Lake Buena Vista, FL - No. 2 Manhattan scored early and often in easily disposing of No. 10 Iona by a 6-0 count in quarterfinal action of the 2017 MAAC Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
The Jaspers improve to 9-6-3 on the year and will next square off with No. 3 Quinnipiac on Tuesday, October 31 at 2:00 pm.
Senior Erica Modena (Massapequa, NY / Massapequa) had two goals and an assist while junior Emma Saul (Orchard Park, NY / Orchard Park) added a goal and two assists to highlight the high-powered Manhattan attack.
Modena quickly opened the scoring in the 10th minute when she took a cross from Saul and blasted it into the upper corner of the goal.
Just over a minute later, Saul sent a corner kick to senior Nicole Aylmer (Garnerville, NY / North Rockland), who gathered the ball and beat the goalie low.
In the 54th minute, Saul was on the receiving end of a long cross from Modena before dribbling and beating the goalie in the far corner in pushing the score out to 3-0.
For good measure, Modena deposited her 10th goal of the year in the 61st minute while for all intents and purposes putting the game on ice.
In the 81st minute, freshman Lindsey Healy (Sussex, NJ / Pope John XXIII Regional) registered her second goal of the year before junior Annie Doerr (Pittsford, NY / Our Lady Mercy) capped the scoring with her second score of the season off a pass from freshman Maddie Barrow (Ramsey, NJ / Ramsey).
Junior Kelly DiGregorio (Centereach, NY / St. Anthony's) made five saves in just over 70 minutes of action in earning the win with sophomore Olivia Printy (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL / St. Joseph Academy) making one stop in closing out the shutout.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Modena now has 33 career goals and 79 career points, both of which rank second in school history behind Emily Rogic's 'school-record totals of 40 goals and 95 points, set between 1993-1996.
- The fifth-year senior also registered her ninth career game-winning score and her fifth multi-goal match to go along with two hat tricks.
- Modena has registered five career goals and two assists over five career MAAC Tournament games.
- Manhattan now has a school-record 29 goals against MAAC competition, breaking the previous mark of 23 set by the 2015 squad.
- Aylmer became the 14th different Manhattan player to score a goal this year and the 19th to register a point.
- Saul now has eight assists and four goals
- Modena, sophomore Arianna Montefusco and Saul have combined for 21 of the Jaspers' 35 goals and 17 of their 26 assists.
- Manhattan has outscored the opposition by a 18-6 count after halftime this year, including 15-4 against MAAC opposition.
- The Jaspers have won four-straight matches against Iona, outscoring the Gaels by an 18-1 count during that time and are now 15-9-4, all-time, against its longtime-rival.
- Modena has notched a point in all five of her career matches against Iona, registering five goals and two assists.
MAAC Tournament Records:
- Manhattan: 5-6-2
- Lawler: 3-1-1
- In Florida: 4-2-2
- Manhattan is now 26-0-2 - including winning 17 straight at one point - when finding the back of the net first since dropping a 2-1 decision to Monmouth on October 8, 2014.