Box Score YORK, PA – After a weather delay that lasted over an hour and forty minutes, the Spartans quest for an upset came up short as they fell in a heartbreaker against #17 Johns Hopkins 5-4 after giving up four goals in the final 14 minutes of regulation.
Match #7
Final Score: York 4 – Johns Hopkins 5
Records: York 3-4, Johns Hopkins 7-1
Shots: York 9, Johns Hopkins 25
Shots on Goal: York 6, Johns Hopkins 17
Penalty Corners: York 5, Johns Hopkins 14
How It Happened:
• After an hour and forty minute weather delay, the Spartans got on the board first when sophomore Dana Meehling lifted a shot up and over the goalie's outstretched arms and perfectly placed it in the opposite corner of the goal to give York an early 1-0 lead 11:49 into the contest.
• Lindsay Nye added a goal early in the second half off a lifted pass from Dana Meehling to give the Spartans a 2-0 advantage.
• At the 51:29 mark of the second half, Meghan Heary was on the receiving end of a beautiful long pass fromGreta Plappert and muscled a shot past the Blue Jay keeper off her left pad and it trickled into the net to give the Spartans a three-goal advantage.
• Hopkins finally got on the board two minutes later when Sarah Matyas scored off an assist from Seema Sajjan to cut the Spartans lead down to two.
• York answered quickly, again two minutes later, when Julea Truskey finished off a pass from Lindsay Nye after the Blue Jay keeper made one save but could not recover and make another and the Spartans pushed their lead back up to three, 4-1.
• Not even a minute later the comeback started for the Blue Jays, Izzy Thompson tapped in a pinpoint pass across the face of the goal from Michaela Corvi. Only a few minutes later Katie McErlean converted on a penalty stroke after being taken out in front of the goal and the lead was only one for the Spartans with just under ten minutes to play.
• With just over two minutes to play, Abby Birk took advantage of a misplay by the York defense and capitalized by finding the back of the net and tying the game 4-4.
• It only took 66 seconds for Hopkins to break the hearts of the Spartans after tying the game as Michaela Corvi scored on her 10th shot of the game on a diving shot off a cross-field pass by Maddie Brown-Scherer to steal the win 5-4.
Spartan Leaders
Lindsay Nye: 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 shots on goal, 4 shots
Dana Meehling: 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 shot on goal, 1 shot
Julea Truskey: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal, 1 shot, 1 defensive save
Meghan Heary: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal, 1 shot
Blue Jay Leaders
Michaela Corvi: 1 goal, 10 shots on goal, 10 shots
Sarah Matyas: 1 goal, 3 shots on goal, 4 shots
Katie McErlean: 1 goal, 3 shots on goal, 4 shots
Izzy Thompson: 1 goal, 2 shots on goal, 4 shots
Abby Birk: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal, 2 shots
Goalie Comparison
Sam Keating (YCP): 70 minutes, 5 goals against, 12 saves (Loss, 3-4)
Jodie Baris (JHU): 70 minutes, 4 goal against, 2 saves (Win, 7-1)
Game Notes:
York is now 5-3-0 against the Blue Jays … the win snapped a four-game winning streak in the series for the Spartans and was their first lost to Johns Hopkins since 1999 … the four goals scored was a new season high for York … sophomore Dana Meehling recorded her first goal of the season in the loss… goalkeeper Sam Keating set a new career high with 12 saves in the loss, this was her second career double-digit save performance, the last coming against Franklin & Marshall last October … Lindsay Nye and Meghan Heary each tallied their team-leading third goals of the season … Julea Truskey also scored her first goal of her career in defeat … the Spartans are now 2-4 in one-goal games … York is now 2-3 at home this season.
Up Next:
The Spartans remain in York when they take on Lynchburg this Saturday. Game time scheduled for 1:00 pm at Kinsley Field.
