Wednesday's battle takes place at 4:00 pm. Fans unable to attend the game can watch it live on the Jasper Sports Network beginning at 3:55 pm. Manhattan Athletics will also provide live statistics during the game to follow along.
Saturday will be Senior Day at Gaelic Park. The pregame ceremony will begin at approximately 4:35 pm, with the opening draw at 5:00 pm. The Jasper Sports Network will air that game with live statistics supplementing the coverage.
SENIOR DAY CEREMONY
- Manhattan will honor eight seniors on Senior Day: Jordyn DiCostanzo, Caitlin Murphy, Molly Fitzpatrick, Jillian Calandra, Nicole Quivelli, Talia Price, Nikki Prestiano and Emma Kaishian.
- The Senior Day ceremony will feature the families of the senior class walking with them on the field, with the athletic administration honoring the student-athletes.
- With the ceremony beginning at 4:35 pm, family members walking out with the student-athletes are encouraged to arrive with enough time to the field. The public address will make an announcement 10 minutes prior to the start to ask the families to make their way to the designated holding spot for the start of the ceremony.
LAST TIME OUT
- Manhattan dropped a 14-6 decision at Fairfield on Wednesday, April 3.
- The Jaspers took their bye this past weekend. Each MAAC team has a bye week throughout conference play.
MAAC STANDINGS
- With approximately two weeks remaining in MAAC play, the Kelly Green and White is tied for third in the conference at 3-1.
- Monmouth also boasts a 3-1 MAAC record. The two teams will meet in West Long Branch, NJ on Wednesday, April 17.
- Manhattan's four remaining opponents hold a combined record of 6-11 against conference foes.
- Entering the week, Fairfield is first with a perfect 4-0 record, while Siena is a half-game behind the Stags at 4-1.
- The Jaspers own the tiebreaker over the Saints, who will take their bye on the final day of MAAC competition on Saturday, April 20.
- Marist and Quinnipiac hold the fifth and sixth spots in the standings, respectively, with 2-3 records. Both teams still need to take their byes.
RETURN TO RIVERDALE
- Wednesday's affair will be the first time the Jaspers play at Gaelic Park since March 27, a 12-10 victory over Marist.
- Manhattan features a 5-2 mark this season in Riverdale, the most home wins since 2009, when the J's won eight of 11 home contests.
- It is also the second-most victories at home in program history only to those 2009 results.
- With wins on Wednesday and Saturday, Manhattan's home record would be the highest win percentage in its 23 seasons of varsity status.
NATIONAL STATS (AS OF APRIL 7)
- Manhattan's 8.25 goals-allowed per game ranks ninth in Division I women's lacrosse.
- With a team save percentage at exactly 50 percent, Manhattan is the 13th-best team in the nation in that category.
- The team's 21.5 ground balls per game are 16th in the country.
- Overall, the Jaspers rank in the top 55 in seven different categories, including the three statistics above as well as fouls per game, turnovers per game, scoring margin and win percentage.
- Kaishian's 3.67 ground balls per game are fifth and her 1.92 caused turnovers per effort are 24th.
- Prestiano continues to rank among the best, sporting an 8.32 goals-against average (eighth) and .495 save percentage (20th).
- Fitzpatrick is 22nd with 3.08 ground balls per game and 33rd with a .571 free position percentage.
NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
- Among all active Division I players, Kaishian is eighth with 2.72 ground balls per game in her career, while her 163 total scoops are tied for 10th-most.
- Meanwhile, Prestiano's 495 career saves are the 14th-most for an active Division I goalkeeper.
IN MAAC PLAY…
- Manhattan ranks in the top-half of teams in ground balls per game, turnovers per game and caused turnovers per game.
- The J's have also coughed up the second-fewest goals during the conference slate.
- Freshman Cassidy Burns is fifth with seven assists against the MAAC.
- Murphy holds a top 10 spot with six shots per contest.
MILESTONE WATCH
- After making 11 saves at Fairfield, Prestiano needs just five to become the fourth Jasper in program history to reach 500 career saves.
- Burns is still one assist away from tying the single-season assist record that Rory Maguire '02 accomplished back in 1999.
- Fitzpatrick also needs one more goal to tie Alicia Psillos '08 for third all-time in a Manhattan uniform.
SCOUTING REPORT: IONA
- The Gaels sit at 0-4 in MAAC play and 1-12 on the year, with the lone win coming against Sacred Heart in overtime on March 13.
- Leah Marshall has a team-high 17 goals on the season, while Christine Gironda features a team-best 14 assists and 21 points.
- Erin O'Donnell is tops with 30 ground balls and 29 draw controls. Shannon McCaffrey sports a .408 save percentage and 14.87 goals-against average.
SERIES HISTORY
- Wednesday marks the 15th meeting all-time between Manhattan and Iona.
- The Gaels lead the rivalry 8-6.
- The two teams first met up in 2005, a 13-7 triumph for the Jaspers.
- Manhattan has won the last two matchups, most recently an 8-7 decision in New Rochelle, NY on April 11, 2018.
- Fitzpatrick has netted the game-winner in those games and has nine career points in three contests vs. the Gaels.
SCOUTING REPORT: QUINNIPIAC
- Entering this week, the Bobcats are 2-3 in the MAAC and 5-8 overall.
- Quinnipiac faces Siena at home on Wednesday before traveling to the Bronx on Saturday.
- The Bobcats' two MAAC wins have come against Canisius and Iona, while the losses came against Marist, Fairfield and Niagara.
- Allison Kuhn and Megan Szawlowski headline a formidable attack duo for Quinnipiac, as Kuhn has recorded 36 goals and 51 points this season, while Szawlowski's line is 28 goals and 16 assists for 44 points.
- Despite splitting time in net, Sami Walters has earned the larger portion of minutes. She has all five Bobcat victories to go along with a .474 save percentage and 11.35 goals-against average.
- Nicole Quivelli's sister, Alyssa, is a sophomore defender on Quinnipiac.
SERIES HISTORY
- In a rivalry that began in 1999, Manhattan and Quinnipiac face off for the 10th time.
- The Jaspers' lone victory in the series came in 2000, a 7-5 advantage in the season opener.
- The Bobcats have won every duel since the two have squared off as MAAC rivals in 2014.
- Last year, despite four goals from Fitzpatrick, Quinnipiac nabbed the 11-6 win in Hamden, CT.
- Fitzpatrick has eight-career tallies against the Bobcats.