Women’s lacrosse earned their first win of the season playing against FDU.
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Women’s Lacrosse
After their back-to-back losses this season, women’s lacrosse has switched gears and secured a win against Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The defense took the spotlight in the matchup, helping the Jaspers earn the final score of 5-2.
“Extremely proud of the team’s win today,” Head Coach Jenna Dingler said in a post-game interview with GoJaspers. “Our defensive performance carried us throughout the game. Big stops were made in key moments.”
Junior goalkeeper Danielle Serbinski had a notable game also, with seven saves and a save percentage of .778, a 2025 season high for the athlete.
Baseball
The Jaspers captured their first win of the season against the Alcorn State University Braves this past week on Feb. 18 – the first career victory for interim Head Coach Steve Rosen.
Following three losses against Mississippi State University over the previous weekend, the Jaspers pulled it together for this game and found it in them to score eight runs to counter the Braves’ two.
The game started off strong with junior infielder Ryan Lordier scoring at the top of the first inning, but slowed down with no points earned until the fourth inning, where both juniors Trevor Hansen and Hunter Sute scored. There was another drought for points until the seventh and ninth innings, where the Jaspers accumulated five more points to total up to eight.
Later in the week, the Jaspers began their three game series against the Charleston Southern University Buccaneers, which lasted from Feb. 21-23. As of Feb. 21, the Jaspers have lost their first match with a score of 15-2 to the Buccaneers.
Track and Field
The Manhattan University track and field team traveled to Connecticut last week for the Giegengack Invitational, hosted by Yale University.
Sprinters Darion Lopez and Tranira Booker both impressed at this meet. Lopez, a senior spriter, broke the school record for the 60m dash with a personal best of 6.84 seconds. The previous record was set by Kaya Simpson in 2023, at 6.85 seconds. Lopez’s time was good enough for fourth place in the 60m finals.
Booker, a freshman sprinter, also set a personal best in the 60m dash with a time of 7.79 seconds. This time was not only able to bring Booker to an eighth place finish in the 60m preliminaries, but also enough to award her with the title of MAAC women’s track athlete of the week.
Jaxon Newton, junior distance runner, secured a fourth place in the men’s 3000m run with a personal best of 8:27.54.
With recent personal bests and accomplishments, the team makes final preparations before heading to the MAAC championships taking place from Feb. 22-23 at The Armory.
Women’s Basketball
The Lady Jaspers broke a three game losing streak with a close win against the Iona Gaels.
The ending score of 68-65 saw a large portion of points come from senior forward Petra Juric. Juric scored a season high of 20 points, one being the tie breaker that secured MU’s victory in the last 20 seconds. Juric was also the game leader in free throws and rebounds. In an interview with GoJaspers, Head Coach Heather Vulin spoke highly of Juric’s gameplay.
“Obviously, she scored the ball and made some big plays offensively,” Vulin said. “But, defensively we had a few really key stops for us that kept us in it and kept the momentum on our side.”
Men’s Basketball
The Jaspers suffered an unfortunate loss against the Iona Gaels at their away game this past Friday. This loss has broken their three-win streak, the longest win streak the team has had this season.
The Gaels dominated the first half of the match, leaving the Jaspers in a 16-point deficit going into halftime.
After ending the first half with a score of 35-19, the players came out of the locker room hot for the second half and secured 11 points in the first five minutes compared to Iona’s two.
Though the Jaspers made a strong effort to combat the Gaels throughout the second half of the game, they weren’t able to catch up and trailed behind in points. The game ended with a score of 65-60.
“They (Iona) controlled the tempo in the first 20 minutes,” Head Coach John Gallagher said in a statement to GoJaspers. “They game-planned certain actions. In the second half, we did a good job making adjustments but obviously it wasn’t enough.”
The Jaspers will face off against Quinnipiac University on Sunday, Feb. 23. Quinnipiac is second in MAAC standings, while MU is currently sitting in sixth.