2014 FALL RECAP

Senior Malia McGuinnessMAAC VolleyballPlayer Of The Year

Noah D. LeFevre Manhattan College Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

Dear Friends

It was a tremendous first semester for me as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Manhattan College. It is difficult to express in words how excited I am to come to Riverdale every day and continue to work on developing our many athletic programs. The dedication

of all of our student-athletes to be successful both academically and athletically is the centerpiece of all of the decisions we make as an athletic department.

We continue to strive to attract the some of the best athletes in the country. We have implemented a multi-year scholarship plan that will enable us to better our competitive positioning through increased athletic aid to talented would-be Manhattan College student-athletes. Increasing the number of scholarship opportunities will enable our programs to build depth and attract greater talent.

We are currently working on many different facility projects. It is important to continue to develop our ancillary spaces, especially locker rooms and team meeting rooms. We are in the final planning stages of he construction of a broadcast studio which will enable us to have a better video presence on the web. We have made a great deal of progress over the past couple years in the facility area, but we certainly want to continue to build on the momentum of recent history and further the progress made on our various complexes.

Most remarkably this past Fall was our overall student-athlete grade point average of 3.16. Our student-athletes continue to impress in the classroom and are working hard to ensure they have a full menu of options for themselves once they graduate.

I strongly encourage you to join the Jasper Club if you have not already done so. The support our friends lend to the Club make a lasting impact on the development of all our athletic programs and greatly enhance the student-athlete experience.

I hope that everybody has a healthy and successful 2015.

Go Jaspers!!!

From the Desk of Noah D. LeFevre

Men’s Cross Country9th MAAC

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* First season under Head Coach Nick McDonough.

* Placed ninth at MAAC Championships.

* Finished fifth at Metropolitan Championships, led by senior Kevin O’Brien’s 12th-place finish.

* Junior Shane Beyer paced Manhattan in five of of the Jaspers’ seven meets.

* Beyer was the top Manhattan finisher at the MAAC Meet and the Northeast Regionals.

* The Jaspers placed 10th as a team in the University Division at the IC4A Championships.

Women’s Cross Country8th MAAC

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* First season under Head Coach Nick McDonough.

* Finished eighth at MAAC Championships, improving upon last year’s ninth-place finish.

* Senior Milena Stoicev placed 10th at MAAC Championships.

* She was the highest Manhattan finisher at the MAAC meet since Kristen Cerasi (2008).

* Her 6K time of 21:55.64 marked the second-fastest time in program history.

* Stoicev also took fifth at ECAC Championships.

Women’s Soccer8-8-3; 3-5-2 MAAC

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* Manhattan won eight matches, its most since the 2009 season while tying for the fourth-most in program history.

* The Jaspers also finished up an impressive 5-3 in non-conference play, highlighted by a sudden-victory win at Yale.

* Manhattan registered four road victories after notching four combined over the previous four years.

* The Jaspers finished just four points out of the sixth and final playoff MAAC playoff spot.

* Senior Aislinn McIlvenny was named a Second Team Senior CLASS All-American.- On the field, McIlvenny paced the MAAC and ranked 14th nationally with six game-winning goals- She also was second in the league with 10 goals and had a hand in 70.0 % (14-for-20) of the Jaspers’ scoring

* Throughout the season, Manhattan participated in the ‘Kickin’ Back’ charity- The charity is dedicated to improving the lives of children in Nambia- At every home game, the Jaspers collected funds and donated soccer items through ‘Kickin Back’

Men’s Soccer2-12-2; 1-8-1 MAAC

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* Manhattan head coach Jorden Scott added 13 new faces to the squad in 2014.

* The Jaspers defeated back-to-back NEC Champion St. Francis Brooklyn 1-0 in double overtime.

* Manhattan dropped eight games by just one goal and tied MAAC Regular Season Champion Quinnipiac.

* Junior co-captain Alex Shackley led the team in scoring with eight points (3 goals | 2 assists).

* Senior co-captain Tommy Amos added seven points and classmate Eugene Heerschap had six points.

* Manhattan’s shut out Niagara, 5-0 in one of its most prolific offensive performances of the year.

* Amos and junior Abraham Bartoah earned All-MAAC Second Team honors.

Volleyball21-13; 13-5 MAAC

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* Manhattan posted its second-straight 20-win season while tying the school record for MAAC wins (13).

* Reached the semifinals of MAAC Tournament.

* Ranked among the top six nationally in three different statistical categories (attack attempts, digs, dig attempts).

* Fifth-year head coach Mark Jones earned his 100th career win against Niagara in the MAAC Quarterfinals.

* MAAC Player of the Year Malia McGuinness led the league in kills & points.- McGuinness became the fifth player in school history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.- She also earned two MAAC Player of the Week selections and one ECAC Player of the Week nod.

* Sophomore Allie Yamashiro set a program record with 656 digs and notched her 1,000th career dig.- Yamashiro was named MAAC Libero of the Week three times and the ECAC Libero of the Week once.

* Teodora Peric earned MAAC Player of the Week accolades for the period of Sept. 15-21.

FALL SUPERLATIVESMen’s Cross CountryMAAC All-Academic Team Members:Nick AdamoJacob AdamsKevin O’BrienMikael Rojeras

Women’s Cross CountryMAAC All-Academic Team Members:Alexandra CappelloAlyssa Windle

Men’s SoccerMAAC All-Academic Team Members:Reese Akers Alex Coates McDowallBrian DeLaurentisEugene HeerschapAndrew MelitsanopoulosJake ScavettaAlex Shackley

Senior Aislinn McIlvenny

Women’s SoccerSecond Team Senior CLASS All-AmericanAislinn McIlvenny

Capital One Academic All-America® Third TeamAislinn McIlvenny

First-Team All-MAACAislinn McIlvenny

MAAC All-RookieNicole AylmerEmily Center

MAAC All-Academic Team Members:Kaelyn AngeloLauren BartonShannon GarrityColleen KavanaghAislinn McIlvennyDaniella MorganteTaylor SalkowskyKristen SkoniecznyEmily Ude

VolleyballMAAC Player of the Year & First Team All-MAACMalia McGuinness

MAAC All-Tournament TeamClaire Van Dyk

Capital One Academic All-District I First TeamAnna Kitlar

MAAC All-Academic Team Members:Mary DonnellyJade GraySarah HaselhorstAnna KitlarMalia McGuinnessTeodora PericAllie Yamashiro

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES

Team Fall Semester GPAs of 3.0 or higherWomen’s Volleyball (3.52)Softball (3.51)Tennis (3.45)Women’s Soccer (3.4)Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field (3.25)Men’s Swimming & Diving (3.2)Men’s Cross Country (3.19)Women’s Lacrosse (3.19)Baseball (3.17)Women’s Cross Country (3.12)Women’s Swimming & Diving (3.11)Men’s Golf (3.09)Men’s Soccer (3.02)Men’s Indoor Track & Field (3.02)Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (3.00)

Team (Dean’s List Student-Athletes)Men’s Cross Country (7)Women’s Cross Country (4)Men’s Soccer (9)Women’s Soccer (10)Volleyball (10)Men’s Basketball (1)Women’s Basketball (2)Men’s Indoor Track & Field (16)Women’s Indoor Track & Field (8)Men’s Swimming & Diving (8)Women’s Swimming & Diving (7) Baseball (10)Golf (4)Men’s Lacrosse (10)Women’s Lacrosse (11)Softball (10)Tennis (3)Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (16)Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (8)

Student-Athletes with 4.0 GPAs (2014 Fall Semester)Emily Center (W-Soccer) - School of Arts

Kristen Skonieczny (W-Soccer) - School of ScienceJade Gray (Volleyball) - School of Education

Tyler McCloskey (M-Swimming) - School of EngineeringAlexander Gitlitz (M-Lacrosse) - School of Engineering

Amy Bright (Softball) - School of EducationEmily Cutler (Softball) - School of Education

Amanda Paxson (Softball) - School of EducationMarc Hoeller (M-Track & Field) - School of Business

Nicole Mainente (W-Track & Field) - School of Education

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