Manhattan Jaspers Softball hopes to build off these wins against St Peters.
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Zeke Jazwinski, Sports Editor
Softball
The Manhattan Jaspers softball team looked to get back on track last Tuesday, traveling to Jaroschak Field for a pivotal doubleheader matchup against the Saint Peter’s Peacocks as they aimed to regain momentum in conference play.
The Jaspers came away with a sweep, winning both games by scores of 6-4 and 14-3 to improve to 8-18 overall and 4-4 in MAAC play. The Jaspers are looking to use this as momentum moving forward.
The Jaspers got on the board early when freshman Samantha Kelly launched her first home run of her college career over the left field fence in her second plate appearance of the day. Saint Peter’s fought back with three RBI singles across the first three innings to take a 4-1 lead.
The Jaspers trimmed the deficit in the fourth when a two-RBI triple from Kendall Penny brought Kelly and Natalye DeBus home.
In the fifth, a throwing error by Saint Peter’s Lauren Czerwinski allowed Kelly and Karissa Spring to score, giving Manhattan their first lead since the first inning at 5-4. Brianna Estevez added a solo home run in the seventh as insurance, and the Jaspers held on to win 6-4.
In the second game of the day the Jaspers came out swinging and were aggressive, opening the game up with a double steal in the first. The Jaspers offense truly broke open in the fifth, with Estevez, DeBus, and Moody all delivering big hits to put the game out of reach. Saint Peter’s managed three runs on bases-loaded walks but it was not enough as Manhattan closed it out in six innings.
Manhattan will continue its 2026 season on Tuesday, March 31 where they will go out of conference to play against the Knights from FDU. The game is at FDU and scheduled for 3:00 in the afternoon.
Baseball
The Manhattan Jaspers extended their hot streak Wednesday, earning an impressive win over Columbia and building momentum for the rest of the season.
They traveled to Robertson Field at Satow Stadium to take on the Columbia Lions. The Jaspers put up a season-high 17 runs in a 17-9 blowout win, their first victory over Columbia since 2018, improving to 9-12 overall and 3-6 in MAAC play.
The Jaspers came out hot with Redshirt Senior Hunter Sute having a bases clearing triple in the first inning to put Manhattan up 5-0 early.
The Jaspers kept their foot on the gas in the second and third, with Sophomore Jeremy Sosa scoring on another Sophomore Colin Basehore ground out and Redshirt Senior Hayden Jung-Goldberg executing a successful safety squeeze to push the lead to six.
Columbia showed a little fight with putting up runs in the second and third but the Jaspers answered every time. A five-run fourth inning gave the Jaspers a lead that the Lions could not come back from. Sute was the best player of the game going 5-for-6 with five RBIs and four runs scored.
The Jaspers continue their season play as they have their second conference road trip to face the Warriors of Merrimack College on Friday.