Highlights:
- The Gaels swept the match three games to zero, going 25-11, 27-25, and 25-13.
- Freshman Julia Menocal (Bronx, NY / Preston) earned a team-high five kills for Manhattan, matching a season (and career) high. She last nabbed five kills against Lehigh on September 1. Senior Olyvia Chaltas (Temecula, CA / Great Oak) also posted five kills against the Gaels.
- Senior libero Alyssa Rehrer (Lorton, VA / South County) broke the 1,200-dig mark Saturday, finishing the match with 1,205 for her career. She is just 32 digs away from tying Allison Lind (1993-1996) at seventh on Manhattan's all-time digs list with 1,237. Rehrer ranks fifth in the MAAC with 4.13 digs per set.
- Though she only had one block on Saturday, sophomore Erin Hoener (St. Louis, MO / Incarnate Word), the team's blocking leader at 26 for the year, is just four away from the 100-career blocks milestone.
- Manhattan took Iona to a 27-25 second set, the first time this season the Jaspers have competed in a set tie-breaker. Down 22-10, senior Jade Jeffrey (Tamarac, FL / Cardinal Gibbons) and Chaltas earned two crucial kills to tie the set up at 22 all. Two points later, Menocal gave the Jaspers the 24-23 lead on a kill assisted by classmate Shruti Mangipudi (San Ramon, CA / Dougherty Valley), then tied the set again at 25-25. But the Jaspers committed both a service and attack error, giving the Gaels two unearned points to end the set.
- Iona's Claire Archibald, currently the league's point leader, finished with a match-best 17 points on 12 kills, four service aces and two blocks. Teammate Emma Rose, the MAAC's assist leader, finished with 35 assists, two aces and six digs.
Manhattan will host Saint Peter's (2-12, 0-1 MAAC) Wednesday, September 19, in Draddy, starting at 7:00 PM.