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RIVERDALE, NY \u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers Men’s Lacrosse team (3-10, 1-6 MAAC) came away with its first conference victory of the campaign against the Golden Griffins of Canisius University (3-10, 2-5 MAAC) by a score of 9-6 inside Gaelic Park on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n
STATS AND NOTES<\/p>\n
QUOTES FROM THE JASPERS:<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Green and White began the morning by honoring a dozen Jasper student athletes, including Matthew Bove<\/a>, Sean Shelko<\/a>, Connor White<\/a>, Casey Klossner<\/a>, Aidan McCabe<\/a>, Jack Cianciolo<\/a>, Andy Giandonato, Gavin Wolf<\/a>, Darian Johnstone<\/a>, Matthew Cleary<\/a>, Ethan Barlag<\/a>, and Liam Peabody<\/a>.
\n\tAfter the Golden Griffins struck first two minutes in, the Jaspers responded quickly off a Canisius turnover, and Michael Medici<\/a> found Sean Shelko<\/a> for the first marker of the morning.
\n\tThe Jaspers surrendered two goals to Canisius and fell behind by two before another successful clear turned into Aiden Kane<\/a> finding the back of the net to narrow their deficit to just one.
\n\tIn the second stanza, Manhattan controlled the frame with three goals in a span of two and a half minutes, with Thomas White<\/a> scoring on the man advantage, before finding the back of the net for the second time in less than a minute.
\n\tNearly a minute and a half later, Shelko added his second of the game to go ahead by two, off another Canisius turnover.
\n\tManhattan continued the third quarter the same way it played in the second stanza, with another two goals to open the first seven minutes of the frame, courtesy of Jack Miller<\/a> and Sean Shelko<\/a>, to widen its advantage to four.
\n\tOff Ryan Beller’s<\/a> three saves in the early portion of the fourth quarter, the Jaspers took full advantage with a quartet of attempts, with Connor White’s<\/a> attempt finding the back of the net for the eighth goal of the game and doubling the lead.
\n\tLate in the fourth quarter, the Green and White put the final touches on its first conference win of the season with Connor Engel<\/a> netting the team’s ninth goal off another costly Canisius turnover.
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\n\tRedshirt junior attack Sean Shelko<\/a> paced the Green and White with three goals on nine shots. Five of which were on target. Shelko also finished his Gaelic Park career with one caused turnover.
\n\tSophomore midfielder Thomas White<\/a> scored twice on eight shots, five on target, and scooped one ground ball.
\n\tRedshirt sophomore midfielder Aiden Kane<\/a> recorded one goal and a team-high three assists on two shots and one on target.
\n\tJunior attack Connor Engel<\/a> logged one goal on three shots and two on target in the victory over Canisius.
\n\tJunior attack Tyler Mosca<\/a> supplied an assist on one shot on goal and scooped three ground balls.
\n\tFreshman defender Michael Medici<\/a> registered one assist, three ground balls, and caused one turnover.
\n\tRedshirt sophomore midfielder Jack Miller<\/a> posted one goal and one assist on two shots, with one on target.
\n\tRedshirt junior attack Connor White<\/a> added a goal on as many shots on the morning.
\n\tAs a team, Manhattan logged 28 of 30 clear attempts, while capitalizing on one extra-man opportunity in four tries.
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