Box Score YORK, Pa. – The York College men's soccer team recorded the second-most goals in a single game in program history with a 9-0 Capital Athletic Conference win over Southern Virginia on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day.
The player who did most of the damage for the Spartans (9-6-2, 6-1-1 CAC) was Joel Teston (Manassas, Va. / Forest Park) who recorded eight points on three goals and two assists to set the single-game program record for points and goals.
Another player with a hot foot on the day was senior forward Greg Bechard (Newark, Del. / St. Mark's) who dished out three assists on the day, which puts him in a six-way tie for first on the program's single-game record list.
Southern Virginia (1-15, 0-7) stood little chance as the Spartans took a 2-0 lead through the first 16 minutes of play on goals by Teston and Brendan Saberton (Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum). York tacked on another in the 39th minute courtesy of senior Peter Lundgaard (Greenville, Del. / Salesianum) and took a 3-0 lead with a 15-3 shot advantage into the locker room at halftime.
Unfortunately for the Knights, the Spartans just used the 45 minutes as a warm-up as York added six more tallies in the second half.
Nigel Robinson (Woodbridge, Va. / Forest Park) opened the second-half scoring frenzy in the 50th minute as he received a beautiful back-heel pass from Teston to set the up the shot from the right side. Robinson now has six goals in his first season with the Green and White. He is tied with Brendan Saberton for the team lead.
Teston added back-to-back tallies in the 52nd and 57th minutes, receiving an assist from Bechard on the second to extend the lead to 6-0. Bechard continued his generosity as he dished out the assist on the next goal to Chris Hobbs (Horsham, Pa. / Hatboro-Horsham) for the seventh goal of the game in the 73rd minute.
Two new Spartan scorers emerged for the final two tallies of the contest when Matt Freibaum (New Market, Md. / Linganore) bombed one in from over 30 yards out in the 79th minute and first-year man Nick Dudek (Wallingford, Pa. / Strath Haven) ripped home his first goal of the season on a shot from inside the 18-yard line.
Starting goalkeeper Charlie Johnson (Harrisburg, Pa. / Central Dauphin) played 42 complete minutes and made one save as recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season. Jack Pebole (Little Silver, N.J. / Red Bank Regional) played 47 minutes in relief as he also recorded a save.
The Spartans out-shot the Knights 36-5 with 20 shots on goal. Both totals are season-highs for York.
With the win today, York extends its win streak to six games and remains unbeaten in its last eight contests. The Spartans currently rank first in the Capital Athletic Conference standings and can secure the No. 1 seed in the conference playoffs with a win in their regular season finale on Wednesday at home against St. Mary's (Md.) at 4:00 p.m.
Notes: Second-most team goals scored in a single game with nine (record is 11 against Gallaudet on 10/1/2007) … third-most team points recorded in a single game with 24 … fourth-most team assists recorded in a single game with six … fourth-most total team shots in a single game with 36 … Joel Teston set new single-game record for goals with three and new single-game record for points with eight (old record was six by three different players) … Greg Bechard sits in a six-way tie for most assists in a single game with three … Brendan Saberton is tied for ninth all-time in program history for career goals with 24.
Photo courtesy of Joe Rodgers
