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Madison, NJ - Fueled by an 11-goal outburst after halftime, Manhattan posted a dominating 14-6 win over NJIT in non-conference action at Ranger Stadium on the campus of Drew University.
The Jaspers improve to 4-6 while the Highlanders fall to 0-12.
Sophomore
Luke Hanson (Middletown, NY / Minisink Valley) had his top offensive game to date with a career-high four goals with three assists to lead an Manhattan attack that scored a season-high 14 goals.
Trailing 4-3 at the break, Hanson set the tone after halftime with the first Jasper score of the third quarter before assisting on freshman
Justin Malpica's (Glen Head, NY / Long Island Lutheran) go-ahead goal. Sophomore
Reid Martin (Buffalo, NY / Canisius) and classmate
CJ Scharf (West Islip, NY / West Islip) followed suit with goals of their own in giving Manhattan a 7-4 lead with 6:38 to play in the quarter.
NJIT briefly answered with a Cole Robillard goal only to see Hanson find
Brandon Grinnell (So., Wakefield, MA / Wakefield Memorial) for the equalizer just over a minute later before opening the fourth quarter with back-to-back goals in giving the Jaspers an insurmountable 10-5 lead with 11:45 to play.
For good measure Hanson would assist on the ensuing Manhattan goal, a Malpica strike, before capping the Jaspers' scoring with his fourth goal at the 3:10 mark.
Grinnell and Scharf each found the back of the net three times while Malpica scored twice and junior Parker Giarratanta (Delray, FL / Boca Raton Community) added a goal and three assists to round out the top performers on offense for the Jaspers.
Senior
Michael Zingaro (Cortlandt Manor, NY / Walter Panas) made 14 saves while yielding just six goals in earning the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Manhattan improves to 4-0, all-time, against NJIT with the Jaspers outscoring the Highlanders by a 44-20 count during that time.
- Manhattan concludes non-conference play with a 4-4 record as the four victories are the most by the Jaspers during non-conference play since recording four in 2009.
- Giarratana now has nine goals and four assists over three career games against NJIT.
- Zingaro's 14 stops mark the 35th time in his career that the senior has notched double-figures in saves.
- Manhattan was 22-for-23 in clear attempts while outscoring NJIT 6-1 in the fourth quarter.
- On the year, the Jaspers have doubled up the opposition in the final stanza (26-13).
- The 14 goals are the most scored by Manhattan since a 14-13 double overtime win at Hartford last season.
- Hanson, Grinnell and Scharf each notched hat tricks as the Jaspers had three players record at least three goals for the first time since last year's 14-13 triple overtime victory over Wagner.
UP NEXT
- Manhattan will travel to Quinnipiac on Saturday, April 7 with opening faceoff tabbed for 3:00 pm.
