The Syracuse Silver Knights (10-7) continued their home dominance of 2018 in their 8-5 victory over the Harrisburg Heat (5-14) in a MASL divisional game on Sunday in the War Memorial.

Shots on goal were hard to come by to open the game. After 12 minutes, Syracuse's Joey Tavernese received the ball on the right side from Jake Schindler. With an acute angle, Tavernese slammed the ball through Heat goalkeeper Hugo Silva's legs to open the scoring for the Silver Knights.

Forty seconds later, the Silver Knights doubled their advantage. A cross-field pass from goalkeeper Andrew Coughlin found forward Bo Jelovac. He used the boards behind him to orchestrate a pass to Ben Ramin, whose shot flew like a rocket to the back of the net.

Goals were fast and furious in the second quarter. Silver Knights midfielder Kenardo Forbes broke away with the ball. His shot was saved by Silva, however forward Slavisa Ubiparpovic took it first time and hammered it home. This was a memorable one for the forward: his 200th career point for the Silver Knights.

He wasn't the only Silver Knight to reach a memorable milestone. Tavernese's second goal of the afternoon, which he chipped right over the goalkeeper, was his 43rd point of the season, a new Silver Knights single-season record.

The forward didn't stop there. On a free kick, five Silver Knights players connected on five sharp passes, with Jelovac finding Tavernese wide open one foot out of goal. This increased the lead to five for the Silver Knights.

However, the Heat weren't going to go down without a fight. With two goals on either side of halftime by Lucio Gonzaga and Danny Diprima to cut the deficit to three.

Syracuse responded when Ramin added his second, off a rebound from a Nate Bourdeau shot. The Silver Knights then added two more third-quarter goals by Forbes and Ubiparipovic to extend the lead to 8-3.

The Heat still had some flame in their game. A rocket from Jose Luis Birche and a goal from Neto made the game 8-5.

A sixth attacker for the Heat couldn't cut the deficit, who was forced into the game following an injury to Silva. Neither team could grab a goal to finish the game, despite both teams having chances.

The Silver Knights play two games at home next weekend, against the St. Louis Ambush on Feb. 16 and 18.