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Riverdale, NY - Sophomore
Arianna Montefusco (Levittown, NY / General Douglas MacArthur) scored both Manhattan goals in leading the Jaspers to their first-ever win at Fairfield.
Manhattan also clinched a top-five spot and a bye for the upcoming MAAC Tournament to be contested at Disney.
The Jaspers improve to 8-6-1 and 6-2 in the MAAC while the Stags fall to 6-8 and 4-4 in the league.
After being denied on her first three shot attempts, Montefusco finally broke through in the 30th minute when she corralled an errant pass and calmly blasted it in to open the scoring.
Over the next 39-plus minutes, Manhattan could only manage two more shot attempts before Montefusco again found the back of the net. Junior
Annie Doerr (Pittsford, NY / Our Lady of Mercy) crossed the ball into the box and Montefusco did the rest in staking the Jaspers to an insurmountable 2-0 lead in the 70th minute.
From that point on the defense took over as Fairfield was able to only muster three more shots, including just one on goal.
Junior
Kelly DiGregorio (Centerreach, NY / St. Anthony's) secured her sixth win of the year with three saves.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Jaspers' most recent win in the state of Connecticut came two years ago on October 14, 2015 at Quinnipiac.
- Prior to this year, Fairfield had been 12-0-1 against Manhattan when playing in Connecticut.
- The Jaspers have scored three goals against the Stags over the last two years after recording two in the previous 11 years.
- Montefusco is now tied with Modena for the team lead with seven goals and along with Michelle Iacono of Rider and Al Pelletier of Quinnipiac rank third in the MAAC.
- The duo is the second-highest scoring tandem in the MAAC.
- Montefusco's goal in the first half was the 20th for the Jaspers in MAAC play this year, marking the first time in program history that Manhattan has hit the 20-goal mark.
- Montefusco has recorded a point in each of the last six matches, registering five goals and three assists during that time.
- Since dropping their first MAAC match, the Jaspers have outscored the opposition by a 21-6 count in winning six-of-seven.
- Manhattan has won 17-straight matches when scoring first dating back to the 2015 season and is 25-0-1 when finding the back of the net first since dropping a 2-1 decision to Monmouth on October 8, 2014.
- DiGregorio registered her third shutout of the year with the Jaspers notching their fifth.
UP NEXT
- The Jaspers will play at Quinnipiac on Wednesday, October 18 with first kick tabbed for 3:00 pm.
