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Buffalo, NY - Freshman
Julia Nicholas scored twice, with graduate student
Sydney Harwood assisting on both scores in lifting lift Manhattan to a thrilling 2-1 win over Canisius in the MAAC opener for both teams at the Demske Sports Complex.
* Nicholas deposited the game winner in the 90th minute following a long pass from graduate
Sydney Harwood on the counterattack.
* Following Nicholas' score, the Jaspers easily killed off the final 23 seconds to earn the victory.
* The Green & White is now 5-1 thanks to registering its fifth-straight victory, while the Golden Griffins fall to 0-5-2 on the young season.
* Manhattan's five-match winning streak is the longest for the Jaspers since the 2017 season.
* Nicholas scored her first goal in the 36th minute off a Harwood feed to tie it up at 1-1.
* Canisius opened up the scoring in the 22nd minute when Tiani Fonoti converted a penalty kick.
* Senior
Kim Mains made a career-high nine saves in earning the victory.
* Nicholas now has three goals, and two game-winning scores this season.
* Mains made a career-high nine saves in improving to 9-5-1 in her career.
* Harwood's firs two assists of the year give her a team-best 10 points.
* The victory was Manhattan's third come-from-behind tirumph of the yaer and their third on the road.
* Four of the Jaspers' victories have come by 2-1 margins, as the Green & White is now 4-1 in one-goal match-ups.
* The last four matches between the teams have all been decided by one goal.
* Manhattan will next host Niagara on Saturday, September 25 at 12:00 pm at Gaelic Park.
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