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Poughkeepsie, NY - Manhattan (3-5; 0-1 MAAC) begins a three-game road trip at Marist (1-8; 0-1 MAAC) on Saturday, March 24 with opening faceoff slated for 1:00 pm at Tenney Stadium.
TURF TALK WITH ANDREW GRESHAM
Senior
Andrew Gresham caught up with the Jasper Sports Network (JSN) to discuss his experience as a member of the Men's Lacrosse Team and the reason he chose Manhattan College.
LAST WEEK
The Jaspers dropped a difficult 12-8 decision to Monmouth in the MAAC opener for each team.
TOPS IN THE LEAGUE
Junior
Joseph Bressingham was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week and scooping up a career-high 11 ground balls while going 17-for-24 on faceoffs against the Hawks.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
Manhattan has claimed three of the seven MAAC Defensive Player of the Week citations with senior goalkeeper
Michael Zingaro twice earning top honors on defense.
PARKER FEELING IT
Junior
Parker Giarratana matched his career-high with five goals at Monmouth while hitting the standard for the fourth time in his career. Giarratana is now sixth in school history with 77 career goals and 111 points to go along with 23 multi-goal games.
UP NEXT
With four more scores, Giarratana will match
James Synowiez (81) for fifth place in the Jasper career annals. On the year, the Sunshine state native paces the squad with 17 goals, 11 assists and 28 points while ranking third in the MAAC with 2.13 goals per game.
GRINNELL GETTING IT DONE
Sophomore Brendan Grinnell registered his sixth career multi-goal game with two scores against Monmouth.
CRYSTAL CLEAR
Since clearing the ball just 13-of-18 times in a win at Lafayette, Manhattan is 59-of-64 on clear attempts over the last four games, highlighted by going a perfect 13-for-13 against Monmouth.
EXTRA-MAN, NOT SO FRUITFUL
The Jaspers own a MAAC-best .714 percent on killing off penalties.
THIS IS MY NET
Senior
Michael Zingaro has posted a MAAC-leading .556 save percentage this season.
SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST
Manhattan has outscored the opposition 20-12 in the final stanza this year.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
73.5 percent of the Jaspers' goals (50-of-68) and 65.7 percent of its assists (23-of-35) have been recorded by underclassmen.
SERIES HISTORY WITH MARIST
Marist owns a slight 12-11 advantage over Manhattan in the all-time series and took last year's match-up by a 16-6 count.
WITH A WIN ...
The Jaspers would win their third-straight game at Marist while snapping a nine-game losing streak to MAAC opposition.
GOOD TIMES
Manhattan's last MAAC win came at Marist by an 11-10 count in overtime on April 16, 2016 in a game that also doubled as Head Coach
Drew Kelleher's first career MAAC victory.
EVEN BETTER MEMORIES
Kelleher scored the game-winning goal for Vermont in its season-opening 8-7 win at Marist as time expired on February 28, 2009.
AGAINST THE RED FOXES
Giarratana has four career goals and one assist, all-time, against the Red Foxes.
SCOUTING MARIST
The Red Foxes are led by the high-powered trio of senior Gannon Morrison (15 goals, 13 assists), sophomore Joe Tierney (6 goals, 9 assists) and freshman Jason Intermesoli (9 goals, 3 assists).
TWICE IS NICE
For the second time this season, Manhattan took home a pair of MAAC weekly awards as sophomore
Luke Hanson was named the circuit's Offensive Player of the Week and senior
Michael Zingaro was tabbed as the league's Defensive Player of the Week.
FIRST TIME, LONG TIME
Hanson became the first Jasper to win MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors since
Ryan Payton did so on March 25, 2014. The Long Island native paced Manhattan with three goals, two assists, and a ground ball against No. 8 Virginia and UMass Lowell. He notched a goal, an assist, and a ground ball against the Cavaliers before following that up with two goals and an assist against UMass Lowell.
ZINGARO BEING ZINGARO
For the second time this year and the third in his career, Zingaro was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week. He recorded 15.0 saves, 6.0 ground balls per game, and posted a .612 save percentage over games against No. 8 Virginia and UMass Lowell. The senior yielded just eight goals to the Cavaliers as they failed to score in double-figures for the first time this year. He finished the game with 18 saves and five ground balls before notching 12 saves and added seven ground balls in a narrow two-goal loss to the River Hawks.
ZINGARO, MACKINNEY EARN MAAC WEEKLY ACCOLADES
Zingaro earned his second career MAAC Defensive Player of the Week accolade after leading Manhattan to a pair of wins over Bellarmine and Lafayette while freshman
Sean MacKinney earned Rookie of the Week honors.
* Zingaro dominated behind the pipes to the a tune of a .609 save percentage while averaging 14.0 saves per game. He notched 16 stops in the win over Bellarmine and 12 in the victory over Lafayette. Over the two games, he also did not yield a fourth-quarter score.
* MacKinney tallied seven goals in leading the Jaspers to wins at Lafayette and against Bellarmine. The attack found the back of the net four times in the victory over the Knights, and totaled three ground balls after beginning the week with three scores against the Leopards.
HANSON FEATURED IN THE QUAD
Sophomore
Luke Hanson's was interviewed about balancing academics and athletics and why he chose Manhattan College. Take a look by clicking
HERE.
COLLARD IN THE JOURNAL
Freshman
Austin Collard was recently featured in the New England Lacrosse Journal and named the publication's Freshman of the Week after scoring a goal at Wagner ... Read the full article by clicking
HERE.
UP NEXT
Manhattan will play at NJIT on Saturday, March 31 at 4:00 pm.
