Stony Brook, N.Y. (April 14, 2004) - Manhattan held off a furious Stony Brook comeback and held on for an 11-9 win in women's lacrosse action Wednesday night at LaValle Stadium. Victoria Carman scored four goals to pave the way for the Jaspers and Ashley Devins made 15 saves, including 12 in the second half, as Manhattan improved to 8-4. The Seawolves lost for the third straight outing and slipped to 4-6.
Carman set the tone early as Manhattan dominated for most of the first half. She scored a pair of goals in the opening 3:10 and Lauren Civardi
added another at 25:16 as the visitors opened up a 3-0 lead. Stony Brook's Beth Arikian finally got the Seawolves on the board, finishing a pass from Amy Taylor to trim the lead to 3-1 at 20:41.
Manhattan closed the first half scoring three of the final four goals, including an unassisted tally by Nora Jacquette with seven seconds
remaining, to take an 8-4 lead at the break.
The second half was scoreless for the first 14:20 before Manhattan's Jami Carter converted a free position attempt and Erin Warren scored at 13:48 to give the Jaspers a 10-4 advantage.
Trailing by six, the Seawolves roared to life, ignited by Carlee Buck's free position goal with 6:48 remaining in the game. Danielle Werner
followed with an unassisted marker at 5:43 to cut the deficit to 10-6.
Civardi stemmed the tide briefly with her third goal of the game before Stony Brook continued its comeback on the Lady Jaspers. Seawolf Stephanie DeGennaro scored her second of the year from Katie Savino at 3:33 and Kristin Kissinger's goal brought Stony Brook within 11-8 with 1:08 to play. Marrisa Trachtenberg's tally with 15 seconds remaining was not enough as Stony
Brook was stopped time and time again in the final minutes by the outstanding play of the Jaspers' Devins in goal. Devins upped her record to 8-4 with the win.
Jen Sandtorv was also outstanding in goal for Stony Brook, turning aside 13 Manhattan shots in the loss. Victoria Carman led the team scoring four goals, while Civardi finished the game with three goals.
Manhattan is back in action on Saturday, April 17 when they take on Siena in Loudonville, NY at 1 pm.