Box Score WINCHESTER, VA – The York College field hockey squad got a second straight game-winning, overtime goal from Lindsay Nye (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) as the Spartans posted a come-from-behind 3-2 win at Shenandoah on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans improve to 4-0 with their last two wins coming on the road in overtime.
Game #4
Records: York (4-0), Shenandoah (2-2)
Shots: York 33, SU 12
Shots on Goal: York 24, SU 8
Penalty Corners: York 13, SU 4
Saves: York 6, SU 21
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Hornets got on the board early in the first half as Shenandoah scored a pair of goals exactly 30 seconds apart. Morgan Payne scored off a pass from Megan Stevens to open the scoring 13:24 into the game. Sarah Reed scored at the 13:54 mark off a pass from Maddie Price to make it 2-0 Hornets.
• York got on the board just under three minutes later as Kenidy Kubitz (Boyertown, Pa./Oley Valley) fed Autumn Mallory (Leonardtown, Md./Leonardtown) for the goal. The goal was Mallory's fifth of the season.
• York trailed at the half despite outshooting the Hornets 14-7. York also held a 4-2 edge in corner kicks.
• After again carrying much of the play in the second half, the Spartans finally tied the game up in the 56th minute as senior Sydney LaMarsh (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) converted a penalty stroke, knotting the game at two with just under 14 minutes left in regulation.
• The Spartans had two shots cleared off the line by defenders in consecutive shots as Ali Posey (Airville, Pa./Red Lion) and Beth Patrick (Pitman, N.J./Pitman) both threw shots on cage that got cleared out to keep the game tied.
• Nye had a chance stopped on another defensive save in the final minutes as she was turned away with just under seven minutes left in regulation.
• York had their final shot with 17 seconds left while the Hornets turned around and squeezed off a shot in the final eight seconds of regulation as both shots were saved.
• Overtime was all Spartans as they fired off three shots in a nine second span. Nye took the final shot and found the back of the cage for the game-winner.
SPARTAN LEADERS
Autumn Mallory – 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 shots, 4 shots on goal
Lindsay Nye – 1 goal, 5 shots, 5 shots on goal
Sydney LaMarsh – 1 goal, 3 shots, 2 shots on goal
Kenidy Kubitz – 1 assist, 1 defensive save, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal
SHENANDOAH LEADERS
Morgan Payne – 1 goal, 1 defensive save, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
Sarah Reed – 1 goal, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal
Kiera Lane – 3 defensive saves
Alexa Lapp – 2 defensive saves
Megan Stevens – 1 assist, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
Kayla Alderman – 5 shots, 3 shots on goal
GOALKEEPING COMPARISON
Eve Hauptle (YCP) – 71:40 minutes, 2 goals against, 5 saves (Win, 4-0)
Jessica Brown (SU) – 71:40 minutes, 3 goals against, 15 saves (Loss, 2-2)
GAME NOTES
Lindsay Nye's overtime game winner was her second in as many games … Nye now has a team-leading 14 points on six goals and two assists … Nye's six goals have all come in the last two games … Autumn Mallory is the other Spartan in double figures with 11 points on five goals and one assist … Eve Hauptle picked up her fourth win of the year as she sports a 1.81 goals against average and a .632 save percentage … Shenandoah recorded six defensive saves in the game with Kiera Lane earning three and Alexa Lapp recording two … York is now 5-1 all-time against Shenandoah including winning the last two match ups … York's last 4-0 start came in 2014 when they defeated Gordon (5-0), Neumann (2-1), Gettysburg (3-2) and Eastern Mennonite (5-0) … York's last 5-0 start came in 2000 when the Green and White started 8-0 under head coach Vicki Sutton.
UP NEXT
The Spartans return home to face Franklin & Marshall in a non-conference contest on Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 pm at Kinsley Field. The Diplomats will be looking to avenge last season's 2-1 upset loss to the Spartans when the Diplomats were ranked fourth in the country. That win for York was the highest ranked opponent the Green and White had ever beaten in school history. The Dips enter this year's contest ranked fifth in the country as they are 3-0 including Saturday's 3-2 win at #17 Mary Washington.
Kenidy Kubitz photo courtesy of Shenandoah Athletic Communications
