WILKES-BARRE, PA (March 13, 2021) -- The King's College men's lacrosse team played its first ranked opponent since the 2005, but couldn't get the offense going against the No. 9 Spartans of York College while the visitors hit on all cylinders in a 28-1 win in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) crossover play from McCarthy Stadium Saturday afternoon. 

York (2-0) tallied a 5-0 lead after the first 15 minutes of play, as Brendan O'Sullivan and Eric Ranck each tallied a pair of scores. YCP grew its lead up to 8-0 with 5:39 to play in the half before junior Brendan Gambino scored for King's off a nice feed in front from first-year Joe Giannella. 

The Spartans would respond with five goals before the half to take a 13-1 lead into the break. A 10-goal third quarter would put the game out of reach as YCP pulled away for the victory. 

Senior Trevor Douenias had another stellar game at the face-off "X," as he was 17-for-30, picking up a team-best 12 ground balls. First-year defender Joe Wiedow had his best game of his young career at King's, causing four turnovers while picking up five ground balls. 

Fellow newcomer Nick Anderson caused two turnovers as well, grabbing one ground ball, while newcomer Ryan Barnes added four ground balls and two shots. Junior Austin Leone also picked up three ground balls for the Monarchs, and Joe Plachcinski added 15 saves for King's in 50:56 minutes of play. 

O'Sullivan led the Spartans with five goals, and Will Harnick added four points on three goals and an assist. In all, York had 17 goal scorers and defensively Ethan Greene led all players with six caused turnovers. Connor Madsen also had five ground balls and three caused turnovers for the Spartans, who posted a 71-11 edge in shots. 

King's will open MAC Freedom play Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. in Dallas, PA for its first road game of the 2021 season against Misericordia University.