YORK, PA – The York College field hockey team snapped their two-game losing streak with a solid 4-0 shutout win over Juniata. The Spartans returned home after a two-game road trip against a pair of nationally ranked squads. York improves to 5-0 at Kinsley Field with the win.
 
Score: York 4, Juniata 0
Records: York 7-2, Juniata 2-7
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans wasted little time in getting on the board in just over five minutes into the game. Maggie Spadafora carried the ball into the circle and flipped a pass high towards the left post. Junior Hannah Huffman batted the ball out of the air into the goal for the 1-0 Spartan lead. The goal was Huffman's team-leading sixth goal of the year.
• Spadafora added to the Spartan lead in the 12^th minute of the game as she carried a ball in from the right wing. She unleashed a shot that caromed off Juniata goalie Nicole Piccioni and tricked across the goal line for the 2-0 Spartan lead.
• York made it 3-0 four minutes into the second quarter as Riley Buschert collected a loose ball on the left wing and pushed a beautiful centering pass to Spadafora who tapped the ball in for her second goal of the night.
• The Spartans outshot the Eagles 14-0 in the first half and held a 6-0 margin in shots on goal.
• York continued to pressure the Eagles in the third quarter as they had eight shots on 10 penalty corners but Piccioni kept York from scoring in the third thanks to seven saves in the quarter.
• The Spartans capped the scoring in the fourth period as Lindsay Cowan blasted a shot from the top of the circle off a Reese Hardman penalty corner pass to push the York lead to 4-0.
• York finished the game with a 30-1 advantage in total shots and a 22-1 margin in penalty corners.
 
Spartan Leaders
Maggie Spadafora: 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 shots on goal
Hannah Huffman: 1 goal, 4 shots on goal
Lindsay Cowan: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal
Riley Buschert: 1 assist
Reese Hardman: 1 assist, 2 shots on goal
Kaitlyn Wallace: 30 minutes played, 0 goals against
Belle Fields: 30 minutes played, 0 goals against, 1 save
 
Spartan Notes:
The Spartans have now won three straight in the series against the Eagles but Juniata still holds a 17-8-2 overall edge in the series … the Spartans recorded their third shutout of the year with all three coming at home … the win snaps a two-game losing streak for York … the Spartans have outscored their nine opponents by a combined total of 27-11 … freshman Maggie Spadafora notched a career-high five points in the win with her two goals and assist … nine of Spadafora's ten points for the season have come at Kinsley Field … junior goalie Kaitlyn Wallace earned her 12^th career win as she is now 12-7 for her career … sophomore Lindsey Cowan recorded her first career goal in the fourth quarter … junior Hannah Huffman now leads the Spartans in goals (6) and points (12) thanks to her goal to open the scoring in the first quarter … York now has 11 different players record goals for the year.
 
Up Next
The Spartans continue their homestand on Saturday as they host Lebanon Valley College in a MAC Commonwealth contest. Game time is set for 1:00 pm at Kinsley Field.