Will Costello

Box Score

York (Pa.) YCP 18-4

Middlebury MIDWL 19-1

York (Pa.) YCP

18-4

Final

May. 18, 2025

Middlebury MIDWL

19-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
York (Pa.) YCP	1	0	1	2	4
Middlebury MIDWL	6	7	3	3	19

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 5/18/2025 7:28:00 PM | Derek Behrenshausen - Asst. Director of Athletic Communications

No. 8 Spartan Women’s Lacrosse Falls to No. 2 Middlebury in National Quarterfinals

MIDDELBURY, Vt. - The eighth-ranked York women's lacrosse team concluded their season with a 19-4 loss at No. 2 Middlebury on Sunday in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship.

The Spartans have now gone as far as the national quarterfinals six times in the 20-year history of the program in a total of 12 NCAA postseason appearances. The three-time defending national champion Panthers remain in pursuit of their 11th NCAA title as they advance to Salem, Va. next weekend for a national semifinal matchup with fellow NESCAC member No. 4 Colby.

Team Records
#8 York 18-4
#2 Middlebury 19-1

How It Happened
Maddie Ross won the opening draw of the game for the Spartans and York went on a two-minute possession during which they generated a free-position shot by Ross which was saved by Elizabeth Savage. For the rest of the quarter and ultimately the rest of the first half, the York offense was put on ice aside from a Sydney Mentzer goal with 1:30 left in the first quarter which stood as the lone Spartan goal in the first half.

After fending off York on the game's first possession, Middlebury went on to out-score the Spartans 13-1 and owned an 18-5 shot advantage through the first 30 minutes of play. Hope Shue, Middlebury's leading scorer, did the heavy lifting as she racked up eight points on five goals and three assists in the first half of play to increase her season point total to 107 and goal total to 76. Caroline Adams and Maggie Coughlin completed Middlebury's three-pronged attack as they each netted first-half hat tricks.

The Panthers carried a 10-goal run deep into the third quarter until it was snapped by a three-goal Spartan flury which carried over into the fourth quarter. Zoe Kluegel bookended the run with two goals as she reached 59 on the season and Krista Yarusso notched a pair of points during that span with a goal and an assist.

Middlebury put a bow on the victory with three goals in the final seven minutes, including the final two on the power play. Maeve Lee led the way with two goals down the stretch run for the Panthers.

Notes
York falls to 0-4 all-time against Middlebury since the series began in 2015 … the Panthers are 3-0 against the Spartans in NCAA postseason play with all three meetings in the national quarterfinals … York is 16-12 all-time in NCAA postseason contests with six quarterfinal appearances … the Spartans are also 2-2 in NCAA tournament contests played on Middlebury's campus … the Panthers extended their NCAA tournament win streak to 23-straight as they have not lost an NCAA postseason game since falling to Gettysburg in the 2018 national title game (Middlebury missed the 2020 & 2021 national tournaments due to the COVID-19 Pandemic) … York capped the 2025 season with an 18-4 record which matches the program's single-season record for wins and win percentage (.818) set in 2023 when the Spartans also went 18-4 … the Spartans established a new program record for consecutive wins as they won 12-straight from April 2 to May 17 … York was 6-2 on the road this season in addition to going 1-0 in neutral site games and 11-1 at home … the 2025 Spartan senior class compiled an impressive overall record of 65-21, good for a win percentage of .756, while claiming four-consecutive Commonwealth conference titles and posting a record of 38-0 against Commonwealth opponents in regular season and postseason contests … senior Gianna Huet ends her career third in program history in career points (218) and second in career assists (93) while scoring 125 goals; her 79 points this season is fifth-best in program history and her 37 assists on the season rank third … Zoe Kluegel finished her career fourth all-time in career points (218) and third in career goals (168); her 81 points this season is the fourth-highest total in program history and her 59 goals on the year rank fifth … Logan Ward ends her career ranked inside the top-10 in program history for career points (172) and career goals (105) … Nesiah Bertram finishes her career ranked inside the top-10 in program history for career caused turnovers with 67 after compiling a career-best 28 this season; she also ranks top-five in program history in games played (84) and games started (78) … Bella Garabo ends her illustrious career between the pipes with a career record of 59-18 with a goals-against average of 7.44 and a save percentage of .533 which both rank top-four in program history; she also ranks second in career saves (590) and second in career ground balls (184); Garabo capped off her final weekend of lacrosse making 27 saves in two games to finish the season with nine double-digit save performances.

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