RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattan Jaspers women's lacrosse team (0-5), despite another hat trick from Julia Kerr, dropped its non-conference contest against the Dolphins from Le Moyne (4-1) by a final score of 16-10 at Gaelic Park on Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophie Pasnak registered two saves in the first five minutes, including one on a free position opportunity.
- Le Moyne broke the ice midway through the quarter, as Olivia Lockwood and Francesca Tortora scored their firsts of the day.
- Off a feed from Logan Pilon, Meghan Wendler found the back of the net for her second goal of the season.
- After the Dolphins added one more before the end of the first, Julia Kerr took advantage of a free position chance to get the game back within one midway through the second.
- Lauren Maher, on a man-up sequence, converted for her third score of 2026 just before the halftime horn.
- Pilon needed less than 90 seconds to trim the margin to four to kick off the third.
- Maya Metz capitalized off a pass from Katelynn Naylor for the fifth Jasper score before the third quarter came to a close.
- With the Dolphins stretching out their lead to double digits, Manhattan worked the margin back to seven thanks to two more scores from Kerr and another from Ella Brunette.
- Metz scored the tenth and final goal for Manhattan, as the contest ended 16-10.
STATS AND NOTES
- Sophomore attacker Julia Kerr led the team in goals, putting together her second hat trick of 2026.
- Freshman attacker Ella Brunette and Senior attacker Maya Metz followed close behind with two of their own.
- Freshman defender Avery Graham collected the most ground balls with two.
- Brunette also led the squad in draw controls, winning five.
- Redshirt Junior goalkeeper Sophie Pasnak logged nine saves through a full 60 minutes.
NEXT UP:
Manhattan will continue its 2026 campaign on Wednesday, March 4 when the Jaspers travel to the Keystone State to take on the Mountain Hawks from Lehigh. Action is scheduled to take place from Bethlehem, PA starting at 3:00 PM and can be viewed on ESPN+ with a paid subscription.
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