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Riverdale, NY - Junior
Victoria Reis (Rockville Centre, NY / South Side) scored the game-winning goal in the 78th minute to lift Manhattan to a 2-1 win over Siena in MAAC action at Gaelic Park.
With the victory, the Jaspers improve to 3-5-1 and 1-1 in the MAAC while the Saints fall to 4-6 and 0-3 in the league.
Late in the second half with Manhattan on the offensive, Siena appeared to clear the ball out of the Jasper end only to have the ball intercepted by Reis. She then deposited the ball into the lower left corner of the goal in giving the Jaspers an insurmountable lead.
Sophomore
Olivia Printy (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL / St. Joseph Academy) earned her second win of the year between the pipes.
Manhattan opened the scoring in the 11th minute when senior
Erica Modena (Massapequa, NY / Massapequa) notched her team-leading third goal of the season.
Siena would tie it up in the 43rd minute when Kelsey Horst scored off a Meghan Riccardi pass while setting the scene for the Jaspers' thrilling win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Manhattan has won 13-straight matches when scoring first dating back to the 2015 season and is 21-0-1 when finding the back of the net first since dropping a 2-1 decision to Monmouth on October 8, 2014.
- Modena's team-leading third goal was the 26th of her career.
- The Jaspers' victory avenges last year's 4-0 loss to Siena.
- Siena leads the all-time series by an 18-7-4 count, but has lost the last two match-ups in Riverdale.
- Junior
Emma Saul (Orchard Park, NY / Orchard Park) assisted on Reis' game-winning score ... For Saul, it is her team-leading third assist of the year.
- Siena outshot Manhattan by a 17-13 count, including 6-4 in shots on goal.
- The Jaspers owned a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks.
- Horst scored her first goal of the year to pace Siena while Taylor Dorado made five saves in goal.
UP NEXT
Manhattan will host Iona on Wednesday, September 27 with opening kick tabbed for 7:00 pm.
