RIVERDALE, N.Y. – A late comeback in the fourth by the Explorers was ultimately not enough as the Explorers fell to the Manhattan Jaspers in double overtime 13-12. The Explorers sit at 1-2 overall this season.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The opening half of the first quarter was rules by the Jaspers. Manhattan came out to a 4-0 lead in the first part of the opening frame.
• Alana Lathan broke that scoring streak and got La Salle on the board with 7:24 left in the first.
• Now down 6-1 in the final minute of the first, Ellen Stickney ended another Jasper scoring streak to cut the lead to 6-2.
• The second quarter proved to be slightly better offensively, and much better defensively for La Salle.
• Maddie Henderson added another goal for the Explorers with 5:41 remaining in the second, which was shortly there followed by a Mackenzie Click goal, her sixth of the season.
• La Salle would surrender one more goal before the half expired, also adding one more thanks to Katie Johnson, the team's leading goal-getter. The Jaspers led 8-5 at halftime.
• Reagan Mullins and Andrea Liotta came out of halftime by adding two more goals for the Jaspers.
• Johnson would add her second goal of the game to make it 6-11 with 7:26 left in the third.
• That goal for La Salle was followed up by another from Claudia Steinmetz to help in the comeback efforts.
• Making her season debut in the contest, Melissa Hewitt notched her first career goal as the clock expired in the third, cutting the Manhattan lead to three.
• Freshman Kate Licciardi scored her first career goal in the opening minutes of the fourth to help La Salle get within two goals.
• Ashley Bonitch would add another for Manhattan, but that was short lived thanks to Johnson and her third goal of the day, Manhattan had only a two-goal lead.
• Ellen Stickney would put La Salle within one with 2:33 left in regulation. And following that goal the Explorers would calla timeout and regroup before their final push.
• The timeout proved to be pivotal, as Johnson scored the equalizing goal with 1:39 left in regulation. There would be no more goals and we would go to overtime.
• The only shot from the Explorers in the first overtime came from Click, and it missed off the post, the best remaining opportunity for La Salle.
• After a scoreless first overtime, it took almost the full second period for Manhattan to find the game-winning goal with just 21 seconds remaining.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Katie Johnson scored a team-high four-goals in the loss; she now leads the Explorers with ten goals overall.
• Eight different players for La Salle notched a goal against Manhattan, the most for them in a game this season.
• Lathan, Steinmetz, Licciardi, and Gina D'Angelo all added assists on the day.
• Grace Lord would once again lead the team in ground balls, this time collecting six.

 
 
UP NEXT:

• La Salle will travel to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 28^th for a meeting with the Howard Bison.