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Jersey City, NJ - Manhattan earned its 21st straight win over Saint Peter's by a 2-0 count in MAAC action at Caven Point Complex.
The Jaspers improve to 2-5-2 and 1-2-1 in MAAC play while the Peacocks fall to 1-8-0 and 1-2-0 in the league.
Senior
Annie Doerr (Pittsford, NY / Our Lady of Mercy) scored what would prove to be the game-winning goal in the seventh minute off a pass from sophomore
Maddie Barrow (Ramsey, NJ / Ramsey) in staking Manhattan to an early 1-0 lead.
Doerr's early score secured junior
Camryn Nici's (Seaford, NY / St. Anthony's) first career victory and shutout. The junior netminder turned away four shots over 90 minutes in moving to 1-1-0.
After halftime, freshman
Eve Montgomery (Abington, MA / Whitman-Hanson Regional) put the game on ice with her first career goal in the 72nd minute off a
Tia Painilainen (So., Espoo, Findland / Arizona) assist.
Saint Peter's appeared poised to dent the scoreboard in the 85th minute, but was denied when Brooke Boutchie's shot hit off the crossbar.
NOTES
- Manhattan opened the scoring for the first time this season and dating back to the 2014 season is now 28-0-2 when finding the back of the net first.
- The Jaspers are now 25-3, all-time, against the Peacocks, including 10-2 in Jersey City.
- Head Coach
Brendan Lawler improves to a perfect 9-0 against his alma mater.
- Doerr's goal was her team-leading second of the season with both also serving as the game-winning scores.
- All five of Doerr's career goals have come over the last two years.
- Doerr also earned his first start of the season and the fourth of her career.
- Painilainen paces the squad with two assists.
- The Jaspers have now had eight different starting line-ups this year.
- 11 Manhattan student-athletes have registered a point this year thanks to Montgomery's first goal and Barrow's second career assist.
- The Jaspers found the back of the net in the opening stanza for the second time this year.
- Manhattan has surrendered just five second-half goals in nine matches.
- The Jaspers are 2-0 when scoring two goals this the year.
- Saint Peter's posted a 4-0 advantage in corner kicks after Manhattan held a 14-0 edge in corner kicks a year ago.
- The Jaspers had all seven of their shots go on goal.
- Victoria Scarratt made five saves between the pipes for Peacocks.
UP NEXT
- Manhattan hosts Niagara on Saturday, October 6 at 1:00 pm.
