New Britain, CT (April 21, 2004) - The Lady Jaspers stole a 14-10 non-conference match from Central Connecticut this evening at Arute Field on the campus of Central Connecticut. Manhattan improves its record to 9-6 overall while the Blue Devils fall to 2-10 on the season.
The Jaspers opened up an early 4-0 lead off three goals in the first 2:25 of the game. Molly Pheterson opened the scoring with a goal 26 seconds into the game. Lauren Civardi and Jamie Carter each scored, 35 seconds apart to put the Jaspers up by three. Catherine Dunbar scored with 23:25 to play in the first half to give the Jaspers a 4-0 lead and forcing Central to take a timeout.
The Blue Devils would come out strong from the timeout scoring its first goal of the game with 22:56 to play on a goal from Amy Clark. A goal from Danielle Adams at the 18:03 mark and Katheryn Hughes with 16:11 to play would bring Central within one goal, 4-3.
Manhattan would score four straight goals extending its lead to 8-3.Dunbar would score two goals in the stretch. Adams would bring Central back within four, 8-4 when she used a Hughes pass to score with 7:54 to play in the half. Manhattan would extend its advantage to six, 10-4 with 5:26 to play on a Nora Jacquette goal off a Dunbar pass.
The Blue Devils rattled off three goals in the final 3:54 of the half to cut the Jaspers lead to three going into the break down 10-7. Central was out shot in the first half 15-16 with Jaspers keeper Ashley Devins recording eight saves while Central keeper Amanda Zabel recorded only two saves in the first half.
Manhattan would score the first two goals of the half taking a 12-7 lead with 21:52 to play. Jacquette would score off of a Victoria Carman pass for the 12th goal of the game for Manhattan. Central would cut the lead to two, 12-10, with 10:25 to play in the game off of two goals within 30 seconds of one another.
The Jaspers received two insurance goals in the final 10 minutes to secure the 14-10 victory. Dunbar scored both of the final two goals of the game.
Dunbar led all scorers in the game with five goals and an assist while Jacquette, Civardi and Pheterson each added two for the Jaspers. Devins ended the game with 19 saves on 33 shots faced and Zabel made fours saves facing 25.
The Lady Jaspers play again in their last conference match against Lemoyne on Saturday, April 24th at 12 pm in Syracuse, NY.
