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October 24, 2006

York 3, Gwynedd-Mercy 2 OT
Griffins' late rally spoiled in overtime

Box Score

GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. - York spoiled Gwynedd-Mercy's comeback as April McFarland scored 6:44 into the first overtime as the Griffins fell, 3-2, to the Spartans Tuesday afternoon on senior day.

The Griffins scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of regulation, including Janine Reiner's (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) tally in the 77th minute, to force the extra period.

McFarland notched two goals on the day; her first goal in the 10th minute and with teammate Jami Hassler's unassisted tally right before time expired in the first half, gave York (11-8) a 2-0 lead at the break.

In the second stanza, Gwynedd-Mercy (7-10) rallied, putting together eight penalty corners after just three in the first half. Aubrey Wolf (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 51st minute as the freshman scored her first goal of the season.

Senior goalie Kaitlin Pope (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood) made seven saves, suffering her first loss of the season. Spartan keeper Anne Spencer made four stops.

Before the game, the coaching staff and players honored their five seniors: Reiner, Pope, Melissa Burks (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton), Erin Hill (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and Katie Donovan (Conshohocken, Pa./Kennedy-Kenrick).

Gwynedd-Mercy will close out the 2006 season on Thursday with a non-league game at Moravian starting at 4 p.m.

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