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RIVERDALE, N.Y.- On a day in which Manhattan College honored five of
its senior players, the Jaspers (0-14-0, 0-8-0) battled but fell to Iona
College 3-0 Sunday at Gaelic Park.
Playing their
final home contest of the 2010 season, Manhattan hosted their annual “Senior
Day,” celebrating the careers of fourth-year members Joseph Lorenz, Matt Gormley, Jake Ostrov, Sean Russell and Joshua Renner with a pregame ceremony and a splendid team effort but it was the Gaels
(6-8-1, 4-3-0) who would finish with the positive result by the games' end.
Two days after
the Jaspers erased a seven-game scoring drought, first-year coach Ashley
Hammond was hopeful the goal would provide a kick start to the team's offensive
slump, however it would be Iona who came out firing on Jaspers' goaltender
Joseph Lorenz.
A grueling 90 minutes
of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference soccer, Manhattan pushed the Gaels for
the entirety of the contest but were unable to match their opposition in the
attacking zone as they were outshot 26-10 overall, including a 10-2 margin in
shots on goal.
"Iona was one of the better teams we've played this season, Hammond said. "I was impressed with our ability to stay organized and fit against a tough opposition. In goal, Joseph Lorenz was without a doubt our man of the match today."
Dodging several
bullets in the defensive zone early thanks to stellar goaltending from Lorenz,
the Jaspers finally paid for their backline mistakes in the 33rd
minute. Off a quick pass inside the box from Iona senior Julian Grajales,
freshman Frankli Castellanos cut inside and fired a shot to the upper right
side of the post for a 1-0 lead. It was his second goal of the season.
Trailing by the
same score at intermission, Manhattan slowed the game down in the second half
and had opportunities to tie the contest but it was not to be on this final day
of soccer in Riverdale. No longer content with a slim advantage, Iona would
seal the game with two goals in a ten-minute span to start the final 45 minutes.
In the 54th
minute, Gaels' first-year member Orlando Castanedo took a pass from Castellanos
and struck a ball from 12-yards out into the left corner of the net for a 2-0
advantage, and his second score on the campaign.
Seven minutes
later, in the 61st minute, Iona would finish a strong effort with
another lead-padding score. On a penalty kick, senior Mario Rios sent a bending
ball to the right post and in for the final 3-0 score and his second tally of
the year.
Between the
pipes, Gaels sophomore Jesse Fullerton made two saves for his fourth shutout of
2010 while Lorenz made seven saves in his final collegiate game.
Offensively, the
Jaspers had nine players record at least one shot with Ostrov and freshman Carlo
Giachino, each compiling two.
"We really wanted a win for the seniors but looking at the game overall, the boys did some nice things on the field and we will be ready to play on Tuesday night."
Manhattan
College will return to the field on Nov. 2, when they travel to West Point, N.Y.
for a 7 p.m. showdown with Army.
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