YORK, PA – The York College women's soccer team
earned a spot in Saturday's Capital Athletic Conference
tournament championship with a 3-0 win over Mary Washington.
The Spartans (12-5-3) will travel to Salisbury to the face the
rival Sea Gulls for the title. Mary Washington finishes their
2007 campaign posting a solid 10-4-3 mark.
The Spartans came out strong in the first half and controlled
the opening minutes of play. Jill Stanley
(Stewartstown, Pa./Kennard-Dale) tallied first for the
green and white, scoring her seventh goal of the season at the
24:03 mark. Senior Erin Kuhn (Turnersville,
N.J./Washington Township) slipped a nifty ball to an on
running Stanley. The junior forward knew exactly what to do
with the beautiful pass and slotted her shot into the right side of
the goal. Owning a 1-0 advantage, the Spartans never looked
back.
Nearly eight minutes later, Ashley Gross (York,
Pa./Eastern York) drove home the Spartans' second
goal of the match. Kuhn again received credit for the assist
after clipping in a great ball to the near post that Gross headed
into the Eagle net. McCarthy got her fingers to the ball but
was unable to keep it out of the goal. Gross recorded her
second score of her senior campaign while Kuhn registered her
seventh assist.
York went into the halftime break carrying a comfortable 2-0
lead. In the frame, the Spartans had eight shots, while Mary
Washington could only manage one attempt.
Just over 25 minutes into the second stanza, Kayla
Denmyer (New Freedom, Pa./Kennard-Dale) put the Spartans
up 3-0 after hitting a beautiful shot from outside the penalty
box. After a loose ball scramble pulled McCarthy off her
line, the sophomore midfielder lofted an outstanding strike over
the goalkeeper's outstretched arm and just above the head of
an Eagle defender. Denmyer's second tally of 2007
proved to be the final nail in the coffin as the Spartans captured
the 3-0 Halloween victory.
York led in shots 17-8 while also coming away with a 5-2 margin in
corners.
Meagan Cahill (Crofton, Md./Arundel) earned the
win in the Spartan net making one save in 80:43 of work.
Desiree Halaka (Southampton, N.Y./Southampton)
came in to secure the clean sheet as she was not forced to make a
stop. McCarthy put in a solid performance for the Eagles
registering five saves.
On Saturday, the Spartans travel to Salisbury, Md. to take on
the defending CAC Champion Sea Gulls for the conference
title. York will look to win its first CAC championship in
the program's history. Game time will be announced
later in the week. Please visit www.ycpspartans.com
for more information.
GAME BOX
