Riverdale, NY – Manhattan women's lacrosse ignites its 23rd season at the Division I level on Monday, February 18 when it welcomes Vermont to the friendly confines of Gaelic Park at 11:00 am.
Fans who are unable to make it to the game can watch the action live on the Jasper Sports Network and follow the action with live statistics, courtesy of the athletic department.
HOME ON THE RANGE
- The Jaspers begin their campaign at home for the second time in three years after hitting the road for the season's lidlifter from 2010-2016.
- Five of Manhattan's eight non-conference games take place in the Bronx.
- The Kelly Green and White have nine home games this season, a slight increase from eight in 2018.
MILESTONE WATCH
- Senior tri-captain Nikki Prestiano needs one more save to reach 400 in her career. The goalkeeper currently ranks fourth on the program's all-time saves list.
- Prestiano is also 333:45 minutes from reaching 3,000 in the cage.
- Classmate and fellow tri-captain Molly Fitzpatrick needs two assists to tie Melissa Medina '02 for third all-time in career helpers. Fitzpatrick, who has 88 career goals, is three scores away from cracking the top 10.
BACK FOR MORE
- Manhattan returns 21 student-athletes from last season.
- 11 of those players made at least seven starts during the season.
SUPERIOR SENIOR SCORING
- Student-athletes returning to the fold from 2018 netted 68 of Manhattan's 139 goals last year. Of those 68, the Class of 2019 tallied 50.
- Five seniors from last year made at least 12 starts a season ago: Fitzpatrick, Prestiano, Emma Kaishian, Jillian Calandra and Talia Price.
FOURTH TIME'S A CHARM?
- Kaishian enters her final season having earned back-to-back All-MAAC Second Team Defense honors.
- Including her 2016 All-MAAC Rookie selection, the Yorktown, NY native is the first Jasper since Megan Yarusso to garner postseason recognition after three seasons.
- According to the MAAC's online archives, no Manhattan student-athlete has earned All-MAAC honors for all four years.
2019 SCHEDULE
- The J's will take on six different conferences in the 2019 season, with opponents combining for 111 wins and two NCAA Tournament appearances a season ago.
- Twelve of the 16 games are in the Empire State, and the second game of the year is the only tilt outside the tri-state area.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
SCOUTING REPORT: VERMONT
- The Catamounts are 1-0 on the young season following their 12-9 victory at Colgate on Saturday, February 16.
- Senior attacker Alex Vignona sniped a pair of goals and added three assists, while classmate Jenny Caoili earned a hat trick. Senior goalkeeper Maddy Kuras stopped 12 shots to nab the win.
- In 2018, Vermont went 6-11 and 2-5 against America East foes. Elise Koehl and Jenna Janes return as the top goal scorers from that season, with 42 and 37 goals, respectively.
SERIES HISTORY
- Monday marks the fifth meeting between the Jaspers and the Catamounts, with the series tied 2-2.
- Including this matchup, the two squads have met three times in the last four seasons.
- In last year's duel, Prestiano notched a career-high 19 saves, which was tied for sixth-most in a single game at the Division I level in 2018, as Manhattan edged Vermont 10-7 in Burlington, VT.
- The Kelly Green and White's other win came in the 2004 season.
