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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