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Fairfield, CT – The Manhattan Women's Lacrosse team earned its first road win of the season, defeating Sacred Heart 9-7 on Wednesday afternoon.
Junior
Carmella Liscio (Blauvelt, NY / Tappan Zee), senior
Emily Sandford (Floral Park, NY / Sacred Heart) senior
Deb Peifer (Collegeville, PA / Methacton) and sophomore
Grace Lipponer (Lake Grove, NY / Sachem North) each chipped in two goals for Manhattan. Freshman
Jessica Hise (Westminster, MD / Wesminster) made her collegiate debut, starting the second half in net and making five saves to earn the win.
The Pioneers opened the scoring just 50 minutes into the match. Manhattan responded with three straight tallies, including two from Sandford to lead 3-1. Sacred Heart scored the final two goals of the half as the teams went into the locker room tied at three.
The teams traded a pair of goals to make the score 5-5 before Manhattan scored four consecutive goals, capped off by sophomore
Meghan Rodino's (Natick, MA / Natick) free position goal with under ten minutes to play to give Manhattan a comfortable 9-5 lead they would not relinquish.
Manhattan outshot Sacred Heart 27-19, committed less turnovers than the Pioneers (20-15) and won the ground ball battle (30-22).
Inside the Numbers
- Hise became the third Jasper to make her collegiate debut this season.
- Liscio now has 13 points and nine goals in her last three games.
- The seven goals allowed is the fewest amount in a win since April 20, 2019, when Manhattan beat Niagara 7-6 in overtime
- Manhattan has now won the last three meetings against Sacred Heart and leads the all-time series 5-4.
