Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - Junior forward Katie Dawkins (Easton, Md./Easton) and freshman Sandee Reich (Pitman, N.J./Glassboro) each tallied a goal and an assist in leading York (Pa.) College to a key 4-2 Capital Athletic Conference field hockey win over St. Mary's College of Maryland, securing a home playoff game for the Spartans.

With the win, York (12-6, 4-2 CAC) not only secures the third seed in the upcoming CAC playoffs, which begin on Sunday, November 1, but the Spartans also snapped their four-game losing skid against St. Mary's.  YCP's last win against the Seahawks was a 3-2 overtime road win on Halloween 2004.

Today's loss drops St. Mary's (8-6, 2-4 CAC) to fifth in the league standings and means the Seahawks will travel to Wesley College next Sunday for first round action.

Reich gave the visitors an early lead as she found the back of the cage just five minutes into the contest, deflecting Dawkins' pass from outside the circle into the left corner.  Junior forward Allison Roush (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) increased her team's lead to two at 30:02 as she played a loose ball into the left corner.  The score remained 2-0 as the horn sounded to signal the end of the first half.

Freshman forward Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) cut the Seahawk deficit in half in the second half as Parker put back a blocked shot for her team-leading 12th goal of the season.  However, York responded two minutes later as Dawkins tucked one in inside the right post for her team-best 15th goal off a through pass from Reich.

 Junior Casey Lawrence (Abbottstown, Pa./Delone Catholic) finished out the scoring for the Spartans at 61:16 as Lawrence redirected a rebound to the back of the cage.

Freshman midfielder Brooke Masimore (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) made it a two-goal game at 64:45 as Masimore took a feed from Parker who had dribbled in before passing the ball off.

The reigning CAC Player of the Week, senior Claire Rekitzke (Seaford, Del./Seaford Senior), had a solid effort for YCP, turning away nine of the Seahawks' 15 shots.  The Spartans posted a 10-8 penalty corner margin and took 13 shots.

Junior Emma Lauhoff (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) picked up four saves in her fourth loss of the year.

Prior to the game, St. Mary's recognized its three seniors: Amanda Bramble (Easton, Md./Easton), Julia Puzak (Arnold, Md./Broadneck), and Christy Scaljon (Dundalk, Md./Patapsco).  This trio of seniors has helped lead the Seahawks to a four-year mark of 40-25, including a 16-8 conference record, as well as back-to-back trips to the CAC championship game (2007 and 2008).

St. Mary's will return to action next Tuesday, October 27 as the Seahawks travel to Harrisonburg, Va. to take on Eastern Mennonite University in SMCM's regular-season finale at 4:00 pm.