Angelo scored unassisted for his fifth goal of the season. Nazareth tied the score in the 12th minute as Wirfel scored his second goal of the season off an assist from Holmberg.

Senior Ben Kabat then scored the go-ahead goal in the 24th minute with Holmberg again assisting. The Golden Flyers scored twice more in the second half. Senior Scott Rigney scored his fourth goal of the season in the 76th minute as he headed in a pass from Ed Babcock. Wirfel also earned an assist as he started the play on a corner kick.

About three minutes later, junior Chad Kies delivered his first goal of the season on another header off a pass from sophomore Troy Gotham.

Each team had 12 shots with Nazareth goalie Alex Kilroy playing all 90 minutes and making seven saves. Nazareth returns to action Tuesday for a non-conference game at Daemen College at 4 p.m.