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North Andover, MA - Junior
Arianna Montefusco (Levittown, NY / General Douglas MacArthur) scored a pair of goals, but it wasn't enough as Manhattan dropped a 5-3 decision to Merrimack in non-conference action at Martone-Mejail Field.
The Warriors improve to 2-6 while the Jaspers fall 1-6.
Montefusco opened up the scoring in the ninth minute, when she received a long through ball from junior
Gemma Perez (Park Ridge, NJ / Paramus Catholic) in the box, before taking one dribble and depositing the ball to the lower right corner of the goal.
Merrimack responded with four-straight scores in registering what appeared to be a comfortable three-goal advantage. However, Manhattan had other ideas.
In the 56th minute, freshman
Kaitlyn Cooke (Vestal, NY / Vestal) found junior
Bri DeLeo (Harriman, NY / Monroe-Woodbury), who placed the place ball perfectly into the lower left corner of the goal. Montefusco then scored in the exact same spot just 22 seconds later in the 57th minutes with a blast from 20 yards out.
Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Jaspers would get as the Warriors added to the lead in 85th minute to provide the final 5-3 score.
Notes
* Merrimack posted advantages in shots (19-11) and shots on goal (11-8), while Manhattan owned the edge in corner kicks (4-3).
* Montefusco continues to lead the Jaspers in scoring with nine points, on four goals and an assist.
* She now has 15 career goals and three multi-score games.
* Manhattan's three goals are the most since a 3-2 win over Quinnipiac in the semifinals of the MAAC Tournament on October 31, 2017.
* The eight combined goals are the most in a game for the Jaspers, since they posted a 7-2 win over Saint Peter's on October 16, 2013.
* DeLeo's goal was the fourth of her career.
* Cooke and Perez's assists were the first of their careers.
* Senior
Camryn Nici (Seaford, NY / St. Anthony's) made six saves in defeat.
* Five different Warriors scored with Erin Fulton earning the win.
Up Next
* Manhattan will host Canisius on Saturday, September 28 at 12:00 pm.
