YORK, Pa. – The No. 8 York College women's lacrosse team suffered an 8-6 defeat in a closely contested contest with No. 7 Salisbury University in the first Capital Athletic Conference game of the season for both teams on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics:

Game Number: 6

Site: Kinsley Field – York, Pa.

Records: York (4-2, 0-1 CAC) / Salisbury (5-1, 1-0 CAC)

Series: Salisbury leads 16-0

How It Happened:

• York took the opening draw and quickly scored the first goal of the game as Katelyn Cattrano set up Brittany Noell for her seventh tally of the season.
• The Sea Gulls did not trail for long as they responded with two goals on consecutive possessions to take a 2-1 lead less than eight minutes into the game.
• The Spartans answered right back with a pair of goals of their own as they regained the lead, 3-2. Cattrano and Katherine Burk were responsible for the Spartan goals.
• The two sides traded goals as Allison Kolacy scored for York to go ahead 4-3, but the Sea Gulls scored twice within the final two minutes of the first half to take a 5-4 heading into the break.
• Salisbury scored its third straight goal of the game early in the second half to take a 6-4 lead, the largest lead of the game by either team.
• Burk scored on a free-position shot just over a minute later, but the Gulls responded a minute later with a goal of their own to regain a two-goal lead.
• Melissa Meehling cut the deficit to one goal (7-6) as she scored on a free-position shot with 17:18 left to play in the second half, but that would be the last Spartan tally for the remainder of the game.
• Kristen Murphy added an insurance goal with 5:01 left as Salisbury extended their lead to the final score of 8-6.

Spartan Leaders:

Katherine Burk – 2 points on 2 goals

Katelyn Cattrano – 2 points on 1 goal and 1 assist

Melissa Meehling – 3 caused turnovers

Kayleigh Phillips – 4 draw controls

Rachel Donovan – 3 ground balls

Sea Gull Leaders:

Dana King – 4 points on four assists

Gabrielle Mongno – 3 goals

Emma Wall – 2 caused turnovers, 2 draw controls, 3 ground balls

Kieran Kelleher – 2 caused turnovers

Samantha Duranti – 3 ground balls

Goalie Comparison:

Gianna Falcone (SU) – 60:00 min, 7 saves, 6 GA, Win (5-1)

Rachel Donovan (YCP) – 60:00 min, 5 saves, 8 GA, Loss (1-1)

Game Notes:

Today's matchup is the fourth time in series history York and Salisbury have faced each other with both teams ranked in the top-10 … the two-goal deficit ties the lowest margin of defeat for the Spartans against Salisbury (12-10, 3/26/2011) … Salisbury is the second top-10 team and third ranked team the Spartans have faced in just six so far this season … the Spartan defense held the Salisbury offense under its 11.83 goals-per-game average … York tied its season-low for turnovers in a game with nine.