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Riverdale, NY – Manhattan hit .370 on the day, while pitching to a 1.29 ERA in posting a doubleheader sweep of Iona by scores of 8-1 and 13-1 at VCP.

With the wins, the Jaspers improve to 3-7 as the Gaels fall to 3-11.

Game Two
Five different regulars recorded two hits as Manhattan took game two from Iona by a 13-1 count in seven innings.

The Jaspers immediately pounded on the Gaels in the first inning, plating five runs while sending 10 batters to the plate with sophomore Jonathan Barditch (Miami, FL / Belen Jesuit Prep) delivering the big blow in the form of a two-run homer to open the scoring.

Manhattan would add three more runs in the second, two in third and three in the fourth in accounting for a season-high 13 runs on 12 hits and five errors.

Barditch finished up 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs, while freshman Trevor Santos (Nutley NJ / Nutley) was 2-for-2 with three runs, two RBI to pace the offense.

Seniors Matt Padre (Flemington, NJ / Hunterdon Central) and Will Trochiano (Morganville, NJ / Marlboro) each had two hits and scored two runs, while sophomore Pete Durocher (Emerson, NJ / Emerson Junior-Senior) had two hits and two RBI to round out the multi-hit performers.

Graduate student Teddy Sabato (Rye, NY / UNC) earned the win, striking out one while yielding one run on one hit over 4.0 innings.

Game One
Junior Jake Knop (Portland, ME / Portland) homered, doubled and drove in two in leading Manhattan to a 8-1 victory in the opener.

Knop finished up 3-for-3 with three runs while falling a triple short of the cycle, while Trochiano was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs to pace the Jaspers.

Iona struck first with a leadoff home run, before Manhattan tied it pp at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning.

Knop led off with a single, before moving to third on a Trochiano double to left field, before scoring on a Barditch RBI grounder.

After sophomore RHP Kyle Lesler (Clifton, NJ / Clifton) worked around a one-out double in the top of the fifth, the Jaspers plated two runs in the bottom part of the frame taking a 3-1 lead.

Knop led off with a leadoff home run, before Trochiano followed with his second hit of the day and would move to second on a wild pitch and came around to score on a Gael fielding error.

One inning later, Knop pushed the lead out to 4-1 with a first-pitch RBI double that scored pinch-runner Lewi Clarke (Jr., Saratoga Springs, NY / Saratoga Springs) to fuel a five-run frame that provided the final 8-1 count.

Lesler (1-1) earned his first collegiate victory, striking out one while scattering  a hit over a scoreless inning of work.