YORK, Pa. - The York College Spartan field hockey team continued MAC Commonwealth play, Saturday afternoon. The Spartans played host to Albright College and took a commanding 3-0 lead in the first quarter, eventually running away with a 9-0 win over the Lions.
Records
Albright: 2-12 (0-5 MACC)
York: 10-4 (4-1 MACC)
How it Happened
The Spartan wasted no time, scoring 90 seconds into the game.
Sam Ward crossed it to
Kelbie Linebaugh, who poked the ball past the keeper.
Kate Egan scored the second goal for York in the 8th minute off a rebound of the keepers padding.
The third Spartan goal of the first quarter came in the 13th minute. Catching a deflection,
Katelyn Landis lifted the ball past the keeper.
In the 22nd minute,
Aliza Staub whistled the ball in the cage, giving the Spartans a 4-0 lead.
The Spartans scored five more goals in the second half of the game.
Kelsey Shahan skipped the ball past Lion defenders, scoring York's fifth goal in the 36th minute.
Landis scored her second goal of the game in the 44th minute, scoring off a goalkeeper deflection.
The Spartans' took a 7-0 lead in the 53rd minute, as
Alexis Bear scored her first goal of the season. York drew a penalty corner, and Bear deflected an attempted block from the Lions, finding the back of the cage.
Kelsey Welsh scored York's eighth and ninth goals of the game. Welsh received a pass from Landis, poking the ball into the cage for her first goal. Her second goal came in the 57th minute, as she swatted a high ball past the Lions' keeper.
The Spartans took an astonishing 35 shots, 25 on goal.
The Spartans dominated the offensive half of the field, leaving the Lions with no shots in today's match.
York also drew 13 penalty corners.
Spartan Notes
Prior to today's MAC Commonwealth contest against Albright, York recognized seniors
Alexis Bear,
Hannah Downs,
Emma Fowler,
Jade Haines,
Hannah Miller,
Olivia Miller,
Becca Olsen,
Abby Smith,
Sam Ward, and
Kelsey Welsh.
Up Next
The Spartans will head on the road to Alvernia University, Wednesday evening, for a MAC Commonwealth game against the Golden Wolves. The match is set for 7 pm.
