{"id":193872,"date":"2026-04-12T01:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193872\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:33:42","slug":"womens-lacrosse-comes-just-short-against-merrimack-in-final-road-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193872\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Lacrosse Comes Just Short Against Merrimack In Final Road Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<\/p>\n<p>NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers women&#8217;s lacrosse\u00a0team (3-13, 2-5\u00a0MAAC), despite four goals in the fourth quarter, fell in their final MAAC road game\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0Warriors from Merrimack\u00a0(5-11, 2-5\u00a0MAAC) by a final score of 8-7 at Duane Stadium\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tInitial action saw both teams trading shots with each other, as <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-brunette\/12199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12199\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Brunette<\/a> responded to an opening goal from the Warriors less than five minutes after opening draw.&#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> started the next exchange with just under four minutes to play in the frame, with Merrimack answering back by quarter&#8217;s end.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe home team ended the trend in the second, as back-to-back scores by the midway point put the hosts up two.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFor the Jaspers, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/lauren-maher\/10235\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10235\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Maher<\/a> with the lone strike before the halftime break, heading into the locker room with a 5-3 deficit.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tManhattan struggled to generate offensive chances to start the second half, only getting one shot on goal in the entirety of the third quarter.&#13;<br \/>\n\tTwo more scores from Merrimack sent them into the final 15 minutes with a four goal edge at 7-3.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/maya-metz\/12187\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12187\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Metz<\/a> took advantage of the man-up chance and capitalized off the feed from Kerr for the first goal of the fourth quarter.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAfter Kerr slashed the lead to two, <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/brooke-leonard\/10233\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10233\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Leonard<\/a> found <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/meghan-wendler\/12195\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12195\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Wendler<\/a> for the biggest visiting score of the game, making the game 7-6 with over three minutes showing on the scoreboard.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMerrimack fired back with a needed insurance goal, putting their margin back up to two for the final two minutes.&#13;<br \/>\n\tEven with another score from Maher with nine seconds left, it proved to be too little, too late for the Green and White.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>STATS AND NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior and Sophomore attackers <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/lauren-maher\/10235\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10235\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Maher<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/julia-kerr\/12182\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12182\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Kerr<\/a> led the squad with two goals apiece, the only multi-goal performances of the afternoon. Kerr&#8217;s assist put her at a team-high three points on the afternoon.&#13;<br \/>\n\tKerr also led the team in ground balls collected with four.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman and Sophomore midfielders <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/ella-brunette\/12199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12199\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Brunette<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gojaspers.com\/sports\/womens-lacrosse\/roster\/meghan-wendler\/12195\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12195\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Wendler<\/a> each caused two turnovers.&#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 six.\u00a0&#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 11\u00a0saves through a full 60 minutes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP:<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan will continue its 2026 campaign next Saturday, April 18\u00a0when the Jaspers\u00a0return home, this time for the season finale on Senior Day concluding against the Saints from Siena. Action from Gaelic Park will get underway\u00a0starting at 3:00 PM\u00a0and can be viewed on ESPN+ with a paid subscription.<\/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; NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers women&#8217;s lacrosse\u00a0team (3-13, 2-5\u00a0MAAC), despite four goals in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-193872","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\/193872","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=193872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}