YORK, PA-The York College men's lacrosse team had their season-high three-game win streak come to a grinding halt as the University of Mary Washington Eagles handed the Spartans a 9-4 loss in Capital Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon in York. The Eagles improve to 6-8 overall and 3-5 in the CAC. The Spartans finish their 2007 regular season with a mark of 5-7 overall and 4-4 in the league.
    The Eagles' Mike D'Eredita started the scoring with a pair of first period goals. His first tally came at 14:24 off a pass from Scott Fletcher while his second goal came off a pass from Pete Collins at the 8:43 mark. The Spartans got on the board with a man advantage goal from Ryan Schab (West Islip, NY/West Islip) with 5:12 remaining in the first. The Eagles then struck for two goals inside the final 53 seconds of the period to take the 4-1 lead 15 minutes of play.
    York's Paul Rudell (Lusby, MD/Patuxent) opened the second period scoring with a tally off a pass from senior Adam Cross (Westminster, MD/Westminster) just 1:31 into the stanza. Mary Washington struck for the final two goals of the period, taking a 6-2 lead to the break.
    The third period was lacking in scoring as Fletcher's man-advantage goal with 2:29 remaining in the period was the only goal of the stanza.
    Mary Washington increased their lead to 9-2 with 6:56 remaining in the fourth on a Keith Sweeney goal. York got a pair of goals late in the game to close out the scoring.
    Collins led the Eagles in scoring with three points on two goals and an assist. D'Eredita had a pair of goals while Fletcher had a goal and an assist for a pair of points. Sean Brown was the other Eagle with multiple points with two assists. Matt Richman-Raphael added a goal, eight ground balls and won 13-of-16 face offs for the game.
    Cross, Rudell, and Schab each had a goal and an assist for two points. Kyle Henninger's (Millers, MD/Hereford) had the Spartans' other goal while Brendan Hopkins (Monrovia, MD/Urbana) had an assist. Henninger tallied a team-high five ground balls in the game.
    Eagle goalie Eric Everitt notched nine saves in the win. He allowed just four goals for the game. Spartan goalie Matt Keeler (Morton, PA/Ridley) registered 10 saves in his 58:58 of work. He allowed all nine of the Eagle goals.
    The Eagles held a 32-25 edge in total shots while they also had a significant 47-33 edge in ground balls. The Eagles dominated the face offs as they captured 13-of-16 face-offs for the game. Mary Washington converted 2-of-5 extra man chances while the Spartans were 1-for-6. York committed 30 turnovers while the Eagles had 32 miscues.
    York opens the CAC Tournament at home on Tuesday as they host Goucher College in a quarterfinal match starting at 4:00 pm.