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Riverdale, NY - Freshman Jade Jeffrey (Tamarac, FL / Cardinal Gibbons) smashed a career-high 12 kills, on .417 hitting, to pace a Manhattan effort that registered a season-best 61 kills in a tough four-set loss to Canisius.

The Jaspers dropped the first two sets by identical 25-21 scores before fighting back to take a thrilling third set by a 33-31 count. The Golden Griffins rallied for a 25-23 win in the fourth set to take the match.

Canisius improves to 6-12 and 4-4 in the MAAC while Manhattan falls to 0-19 and 0-7 in the MAAC.

After dropping the first two sets, the Jaspers jumped in front 23-20 in the third and appeared to have the set in hand. However, the Golden Griffins ripped off a 5-1 run in taking a 25-24 lead. Manhattan would not be denied as Jeffrey blasted a kill off a Zoe Lindsey (Jr., McHenry, IL / McHenry CC) to tie it up at 25-25 while setting the tone for the Jaspers. Canisius would have an opportunity to serve for the set on three more occasions only to be denied each time on kills by senior Mary Donnelly (Temecula, CA / Chaparral), freshman Meagan Miller (Oakville, ON / Oakville Trafalgar) and junior Sandra Lozanova (Pernik, Bulgaria / Fresno State).

Manhattan would close out the set with a Lindsey kill in posting the dramatic 33-31 victory.

In the fourth set, the Jaspers jumped out to a 20-16 lead only to have Canisius rally with a match-ending 9-3 spurt.

QUICK HITS
- Manhattan hit .300 in the fourth set, .241 in the third and .290 in the first.
- 13 different Jaspers saw action with 11 recording a point.
- Donnelly had a season-high 11 kills with 10 digs while Lozanova added 11 kills and 15 digs, as each player notched their first double-double of the year.
- Lozanova's 11 kills represent the fifth time this season she has recorded double-figures.
- Miller had seven kills, on .235 hitting, with a pair of aces, while junior Kenza Hall (Oakland, CA / Middle Tennessee State) had eight kills.
- Jeffrey had five kills in the third set and three in the fourth en route to her aforementioned career-high 12.
- Manhattan also registered a season-high 53 assists and 79 digs.
- Lindsey's recorded her first double-double of the season with a season-high 47 assists and 13 digs while adding five kills for good measure.
- Junior Alyssa Rehrer had a team-high 24 digs, despite playing as the libero for just two sets.
- Canisius' Claire Leonard paced all players with 21 kills, on .302 hitting.

UP NEXT
Manhattan continues its four-match homestand against Saint Peter's on Saturday, October 14 with opening serve tabbed for 1:00 pm.