Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – York forward Jeremy
Klunk fired off a game-high seven of his team’s 20
shots as the Spartans battled 15th-ranked Gettysburg to a
0-0 final in non-conference men’s soccer action on Wednesday.
Fellow forward Derek Cesarz
put all three of his shots on goal to help York (3-2-2) post
a 20-6 shot advantage and snap a 10-game losing streak against
the Bullets. The Spartans’ last non-losing result in the all-time
series was a 1-0 victory in 1991.
Gettysburg goalie Steve Kopp (Upper
Montclair, NJ/Montclair) kept York off the board with
three saves in each half and two more in the second overtime
period. Mike Bevilacqua (Marshfield, MA/Thayer Acad.)
led the Bullets (4-0-2) with two shots.
Kopp was sharp from the opening kick,
sliding to make a save on Cesarz in the fifth minute and knocking
a Klunk shot over the crossbar in the 17th minute.
Gettysburg turned the momentum midway
through the half and almost cashed in its first shot of the
game. Following a York foul in the 28th minute, James
Bealer (Darien, CT/Darien) blistered a drive from
25 yards out, but Spartan goalie Michael Cook
made a diving stop to keep the game scoreless.
Kopp returned the favor by stopping Dan
May on the doorstep after a corner-kick scramble in
the 33rd minute, then watched Scott McDowell
sail a shot over the crossbar minutes later.
Cook closed the scoreless half with a
sliding save on a breaking Bevilacqua just 3 minutes, 30 seconds
before halftime.
Gettysburg recorded four of its six shots
in the second half, but failed to put a single attempt on
goal. Kopp stopped Mike Mannion in the 61st
minute, then denied McDowell and Steve Davis
in the final 11 minutes of regulation to force overtime.
York took the game’s only five shots
of the extra periods in search of the golden goal, but Kopp
made two saves on Cesarz in the final eight minutes – the
second coming with 44 seconds left – to preserve the tie.
The Bullets’ best opportunity to win
the game came on a goal-mouth scramble late in the first overtime
that resulted in no shots.
Kopp’s eight-save performance was his
second-best of the season behind a nine-save outing in Gettysburg’s
0-0 draw at then-No. 11 Mary Washington on Sept. 7.
Mannion finished with four shots for
York while McDowell added three.
The Bullets return to action on Saturday
when they open Centennial Conference play against Washington
(Md.). Game time is 3 p.m.
| Score by Half |
1 |
2 |
OT |
OT |
- |
F |
| York (3-2-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
| #15 Gettysburg (4-0-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
Scoring
None
Shots: Y 20, G 6. Corner Kicks: Y
11, G 6. Fouls: Y 22, G 24. Goalie Saves: Y
2 (Michael Cook), G 8 (Steve Kopp).
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