Manhattan now sits at 3-14 overall this season and 1-5 in conference, while Quinnipiac drops to 5-9 and 1-4 in league play.
Highlights:
- Sunday's match was destined to go the distance when the Jaspers and Bobcats battled into the 30s in the first set, with Manhattan finally winning 32-30. Quinnipiac took the next two (25-17, 25-12) before the Jaspers kept the match alive in the fourth, winning 28-26. Manhattan sealed the match with a 15-13 win in the fifth.
- The long match helped the Jaspers to several career stat-highs, including a collegiate best 15 kills for Julia Menocal (Bronx, NY / Preston). Libero Nashally Eleutiza (Orlando, FL / Monroe) tallied 31 digs, a career-best for her, and setter Julieanne McKee (Poughkeepsie, NY / Spackenkill) earned 42 assists.
- Erin Hoener (St. Louis, MO / Incarnate Word) tied her career-best for blocks with seven, last reached at Lafayette on September 6. Hoener now has 215 total career blocks, ranking ninth in program history.
- Meagan Miller (Oakville, ON / Oakville Trafalgar) added six blocks for Manhattan, tying her career best reached against Elon on August 31.
- Vivian Donovan (Newport Beach, CA / Newport Harbor) tied Menocal for a team-best 15 kills in the match, while the Jaspers' attack was also bolstered by nine kills from Kelly Markowski (Winter Park, FL / Lake Highland Preparatory).
- Donovan led the team with 19.5 points for the match, adding 14 digs, two aces and five blocks, tying her career-best, which was achieved against Quinnipiac on October 13 of last year.
- There were 37 tied scores in the match, as well as 17 lead changes, including six in the fourth set.
- Manhattan hit .300 as a team to put away the Bobcats in the final set, while holding Quinnipiac to .043 hitting in the stanza.
The Jaspers stay on the road to play at St. Francis Brooklyn Wednesday, September 9 at 7:00 pm.