Manhattan University Athletics

Manhattan-Fordham Box Score

Manhattan-Princeton Box Score 

BRONX, N.Y. ? The day after its worst performance of the season in a 3-0 loss to Stony Brook on Friday, the Manhattan College volleyball team rebounded with its two best showings this year on Saturday.  However, the Lady Jaspers (0-6) came up just short each time, falling 23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23 to Fordham (7-4) and 25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 15-6 to Princeton (3-0) on the second day of the Rose Hill Classic at Fordham's Rose Hill Gym.  Sherryta Stokes (Beltsville, Md.) was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 3.08 kills and 3.17 digs per set in the tournament.

The match with Fordham was tight from the get-go, as there were 13 ties and three lead changes in the first set.  With the Rams leading 21-18, Manhattan went on a 3-0 run to tie the score before three successive service errors gave Fordham a 23-22 lead.  A kill by Andrea Reiff (Hawthorne, N.Y.) tied it at 23-23, then a block by Alyssa Getzel (Richmond, Va.) and Rita Welsh (Collegeville, Pa.) set up Manhattan's first set point.  After a Fordham timeout, Welsh's kill put away the set, 25-23.

Manhattan took an early 4-2 lead in the second set before Fordham charged back to take a 5-4 advantage.  The Rams used a 4-0 run to increase their lead to 11-7 and were able to maintain that edge for the remainder of the set.  Manhattan pulled within one at 21-20, but Fordham responded with a 3-0 rally to earn its first set point.  The Lady Jaspers fought off Fordham's first two set points before Jolanda Gunning-Snowden's kill gave the Rams a 25-22 win that tied the match at 1-1.

The teams traded the first 19 points of the third set until Manhattan grabbed the first two-point lead of the frame at 11-9.  The Lady Jaspers won the next point to make it 12-9 before Fordham came back to force a 15-15 tie.  The score was tied four more times until Fordham went on a 4-0 run to turn a 20-20 deadlock into a 24-20 edge.  Manhattan tallied the next two points before the Rams put away the set, 25-22, to take a 2-1 advantage in the match.

In the fourth set, Fordham used an 8-2 run to turn a 4-4 tie into a 12-6 lead.  The Rams increased their lead to 18-11 before Manhattan went on a 10-3 run to force the 39^th and final tie of the match at 21-21.  Fordham tallied the next two points and held on to take the set, 25-23, and seal the victory, 3-1.

Stokes, Reiff and Getzel all had double-doubles for the Lady Jaspers against Fordham.  Stokes smashed 17 kills on .405 hitting and added 14 digs, while Reiff tallied 15 kills and 12 digs.  Getzel recorded 44 assists and 10 digs.  Welsh chipped in with seven kills and five blocks.  Manhattan hit .220 (50 kills, 19 errors, 141 attempts) as a team in the match.

Christi Griffiths led Fordham with 16 kills and added four blocks.  Jenna Hart had a double-double for the Rams with 10 kills and 12 digs.  Katherine Burrell also recorded a double-double with 31 assists and a match-high 17 digs.  Fordham outdug Manhattan 65-55.  As a team, the Rams hit .180 (57-30-150) in the match.

Against Princeton, Manhattan opened up a 12-5 lead in the first set before the Tigers stormed back to force a 15-15 tie.  With Princeton leading 20-18, the Lady Jaspers rattled off three straight points to take a 21-20 lead.  The Tigers, however, responded with a four-point run to set up their first set point at 24-21.  Manhattan fought off one set point before the Tigers put away the set, 25-22.

The second set was similar to the first, as it featured 11 ties and three lead changes.  With Manhattan leading 17-16, Princeton went on a 6-1 spurt to build a 22-18 advantage.  The Lady Jaspers rallied for the next three points to make it 22-21 before Princeton closed the set on a 3-0 run to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five match.

In the third set, Manhattan went on separate runs of 3-0 and 4-0 while Diane Strutner (San Jose, Calif.) was serving to take a 19-13 lead.  After a Strutner service error, Sheena Donohue served three consecutive aces to get the Tigers within two at 19-17, but two straight Princeton errors followed and brought Manhattan's lead back to four at 21-17.  The Lady Jaspers hit .444 (14-2-27) in the set and closed out the 25-22 win on a kill by Reiff.

Getzel's ace that dribbled off the top of the net gave the Lady Jaspers a 12-8 lead in the fourth set, but Princeton rallied back and forced Manhattan to take a timeout while leading 15-13.  The Tigers won the first point out of the timeout to pull within one, but Manhattan responded with a 7-2 run to bring the lead back to six at 22-16.  Manhattan was in control for the rest of the set and forced a deciding frame with a 25-22 win that was capped by a Stokes kill.  Princeton hit -.026 (10-11-38) in the fourth set.

It was all Princeton in the deciding fifth set.  After a block by Stokes and Jen Haggerty (Springfield, Pa.) put Manhattan in front 3-2, the Tigers went on a 12-2 run to earn a slew of match points at 14-5.  The Lady Jaspers fought off the first match point, but the margin was too much to overcome and the Tigers won the fifth set 15-6.  Princeton had 12 kills in the fifth set, compared to just one for Manhattan.

Stokes and Getzel also recorded double-doubles against Princeton.  Stokes had 14 kills and 12 digs, while Getzel posted 34 assists and 12 digs.  Jackie Kapovich (Downers Grove, Ill.) added 11 kills, five assists and six blocks.  Strutner recorded 13 digs and Reiff notched 11 digs.  Welsh tallied five blocks, as the Lady Jaspers outblocked the Tigers 10-2.  As a team, Manhattan hit .201 (44-16-139) and registered a season-high 11 service aces.

Lindsey Ensign had a match-high 19 kills and hit .469 for Princeton.  Parker Henritze and Bailey Robinson each notched a double-double for the Tigers.  Henritze recorded 13 kills and 11 digs, while Robinson had 55 assists and 11 digs.  Donohue tallied 16 kills and was one of three Tigers with three aces.  Princeton slammed 63 kills, but also committed 34 errors in 167 attacks and hit just .174 as a team.