YORK, PA – The York College men's lacrosse squad earned a 12-6 win at Roanoke College in a battle of nationally ranked squads on Wednesday afternoon in Roanoke, Virginia. The 20^th ranked Spartans improve to 4-0 while the Maroons are now 3-1. The game was tied 4-4 at the half but York outscored their hosts 8-2 in the final 30 minutes of play.

How it happened:

• Freshman Joe Lomady tallied his first career goal just over four minutes into the game as he found the back of the net off an assist from Nick Magnusson.

• The Maroons took a 2-1 lead as IV Stucker struck for back-to-back goals, giving Roanoke their first lead.

• The Spartans climbed back on top with goals from Conrad Ordakowski and Brendan McGrath as York led 3-2 with 7:39 left in the first half.

• Roanoke received goals from Stucker and Tyler McWilliams to push out to a 4-3 lead with just under four minutes left in the half.

• Magnusson got a huge goal with just 12 seconds left in the half to tie the game at four and give York all the momentum heading into the break.

• York began the third quarter with five straight goals to take a 9-4 lead with 2:06 left in the period. Joey Fiorino, McGrath, Andrew Gamble, Hunter Davis, and Lomady tallied the goals during the game-deciding run.

• After the Maroons' Joey Dishaw scored with 37 seconds left in the third, Austin Glab converted a man-up opportunity to give York a 10-5 lead. Matt Whitcher and Gamble gave the Spartans a pair of insurance goals inside the final five minutes of the game.

• Roanoke got a cosmetic goal with eight seconds left to provide for the Spartans' final six goal margin of victory.

Spartan Leaders:

Andrew Gamble: 4 points, 2 goals, 2 assists

Joe Lomady: 2 goals, 1 ground ball

Brendan McGrath: 2 goals

Hunter Davis: 2 points, 1 goal, 1 assist

Joey Fiorino: 1 goal, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

Jake Katchmark: 10-of-21 face offs, 6 ground balls

Garrett Barker: 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover

Maroon Leaders:

IV Stucker: 3 goals, 1 ground ball

Joey Dishaw: 2 points, 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 ground ball

Kevin Jackson: 1 assist, four ground balls, 1 caused turnover

Conn Curry: 3 ground balls, three caused turnovers

Goalie Comparison

Caleb Abney (YCP) – 56:33 minutes, 12 saves, 6 GA (Win, 4-0)

James Anderson (YCP) – 3:27 minutes, 3 saves, 0 GA

Ian Davies (RC): 30 minutes, 4 GA, 6 Saves

Burke McManus (RC): 30 minutes, 8 GA, 2 Saves (Loss, 0-1)

Notes:

The game is York's second victory over a top 10 team in school history and their first top ten win on the road … the victory is the first win over Roanoke in the four game series … York had been outscored 42-12 in two previous trips to Roanoke with both trips coming under former head coach Jim Griffin … York's 4-0 start is the best under the guidance of head coach Brandon Childs … The 4-0 start ties the 2011 squad who also started 4-0 … both teams ended the game with 24 ground balls but York got a number of key 50/50 ground balls in the game, especially in the second half … Roanoke outshot York 41-36 … The victory is the 40th career win for senior goalie Caleb Abney ... Abney has 18 more wins than any other goalie in school history ... The Maroons won 11 face offs while York was credited with 10 wins at the X … Roanoke came into the game leading the ODAC in scoring as they were averaging 16 goals per game while they were only allowing seven goals against … Roanoke was whistled for six penalties for six minutes, just one under their season average of seven penalties per game … Roanoke entered the game 7-for-8 in the man advantage but York held them to 0-2 as the Green and White had just 1:30 of penalty time on two penalties in the game … York has now outscored their opponents 17-4 in the third quarter and 15-2 in the first quarter of their four games this year … Andrew Gamble passed his brother Josh for second in career goals scored as he now has 122, passing Josh's total of 120 … Andrew passed Josh in total points in Saturday's win over McDaniel …. In interesting symmetry, York has outshot their opponents 43-21 for the year in both the first and second quarters of their four games this year … York is now 4-of-14 in man up situations this year while their opponents are now 2-for-12, much to the credit of the man down unit and man-down goalie James Anderson.

They Said It:

"We won a tough game today because we took care of ground balls. Our tough guys, who do all the little things but don't always get recognized on the stat sheet, won us the game today. Conrad Ordakowski, Christopher Lees, Jake Katchmark, and J.D. Beck were unbelievably tough in the midfield today. Our defense was great on their dangerous attack and those guys won their match ups today. Game like today, they aren't won on game day. They are won in the weight room in the winter and on the practice field in early February. I am proud of our team."

 – Spartan head coach Brandon Childs

What's Next

The road doesn't get any easier as the Spartans welcome fifth ranked Gettysburg to York on Wednesday, March 9 at 3:00 pm. The Spartans will play a total of four nationally ranked teams over the five game stretch they started today. York hosts Elizabethtown on March 16 and then play #15 Nazareth and #13 Lynchburg in back-to-back games on March 18 and 19 at Stevenson.