The Canisius College volleyball team tried to recover from a two-sets-to-one deficit but couldn't complete the comeback against Manhattan in the Koessler Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon. The Jaspers defeated Canisius 23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 20-25, 17-15 as the Golden Griffins fall to 6-10 overall and 1-4 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Senior Danielle Brawn led Canisius with 19 kills while junior Samantha Good had 15 kills and five blocks. Senior Layne Adams added nine kills, a .421 attack percentage and five blocks. Senior Janelle Davis had her second double-double of the season with a season-high 51 assists and 10 digs while senior Joanna Burt had a career-high 16 digs.

"That energy and level of play necessary to get a conference win wasn't there until late in the match. No team in this league can be taken for granted," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "We can't let this match and this type of loss define us as a team."

Canisius posted a .364 attack percentage in the opening set to take the early 1-0 lead. The Griffs overcame an 18-15 deficit, getting two kills from Davis during a 6-2 run that allowed Canisius to take a 21-20 lead. The Griffs went up 24-22 on a kill from Adams and closed out the set on a kill from freshman Olivia Chrzanowski.

Manhattan won the last three points of the second set to even the match and then easily won the third set to take a 2-1 lead in the match. The teams then played two sets that featured a number of back-and-forth points. Canisius jumped out to an 8-3 lead in the fourth set and never gave up the lead. Brawn scored the final four points of the set for the Griffs, all on kills, to square the match at two sets apiece.

Canisius won the first two points of the fifth set, but the Jaspers won the next four points to take a two-point lead. Canisius came back with a 3-1 run to even the match and would build an 11-9 lead on a Manhattan error. The Jaspers then won three straight to take a 12-11 lead, but Canisius used a 3-1 run once again to give itself a match point at 14-13 after a tip from Brawn. A solo block from LaKell Havens fought off the first match point, but a kill from Good gave Canisius its second match point of the day. However, Manahttan would stave that off and take the last three points of the set to close out the match, capped by a kill from Malia McGuinness.

McGuinness had a match-high 24 kills and also had a double-double with 14 digs. Hollen Henderson had 54 assists while Mariana Furquim had 15 kills. Havens totaled 11 kills and nine blocks.

Canisius returns to the road next weekend, starting at Siena on Saturday, with match time set for 2 p.m.

Notes: Canisius lost to Manhattan in the Koessler Athletic Center for the first time in seven meetings... The double-double for Davis was the 23^rd of her career... Brawn had double-digit kills for the 14^th time this season, leading Canisius in kills for the 12^th time... Adams, the MAAC's active leader in blocks, had three or more blocks for the 61^st time in her career... Good had double-digit kills in back-to-back matches for the first time this season... Burt had 15 or more digs for the third time this season... Sophomore Roxanne Hernandez came off the bench in the fourth and fifth sets to record three blocks... Canisius is now 33-14 in MAAC home games since 2006... Canisius lost in five sets for the third time this season and lost its fifth straight five-set match dating back to last season...  Canisius played its 13^th set with extra points this season and is now 7-6 in those 13 sets... Canisius falls to 28-15 since 2006 when recording double-digit blocks in MAAC play.