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Niagara Falls, NY - Senior
Daniela Chiorazzi (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) registered a multi-homer game for the second-straight day to lead Manhattan to a doubleheader split at Niagara.
The Jaspers took the opener by an 8-3 count, before dropping the nightcap 5-2.
With the split, the Green & White is now 13-9, while the Purple Eagles are 6-10.
Game One
* Chiorazzi went 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and a stolen base in leading Manhattan to an 8-3 victory.
* In the top of the first, Chiorazzi crushed a three-run home run, before quickly adding a two-run shot in the third inning.
* Senior
Victoria Alonso (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) followed Chiorazzi's second blast with a solo home run of her own in giving the Jaspers a 6-2 advantage.
* Niagara would get a run back in the fourth, only to see the visitors answer with single scores in the fifth and sixth innings thanks to RBI singles from sophomore
Marika Deemer (Perrysburg, OH / Perrysburg) and graduate student
Christine Gebhardt (Middletown, NJ / Middletown North).
* Junior
Annie Moore (Northridge, CA / El Camino Real) and Gebhardt joined Chiorazzi with two hits apiece, to round out the multi-hit performers for a Green & White unit that rapped out 11.
* Graduate student
Nicole Williams (Ansonia, CT / St. Joseph's) improved to 5-1 with the win, striking out four while yielding three runs on six hits and two walks over 5.1 innings.
Game Two
* Niagara posted a 5-2 come-from-behind win over Manhattan in the nightcap.
* The Jaspers opened up the scoring with two first-inning runs as sophomore
Gabriella Mazzotta (Somers, NY / Somers) led off with a single, before scoring on a two-run home run off the bat of Moore.
* Manhattan would threaten in each of the final six innings of action, but was unable to push any more runs across as the Purple Eagles got one run back in the third, before Maggie Kellner provided the difference with what would prove to be the game-deciding grand slam in the fifth.
* Sophomore
Lauren Rende (Ardsley, NY / Ardsley) went 2-for-3 with a double to pace a seven-hit Jasper attack.
* Manhattan will next host Siena on Saturday, April 24 with doubleheader action starting at 12:00 pm.
