Box Score YORK, PA – For the second straight season, the York College Spartan field hockey squad has defeated a Franklin & Marshall team ranked in the top five in the nation. On Tuesday, the Spartans knocked off the fifth ranked Diplomats 2-0 in a non-conference showdown in York on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans are now 5-0 overall while the Diplomats suffered their first loss.
Game #5
Records: York (5-0), Franklin & Marshall (3-1)
Shots: York 20, Franklin & Marshall 13
Shots on Goal: York 11, Franklin & Marshall 6
Penalty Corners: York 12, Franklin & Marshall 15
Saves: York 6, Franklin & Marshall 9
HOW IT HAPPENED
• York got on the board early as sophomore Paige Taylor (York, Pa./Red Lion) scored off a scramble on a penalty corner 15 minutes into the game. Taylor's goal was her third of the year.
• The Spartans would have a few other chances in the opening 35 minutes as the Spartans outshot the Diplomats 12-5 in the stanza. York also held a 4-2 advantage in shots on goal in the first half.
• As the second half progressed, the Diplomat pressure grew on the Spartan defense. Sophomore goalie Eve Hauptle (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) recorded four saves in the final 15 minutes of the game to keep the Green and White in front.
• Sophomore Lindsay Nye (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) put home an insurance goal as she put home an empty net tally with 17 seconds left in the game. The goal came off a pass from junior Ali Posey (Airville, Pa./Red Lion), icing the win. The goal was Nye's team best seventh of the season.
SPARTAN LEADERS
Paige Taylor – 1 goal, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
Lindsay Nye – 1 goal, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
Ali Posey – 1 assist, 5 shots, 3 shots on goal
Autumn Mallory – 3 shots, 3 shots on goal
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL LEADERS
Annie Horsley – 3 shots, 2 shots on goal
Emily Nagle – 3 shots, 1 shot on goal
Sarah Schannauer – 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
Sydney Cole – 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
GOALKEEPING COMPARISON
Eve Hauptle (YCP) – 70:00 minutes, 0 goals against, 6 saves (Win, 5-0)
Ilianna Santangelo (F&M) – 70:00 minutes, 2 goals against, 9 saves (Loss, 3-1)
GAME NOTES
The Spartans 5-0 start is their best since 2000 when the Green and White started 8-0 under head coach Vicki Sutton … the win over the Diplomats improve the Spartans all-time record against F&M to 10-23 as the Green and White have won two straight … the victory over the 5th ranked Diplomats is the Spartans' fourth win as a program over a top 10 team … The Spartans' previous top ten victories include Franklin & Marshall (#4) last year, #9 Susquehanna on October 23, 1999, and #9 Lynchburg on October 15, 2002 … the shutout for Eve Hauptle was her first of the season and the fourth of her career … Hauptle's six saves ties a season high … York earned 12 penalty corners in the win, the third time this year they have reached double figures in corners … earlier in the day, Lindsay Nye was named the Division III National Offensive Player of the Week … Nye has scored a goal in three straight games … the 5-0 start for head coach Kaitlyn Hamilton is the best five game start to a Spartan field hockey head coach career.
UP NEXT
The Spartans return to action on Saturday when they host Juniat College in a non-conference contest. Game time at Kinsley Field is set for 12:00 pm. York will then head to Elizabethtown next Wednesday to face the Blue Jays before coming back home for a season-high three game home stand starting Saturday, September 24 against CNU.
Eve Hauptle photo courtesy of David Sinclair Photography
