YORK, PA – The York College men's lacrosse team rebounded from Friday's disappointing loss at #20 Stevenson with a convincing 14-6 Capital Athletic Conference win over Southern Virginia on a brisk Saturday in York. The Spartans improve to 13-2 overall and 6-0 in the CAC while the Knights fall to 5-9 overall and 2-6 in the conference.  

How it happened:

• The Spartans got off to another great start as they scored all six goals in the first quarter to assert themselves early. Cameron Leech opened the scoring with his ninth goal of the year 2:13 into the game.

• Joe Lomady and Andrew Gamble each scored a goal within 36 seconds of each other midway through the quarter, putting York up 3-0.

• Matt Whitcher and defender Josh Kluver scored 29 seconds apart as the York lead grew to 5-0 with 2:58 left in the first.

• Whitcher scored his second goal of the first quarter with 1:16 left as the Spartan lead grew to 6-0.

• Ryan Cook opened the second quarter scoring with an unassisted tally 2:51 into the period.

• Freshman Hunter Davis made it 8-0 off a feed from Gamble as the Green and White offense continued to click.

• The Knights got on the board 5:53 before the half as Casey Rich scored his 41st goal of the year, a man-down goal off the face off after Davis' goal.

• Freshman Nick Magnusson closed out the first half scoring with a goal at the 1:19 mark prior to the intermission.

• York continued to pull away in the third quarter as they ripped off the first four goals of the quarter to push their lad to 13-1. Davis, Dillon Hannah, Lomady, and Thomas Pfeiffer each scored for York during the run.

• Southern Virginia scored the final goal of the third quarter to halt the run as Zach Danneman notched a goal off a Brady Cook pass.

• The Knights got four cosmetic goals in the fourth quarter against the Spartan reserves as York pulled their starting defense, a defense that limited SVU to one goal, off the field midway through the third quarter. Southern Virginia got three goals from Casey Rich to provide for the final 14-6 margin of victory.

Spartan Leaders:

Andrew Gamble: 4 points on 1 goal and 3 assists, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover

Hunter Davis: 2 goals

Josh Kluver: 1 goal, 2 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls

Joey Fiorino: 4 ground balls

Joe Lomady: 2 goals, 2 ground balls

Matt Whitcher: 2 goals

Dillon Hannah: 1 goal, 1 assist

Thomas Pfeifer: 1 goal, 1 assist

Knight Leaders:

Casey Rich: 4 goals on 11  shots, 2 ground balls, 6 turnovers

Zach Danneman: 2 goals, 3 ground balls, 1-for-2 at the X

Logan Lund: 12-for-21 at the X, 2 ground balls

Goalie Comparison

Caleb Abney (YCP): 37:08, 5 saves, 1 goal against

James Anderson (YCP): 15:37, 5 saves, 3 goals against

Jake White (YCP): 7:15, 1 save, 2 goals against

Ian Arave (SVU): 60:00, 9 saves, 14 goals against

Notes:

The Spartans' rebounded from Friday night's tough loss at Stevenson with their sixth conference victory of the year … York is averaging 14.5 goals per game during conference play as they have outscored their opponents by a total of 87-39 … The Spartans starting defense held the second leading scorer in the CAC, Casey Rich, to just one goal in the first 45 minutes of the game … Rich got three goals in the final 15 minutes against the Spartans defensive reserves … York outshot the Knights 38-29 as the Spartans dominated possession for most of the first three quarters of the game … York finished the game with a 33-27 edge in ground balls … York was 21-of-22 on the clear while the Knights were just 9-of-20 … the Spartans forced Southern Virginia into 23 turnovers while they had just 13 including only six in the first three quarters … York has now outscored opponents 50-10 in the first quarter this year and outshot them 166-71 in the opening 15 minutes of play in 15 games … Caleb Abney now has 47 wins for his career as he is 12-1 this spring … Abney made his 100^th save of the season in the win and continues to increase his school record for saves as he now has 626 stops for his career … Andrew Gamble has passed 40 points for this season with his four points today … Gamble has surpassed the 40 point plateau in all four of his Spartan seasons … Gamble's career high in points was 71 in the 2014 season ... Josh Kluver scored his fifth career goal and second this season with his first quarter tally ... Kluver has combined with fellow defender Joey Fiorino to score seven goals this season for York.

What's Next

York will face a big challenge on Wednesday when they host top ranked Salisbury University in a showdown of the two remaining unbeaten teams in the conference. First face off at Kinsley Field is set for 4:00 pm.