Box Score DOVER, DEL – The York College men's soccer team kept
rolling in Capital Athletic Conference play as they blanked Wesley
College 3-0 in league action in Dover, Delaware on Saturday night.
The Spartans remain perfect in the CAC with a 6-0 mark while they
rise to 12-4 overall. The Wolverines fall to 1-5 in the conference
and 4-10-1 overall.
The Spartans wasted little time in getting on the board as
Justin
Facer recorded his fifth goal of the season just under
20 minutes into the game. Junior Kemal Nuspahic earned the assist on
the goal, his team-leading sixth helper of the campaign.
The Spartan defense and goalie Jesse
Derksen played well in the opening half to keep the
Wolverines off the board. Derksen notched three of his five saves
in the opening 45. The Spartans outshot the Wolverines 7-5 but
Wesley had three of their five shots on target.
The Spartans carried their 1-0 lead deep into the game despite
peppering Wesley goalie Nick Talarico with 20 second-half shots.
Talarico was under constant pressure in the second stanza as the
Spartans were playing a crisp offensive game. Talarico recorded 10
second half saves before Spartan senior Mike O'Connell padded the Spartan lead
with his fourth goal of the year, an unassisted tally with 8:12
remaining in the match.
York's Mike Gill
provided for the final margin just 1:48 later as he banged home his
fourth goal of the year to cap the scoring.
The Spartans dominated the game statistically as they outshot
their hosts 27-8 including 15-5 in shots on goal. The Green and
White also had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
Derksen earned the win with five saves in his 89 minutes of
work. The clean sheet was the Spartans 11th of the year.
Talarico registered 12 saves in his time in goal for the
Wolverines.
York returns to action on Wednesday afternoon when they host
Gettysburg College in a non-conference contest. The match will be
the Spartans' first annual "Give Cancer the Boot" game as there
will be special fundraisers for the battle against Breast Cancer
with all proceeds going to cancer research. The match is slated for
a 4:00 pm start.
Jesse Derksen photo courtesy of Brent Duffy
