{"id":175215,"date":"2026-03-25T21:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:36:41","slug":"womens-lax-wins-first-maac-contest-over-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175215\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Lax Wins First MAAC Contest Over Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<\/p>\n<p>LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers women&#8217;s lacrosse\u00a0team (2-9, 1-1\u00a0MAAC), took home the victory in their first MAAC road game against the Broncs of Rider\u00a0(1-10, 0-2\u00a0MAAC) by a final score of 17-9\u00a0at Ben Cohen Field\u00a0on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt took only 15 seconds for <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-brunette\/12199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12199\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Brunette<\/a> to find the back of the net to break the ice in favor of the visitors, giving the Jaspers an early 1-0 edge.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/julia-kerr\/12182\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12182\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Kerr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/lauren-maher\/10235\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10235\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Maher<\/a> joined the party with Brunette for the next trio of scores, stretching the margin to four by the time the first five minutes had passed.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDespite some counterattacks from the Broncs, <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/brooke-leonard\/10233\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10233\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Leonard<\/a> captured the fifth and final goal of the opening frame for Manhattan to go into the second up 5-3.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBrunette kept up with the quick tallies, putting another one on the board less than 40 seconds after the start of play.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe usual pair of Kerr and Brunette held down the scoring portion for the Green and White through the first half, as both added another to their totals for an 8-6 advantage headed into the halftime break.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMaher scored back-to-back goals for the Jaspers\u00a0to open the second half of action, making her the second Manhattan player with a hat trick as soon as midway through the third quarter.&#13;<br \/>\n\tNewcomer <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/logan-pilon\/12206\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12206\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Pilon<\/a> put herself in the scoring column by the end of the frame, with the road team up by six going into the final 15 minutes.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPilon added two more in the fourth, putting the icing on the cake for Manhattan&#8217;s first conference win.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>STATS AND NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-brunette\/12199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12199\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Brunette<\/a> and Senior attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/lauren-maher\/10235\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10235\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Maher<\/a> led the way in scoring with four goals apiece. That is Brunette&#8217;s second highest total in a game this season, and Maher&#8217;s new career-high.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/logan-pilon\/12206\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12206\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Pilon<\/a> was the third Jasper with a hat trick on the day with three goals, her first career hat trick.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior defender\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/naomi-aristone\/10187\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10187\" target=\"_blank\">Naomi Aristone<\/a> caused the most turnovers for Manhattan with three.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-hirsch\/12181\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12181\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Hirsch<\/a> scored her second goal of the season, and first since Feb. 11 at Hofstra.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJunior midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/audrey-ziff\/10217\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10217\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Ziff<\/a> won the most draw controls with five.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRedshirt Junior goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/sophie-pasnak\/10241\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10241\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Pasnak<\/a> logged six saves through a full 60 minutes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan will continue its 2026 campaign on Saturday, March 28\u00a0when the Jaspers\u00a0take the road again to continue the conference slate, this time squaring off against the Bobcats\u00a0from Quinnipiac. Action from Quinnipiac Soccer &amp; Lacrosse Stadium will get underway\u00a0starting at 12:00 PM\u00a0and can be viewed on Quinnipiac All-Access.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Manhattan Women&#8217;s Lacrosse on Instagram (@manhattanwlacrosse_) and X (@ManhattanWLacrosse).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers women&#8217;s lacrosse\u00a0team (2-9, 1-1\u00a0MAAC), took home the victory in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-175215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}