April 14, 2004

Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Manhattan held off a furious Stony Brook comeback and held on for an 11-9 win in women's lacrosse action Wednesday night at LaValle Stadium. Victoria Carmen scored four goals to pave the way for the Jaspers and Ashley Devins made 15 saves, including 12 in the second half, as Manhattan improved to 8-4. The Seawolves lost for the third straight outing and slipped to 4-6.

Carmen set the tone early as Manhattan dominated for most of the first half. She scored a pair of goals in the opening 3:10 and Lauren Civardi added another at 25:16 as the visitors opened up a 3-0 lead. Beth Arikian finally got the Seawolves on the board, finishing a pass from Amy Taylor to trim the lead to 3-1 at 20:41.

Manhattan closed the first half scoring three of the final four goals, including an unassisted tally by Nora Jacquette with seven seconds remaining, to take an 8-4 lead at the break.

The second half was scoreless for the first 14:20 before Manhattan's Jamie Carter converted a free position attempt and Erin Warren scored at 13:48 to give the Jaspers a 10-4 advantage.

Trailing by six, the Seawolves roared to life, ignited by Carlee Buck's free position goal with 6:48 remaining in the game. Danielle Werner followed with an unassisted marker at 5:43 to cut the deficit to 10-6.

Civardi stemmed the tide briefly with her third goal of the game before Stony Brook continued its assault on the Manhattan goal. Stephanie DeGennaro scored her second of the year from Katie Savino at 3:33 and Kristin Kissinger's goal brought SB within 11-8 with 1:08 to play. Marrisa Trachtenberg's tally with 15 seconds remaining was not enough as Stony Brook was stopped time and time again in the final minutes by the outstanding play of the Jaspers' Devins in goal. Devins upped her record to 8-4 with the win.

Jen Sandtorv was also outstanding in goal for Stony Brook, turning aside 13 Manhattan shots in the loss. Taylor finished with a goal and two assists while Werner totaled two goals. Arikian turned in an all-around effort with a goal and an assist to go along with four draw controls and three caused turnovers.

Stony Brook is back in action on Friday night when it hosts America East foe Vermont. Game time is 7 p.m.