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Fairfield, CT - No. 8 Manhattan (12-22) will open play in the 2021 MAAC Championship at No. 1 Fairfield (33-1) at Alumni Diamond on Thursday, May 20 with an 11:00 am doubleheader in a best-of-three quarterfinal series.
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2021 Manhattan Record Against The Field ...
No. 1 Fairfield - 0-4
No. 2 Monmouth - 0-4
No. 3 Rider - 1-3
No. 4 Canisius - 0-4
No. 5 Marist - 1-3
No. 7 Siena - 3-1
Manhattan MAAC Honorees
* All-MAAC First Team Third Baseman senior
Jake Knop
- Hitting .288 with five doubles, six home runs, 22 RBI and a .510 slugging percentage.
* All-MAAC First Team Outfielder junior
Sam Franco
- Hitting .347 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 22 RBI with a .705 slugging percentage.
* All-MAAC Second Team DH senior
Matt Padre
- Hitting .277 with three doubles, 10 RBI and a MAAC-best 31 walks en route to posting a .452 OBP
* All-MAAC Second Team Shortstop senior
Will Trochiano
- Hitting .310 with five doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI and a .506 slugging percentage.
* All-MAAC Second Team Catcher junior
Nick Cimillo
- Hitting .297 with six doubles, six home runs, 19 RBI and a .408 OBP.
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With A Series Win ... the Jaspers will advance to next weekend's MAAC Tournament Championship to be held at the seed of the highest remaining team.
Manhattan MAAC Tournament History:
* Appearances: 14
* Last Appearance: 2019 | Finish: 3rd (2-2) – Defeated Marist, Defeated Canisius, Lost to Quinnipiac, Lost to Fairfield
* All-Time Record: 21-23
* Last Title: 2012
* All-Time Finishes: 1st ('12, '11, '06) | 2nd ('07, '04) | 3rd ('21, '10, '09, '03) | 4th ('16, '08, '05) | 6th ('14, '17)
* Record As Seed: No. 1 (8-3) | No. 2 (3-4) | No. 3 (2-4) | No. 4 (4-6) | No. 5 (2-4) | No. 6 (2-4)
* Manhattan is 1-3, all-time, against Fairfield.
In the 2019 MAAC Championship ...
* Junior
Jonathan Barditch hit a team-best .533 (8-of-15).
* Cimillo checked in with a .412 average (7-of-17), adding a double, home run and six RBI.
MAAC Weekly Honors
* This year, Cimillo (Siena) claimed MAAC Pitcher of the Week honors, while Santos earned MAAC Rookie of the Week accolades.
This Year Against Fairfield ...
* The Jaspers hit .291 against the Stags with Cimillo hitting at a .462 clip (6-of-13) with two doubles, two home runs, five RBI and four walks.
* Graduate Student
Richie Barrella also batted .462 (6-of-13), while Franco (.375, 4XBH), Trochiano (.357, 4 RBI), Padre (.333, 2 RBI) and Knop (.308) all had solid weekends.
In The Rankings
* Franco leads the MAAC and is 21st nationally with 0.35 home runs per game, and is also fourth with a .705 slugging percentage.
* His nine home runs are second in the MAAC, while his 22 RBI are ninth and his .347 average 15th.
* Cimillo and Knop are each tied for seventh with six home runs, while Padre leads the MAAC and is 100th nationally with 31 walks.
* Barrella's .341 average is 17th in the league.
* On the mound, graduate student RHP
Logan Muratalla is sixth with 10.47 strikeouts per nine innings.
Series Wins
* Manhattan earned series victories against Saint Peter's and at Siena thanks to some late-inning magic in both four-game sets.
* The Jaspers scored four runs in their final at-bat to force extra innings of a an eventual game three win at Siena, before plating seven in the top of the sixth innings in the finale to overcome a three-run deficit.
* Trochiano provided the theatrics with a game-tying three-run shot in game three, before Franco crushed a two-run shot and Knop a three-run homer in a series-clinching victory.
* Manhattan clinched this past weekend's series victory against the Peacocks with a walk-off victory in this past Sunday's opener on a Knop sacrifice fly.
Coach Cole Quick Hits
* Head Coach
Mike Cole has won 66 games, including 40 during MAAC play, in his four years at the helm of the Jaspers.
* In 2019, guided the Jaspers to a third-place finish at the MAAC Championship.
* Was an Assistant Coach on Manhattan's 2006 MAAC Championship team that defeated No. 6 Nebraska and San Francisco in finishing second at the Lincoln Regional.
