YORK, Pa.-The eighth-ranked York College women's lacrosse team scored eight second half goals to pull away from 19th-ranked William Smith 13-5 in a non-conference contest on Kinsley Field this afternoon. The Herons are now 2-2 on the season.
 
Sophomore Payton McMahon and first-year Zoe Cook led the way for William Smith with two goals each. Junior Sadie Mapstone brought in a game-high five ground balls. Junior Mekayla Montgomery won a team-high three draws. Junior Olivia Hofmann played all 60 minutes in goal and made six saves.
 
Meghan Fox had a game high six points on five goals and an assist for the Spartans (3-1). Regan Cook had four goals and Baleigh Bradley added four assists. Cook scooped up a team-high four ground balls and Fox won a game-high five draws. Riley DiFiore started in goal for York and made eight saves in just over 56 minutes of work. Bella Garabo stopped one shot in the final four minutes.
 
The teams traded goals in the first half. The Herons had the game's first shot and scoring opportunity, but junior Ellie Burns' attempt was stopped by DiFiore. At the opposite end of the field, Regan Cook collected a pass from Hayley McCormick and bounced a shot past Hofmann. Four minutes later, Zoe Cook took a feed from fellow first-year Kaitlin Pellechia and buried a shot into the upper corner of the cage to tie the game 1-1. Sophomore Payton McMahon gave the Herons a 2-1 lead on her ninth goal of the season. She dodged a defender and bounced a shot into the back of the net. The Spartans tied the game with just over 15 minutes remaining in the first half on Madison Marcinak's fifth goal of the season. Two minutes later Fox gave York a 3-2 lead on a free position goal. McMahon's second goal tied the game 3-3 with 8:42 left in the half. Burns' team leading 12th goal of the season gave William Smith a 4-3 lead with 1:45 left in the opening stanza. The Spartans took the lead with a pair of goals 11 seconds apart to close out the half. Regan Cook's 16th goal of the season tied the game 4-4. Bradley was credited with an assist on the goal. Eleven seconds later, Fox notched her second goal of the game to give York a 5-4 edge headed into the break.
 
Marciniak opened the second half with her second goal of the game and sixth of the season. Her tally three minutes into the frame made it 6-4. Zoe Cook made it a one-goal game with her second of the day and sixth of the season with 24:52 left in the game, but that would be as close as William Smith would get. The Spartans rattled off the game's final seven goals to come away with the victory. Fox scored three times during the run and Cook added a pair of goals. Jordan Conley and Hayley McCormick added tallies for York.
 
The Spartans finished the game with a 27-23 edge in shots while the Herons had a slight 17-16 advantage in ground balls. York was 22-of-22 clearing the ball and William Smith was 19-of-22.
 
The Herons will be back in action tomorrow afternoon, March 8, when it travels to Dickinson. Opening draw in Carlisle, Pa. is scheduled for 1 p.m.