Staten Island, N.Y. (March 7, 2007)- For the second straight game, Manhattan rallied to pull within one goal, but could not score the equalizer, dropping a 10-9 decision to Wagner College this afternoon at Wagner College Stadium.
The Seahawks raced out to a 4-1 lead over the first 10 minutes, with the lone Lady Jaspers tally coming from senior Brenna Tinari. Manhattan and Wagner traded goals the rest of the first half, and freshman Helen Kerrisk scored with one second left before halftime to pull the Lady Jaspers within two, 6-4, heading into the locker room. Senior Jenny Carman accounted for the other two Manhattan goals, with the second goal coming off an assist from Tinari.
After the Seahawks scored the first goal of the second 30 minutes to open up a 7-4 lead, the Lady Jaspers ran off four straight goals to take an 8-7 lead with 12:57 to play. Tinari got things started with a free position goal at the 26:41 mark. Senior Lauren Civardi had a hand in the next three tallies, scoring the first off a pass from Carman, recording the assist on Jillian McGowan's goal, then completing the flurry with an unassisted goal. Unfortunately, Wagner rallied with three straight goals of its own to lead 10-8 before Civardi's hat trick brought Manhattan to within a goal with 5:33 remaining. The Lady Jaspers got two shots on net the rest of the way, including one in the game's closing seconds, but could not knot the score.
Civardi (3 goals, 1 assists), Tinari (2 goals, 1 assist), and Carman (2 goals, 1 assist) all recorded multi-point games for Manhattan.
Senior Ashley Devins made 11 saves in net for the Lady Jaspers.
Manhattan returns to action on Tuesday, March 13, traveling to Washington, D.C. to take on Howard University, with game time slated for 4:00 p.m.
