BURLINGTON, VT — Manhattan dug a hole early and never got out of it on its way to a 12-6 defeat at University of Vermont. The Jaspers were doubled on the scoreboard in its first loss of the 2025 campaign.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Scott O'Connor broke the seal for Manhattan at 6:28 of the first quarter, but the Catamounts answered with six unanswered to take a 6-1 lead into halftime.
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Manhattan's next strike came at 14:05 of the third quarter, with Aiden Kane finding the back of the net to break a stretch of 22:23 in game clock without a Jaspers goal.
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Manhattan was outscored 6-4 the rest of the way, as Drew Hiner, Tyler Mosca and Connor Engel each scored with Engel adding a pair.
STATS AND NOTES
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The Jaspers were forced into 23 turnovers on Saturday afternoon. Across Manhattan's two games of the season, the Jaspers coughed it up a combined 25 times.
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Connor Engel posted a team-high 3 points with his two goals and an assist.
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Senior defenseman Damien Blando registered the 60th ground ball of his career and recorded three ground balls on the afternoon.
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Engel (2 goals), Drew Hiner (1), Aiden Kane (1) and Tyler Mosca (1) are tied with Sean Shelko for the team lead in goals this season with 4 apiece.
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Graduate goalie Connor Hapward finished with a season-high 15 saves and three ground balls.
QUOTES FROM MANHATTAN
Head coach Doug Sage on Saturday's performance: "Today was a tough loss on the road to a tough Vermont team. Our goal is to play against the top competition in the country which requires us to compete at a high level for four full quarters. We will watch the game film, learn from this loss and work hard to improve for the next one."
NEXT TIME OUT
Manhattan will pay a visit to Fairfield to take on the Stags on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 3:30 PM ET. The action will be streamed live on Youtube.
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