Month: April 2015

Softball, Sports

Jaspers Win a Pair of 5-0 Games to Sweep Doubleheader Against Monmouth

Playing in the final two games of a 10-game home stand, the Manhattan Jaspers softball team concluded the stretch with two 5-0 wins against the Monmouth Hawks. Amy Bright and Briana Matazinsky did what they have been doing all season long: keeping the Jaspers in the game with solid pitching. Only today, they were more than solid. They were dominant. Both stifled Monmouth’s hitters in … Continue reading Jaspers Win a Pair of 5-0 Games to Sweep Doubleheader Against Monmouth

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Men's Basketball, Sports

Ashton Pankey is Going Pro

Do not let his junior status fool you; Ashton Pankey has been in college for five years. Under NCAA guidelines, a student-athlete is given a five-year window to play four seasons. However, due to a medical redshirt in 2010-2011 and the 2012-2013 season he had to sit out when he transferred to Manhattan College, Pankey has only played three seasons. He has exhausted his five-year … Continue reading Ashton Pankey is Going Pro

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Softball, Sports

Jaspers’ Nine-Game Home Winning Streak Broken in Non-Conference Doubleheader Split Against Columbia

The Manhattan Jaspers had not lost a softball game at home in nearly a month, and that streak was almost extended today. But the Columbia Lions had different plans. After falling to the Jaspers 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader, the Lions rebounded and defeated the Jaspers 3-1 in the second game to put an end to Manhattan’s nine-game home winning streak. “We … Continue reading Jaspers’ Nine-Game Home Winning Streak Broken in Non-Conference Doubleheader Split Against Columbia

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Softball, Sports

Jaspers Sweep Doubleheader Against Peacocks

Less than two hours stood in between the Manhattan Jaspers softball team’s highest scoring output of the season and a pitcher’s duel against the Saint Peter’s Peacocks. Both games of the doubleheader were polar opposites. They differed, but the results did not. Manhattan won both: The first, thanks to a season-high 18 runs, and the second, a low-scoring affair, which the Jaspers won 2-1. For … Continue reading Jaspers Sweep Doubleheader Against Peacocks

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Men's Basketball, Sports

Freshmen Reflect on Their Season

For nearly 32 games during the season, a halftime box score for Manhattan had Emmy Andujar, Ashton Pankey or Shane Richards at the helm. But on the 33rd game of the season, a First Four encounter against Hampton, the halftime box score was different. Two freshmen, Calvin Crawford and Zane Waterman, had their best performances for the most important game of the season and led … Continue reading Freshmen Reflect on Their Season

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