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Women’s Basketball

Will the Real Lady Jaspers Stand up?

February 20, 2020

by Pete Janny, Sports Editor & Managing Editor Manhattan 77, Quinnipiac 62 Rider 55, Manhattan 50 This is the sprint to the finish. The MAAC tournament is three weeks away and fifth-place Manhattan is looking to lock down a top-five seed to get [...]

Rookie Emily LaPointe Discusses Her Success and Hopes for Her Team

February 8, 2020

by Katie Heneghan, Web Editor Emily LaPointe has demonstrated excellent talent in her rookie season for the women’s basketball team, being honored by the MAAC as Rookie of the Week five times. LaPointe, a Staten Island native, attributes much [...]

Women’s Basketball Engineers Fourth-Quarter Comeback to Stun Saint Peter’s Ms: Manhattan 68, st. peter’s 64

February 4, 2020

By Pete Janny, Sports & Managing Editor The MAAC season is not supposed to be smooth sailing for every team; just ask the Manhattan College women’s basketball team. Entering Saturday’s battle with the Saint Peter’s Peacocks (5-14, 2-8 [...]

Women’s Basketball Bounces Back With Beatdown of Iona

January 29, 2020

WB: Manhattan 54, Iona 32 by Pete Janny, Sports Editor The Manhattan College women’s basketball team (8-10, 5-4 MAAC) has shown a lot of great things this season on the court. The team started off 3-0 in MAAC play and were playing their best [...]

Women’s Basketball Comes up Short in Loss to Marist

January 22, 2020

by Pete Janny, Sports Editor WB: Marist 71, Manhattan 66 The Manhattan women’s basketball team (7-9, 4-3 MAAC) hoped to follow up their 30-point drubbing of Siena on the road last Thursday with another win when the Marist Red Foxes (12-3, 5-1 [...]

LaPointe’s Career-High 25 Points Leads Manhattan Past Canisius

January 4, 2020

by PETE JANNY, Sports & Managing Editor The new year has brought new opportunity for a Manhattan College women’s basketball program (4-7, 1-1 MAAC) that is hoping to make some noise this coming March at the MAAC tournament in Atlantic City. [...]

Manhattan Offense Explodes Against Army in Lopsided Win

December 14, 2019

by PETE JANNY, Sports & Managing Editor The Manhattan College women’s basketball team (3-5) entered Friday night’s meeting with Army (3-7) looking to bounce back after a disappointing performance last week in a 51-45 loss to Fordham. [...]

Women’s Basketball Comes up Short in Battle of the Bronx

December 7, 2019

by PETE JANNY, Sports & Managing Editor The Manhattan College women’s basketball team (3-5) squared off with the Fordham Rams (4-5) on Tuesday night, looking to avenge last year’s loss at Rose Hill. Playing host for this game, Manhattan [...]

Lady Jaspers Open up With a 100-Point Win in Exhibition Game

November 6, 2019

by Caroline McCarthy & Kelly Kennedy, Staff Writers The Manhattan College women’s basketball team dominated Bloomfield College in an exhibition game last Friday night. After winning the tip-off, senior Pamela Miceus found classmate Gabby [...]

The Powerful History of the First Lady Jaspers

October 30, 2019

by NICOLE FITZSIMMONS & CAROLINE MCCARTHY, Staff Writers One hundred and twenty years after the establishment of Manhattan College in 1853, the first women were accepted as undergraduate students. This first step in equality was followed by an [...]