YORK, Pa. - The third-ranked York College men's lacrosse team put Lebanon Valley away early as a 12-0 halftime lead resulted in a 15-3 victory on Saturday at Kinsley Field.

Team Records

Lebanon Valley 4-4 (1-3 MAC)

#3/4 York 9-0 (4-0 MAC)

How it happened

The Spartans came out fast and furious to start the game as they outshot the Dutchmen, 19-3, in the first quarter and found the back of the net five times. Brendan O'Sullivan led the way with a pair of first-quarter tallies, while Jacob Wilhelm also got involved with a goal and assist in the first 15 minutes.

York turned up the pressure even more in the second quarter, taking on seven more goals while shutting out LVC for the second-straight quarter. Vinny Facciponti had a big quarter for the Spartans as he went 5-for-6 at the face-off X and tallied a pair of goals. Jack Michael kept his clean sheet intact with three saves, while each of York's top defensemen and defensive midfielders caused a turnover in the quarter.

The Spartans rolled through their lines in the second half, getting contributions from and up and down the roster. Ethan Fought opened the second-half scoring after a man-up tally in the first half to register his first-career multi-goal game. Freshman Kevin McQuade closed out the scoring with a last-minute goal to record his first-career point for the Green and White. Freshmen defenders Tyler Morgan and Ryan Gass also got involved as they each posted their first-career caused turnovers in the second half.

Up next

The Spartans are scheduled to return to play on Tuesday, April 20 against Hood as their contest slated for Wednesday against Alvernia was recently cancelled.

Notes

The Spartans are now 1-0 against Lebanon Valley as the newly minted conference opponents met for the first time … York has now won its last 19-straight regular season conference games dating back to 2017 and is 32-2 in regular season conference contests dating back to 2016 … Brendan O'Sullivan became just the 16th Spartan in program history to reach the 60-goal mark as he now has 62 following his hat trick today ... Dylan Wolf moves into 15th place all-time in assists with 46 after tallying two on the day ... Ryan Kennedy moves into a tie with Steve Mersinger for fifth all-time with 60 caused turnovers after tying his career-high with four on the day … Vinny Facciponti established a new career-high with 10 ground balls on the day … Brett Locker set a new career-high with five ground balls … Connor Madsen established new career-highs in ground balls (6) and face-offs won (6) on the day.