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Madison, NJ - The Jaspers (3-6) will conclude non-conference play at NJIT (0-11) at Ranger Stadium on the campus of Drew University on Saturday, March 31 at 4:00 pm.
WITH A WIN ...
Manhattan would conclude non-conference play with its most wins (4) since the 2009 squad won four.
LAST WEEK
The Jaspers dropped a 12-4 decision at Marist despite three assists from sophomore
Luke Hanson.
IF YOU AIN'T FIRST, YOU'RE LAST
Juniors
Cole Johnson and
William Ratchford recorded their first goals of the year last weekend at Marist.
BROTHERLY LOVE
Freshman
Nick Galioto manned the faceoff circle against his brother Matt Galioto in the fourth quarter against the Red Foxes with Nick earning the win.
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 sixth in school history with 77 career goals and 112 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, 12 assists and 29 points while ranking seventh in the MAAC with 1.89 goals per game.
CLEARING THE AIR
Since clearing the ball just 13-of-18 times in a win at Lafayette, Manhattan is 73-of-79 on clear attempts over the last five games, highlighted by going a perfect 13-for-13 against Monmouth.
EXTRA-MAN, NOT SO FRUITFUL
The Jaspers own a MAAC-best .769 percent on killing off penalties, ranking 11th nationally.
THIS IS MY NET
Senior
Michael Zingaro is second in the MAAC with a .556 save percentage this season.
DOUBLE FIGURE ZINGARO
Zingaro registered his 34th career double-digit save performance with 11 stops at Marist.
SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST
Manhattan has outscored the opposition 20-12 in the final stanza this year.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
72.2 percent of the Jaspers' goals (52-of-72) and 66.7 percent of its assists (26-of-39) have been recorded by underclassmen.
SERIES HISTORY WITH NJIT
Manhattan owns a 3-0 record, all-time, against NJIT while outscoring the Highlanders by a 30-14 count during that time.
AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS
Giarratana has eight career goals and an assist against NJIT while Johnson has scored four times. Zingaro is also 3-0 against the Highlanders and is averaging 13.0 saves per game while yielding an average of just 4.7 goals per game.
SCOUTING NJIT
The Highlanders are led by Aaron Forster (26 goals, 8 assists) and Cole Robillard (13 goals, 3 assists).
BRESSINGHAM NAMED MAAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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.
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 first 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.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
Manhattan has claimed three of the eight MAAC Defensive Player of the Week citations with Zingaro twice earning top honors on defense.
HANSON FEATURED IN THE QUAD
Hanson 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 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 Quinnipiac on Saturday, April 7 at 3:00 pm.
