RIVERDALE, NY – The Manhattan Jaspers Women's Volleyball team (2-13, 0-6 MAAC) fell to the Golden Griffins of Canisius University (5-11, 3-3 MAAC) in straight sets (23-25, 21-25, 23-25) inside Draddy Gymnasium on Friday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Starting off hot, a dual block by Sarah Emmons and Abby Morreale gave the Jaspers an early 5-2 lead in the opening set.
- Fiona VanDyke's service ace capped off a run of five unanswered points to give Manhattan a 12-8 advantage.
- After going up three midway through, a Golden Griffin five point run reversed who had the driver's seat.
- Despite tying ten times in the opening dance, Canisius won the first 25-23 after a Bella Mosquera kill.
- Canisius held another early 13-7 second set margin, after a service ace from Emma Isroff.
- Despite back-to-back kills from VanDyke to cut the deficit to 24-21, an improper alignment ended the set in favor of Canisius.
- In the third, Kaczynska, VanDyke, and Katie Powers got three of the first four points for the Jaspers off kills.
- After five unanswered scores from the Golden Griffins, Manhattan rallied to tie the set at 20 apiece keeping the crowd alive.
- VanDyke laid down another kill to take a 23-22 lead, but Canisius ripped off the final three to secure the match win.
STATS AND NOTES
- Sophomore outside hitter Fiona VanDyke and Freshman right side Hanna Kaczynska combined for 23 of the squad's 30 kills.
- Manhattan hit at its best rate in the opening set at a .259 clip.
- Junior middle blocker Abby Moreale led the way with four assisted blocks, while Kaczynska tallied three solos of her own.
- Senior setter Sarah Emmons played her first match since September 30, assisting on 17 Jasper points.
NEXT UP
The Green and White will return to action tomorrow, October 11, when the Jaspers complete their brief two match homestand to face the Purple Eagles of Niagara University inside Draddy Gymnasium for a 4 p.m. opening serve. The match can be viewed on the Jasper Sports Network.
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