NEW YORK – Manhattan battled Columbia and Lafayette in the last two games of the Big Apple Tournament. The first match against Columbia was a loss for Manhattan with the final score being 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-18). The second match of the day against Lafayette was also a loss for Manhattan with a final score of 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-13).
In the first match against Columbia, Columbia maintained early leads in two out of the three sets. In the third set, Manhattan took the early lead and maintained that until Columbia scored an ace on Manhattan to take the lead, 9-8. Later on in the set, Manhattan ended the eight-point run by Columbia on a kill by
Kelly Markowski to stop the run at 14-10. Unfortunately, Manhattan wouldn't come within four points again in this set.
The leader in kills against Columbia was
Julia Menocal with eight (.261) and second was
Camila Gomez with four. The leader in assists was the freshman, who led the team in digs against St. Francis Brooklyn,
Sarah Emmons with 11. Gomez and
Bella Nascimento had seven digs to lead the defensive efforts.
The second match saw Manhattan fall to Lafayette. In the second set, Manhattan prevented Lafayette from taking the early lead by firing back after each time they scored. For the duration of the entire set, neither team had more than three. There were seven lead changes in the third set, with the score being tied 12 times. The set took a turn when Lafayette scored off a kill and went on a four-point run for the win.
The leaders for the Jaspers were Menocal with nine kills (.280) and Gomez with 10 digs. Emmons had 20 assists and added five digs.
Manhattan continues its long tip on the road against LIU on Wednesday, Sept 14th at 7 p.m.
