Manhattan Falls To Marist 1-0 On Senior Day

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Riverdale, NY - Marist held off a late-charging Manhattan squad by a 1-0 count on Senior Day at Gaelic Park.

The Red Foxes scored what would prove to be the lone goal in the 56th minute when Nicole Sasso headed in Alexa Svensson's corner kick.

Manhattan had a great opportunity to net the equalizer in the 70th minute, but freshman Eve Montgomery's (Abington, MA / Whitman-Hanson Regional) shot went wide left following a scrum in the box.

In the 89th minute, sophomore Maddie Barrow (Ramsey, NJ / Ramsey) fired a shot on goal that was turned away while resulting in a Jasper corner kick. Unfortunately, Tia Painilainen's (Espoo, Finland / Arizona) corner kick was kicked out and Marist closed out the win.

The Red Foxes improve to 7-6-1 and 5-2-0 in the MAAC while the Jaspers fall to 3-7-2 and 2-4-1 in the league.

Senior Kelly DiGregorio (Centereach, NY / St. Anthony's) made four saves in goal while Abigail Renaud also had four in picking up the win.

NOTES
* The last three Manhattan matches and five of its seven MAAC match-ups have been decided by 1-0 scores.

* The Red Foxes lead the all-time series by a 15-6-4 count. 

* Freshman Sydney Harwood (Monroe, NY / Monroe-Woodbury) blasted a shot from 40 yards out that Renaud saved off the crossbar in the 31st minute, resulting in the first Jasper corner kick.

* Marist posted advantages in shots (10-9), shots on goal (5-4) and corner kicks (7-2).

* Montgomery and Painilainen led the way on offense with three shots each.

* Prior to the match, Nicole Copping (Blue Point, NY / Bayport-Blue Point), DiGregorio, Annie Doerr (Pittsford, NY / Our Lady of Mercy), Jill Hoban (West Chester, PA / Villa Maria), Sara Naessig (Bloomsburg, PA / Danville Area), Victoria Reis (Rockville Centre, NY / South Side), Emma Saul (Orchard Park, NY / Orchard Park) and Caroline Taylor (Glen Rock, NJ / Glen Rock) were honored for their contributions to the program.

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* Manhattan is at Iona on Wednesday, October 17 with first kick tabbed for 3:00 pm.