READING, PA – The #13 York College women's lacrosse team remained perfect in conference play with a 14-3 road win at Albright on Wednesday night in Reading. Kiersten Blanchard and Teresa Matthias each scored five goals to lead the Spartan offense.
The Spartans have won three straight and remain perfect on the road at 6-0.
 
Records: #13 York 7-4 (3-0 MACC); Albright 2-9 (0-3 MACC)
Score: #13 York 14, Albright 3
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans got off to a great start in the first quarter as they sprinted out to a 5-0 lead. Kiersten Blanchard broke the ice with her goal at the 10:23 mark of the opening quarter. Riley Roeder scored off a Madison Kurland assist just under a minute later. Blanchard continued the Spartan run with her second goal of the game just 34 seconds later. Chloe MacDonald won the draw and got the ball to Blanchard who finished the chance. MacDonald won the ensuing draw and Logan Ward would score the fourth goal 45 second later. Blanchard finished the first quarter scoring with her third goal of the period with 1:28 showing on the clock.
• The scoring pace slowed in the second quarter as York outscored the Lions 2-0. Blanchard got a man up goal at the 9:44 mark. MacDonald scored an unassisted goal of her own two and a half minutes later as York led 7-0 at the break.
• Senior Teresa Matthias kicked off the third quarter scoring with two goals in the opening four minutes of the quarter. Albright's Kayte Moist broke up the shutout with her third goal of the year. Matthias got that goal back with her third goal of the quarter at the 3:33 mark.
• Albright's Katelyn Patrick started the fourth quarter scoring with her 14^th goal of the year to make it 10-2. Matthias continued her personal run with her fourth straight Spartan goal with 10:04 left in the game. Blanchard tallied her fifth goal of the game with 9:33 left. After a third Albright goal, York closed out the game with goals from Zoe Kluegel and Matthias for the final 11-goal margin of victory.
 
Spartan Offensive Leaders
Kiersten Blanchard: 5 goals, 4 draw controls, 2-for-3 FPS
Teresa Matthias: 5 goals, 1 ground ball, 1-for-3 FPS
Riley Roeder: 1 goal, 3 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Chloe MacDonald: 1 goal, 1 ground ball, 11 draw controls
Sarah Christensen: 3 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
 
Spartan Goalkeeping
Bella Garabo: 60:00 minutes, 3 goals against, 9 saves, Win, 3-2
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 2-0 all-time against Albright as the Spartans beat the Lions 18-2 in last year's first-ever match up … York has outscored their last three opponents 54-8 during their three game win streak … the Spartans out shot the Lions 41-15 including 28-12 in shots on goal … the Spartans notched their 12^th man up goal of the year … York has recorded 54 draw controls in their last four games … senior Chloe MacDonald set a new career high with 11 draw controls and reached 100 for her career… the 11 draw controls ties her for fourth on the single-game list, three behind single game record holder Nicky Clauter, one of the Spartan current assistant coaches … MacDonald is now just one of three Spartans in program history with 100-plus points an 100-plus draw controls, joining Leah Schultz and Sarah Castle … senior Teresa Matthias set a new career-high with her five goals as she now has 13 goals for the season … junior Kiersten Blanchard set her career-high with five goals … junior Sarah Christensen tied a career-high with her three ground balls.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return home on Saturday to face Lebanon Valley in a MAC Commonwealth contest. First draw is set for 3:30 pm at Kinsley Field.