YORK, Pa. – Five man-up goals by Stevenson proved to be the difference as the No. 6 Spartans came up short in a 12-11 setback on Saturday in front a spirited home crowd.

Records

#6 York 2-1

Stevenson 1-1 

Statistics

Score: Stevenson 12, York 11

Shots: YCP 44, STE 30

Shots on Goal: YCP 23, STE 19

Ground Balls: YCP 45, STE 24 

Face-Offs: YCP 12-for-26, STE 14-for-26

Clears: YCP 19-for-20, STE 18-for-28

Man-Up: YCP 0-for-3, STE 5-for-6

Saves: YCP 7, STE 7

Turnovers: YCP 18, STE 21

Penalties: YCP 6-for-3:30, STE 3-for-2:00 

How It Happened 

• The Spartans came out of the gates strong with a 3-0 run to start the game. Dylan Wolf led the attack with the first two tallies, followed by an unassisted goal by Noah Bruno.

• After the opening flurry by York, it was Stevenson's turn to light up the board. The Mustangs responded with four unanswered goals to take a 4-3 lead late in the first quarter. Penalties aided the Mustang run as they cashed in twice on the man-advantage during their run. York managed to get one back and tie the score, 4-4, at the end of quarter as Brendan O'Sullivan capitalized on a Stevenson turnover with his first of four goals on the day. 

• Stevenson capitalized again on the man-advantage early in the second quarter, which started a string of three-straight goals by the Mustangs in the quarter. Stevenson scored 1:05 after its first goal, following a York turnover, and tacked on a third with 5:19 left on a second-chance opportunity to take a 7-4 lead into halftime. 

• The Mustang's man-up unit found success again as Stevenson started the third quarter on the man-advantage. A little over a minute later, an unexpected goal by Spartan goalkeeper Jack Michael ended Stevenson's run of four-straight goals and cut the Spartan deficit to three.

• O'Sullivan tallied twice in the third quarter as York cut the deficit to one, but again, penalties got in the way of York's momentum. Stevenson took full advantage once again of the Spartan miscue and tallied a man-up goal late in the third to regain a three-goal lead heading into the fourth quarter.

• The Spartans returned to form and ripped off three-straight goals to start the fourth quarter to tie the score, 10-10, with 6:55 left. Stevenson countered with a pair of goals 1:34 apart after killing off a penalty, but York responded 24 seconds later as Eric Ranck buried a shot from the slot as York trailed, 12-11, with 1:33 left in regulation.

• Matty Mancuso managed to cause a key turnover which gave York possession with 22 seconds left down one. Unfortunately, the Spartans turned the ball over in their offensive zone and Stevenson managed to bleed out the clock to clinch the upset victory.

Spartan Leaders

Brendan O'Sullivan: 4 points, 4 goals, 6 ground balls 1 caused turnover

Dylan Wolf: 3 points, 3 goals, 1 ground ball

Tyler Nation: 4 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers

J.T. Kidd: 12-for-25 at the X, 6 ground balls 

Mustang Leaders

Jacob Tatum: 5 points, 4 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover 

Ethan Christensen: 5 points, 2 goals, 3 assists

Ryan Coleman: 3 points, 3 goals, 3 ground balls

Shiloh Shassian: 14-for-26 at the X, 5 ground balls

Goalie Comparison

Jack Michael (YCP): 60:00 minutes played, 12 goals against, 7 saves (Loss, 2-1)

Marc Pouts (STE): 60:00 minutes played, 11 goals against, 12 saves (Win, 1-1)

Notes

Junior Brendan O'Sullivan had a career day established personal-bests in points (4), goals (4) and ground balls (6) as he led the Spartans in all three categories on the day … junior Dylan Wolf posted his second hat trick of the season as he matched his career-high with three goals on the day … sophomore goalkeeper Jack Michael became the first Spartan goalkeeper in the Coach Childs era (since 2012) to record a goal … the loss today snaps a three-game win streak against Stevenson as York is now 4-14 all-time against the Mustangs.

Up Next

The Spartans hit the road next Saturday for another top-20 road test as they take on No. 13 Lynchburg at 1 p.m.