ANNVILLE, PA – The York College women's soccer team got two second half goals to advance to the 2021 MAC Commonwealth championship match as they downed Lebanon Valley 2-0 on Thursday. The Spartans advance to the conference championship match for the eighth time in school history but the first time in the Commonwealth. LVC entered the match as the two seed after going 7-1 in league play while York is the tournament's three seed.
The Spartans improve to 8-2 on the road as they avenged a 2-1 loss to the Dutchmen on October 16.
 
Score: #3 York 2, #2 Lebanon Valley 0
Records: York 13-6, Lebanon Valley 9-7-2
 
How It Happened
• The Dutchmen had a great opportunity in the third minute as Lucy McGloshen got an open run along the left flank. She fired a shot across the goalmouth to the right post but Spartan defender Moriah Morton cleared the shot off the line. York had a chance at the ten minute mark as Megan Stoltzfus hit a great cross from the end line that Alyssa Russell was just a step late as she couldn't reach to the ball to finish off the chance.
• The Spartans had a golden chance in the 23^rd minute as they fired off three shots at point blank range. Jenna Terenchin hit the post with the first shot. The rebound came to Caitlyn Findlay who had the ball cleared off the line by the face of an LVC defender. Findlay got a second shot that was cleared off by a second LVC defender as York was denied the score. Two minutes later, Terenchin hit the post a second time on a well struck shot that just drifted a touch too far to the right in hitting the post.
• The Spartans had the better of the first half action, out shooting LVC 9-2 including 5-2 in shots on goal. After the Dutchmen's opening salvo, the Spartans kept a majority of play in their own offensive third.
• The Spartan pressure finally paid off in the 49^th minute. Findlay hit a long outlet to Terenchin on the left wing. Terenchin lofted a left-footed shot from about 20 yards out. The shot curled back towards the goal, sneaking inside the far right post for the 1-0 lead.
• The Green and White struck for a big insurance goal in the 73^rd minute. Off a throw in, Findlay collected the pass and drove toward the end line. She flicked a nifty pass back towards the box where Makayla Harper struck a brilliant shot the found the upper right 90 for the huge goal.
• The Spartans managed to kill off the final 17 minutes of play for the win as Cat McCarty recorded four second half saves.
• Both teams fired off 13 shots in the game while York held an 8-6 edge in shots on goal. The Dutchmen finished the game with a 7-4 edge in corners.
 
Spartan Leaders
Jenna Terenchin: 1 goal, 4 shots, 1 shot on goal
Makayla Harper: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal
Caitlyn Findlay: 2 assists, 3 shots on goal
Cat McCarty: 90:00 minutes of play, 0 goals against, 6 saves
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans improve to 4-4 all-time against the Dutchmen, halting a four-match LVC win streak in the series … the match is just the second meeting in the last eight years between the two programs with both matches coming this fall … York improves to 3-3 in games played at Herbert Field in Annville … The Spartans are now 21-17-7 all-time in conference tournament games … York is in search of their fourth conference title as the Spartans won the CAC championship in 2007, 2013, and 2015 … York advanced to the CAC Championship match in 2019, their final year in the CAC and now in 2021 in their first season of Commonwealth play … senior Jenna Terenchin has now scored a goal in four straight contests with the last three goals all being game-winners for York … Caitlyn Findlay added to her team scoring lead with two assists in the win as she now has a team-high 16 points … Findlay has registered at least one point in four of the last five Spartan contests … the two assists for Findlay are a new career-high … the Spartans' 13 wins is the most since the 2013 team went 13-5-3 in route to the CAC Championship … York improves to 8-2 on the road … York has now posted seven road shutouts for the year and 10 shutouts overall for the campaign … York has pitched three straight shutouts as they have won a season-high five in a row.  
 
Up Next
The Spartans will face the winner of the Messiah-Albright semifinal game in Saturday's MAC Commonwealth championship. If Messiah wins, the Spartans will travel to Grantham. If Albright wins, the Spartans would host the championship game. Please check www.ycpspartans.com for the most up-to-date tournament information.