Box Score ST. MARY'S CITY, MD – The York College field hockey team bounced back from their Wednesday loss to #4 Salisbury with a 3-0 win at St. Mary's on Saturday in Capital Athletic Conference play.
Game #14
Records: York (11-3, 3-1 CAC), St. Mary's (3-10, 1-3 CAC)
Shots: York 20, St. Mary's 14
Shots on Goal: York 11, St. Mary's 6
Penalty Corners: York 15, St. Mary's 5
Saves: York 6, St. Mary's 8
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Spartans kicked off the scoring in the tenth minute off a corner. Senior Alexa Taylor slotted a beautiful pass to Ali Posey and the Spartan All-American drilled a shot into the upper left corner of the goal for her ninth goal of the year. Posey is heating up at the right time of the year for the Spartans as she has now scored in three straight games.
• York put together a flurry in the 13th minute as Meghan Heary hit a shot that was saved by St. Mary's goalie Alyssa Thompson. Junior Autumn Mallory collected the rebound but her shot hit the post, preventing York from making it 2-0. A minute later, the Spartans had another two shot sequence as Kenidy Kubitz hit a shot that was saved. Lindsay Nye got the rebound but was denied by a defensive save from the Seahawks' Sophie Michel.
• Sophomore Jennifer Morrissette kept the Seahawks off the board with a defensive save of her own in the 20th minute of play.
• The Spartans outshot the Seahawks 11-8 in the first half including a 5-2 margin in shots on goal. The Green and White also held an 8-4 advantage in penalty corners.
• The Green and White made it 2-0 six minutes into the second half as Alexa Taylor banged home a rebound off Autumn Mallory's initial shot to give the Spartans the 2-0 lead. The goal was Taylor's second of the season.
• Posey and Taylor hooked up for York's third goal as, like York's first goal, it came on a corner. Taylor slipped a pass to Posey who hit another rocket inside the near post for the 3-0 York lead with just under 23 minutes left in the game.
• The Spartans held the Seahawks off the board to record their fifth defensive shutout of the year.
SPARTAN LEADERS
Ali Posey: 2 goals, 6 shots, 3 shots on goal
Alexa Taylor: 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal
Sydney LaMarsh: 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
Jennifer Morrissette: 1 defensive save
Lindsay Nye: 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
Autumn Mallory: 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
ST. MARY'S LEADERS
Megan Moore: 5 shots, 2 shots on goal
Carly Todd: 5 shots, 2 shots on goal
Sydney Cline: 3 shots, 2 shots on goal
GOALKEEPING COMPARISON
Eve Hauptle (YCP): 70:00 minutes played, 0 goals against, 5 saves (Win, 11-3)
Alyssa Thompson (SMC): 70:00 minutes played, 3 goals against, 7 saves (Loss, 3-9)
GAME NOTES
The Spartans improve to 20-10 all-time against St. Mary's as York has won two straight in the series … York has outscored St. Mary's 6-0 in their last two meetings … Ali Posey now has 93 career points as she sits fifth on the Spartans' career list, just one point away from Sandee Reich in fourth place … Posey now has 40 career goals as she is fourth, one goal out of third place (Sandra Lancaster) … Posey has scored six goals in the Spartans last three games … her two goals give her two multi-goal games this year and eight for her career … sophomore Lindsay Nye was held scoreless for the second game in a row after recording at least one point in all 12 of the Spartans' first games of the year … Alexa Taylor set a new career high with her four points (1 goal and 2 assists) in the win over the Seahawks … Sophomore Jennifer Morrissette picked up her 14th career defensive save in the win as she is tied for fourth on the career list despite having played just 31 games in her career.
UP NEXT
The Spartans return to action on Tuesday afternoon when they head to Mary Washington to face the Eagles in an important Capital Athletic Conference contest. The match is set for a 4:00 pm start in Fredericksburg, VA.
