York, Pa. – The #2 York College
men's soccer team defeated #23 Mary Washington 4-0 on senior
day at Graham Field, Saturday afternoon. The Spartans improve to
15-0 and 5-0 in the Capital Athletic Conference while Mary
Washington falls to 8-4-2 and 4-1-1 in the CAC. With the victory
the Spartans sit perched atop the standings of the highly
competitive CAC with the regular season winding down.
The Spartans controlled play throughout the opening minutes of
the contest. The Spartans netted their first goal in just the 10th
minute as junior Jon Ports (Baltimore,
Md./McDonogh) intercepted a Mary Washington pass then
neatly placed a through ball to freshman Kemal Nuspahic
(East Petersburg, Pa./ Warwick). Nuspahic then recorded
his tenth goal of the season, slipping the ball past the keeper
just inside the right post.
Just ten minutes later, junior Aaron Good
(Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown Area) collected the
ball after a free kick and served it to the back post where junior
Scott Becker (Hockessin, Del. / Salesianum)
slotted the ball into the side netting creating a comfortable 2-0
lead.
At the half the Spartans had a 4-3 advantage in shots while the
Eagles held a slight 4-2 edge in corner kicks.
The Spartans got their third goal of the day just three minutes
into the second half as Ports collected a ball at the top of the
box from sophomore Adam Good (Elizabethtown, Pa./
Elizabethtown Area), bodied his defender, turned and
ripped a shot past Eagle goalkeeper Emmet Rutkowski.
In the 58th minute, the Spartans finished their scoring when
junior Lucas Emil (Parsippany, N.J./Morris
Catholic) blasted a shot from the top of the six yard box
to far left post giving the junior his fifth tally of the season.
Nuspahic slipped a pass to the wide open Emil, who promptly
recorded his fifth tally of the year.
Kyle Marks (Yardley, Pa. /Pennsbury) recorded
his twelfth victory of the season in goal while stopping two saves.
Junior Ryan Hock (Brookeville, Md. /Sherwood) and
senior Kyle Brooten (Gladstone, N.J./Bernards)
both saw time in net, with Hock stopping one shot. Rutkowski played
all 90 minutes for the eagles and had three saves.
The Spartans held a 9-6 advantage in shots on the day, while
each team had five corner kicks.
The Spartans host Wesley College this Wednesday in a CAC matchup
that will help in determining the regular season champion as they
sit 1 and 2 in the conference, respectively. Game time at Graham
Field is set for 4:00 pm.
MATCH BOX
Evan Scheffey and Kyle Marks photo courtesy of Steve
Doemland
Game story written by Jon Nolan, York College Sports
Information Student Intern