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Riverdale, NY – Juniors
Talia Price (Kinnelon, NJ / Kinnelon) and
Molly Fitzpatrick (Yorktown, NY / Lakeland) each collected three points, but Monmouth took care of Manhattan 18-7 on Wednesday evening at Gaelic Park.
Thanks to the win, the Hawks clinch a spot in the 2018 MAAC Tournament with a 4-2 conference record and is 6-9 overall. The Jaspers fall to 5-10 on the season and 2-5 against MAAC foes.
Monmouth opened the scoring with three-straight goals before Price found the back of the net off a nifty pass from freshman
Carmella Liscio (Blauvelt, NY / Tappan Zee) with 24:19 to play in the opening stanza.
The Hawks would quickly respond with a pair of scores before Price found co-captain
Kara Hodapp (Oak Ridge, NJ / Jefferson Township) for the first of back-to-back scores for the senior, trimming the deficit to 5-3 with just over 20 minutes remaining in the first half.
Monmouth would answer with six-straight goals in opening up an 11-3 advantage with 3:26 until halftime.
Alaina Burgess (Holden, MA / The Governor's Academy) and Fitzpatrick would quell the visitor's spurt with back-to-back goals to end the half before Fitzpatrick opened the second-half scoring in making it an 11-6 game with just over 24 minutes remaining.
Unfortunately, the Hawks would close out the game with a 7-1 spurt in providing the final 18-7 score.
Fitzpatrick had two goals and an assist while Hodapp found the back of the net twice. Price registered a goal and two assists to pace Manhattan.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Fitzpatrick now moves into a tie for fourth place all-time in career assists with 41. She shares the rank with Rory Maguire '02.
- Hodapp extended her scoring streak to 16 straight games dating back to last season.
- Reigning MAAC Defensive Player of the Week Nikki Prestiano (Yorktown Heights, NY / Yorktown) made all seven of her saves between the pipes after halftime.
- Junior Emma Kaishian (Yorktown, NY / Yorktown) added eight draw controls with three caused turnovers and a ground ball to pace the defense. She becomes the first Jasper since 2010 to cause 20 turnovers in a season.
- With Burgess reaching the 10-goal plateau, the Jaspers have had a freshman record double figures in goals for eight straight years.
- Freshman Grace Owens (Tampa, FL / H.B. Plant) notched her fifth goal of the season with 9:58 to go in the second half.
UP NEXT
Manhattan is off for the weekend and looks to clinch the final spot in the postseason on Wednesday, April 25, when it welcomes playoff-bound Fairfield to the Bronx. The opening draw will take place at 6:00 pm.
