YORK, PA – The ninth ranked York College women's lacrosse team remained perfect in the MAC Commonwealth with a 22-2 win over Eastern University on Saturday in York.
It was a big day for the Spartans as the win was the 200^th career victory for Spartan head coach Jen Muston and York celebrated their seven seniors pregame.
The Spartans improve to 10-3 overall and are now 4-0 in MAC Commonwealth play. The Eagles fall to 0-12 overall and are 0-5 in the league.
 
How It Happened
• Senior Teresa Matthias kicked off the scoring with her 18^th goal of the year just 28 seconds into the game. The goal gave Matthias her 100^th career point for her Spartan career. The Spartans scored three more goals before the game was five minutes old. Sydney Mentzer, Matthias and Kate Walsh each scored for York during the opening five minutes. The Green and White added five more tallies in the first quarter as they led 9-0 after 15 minutes of play.
• York continued on the offensive attack in the second quarter as they added six more goals for the 15-0 halftime lead. York had five different goal scorers in the quarter as Juliana Silvernale notched a pair of goals in the period.
• The scoring pace in the second half slowed significantly with the clock running. Four different Spartans scored for York in the quarter as Zoe Kluegel, Emmy Bryden, Molly Rosewag, and Christina Vendelis notched goals for York in the third as the lead was 19-0.
• The Eagles got on the board to start the fourth as Emerson Shauger scored for Eastern. Lauren Gillies scored her first collegiate goal with 9:35 left in the game. Another Eastern goal followed before Riley Long and Madison Hamilton each scored their first goals of the season to provide for the final 22-2 margin of victory.
 
Spartan Leaders
Teresa Matthias: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball
Natalie Neiman: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1-for-1 FPS
Juliana Silvernale: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball
Zoe Kluegel: 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Kate Walsh: 2 goals, 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Logan Ward: 1 goal, 3 assists, 3 draw controls
Kiersten Blanchard: 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 draw controls, 1 caused turnover
Sydney Mentzer: 1 goal, 4 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers, 1 draw control
 
Spartan Goaltending
Bella Garabo: 30:00 minutes played, 0 goals against, 0 saves
McKenna Seashole: 30:00 minutes played, 2 goals against, 0 saves
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans improve to 3-0 all-time against the Eagles … the Spartans have outscored Eastern by combined total of 67-3 … head coach Jen Muston earned her 200^th win in her 282nd game as the Spartans head coach, good for a winning percentage of 70.9% … Muston is in her 16^th year as head coach of the Spartans … over the last seven years, the Spartans are 39-3 in conference play (Capital Athletic Conference 2018 and 2019 and MAC Commonwealth 2021, 2022, 2023) … over that same stretch, the Spartans are 73-28 (72.3%) overall … the Spartans are 213-103 all-time as a program and Muston has 200 of those victories … Muston has led the Spartans to a pair of conference championships and to nine NCAA Tournament appearances … assistant coach Ashley Fitzhugh has been on the sidelines with Muston in all 200 of her wins … Muston notched her 100^th win on February 20, 2016 with a 15-6 win over Lebanon Valley … that was the first win of Muston's ninth season … it took Muston 135 games between wins #100 and #200 while it took her 147 to get her first 100 victories … the Spartans honored their seven seniors for the 2023 campaign prior to the game … Mia Alvarez, Kiersten Blanchard, Emmy Bryden, Sarah Christensen, Bella Garabo, Anya Litofsky, and Christina Vendelis were recognized for their contributions to the women's lacrosse program … the senior class is 41-13 over their four years including their COVID shortened freshman season … Blanchard is now two points short of reaching 150 career points with 148 as she has 109 goals and 39 assists … Bryden scored her second career goal in the win … freshman Lauren Gillies and sophomore Molly Rosewag each recorded their first career goals in the win … York had 17 different players score a goal in the win with Natalie Neiman, Sarah Christensen, Bryden, Rosewag, Vandelis, Gillies, Riley Long, and Madison Hamilton all getting their first goals of the year … York improves to 6-1 at home with the win.
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to action on Wednesday night as they host Albright College in a MAC Commonwealth contest at Kinsley Field. First draw is set for 6:00 pm in York.