Manhattan Notches Dominating 4-2 Win At Marist

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Riverdale, NY - For the second-straight game, Manhattan registered four goals while doing so in back-to-back matches for the first time since 2005 in rolling past Marist by a 4-2 count at Tenney Stadium.
 
With their third-straight victory, the Jaspers improve to 5-5-1 and 3-1 in the MAAC while the Red Foxes fall to 5-6-2 and 2-2-1 in the league.

Senior Erica Modena (Massapequa, NY / Massapequa) and sophomore Arianna Montefusco (Levittown, NY / General Douglas MacArthur) each had a goal and an assist to pace Manhattan, which avenged last year's 3-0 loss to Marist on Senior Night with the victory.

Modena quickly opened the scoring in the fourth minute with her team-leading fourth goal before Montefusco found freshman Gemma Perez (Park Ridge, NJ / Paramus Catholic) for her first career score in the 29th minute.

The Red Foxes would quickly answer 26 seconds later with a Jillian Colucci strike.

After halftime, senior Dylan Burns (Manchester, CT / Manchester) pushed the lead out to 3-1 with her first goal of the year in the 59th minute on junior Emma Saul's (Orchard Park, NY / Orchard Park) team-leading fifth assist.

Montefusco then for all intents and purposes put the game away in the 84th minute with her team-best matching fourth goal of the year off a Modena helper.

Marist dented the scoreboard one final time in the 88th minute when Taylor Mongno provided the final 4-2 tally with her first score of the year.

RECAPPING THE NIGHT IN ONE QUOTE ...
"Another great team effort from start to finish. Our belief, trust and support of each other will continue to drive us forward like it did tonight!"
Head Coach Brendan Lawler

QUICK HITS
- In its current three-game winning streak, Manhattan is outscoring the opposition by a 10-3 count.

- Modena now has 27 goals and 63 points in her stellar career.

- The Jaspers have been victorious in 15-straight matches when scoring first dating back to the 2015 season and are 23-0-1 when finding the back of the net first since dropping a 2-1 decision to Monmouth on October 8, 2014. 

- Despite the win, the Red Foxes lead the all-time series by a 14-6-4 count as Manhattan won for just the second time in the last 10 matches against Marist.

- Junior Kelly DiGregorio (Centerreach, NY / St. Anthony's) made five saves in earning her third victory of the year.

- Thanks to goals from Burns and Perez, the Jaspers have now had 10 student-athletes find the back of the net this year (eight with one).

- The victory was the first of the year on the road for Manhattan and the first since a 2-1 triumph at Saint Peter's on October 8, 2016.

UP NEXT
- The Jaspers will next Saint Peter's on Wednesday, October 4 with opening kickoff tabbed for 7:00 pm.