Jul 5, 2008 - 11:42 PM
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PHILADELPHIA 49, NEW YORK 48 ----------------------------
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Matt D'Orazio connected on a 28-yard touchdown strike with Larry Brackins as time expired to lift the Philadelphia Soul to a 49-48 victory over the New York Dragons.
D'Orazio completed 20-of-32 passes for 258 yards and six touchdowns with one interception and Brackins hauled in seven receptions for 87 yards as the Soul advanced to the National Conference finals.
Chris Jackson had eight catches for 122 yards and four touchdowns for Philadelphia, which will face either Cleveland or Georgia in the next round.
Aaron Garcia passed for 337 yards and five touchdowns and Kevin Swayne made 14 catches for 166 yards and five scores for the Dragons, who took the lead with 57 seconds left on a 2-yard rushing score by receiver Keron Henry.
SAN JOSE 64, COLORADO 51 ------------------------
SAN JOSE, California (Ticker) -- Mark Grieb threw seven touchdown passes to lead the San Jose SaberCats to a 64-51 victory over the Colorado Crush in the divisional round of the Arena Football League playoffs.
The SaberCats advanced to the American Conference championship game and will face the winner of Sunday's Grand Rapids Rampage-Chicago Rush game.
Grieb completed 25-of-34 passes for 283 yards and an interception for defending champion San Jose (12-5), which is 13-4 at home in the postseason.
The SaberCats' signal caller tossed two touchdowns in the first quarter and three in the second to help give the home team a 33-24 halftime lead. Three of the scores were caught by wide receiver James Roe, who had seven catches for 53 yards.
Grieb added two more scoring tosses in the fourth quarter, including one to Cleann Saintil with 3:04 left to give San Jose a 57-37 lead. Saintil had eight catches for 95 yards and 2 TDs.
