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Riverdale, NY - IUPUI held off a late-charging Manhattan squad by a 1-0 count in non-conference action at Gaelic Park.
The Jaguars improve to 2-3 while the Jaspers fall to 1-3-1.
Manhattan threatened to tie it up the match late in the second half with a pair of scoring opportunities.
In the 75th minute, sophomore
Arianna Montefusco (Levittown, NY / General Douglas MacArthur) blasted a shot from 30 yards that was corralled by Sophia Lipka.
Just under four minutes later, sophomore
Emma Boss (Holden, MA / Wachusett Regional) delivered a beautiful through ball to a streaking
Erica Modena (Massapequa, NY / Massapequa) to set up the senior striker with a 1v1 opportunity against Lipka. Unfortunately, Lipka was able to dive at the last moment and deflect Modena's shot.
That would be the last shot on goal for the Jaspers, which outshot the visitors by an 8-7 count after halftime.
In the first half, the Jaguars registered a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks only to be denied each time by the strong play of junior
Kelly DiGregorio (Centerreach, NY / St. Anthony's). After applying pressure for most of the stanza, the visitors finally broke through with just 52 seconds remaining until halftime when Valentine Pursey scored off a Leia Peterman pass.
Lipka made five saves in earning her second win of the year while DiGregorio netted two stops for Manhattan in being saddled the tough-luck loss.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- This was the first meeting between the teams.
- IUPUI posted an advantage in corner kicks (6-3) with the Jaspers owning the upper hand on shots (13-12) and shots on goal (5-3) battles.
- The Jaguars recorded just one shot over the final 23 minutes of action.
- All five Jasper matches this year and 13-of-14 in the non-conference dating back to the 2015 season have now been decided by one goal or less.
- DiGregorio has a 0.93 GAA with a .727 save percentages over her three starts.
- Freshman
Maddie Barrow (Ramsey, NJ / Ramsey) made her collegiate debut while sophomore
Erin Sanders (Goshen, NY / Goshen) made her season debut.
UP NEXT
Manhattan will host VMI on Friday, September 8 with opening kick tabbed for 7:00 pm.
