Manhattan senior Katie Powers recorded a career-high 24 kills to help lead the host Jaspers to a 3-2 comeback win over Canisius in Metro Conference volleyball action Saturday afternoon at Draddy Gymnasius in Riverdale, N.Y.
Manhattan, which trailed by as many as four points late in the fifth set, took the match by set scores of 21-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-22, 16-14. The win moved the Jaspers to 4-14 overall and 3-4 in Metro action, while the Golden Griffins fell to 2-15 overall and 1-6 in league play.
For Canisius, senior Hannah Kos posted a career-high 18 kills to go along with a career-high six service aces, a pair of digs and a block assists. Fellow senior Azoria Davis registed a double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs, while redshirt-junior Julia Lenik chipped in 14 kills and seven digs. Junior Emma Isroff added 12 kills, three digs, three block assists and three aces to the Griffs' effort, as the Blue and Gold hit .241 as a team in the losing effort.
In the fifth and final set, Canisius led Manhattan 14-10 before the Jaspers ripped off six-straight points to seal the victory. Trailing 14-11, Power's 24th kill of the day cut the Griffs' lead to two at 14-12, and then the Jaspers took advantage of four-straight Canisius attack errors to win the set and the match.
Canisius took two of the first three sets to hold a 2-1 lead in the match. In the first set, Azoria hit .625 with six kills to help lead the Griffs to the 25-21 victory. After Manhattan evened the match at 1-1 in the second frame with a 25-21 set victory of its own.
Canisius bounced back, winning the third set 28-26. After trailing Manhattan 19-13, Kos took control of the frame collecting a pair of aces and a pair of kills to close out the set. The Blue and Gold collected four service aces in the third set, which proved to be the difference.
The fourth set saw 11 ties and four lead changes before the Jaspers responded to even the match at 2-2 and force a fifth set. Powers recorded seven kills in the fourth set and the Jaspers hit .375 as a team in that frame, the team's best hitting percentage in a frame on the day.
GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 59th all-time meeting between Canisius and Manhattan. The Griffs lead the series, 41-18.
• Manhattan snapped a 16-match losing streak to Canisius with Saturday's victory. That streak dated back to the 2017 season.
• Canisius registered a season-high 14 service aces in the match.
• Sophomore setter Anna Rich led Canisius with a career-high 27 assists.
• Freshman Hayden Siebenaler led the team in block assists with six for the second consecutive match.
UP NEXT
Canisius will return home next weekend for a pair of Metro Conference matches. The Griffs will start their weekend home set Oct. 16, when the team plays host to Quinnipiac, with game time set for 6 p.m., at the Koessler Athletic Center. The contest will be broadcast live on the Golden Griffin Broadcast Network.
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