This is a new bi-weekly Q&A series, where we talk with athletes and coaches from all the sports on campus. Amani Tatum’s 11 steals against Saint Peter’s on Jan. 21, fell one shy of the MAAC single-game record. A product of Archbishop Molloy, who went to James Madison University before deciding to transfer to Manhattan College for the 2014-15 season, Amani Tatum made the move … Continue reading Jaspers Talk: Amani Tatum
Following the loss last Friday to the Iona Gaels, Steve Masiello addressed the media in the post-game press conference, as he does after every win or loss, only this time, something didn’t seem right. An upbeat Masiello joked around with the media, and answered questions with a confidence and with a poise that a typical head coach on the losing side of a game … Continue reading Loss to Iona Provides Room to Grow for the Jaspers
This is a column that takes a look at all of the MAAC men’s soccer teams throughout the course of the season and off-season. In a year when we could safely assume who the MAAC regular season title champions were going to be — Monmouth University(1) — by the end of September, which is about a quarter of the way through. The conference was still … Continue reading Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: Dreams Of Winning While At Disney
ALBANY, N.Y.—It’s no secret at Manhattan College—especially if you live in Lee Hall—just how loud The Sixth Borough can be inside Draddy Gymnasium. Draddy has always been just small enough that the home crowd can make a visiting team feel overwhelmed, often giving the Jaspers a powerful home court advantage. However, on March 9 as the Jaspers battled The Iona Gaels in the MAAC conference … Continue reading The Traveling Sixth Borough
The Manhattan Jaspers found themselves looking up at every other school in the MAAC after failing to win 12 straight games from early September to late October. Next thing they knew, they were on the team bus taking a 14-hour round trip to take on the Niagara Purple Eagles in cold, freezing temperatures with a rain and snow mix falling. To this point in the … Continue reading Back of the Net: Season Meanings
It was Alex Shackley’s senior year at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas when Justin Mayorga, a former high school teammate, lost his sister Jessica at the age of 22 – no cause of death was ever found. “I look back at that day and I remember every single second of it,” Alex says, who played center mid-field for the Palo Verde soccer team. … Continue reading Average Height, Big Heart
When the Manhattan volleyball team stepped onto the floor on Nov.15 against Iona, it was confronting a match with several implications. Not only was Manhattan in dire need of a win in order to stay in the race for second place in the MAAC, but it was also the last match of the season. With a win, the Jaspers would lock up a second consecutive … Continue reading Jaspers Clinch Third Seed on Senior Day
The Manhattan Jaspers came out steaming hot, hitting 6 of 10 three’s in the first 13 minutes, but would go on to be out-scored 43-68 for the rest of the game. The Jaspers lost, 66-81, to their ACC opponent in the first game of the season for both teams. While the Jaspers will return to action on Tuesday against another tough opponent in UMASS, here … Continue reading Jaspers Fall to Florida State
George Beamon Drafted by the Oklahoma Blue George Beamon, the reigning MAAC Championship MVP, was drafted in the third round – 42nd overall – of the NBA Development League Draft to the Oklahoma City Blue, the D-League affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. “George Beamon is one of the greatest players to ever play at Manhattan,” men’s basketball Head Coach Steve Masiello said on “The Five … Continue reading Manhattan Basketball Alumni Highlight the Weekend
