The Jaspers are now 1-1 on the year after losing to Georgetown in an eight-inning 8-7 heartbreaker earlier in the day.
Game 1: vs. Georgetown
- Annie Moore (Northridge, CA / El Camino Real) and Daniela Chiorazzi (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) combined for four RBI against the Hoyas, including a home run for each.
- In her 17th start, pitcher Kayla McDermott (Garnerville, NY / North Rockland) went four innings, facing 19 batters and letting up three runs.
- Moore, in her first collegiate at bat, singled to center field for the Jaspers' first run of the game, getting Manhattan going with a 1-0 start in the first.
- Fellow freshman Jessie Rising (Little Egg Harbor, NJ / Pinelands) also secured an RBI in her first at bat, giving the Jaspers a 2-0 advantage in the second.
- Moore's homer in the third put Manhattan at 3-2 on the Hoyas, followed by a single from Adriana Gambino (Stamford, CT / Westhill) that gave the Jaspers a two-run advantage. Chiorazzi's homer an inning later put Manhattan up 6-2.
- After two walks by McDermott to open the fifth inning, Stephanie Kristo (San Jose, CA / Archbishop Mitty) came to the mound in relief, but snagged the third walk of the inning to load the bases. A passed ball would give the Hoyas their first of a five-run scoring windfall, putting Georgetown up 7-6 going into the bottom of the sixth.
- Senior Lauren Pitney (Ansonia, CT / St. Joseph's) homered in the sixth to tie the game. The home run was Pitney's 20th of her career, leaving her alone in fifth on the Jaspers' all-time list.
- After both teams went scoreless in the seventh, Georgetown opened the eighth with a runner placed at second. Kelly Amen advanced to third on a ground out to the pitcher, ultimately scoring from the base on a SAC fly to right field by the next batter. The Jaspers were unable to respond on the bottom of the inning.
- Rising, who entered for Kristo in the sixth, faced 11 batters in 2.2 innings, letting up two runs and striking out one. She was tagged with the loss.
- Though the Jaspers continued the fire power at the plate in the second game, Manhattan had to overcome an early 2-0 lead by the Titans to secure the win.
- A bunt by junior transfer Morgan Sgarlata (Oneida, NY / Herkimer County CC) put the Jaspers on the board in the second. It was all Manhattan following that.
- Pitney finished the game with four RBI, followed by two each from Gambino and Christine Gebhardt (Middletown, NJ / Middletown North). Pitney also walked three times in the game, compiling a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage.
- Rising, in her first collegiate start, pitched all six innings for Manhattan, letting up just five hits and striking out two in 23 batters faced. She's now 1-1 on the year from the pitcher's circle.
- After game two, Gambino had a team-leading five hits for the young season, earning a batting average of .650 for the first two games.
The Jaspers continue their Madeira Beach journey Saturday, facing North Florida at 1:30 p.m. and Colgate at 4:00 p.m.