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Will Fagerberg scored the Jaspers’ lone goal in the twelfth minute. VINCENT DUSOVIC/ COURTESY

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Andrew Mannion, Sports Editor

Women’s Volleyball

After some big wins in the early season, the Manhattan University Women’s Volleyball team had a rough week. The team went 0-3, losing to Canisius, Iona and Marist. Despite what the record says, most of the games were competitive. 

Against Marist, the game went to five sets. Manhattan was able to win the first set by a dominant seven points and start the game up one set to none. With back and forth runs to start the game, MU found the final groove in the set by winning five straight points.

Later on in the game, the Jaspers were down 2-1 and found themselves in a must-win set. They went on to do exactly that, winning by a comfortable five points. However, they would drop the fifth and final set by a score of 15-10

In their game against Iona, they dropped a hard fought five set game. After dropping the first two sets, the Jaspers would respond by sweeping the next two sets by score of 25-19 and 25-18.

In the decisive fifth, the Jaspers took an early lead on a block from Kaczynska and Morreale, but Iona responded with an 11-2 run to pull away and take the victory.

Kaczynska led the Jaspers with 15 kills, 13 digs, and four assisted blocks. Emmons recorded 25 assists and four aces, while VanDyke added 10 kills and three aces.

Men’s Soccer

The Manhattan University men’s soccer team was able to strike a draw against Rider on a road trip down to New Jersey. 

Sophomore midfielder, William Fagerberg, scored for Manhattan just 12 minutes into the game after intercepting a Rider throw-in. For the majority of the match, the Jaspers dominated possession and pace, holding a 1-0 lead well into the second half.

At the 77th minute, Rider was able to strike back with a goal of their own to knot things up. Just moments later, Rider’s Ibrahima Keita was issued a red card for denying a scoring opportunity. This gave Manhattan a man-up advantage heading into the final minutes of the game.

Unfortunately, the Jaspers were not able to get another goal and settled for a tie against the MAAC rival. With their MAAC record now at 0-1-1, the team will look for their first MAAC win against Merrimack.

Women’s Soccer

The MU women’s soccer team fell to Niagara on Wednesday afternoon. With a quick comeback after going down 2-0 in the first 30 minutes, the Jaspers put together a valiant effort.

Down 2-0, Scarlett Smith scored her second goal of the season off a Mayah Wheeler assist late in the first half to cut the deficit to one for the Jaspers. Manhattan maintained their momentum into the second half, and Lauren Ahearn’s goal for the second consecutive game, set up by Amaya Hill, gave them an equalizer in the 75th minute.

However, Niagara responded with a bicycle kick to give them the game winning goal. The Jaspers fell to 2-3 in the MAAC and will take on Siena as their next opponent.