8
Eastern EUML 6-3
10
Winner York (Pa.) YCP 4-4
Eastern EUML
6-3
8
Final
10
York (Pa.) YCP
4-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern EUML 2 2 2 2 8
York (Pa.) YCP 1 4 2 3 10

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

No. 20 York Holds Off Men's Lacrosse

YORK, Pa.—With 4:54 remaining in Saturday's game, Eastern University Men's Lacrosse caught up to the York College Spartans on Desmond Decker's fourth goal of the day. York broke the tie, scoring twice more to take the contest 10-8.

A win Saturday may have nudged Eastern (6-2) into the national top-20 rankings and bumped No. 20 York (4-4) out. Eastern continues to receive votes in the national polls.

Decker, whose four goals were a career-high, put Eastern on the scoreboard and gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead within the first five minutes of the game. York finally scored with 1:42 left in the first quarter despite shooting twice as many shot attempts as Eastern (10-5) in the first quarter. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the first quarter was the only quarter that they won. The Eagles scored two goals in each quarter.

York's shot attempt disparity continued into the second quarter as the Spartans launched 16 shots to Eastern's four. After York took the lead, Eric Waibel later knotted the game at 4-4 with his signature low-to-high blast from the right side. York stepped back into the lead with 1:45 left in the first half, but with under 10 seconds left in the half, it looked like Eastern's David Darling had scored the equalizer. The goal, however, was waved off by the officials.

York scored the first two goals of the third quarter to stretch its lead to 7-4. The Eagles started to climb back into the game with a Jake Billera goal with 3:48 left in the quarter and then with Decker's third goal with 0:32 seconds left.

For the third straight quarter, York scored first in the fourth to make it 8-6 with 9:37 remaining. Decker found Waibel 90 seconds later for his second goal of the game, this time a man-up goal from the right side.

After a York turnover and a pair of backed-up Eastern shots, Decker blasted the equalizer from close range with 4:54 remaining.

However, York's Tyler Hutson netted his third and fourth goals of the game to bump York's lead to the eventual final score. York goalie Caleb Abney saved the Eagles' two shot attempts in the final 4:30. Abney recorded 11 saves in the win.

Eagles' goalie Nick DiPiano tallied 14 saves.

York proved to be formidable on the faceoff, winning 15-of-22 attempts.

The Eagles move on to Richard Stockton College at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at home.

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