SALISBURY, MD – The York College field hockey squad saw their outstanding 2016 season come to a close as the second ranked Salisbury University Sea Gulls used a big second half to down the Spartans 5-0 in the Capital Athletic Conference semifinals on Wednesday evening in Salisbury, MD. The Sea Gulls, who are the top seed in the tournament, advance to face third seeded Mary Washington who outlasted two seed Christopher Newport 3-2 in overtime.   

Game #19

Records: York (13-6), #2 Salisbury (15-1)

Shots: York 3, Salisbury 33

Shots on Goal: York 2, Salisbury 22

Penalty Corners: York 1, Salisbury 14

Saves: York 17, Salisbury 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The nationally ranked Sea Gulls were on the attack from the start of the game but the Spartan defense was up to the task early. Salisbury outshot York 12-1 in the first half but sophomore goalie Eve Hauptle was up to the task as she recored five first half saves. Senior Alexa Taylor also chipped in as she notched a defensive save for the Green and White.

• The Spartans had a goal waved off early in the second half as the official determined that the ball hit a Spartan before going in, negating what should have been the first goal of the game.

• The Sea Gulls got on the board a few minutes later as Hannah Miller hit a centering pass to Kristen Yingling who settled the pass and shot the ball inside the right post for the goal. It was her fourth of the year and came 42:12 into the game.

• Yingling's goal seemed to open the flood gates for the Gulls. Natalie Wilkinson made it 2-0 just over six minutes later as Yingling hit a pass to the middle of the circle and Wilkinson one-timed it for the goal, her tenth of the year.

• Salisbury continued their second half onslaught as Becca Rinaca scored off a rebound of her initial shot at the 52:03 mark. The goal was her 12^th of the year.

• The Gulls closed out the scoring with a pair of goals in the final eight minutes of the game. Abbey Shobe scored the fourth goal while Tara Daddio finished of the scoring for the Gulls.

• Salisbury outshot the Spartans 21-2 in the second half while they were awarded nine penalty corners in the second half.

SPARTAN LEADERS

Paige Taylor: 1 shot, 1 shot on goal

Ali Posey: 1 shot, 1 shot on goal

Lindsay Nye: 1 shot

Alexa Taylor: 1 defensive save

SALISBURY LEADERS

Abbey Shobe: 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal

Kristen Yingling: 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 shots, 1 shot on goal

Tara Daddio: 1 goal, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal

Natalie Wilkinson: 1 goal, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal

Becca Rinaca: 1 goal, 4 shots, 3 shots on goal

Annah Brittingham: 1 assist, 9 shots, 7 shots on goal

Hannah Miller: 1 assist, 1 shot

GOALKEEPING COMPARISON

Eve Hauptle (YCP): 70:00 minutes played, 5 goals against, 16 saves (Loss, 13-6)

Tressie Windsor (SAL): 70:00 minutes played, 0 goals against, 2 saves (15-1)

GAME NOTES

The Spartans are now 1-31 all-time against the Sea Gulls … York has never beaten the Gulls in the CAC Tournament as York is 0-8 … the Spartans' 13 wins are the most in the first year of a coaching tenure as Kaitlyn Hamilton concluded her first year on the Spartan sideline with a mark of 13-6 … the Spartans' 13 wins are the third highest total in school history behind the school record 15 wins in 1998 and the 14 wins in 2001 and 2009 …  Sophomore Eve Hauptle recorded a career-high 16 saves in the loss to the Gulls … a number of Spartans continue to climb the career Spartan career lists … Junior Ali Posey now ranks third in career points (99), third in career goals (43), is tied for fifth in game winning goals (10), and second in all-time shots (184) … sophomore Lindsay Nye is now tied for eighth in career goals (30) and sixth in game-winning goals (9) … Sophomore Jennifer Morrissette is tied for third in career defensive saves (15) … Eve Hauptle is fifth in career goalie wins (22) and fourth in career shutouts (8) … a number of Spartans also had great individual years … Lindsay Nye finished the year third in single season points (41), tied for second in single season goals (18), and tied for second in game-winning goals (5) … Ali Posey is tied for third in game-winning goals (4) and fifth in shots on goal (60) … Eve Hauptle finished third in single-season goalie wins (13) and tied for third in shutouts (5) … the loss closes out the careers of a pair of tremendous Spartans as Sydney LaMarsh and Alexa Taylor will take the Green and White off for the final time … LaMarsh and Taylor combined to help lead the Spartans to 40 wins over their four year career … LaMarsh finished her career with 19 points on six goals and seven assists in 74 career games … LaMarsh also had a pair of defensive saves, two game-winning goals and was 2-for-3 in penalty strokes … Taylor finished her career with 21 points on seven goals and seven assists in 74 career games … Taylor also had three defensive saves and one game-winning goal … the Spartans are set to return 12 of the 14 players who scored during the year and also return Hauptle in goal and Jennifer Morrissette and Kenidy Kubitz on defense.

UP NEXT

The Spartan season has concluded.