YORK, PA- The York College Spartans women's soccer squad earned their first home win of the season, handing the DeSales Bulldogs a 3-1 loss in one of York's more impressive showings thus far in 2023.
After conceding the first goal of the game on a DeSales penalty kick, York tallied three consecutive goals, achieving their season high in goals.
The Spartans improve to 3-4 overall while the Bulldogs fall to 0-6-1.
 
How it Happened
• York had a couple legitimate chances at goal in the early going, but the back line for the Bulldogs held strong and kept the game scoreless. DeSales goalie Jozlyn Minnema made a couple nice plays out of net and helped limit York to only three first half shots.
• A swift counter attack by the Bulldogs in the 19th minute led to a penalty kick after Tori Harnett got behind the Spartan defense and was tripped in the box. Harnett easily netted her second goal of the season on the PK.
• The Spartans finally leveled things in the 41st minute when an unforced DeSales turnover led to a Jena Witters shot off the post which was immediately cleaned up by Alyssa Russell, who's second goal of the season once again evened the contest. Witters earned the assist on the goal.
• Junior Morgan Joyce scored her third goal in her last four games with a long distance shot that found just enough space over the leaping Minnema in the 50th minute, putting the Green and White ahead for good. It was her first game-winning goal of the year.
• Abby Brown clinched the win with a remarkable individual effort in the 63rd minute, finding the bottom left corner of the net while dribbling left past the swarming Bulldog defense. It was her first goal of the season. 
• York held a 17-11 margin in shots while the Bulldogs managed an 8-7 advantage in shots on goal. The Spartans earned an 8-0 bulge in corner kicks in the win.
 
Spartan Notes
York improves to 10-2-0 all-time against the Bulldogs as the Spartans have won three straight in the series … the win is the first at home for the Spartans this year as they are 1-3 after going 9-1-1 last fall at Graham Field … after four straight one-goal games to start the season, York's last three games have been decided by two goals each … junior Morgan Joyce leads the Spartans in scoring with her three goals and six points … Alyssa Russell recorded her second goal of the year to open the Spartan scoring in the game … Abby Brown notched her first goal of the year in the second half … junior goalie Teresa Gonzalez notched her third win of the year as she made seven saves in the win … Gonzalez owns a goals against average of 1.29 while her save percentage is now a stellar .830%.  
 
Up Next
The Spartans travel to Maryland for an out-of-conference battle with their former conference rival in the 4-3-1 Salisbury Sea Gulls. Game time is set for 1:00 pm at the Seagull Soccer Complex on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans will look to improve to 3-1 on the road in 2023.