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PHILADELPHIA, PA\u00a0\u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers Women’s Volleyball team (0-1) fell\u00a0in its season-opening non-conference contest against the Owls from Temple (1-0), in straight sets (18-25, 20-25, 22-25) inside McGonigle Hall\u00a0on Friday afternoon.
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\n\tWelcoming six newcomers along with 10 returners, the Jaspers took the court with something to prove.\u00a0
\n\tAfter Ori Briger<\/a> served the opening point of the Manhattan season, Katie Powers<\/a> tied the first set at one with an emphatic kill assisted by Briger.
\n\tThe Green and White capitalized on a pair of errors to both take the lead at 3-2 and tie the set back up at 6 apiece.\u00a0
\n\tEmma Francesconi<\/a> took a feed from Emilia Kuzniar<\/a> on the Jaspers’ seventh and eighth points of the set for a pair of kills.
\n\tFollowing a 5-1 run to put the hosts up 24-14, the Owls appeared to be in the driver’s seat.\u00a0
\n\tIt was then four consecutive points from the the visitors with the first two coming from Francesconi, with Powers’ registering a solo block for the third, and assisting on another with Francesconi for the fourth before Temple took the first set 25-18.\u00a0
\n\tWhile Temple set the tone early in set number two, Manhattan captured three out of four points including a solo block from Helenn Montilla<\/a> to tie the set at seven-all.\u00a0
\n\tThe Owls began to pull away late in the set, but a combination of a service ace from Kuzniar and a dual block from Hanna Kacsynka and Abby Morreale<\/a> put Manhattan back within three.\u00a0
\n\tJust when the Jaspers had them back within reach, back-to-back kills from the hosts gave them a two-set advantage.\u00a0
\n\tBrooke Johnson<\/a> served up a service ace of her own early in the third set to tie it at two.\u00a0
\n\tAnother good stretch for the Green and White ensued when they captured four of five points midway through, which included two kills from Powers, a service ace form Morreale, and another kill from Johnson to top it off.\u00a0
\n\tMore back and forth continued late into the set, with another 4-0 stretch putting the set back within one at 22-21, highlighted by another Morreale ace.\u00a0
\n\tDespite hanging in until the very end, a final service ace from Temple’s Sofia Hardy secured the 3-0 victory for the hosts.\u00a0
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\n\tSenior outside hitter Katie Powers<\/a> secured the most kills amongst her teammates with seven.
\n\tFollowing close behind her were Sophomore and Redshirt Sophomore outside hitters Emma Francesconi<\/a> and Brooke Johnson<\/a>, with five and four respectively.\u00a0
\n\tThe Jaspers hit at their\u00a0best rate in the third\u00a0set, with a .269 clip.
\n\tSenior middle blocker Abby Morreale<\/a> contributed the most to the block party, with one solo and two assisted.
\n\tSenior\u00a0and Junior\u00a0setters Emilia Kuzniar<\/a> and Ori Briger<\/a>\u00a0spread the ball around the most, accounting for 23\u00a0of Manhattan’s 27\u00a0assists.
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\nThe Green and White will conclude their play at the Cherry and White Invitational tomorrow, Saturday, August\u00a029, when the Jaspers compete in another Battle of the Bronx, this time in the City of Brotherly Love against the Rams from Fordham. Action is scheduled to get underway at 5:30 p.m., there will be no video stream and live stats are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n