Box Score YORK, PA – The Lynchburg College Hornets men's lacrosse squad scored six straight goals in the second quarter and then hung on to upset the #6 York College Spartans 10-8 in the third round of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse tournament on a soggy Saturday in York.
Records:
#6 York (Pa.): 17-4
#16 Lynchburg: 15-6
Game Stats:
Shots: York 44 / LC 36
Shots on Goal: York 27 / LC 23
Ground Balls: York 31 / LC 15
Face Offs: York 9-of-21 / LC 12-of-21
Saves: York 13 / LC 19
Turnovers: York 7 / LC 10
Caused Turnovers: York 5 / LC 4
Extra Man: York 2-for-7 / LC 1-for-4
Clears: York 17-for-18 / LC 16-for-16
Penalties: York 4-for-4:00 / LC 7-for-4:30
Spartan Leaders:
Matt Whitcher: 3 goals, 3 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Brendan McGrath: 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Cameron Leech: 4 assists, 3 ground balls
Thomas Pfeiffer: 2 goals, 2 ground balls
Joey Fiorino: 4 ground balls
Billy Sasso: 8-for-19 at the X, 5 ground balls
Hornet Leaders
Evan Lombardo: 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball
Logan Adams: 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
Andrew Thomas: 2 goal
Bo Delaney: 8-for-13 at the X, 2 ground balls
Jake Vignali: 4-for-8 at the X, 1 ground ball
Goalie Comparison
Landry Marshall (YCP): 60:00 minutes, 10 goals against, 12 saves (Loss, 17-4)
C.J. Santora (LC): 60:00 minutes, 8 goals against, 19 saves (Win, 15-6)
How It Happened:
• The Spartans committed a needless penalty a mere 2:15 into the game, giving the Hornets an early scoring opportunity. Lynchburg cashed in the man-up opportunity as Shayne O'Brien converted a pass from Colin McGuire into a goal just 17 seconds into the man-up opportunity.
• Thomas Pfeiffer tied the game exactly a minute later as he tallied an unassisted goal to get York on the board.
• The Lynchburg converted a loose ball into a goal at the 8:12 mark. Evan Lombardo picked up a loose ball that looked like it was going to be a Hornet turnover. Instead, Lombardo found Andrew Thomas who finished the chance to put Lynchburg up 2-1.
• Junior Matt Whitcher tied the game with a rocket shot that found the back of the cage from the right wing with 1:58 left in the first quarter.
• York took a 3-2 lead when Whitcher scored after a nice spin move to get some shooting space. The goal came 2:01 into the second quarter. Things went very wrong for the Spartans over the remainder of the second quarter. The Hornets tied the game and then took the lead on back-to-back goals from Logan Adams less than two minutes apart giving Lynchburg the 4-3 lead.
• The Lynchburg offensive onslaught continued as Lombardo notched back-to-back goals that were 50 seconds apart, pushing the lead to 6-3 with 5:49 left in the half. Andrew Thomas made it 7-3 with an unassisted goal with 5:04 left before the half. Kevin Rogers plunged a dagger into the Spartans with 16 left in the half as he pushed the Lynchburg lead to 8-3 at the break.
• Lynchburg outshot the Spartans 13-9 but Lynchburg's C.J. Santora made six saves in the quarter as he kept the Spartans off the board after their early second quarter goal. The Hornets also won 6-of-8 face offs in the fateful second quarter.
• York halted the Lynchburg run with a pair of goals in the third quarter. Austin Glab recorded a goal off a pass from Cameron Leech 3:59 into the second half. Brendan McGrath recorded a man up goal at the 8:14 mark, drawing York to within three at 8-5.
• The Hornets got another back-breaking goal as Lombardo scored with 23 seconds left in the third to push the Lynchburg lead to 9-5 heading to the fourth quarter.
• Lynchburg's Harrison Brennan opened the fourth quarter scoring with an unassisted tally, putting the Hornets up 10-5 just 1:09 into the final quarter of play.
• Pfeiffer tallied a goal off a Leech pass with 9:42 left in the game, cutting the York deficit to 10-6 with the man-up goal.
• York got a pair of goals 16 seconds apart late in the game as McGrath and Whitcher scored for York. However, York could not convert after winning the face off after Whitcher's goal as the Spartans suffered the hard-to-swallow setback.
Game Notes:
York falls to 0-3 against Lynchburg in the brief history of the series … the Spartans are now 4-3 all-time in the NCAA Tournament including 4-2 at Kinsley Field … sophomore Brendan McGrath finished the season with a school-record 82 points on 58 goals and 24 assists … McGrath now has 108 points on 77 goals and 31 points in 42 games in the Green and White … McGrath's 58 goals ties Tyler Hutson's single season record that was set in 2013 … sophomore Cameron Leech finished the year with a school-record 48 assists in addition to 17 goals for 65 points … Leech's 48 assists are nine more than Tyler Davis's previous school record of 39 which was set in 2014 … the Spartans' four losses came to just two teams as they were 0-2 against Salisbury and 0-2 against Lynchburg … today's game was an example of statistics lying as York held an advantage in a number of categories (shots, shots on goal, and turnovers) and significant advantages in ground balls (31-15) but the Hornets earned the victory on the strength of C.J. Santora's 19 saves…Santora has been rolling as of late as he has made 72 saves in his last five games including a career-high 22 in the May 5 win over Roanoke … the 19 saves marks the 13th time this season that Santora has reached double figures in saves … Santora has made 31 saves in 126:56 minutes of work against the Spartans this season … Spartan goalie Landry Marshall recorded 13 saves as it marked his eighth game with double digit saves this season … the Spartans were held under double digits for the just the fourth time this year … York was 1-3 in games in which they were held below 10 goals … York had just seven turnovers in the loss … it was the fourth time this year that York had below 10 turnovers in a game and it was the first time this season they lost when having under 10 miscues.
Up Next:
The loss ends the Spartans season. York will return to action in February 2018. The Spartans and head coach Brandon Childs must say goodbye to seniors Tyler Davis, Brian King, Joseph Joseph, Jamie Lilly, Garrett Barker, Christopher Lees, Jake Kitchenman, Taylor Tolbert, Conrad Ordakowski and Tanner Craig. The senior class completed their careers with a combined record of 61-22 overall (73.4%) including a conference mark of 25-6 with a conference championship last season. The 61 wins are the best four-year mark in school history. York has won at least 10 games in each of their last five seasons under the guidance of Childs.
