GRANTHAM, Pa. - The third-seeded York College Spartans traveled to two-seeded Messiah University for the MAC Commonwealth Semifinal on Thursday evening. After being tied 3-3 at the end regulation, overtime was imminent. The Falcons were able to steal the victory in the 97th minute, scoring a goal to defeat the Spartans, 4-3.
Records
Messiah: 16-1-2 (7-0-1 MACC)
York: 12-5-2 (5-2-0 MACC)
How it Happened
York had the first goal of the game in the 10th minute.
Elaiwe Ikpi sent a beautiful pass down the field to
Tannor Wiszneski who out ran two Messiah defenders. Wizsneski slipped the ball past the diving Falcon keeper for the early advantage.
Messiah evened it up in the 13th minute off a corner kick. Owen Resch sent it from the corner. Sam Phillips was able to get a head on it and skipped the ball into the net.
The Falcons took the lead in the 25th minute, scoring on a penalty kick opportunity.
York quickly responded, scoring just a mere minute later to even it up again. The Green and White were granted a corner kick.
Jake Locklear sent it to Wiszneski who headed the ball into the upper part of the net.
In the 33rd minute, the Spartans took a 3-2 lead.
Luca Mannino spotted
Gavin Huey at the top of the box. Huey took the shot, kissing the ball off the interior of the post just past the Falcon keeper.
York held the lead until the 72nd minute when Messiah tied it at 3-3 off the kick of Gabe Redcay.
With both teams even at three through regulation, overtime was forced.
In the 97th minute, Messiah was granted a corner kick opportunity. Caleb Daniels received the ball off the corner, tapping it to Sam Phillips. Phillips swung off his left foot to sneak the ball into the goal, calling the game.
The Falcons outshot the Spartans, 21-15. Messiah had 13 of those shots on target, compared to the Green and White's seven.
Jake Bono was in the net for the Spartans and made seven saves. The Green and White also had two team saves in the contest.
