DOVER, DEL – The York College men's lacrosse team won their fifth straight as the fourth ranked Spartans posted a 19-4 win over the Wesley Wolverines in Capital Athletic Conference play on Wednesday afternoon in Dover, Delaware. The Spartans improve to 12-1 overall and 5-0 while the Wolverines fall to 4-10 overall and 0-5 in the conference.

How it happened:

• The Spartans blitzed the Wolverines in the first quarter as they scored the first five goals of the game. Junior Joseph Joseph scored two of the five goals as York jumped out to the early lead.

• After Wesley scored the final goal of the first quarter, the Spartans outscored the Wolverines 5-0 in the second quarter to push their halftime lead to 10-1. Joseph scored to open the quarter while Matt Whitcher scored twice in the quarter.

• The teams traded two goals to open the third quarter as York led 12-3. The Spartans then ripped off six straight goals to increase their lead to 18-3. Senior Andrew Gamble scored a man-up goal with 4:28 in the third as he became the second Spartan in school history to reach 200 points. Gamble now has 137 goals and 63 assists in his illustrious Spartan career.

• Each team scored a single goal in the fourth period to conclude the scoring.

Spartan Leaders:

Joseph Joseph: 3 goals

Thomas Pfeiffer: 3 goals, 1 ground ball

Matt Whitcher: 3 goals, 2 ground balls

Jamie Lilly: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball

Brendan McGrath: 1 goal, 2 assists, 4 ground balls

Jake Katchmark: 12-for-13 at the X, 7 ground balls

Billy Sasso: 10-for-14 at the X, 7 ground balls

Wolverine Leaders:

Hunter Coho: 3 goals

Nate Gemmato: 1 goal, 3 ground balls, 3-for-19 at the X

Jason Berry: 3 ground balls

Goalie Comparison

Caleb Abney (YCP): 28:59, 4 saves, 1 GA

James Anderson (YCP): 16:01, 1 saves, 2 GA

Jake White (YCP): 15:00, 0 saves, 1 GA

Cody Ireland (WC): 60:00, 20 saves, 19 GA

Notes:

The Spartans' 12-1 start is the best 13-game start in school history … York is now 8-3 all-time against Wesley as they have won seven straight against the Wolverines … The 19 goals is the second highest goal scoring output of the year … York has reached double figures in goals in nine games this year … The four goals tied the lowest opponent goal scoring effort of the year as those defensive efforts have come in back-to-back games … York won a season-high 22 face offs in 27 attempts … York had a season-low eight clear attempts, converting seven of those attempts … York outshot Wesley 56-15 while they also had a 40-19 margin in ground balls … York has picked up 40 ground balls in three of their last four games … York had 11 different players score goals in the win … Gamble became just the second Spartan to reach 200 career points as he trails all-time leading scorer Tyler Hutson by 86 points … Gamble now has 20 career man-up goals, second in school history behind Hutson's 28 … The Spartans' ten assists in the game were the second-highest total of the season, second to the 15 against Washington & Jefferson on February 20 … York has now outscored their two April opponents 27-8 … the win is the 60^th in the Spartan career of head coach Brandon Childs.

What's Next

York begins a busy weekend on Friday night as they head to Owings Mills, Maryland to face nationally ranked Stevenson University at 7:00 pm. The Spartans then will play Southern Virginia at home on Saturday at 3:00 pm.