Riverdale, NY - No. 1 Manhattan (4-4) begins pursuit of its second MAAC Championship when it hosts No. 4 Canisius (5-4) in MAAC Semifinal action at Gaelic Park on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:00 pm.
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Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, and marks the second-ever men's lacrosse to be streamed on the worldwide network at Gaelic Park.
With A Win ... the Jaspers will host the MAAC Championship on Saturday, May 8.
We're Going Streaking
* The Green & White has won back-to-back games against Canisius, after dropping 12-straight to the Golden Griffins dating back to the 2008 season.
Close Calls
* Manhattan had four-straight games decided by one goal or less (2-2), with two others decided by three goals (1-1).
* Additionally, three of the Jaspers eight games were decided in double-overtime (2-1).
Championship Notes:
- Manhattan will participating in the Men's Lacrosse Championship for the seventh time in program history, and the first time since May 7, 2010.
- The Jaspers are the No. 1 seed for the second time in program history, and won their only MAAC Championship as the No. 1 seed in 2002.
- Manhattan holds an all-time record of 5-6 in seven previous trips to the MAAC Championship.
- The Jaspers are 4-3, all-time, in MAAC semifinal action.
- Manhattan has played Canisius in MAAC Championship action just once previously, dropping an 11-2 decision on May 2, 2008.
- The Jaspers will be looking for their first victory in tournament play since defeating Mount St. Mary's 5-3 on May 1, 2009.
- Wednesday's game will be the first-ever men's lacrosse MAAC Tournament game to be played at Gaelic Park.
No. 2 Monmouth - 1-1 (All-time record: Monmouth leads 8-2)
No. 4 Canisius - 1-0 (All-time record: Canisius leads 20-6)
No. 6 St. Bonaventure - 0-1 (All-time record: Series tied at 1-1)
All-Time Jasper Record In MAAC Championship ...
All-Time Record: 5-6 (7 previous trips)
No. 2 Monmouth - NA
No. 4 Canisius - 0-1
No. 6 St. Bonaventure - NA
Eliminated Teams
No. 3 Detroit Mercy - NA
No. 5 Marist - 1-0
No. 7 Siena - 0-1
Former MAAC Men's Lacrosse Members
Mount St. Mary's - 3-2
Saint Joseph's - 1-1
Providence - 0-1
Manhattan MAAC Honorees
* MAAC Coach of the Year Drew Kelleher
* MAAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year/ All-MAAC First Team GK senior Brendan Krebs
- 4-4 | 9.32 GAA | .581 Save Percentage
* All-MAAC First Team Attack senior Sean MacKinney
- 14 goals, 8 assists, team-best 22 points
* All-MAAC First Team Defense senior Luke Pacher
- 15 ground balls, 8 caused turnovers
* All-MAAC Second Team Attack senior Jake Nicolosi
- 12 goals, 3 game-winning scores
* All-MAAC Second Team Attack sophomore Kyle Gucwa
- 13 goals, 5 assists, 18 points
* MAAC All-Rookie Team honoree freshman Spencer Moore
- 2 ground balls
Manhattan Named MAAC Regular Season Tri-Champion; Earns No. 1 seed
* Manhattan finished in a three-way tie for first place in the MAAC, en route to earning a share of just the second MAAC Regular Season Title in school history.
* The Jaspers also are the No. 1 seed for the just the second time in program history, winning the 2002 Championship as the No. 1 seed.
MAAC Weekly Honors
* Gucwa (Detroit Mercy), MacKinney (Siena) and junior Liam Walshe (Monmouth), who led the Jaspers with 15 goals, all earned MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors this year.
* Krebs also was twice named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week, following outstanding performances in wins over Detroit Mercy and Siena.
First Meeting With Canisius
* Manhattan ripped off three-straight goals to open the game and never looked back en route to registering the program's first-ever win in Buffalo, while snapping an 11-game road losing skid to Canisius on March 13.
* The Jaspers later scored four-straight scores en roue to jumping out to an 8-2 advantage with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation.
* Trailing 9-3 entering the fourth, the Golden Griffins scored four of the final five goals.
* Walshe netted a hat trick, while MacKinney added a goal and three assists to pace a Green & White attack that saw three different Manhattan players register multiple-points.
* Nicolosi and graduate student Trevor Pelletier each added two goals apiece.
* Krebs made 14 saves while yielding a season-low seven goals.
Last Canisius Match-Up At Gaelic
* Manhattan scored five unanswered goals to overcome a four-goal first-half deficit in snapping a 12-game losing skid to Canisius.
* Graduate student Luke Hanson ahd a goal and an assist, while graduate student Brandon Grinnell and senior Justin Malpica each found the back of the net.
* Nicolosi scored a pair of goals while Krebs made 11 saves.
All-Time Against Canisius:
- Hanson: 4 goals / 8 assists
- Pelletier: 5 goals / 2 assists
- Nicolosi: 4 goals
- Scharf: 4 assists
- MacKinney: 1 goal / 3 assists
- Grinnell: 3 goals
- Malpica: 3 goals
- Walshe: 3 goals
- Gucwa: 1 goal
- Johnson: 1 goal
- O'Riordan: 1 assists
- Krebs: 2-0; .658 SV Percentage, 12.5 saves per game, 6.50 GAA
* Hanson is third in program history with 77 assists and seventh with 124 points.
* He is also the first player in program history to serve as captain for four seasons.
* Krebs is four saves shy of 400 for his career, and 44 shy of fifth place in the all-time Manhattan annals.
Coach Kelleher Quick Hits
* Named just the second coach in program history on June 25, 2015.
* Inherited a program that won just one game in 2015 and was ranked in the bottom-five of the RPI, and led them to a win at defending MAAC Champion Marist in 2016.
* Has 23 career victories, including seven during MAAC play.
* His man-down defense led the NCAA Division I ranks in both 2018 and 2019.
* Graduated from Vermont in 2009, and ranked 11th nationally as a senior with 2.50 goals per game.
* His grandfather Daniel played basketball for the Jaspers from 1930-1932.
* His father Dan '77 and mother Jeanne '78 are both Manhattan College graduates.