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MU’sMockTrialTeam RepresentsUniversityat Regionals
Sarah Rolka
Asst. Features Editor
Manhattan University’s (MU) Mock Trial Association competed regionals on March 1 at Seton Hall University, delivering a strong performance that secured the team a spot at the Midlands tournament next year.
MU’s mock trial team has been active for the past four years and operates largely as a student-run organization. The team’s recent performance reflects its continued growth and
development as a program.
Eleanor Sak, a junior prelaw political science major with minors in English and religious studies, serves as vice president of MU’s mock trial team and competed as an attorney at regionals. She spoke about her experience joining the team this year and what it was like working with the team and competing at regionals.
“I started this year… It’s been amazing, I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” Sak said. “It’s definitely a lot of work, but the outcome of it is worth all the work.”
Vivian Nartey, a senior communications major with a
psychology minor, competed as both an attorney and a witness at regionals. She reflected on her experience with MU’s mock trial, particularly noting her perspective as a member since the program’s first year.
“I was on that first team [when the program initially started],” Nartey said. “I feel like I’ve always been kind of interested in law. At the time there wasn’t any sort of prelaw [program] or clubs like mock trial… [But] since then it’s been so much fun.”
The team faced several
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Asst. Sports Editor
Manhattan University’s (MU) Engineers Week concluded on Friday, March 6 with one of its most anticipated events, “Battle of the Brains.” The event challenged students in a live engineering competition where students designed and built a mystery device in real time in front of an audience.
Held in Kelly Commons, the event brought together student teams from across all engineering departments to test their creativity, teamwork and technical skills under a tight deadline. By the end of the competition, the Mechanical Engineering Department claimed the Brother Leo Cup.
The event served as the culmination of a week filled with friendly competition across the school of engineering. Throughout the week, departments faced off in a variety of challenges and activities, including themed competitions such as “Engineering Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune,” building excitement and school spirit leading up to the final event.
Organizers say the competition reflects the broader purpose of National Engineers Week by highlighting collaboration, innovation and the spirit of the MU engineering community. Ashley Zegler, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers spoke with The Quadrangle about the nature of this event.
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event is a reflection of the passion for engineering and the MU community,” Zegler said. “It was great seeing each department come together to compete for the final build and meeting some alumni who attended as spectators. ‘Battle of the Brains’ was a true accumulation of the ingenuity, collaboration and competitive spirit featured throughout the week.”
Unlike many technical competitions that happen within individual departments, ‘Battle of the Brains’ emphasizes collaboration across the entire School of Engineering.
“‘Battle of the Brains’ is different from other engineering competitions because of the collaboration between all departments and the School of Engineering,” Zegler said. “The enthusiasm from the club boards and administration alone is apparent in many creative and fun events that were planned throughout the week.”
The event also serves as a practical learning experience. Students must rapidly develop solutions, test ideas and adapt to unexpected challenges while working together as a team.
Towfiq Mahid, a junior mechanical engineering major and vice president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, went further in depth on how hands-on competitions allow students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios.
“Hands-on competitions allow students to apply what they learn in the classroom
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LETTER from the EDITOR
Hello everyone and welcome to issue 9!
I want to first start off by giving everyone a warm welcome back from spring break! I hope everyone got the rest they needed and is ready to jump back into the semester where we left off. We’re in the final stretch now - finals week, and subsequently, summer break, is just weeks away. Stay strong!
On a similar note, with the end of the semester comes The Quadrangle’s themed special issue. These special issues are the only print issues we can produce each semester, and a lot of work (and money) goes into this creation. If you are interested in supporting this issue, please check out our gofundme page or reach out to thequad@manhattan.edu to figure out how to get involved. We couldn’t do this without our readers!
Now moving into our issue 8, we cover campus happenings from before the spring break started. First, in news, you can read about the Battle of the Brains competition which ended off Engineers Week. In this annual competition, different groups of engineers compete to build a device in front of a live audience. Congratulations to the winners of the Brother Leo Cup, the Mechanical Engineering Department, for a great performance this year. Next, read about MU’s Mock Trial team and their trip to regionals to represent the university. As a student-run organization, seeing their success is super inspirational - be sure to check these articles out!
Up next in features, we cover an event hosted by the NYWEA chapter on campus, where different students were able to present their findings on various scientific processes. MU’s women’s club soccer team also held a fundraising event to support their upcoming season.
In A&E, we dive deep into MU’s album class, and the changes that students are making to the marketing of the class and performance itself, followed by a club trip to the Gay Harlem Renaissance Exhibition, in collaboration with the Pride Center, BSU and more. I suggest you look at the album class’ instagram for yourself to see these exciting changes!
Lastly, in our sports section you can find a recap of our basketball teams’ seasons, as they have both officially come to a close. Also check out our games of the week to find quick coverage on our teams recent results.
That’s all for this week - I hope you enjoy this issue!
See you this time next week,
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to real-life challenges,” Mahid said. “They encourage creativity, teamwork and problem-solving in ways that traditional coursework sometimes can’t. It’s a wonderful way for students to test ideas and learn by doing.”
Mahid continued to explain that the competition also helps unite the engineering community by bringing together students from different disciplines and organizations.
“‘Battle of the Brains’ brings together students from different engineering disciplines and clubs,” Mahid said. “It creates a fun, collaborative environment where students can connect, support their departments, challenge each other and celebrate engineering together.”
While being interviewed, Zegler told The Quadrangle about how ‘Battle of the Brains’ impact on students goes beyond technical ability, participants develop essential professional skills, including communication and teamwork - traits that
“Aside from the quick problem-solving skills gained from facing a challenge within a time constraint, arguably the most important skill gained from this experience is teamwork,” Zegler said. “With a time crunch, it’s important to weigh different solution approaches and collaborate to identify the best possible game plan.”
Engineering leaders say the event also helps challenge common stereotypes about the field.
“I hope people see that engineering is creative and collaborative,” Mahid said. “Events like this show that engineering is about building, experimenting and working together to solve problems.”
During their interviews faculty and student leaders alike who participated in organizing the competition recalled how coordinating a live engineering challenge presented its own set of difficulties.
“Coordination and ensuring participant safety,”Adriana Lufrano, president of Eta Kappa Nu,
said when discussing how the competition also reinforces a core idea about engineering education: the fact that learning extends beyond the classroom.
“Engineering is something you do, not just something you learn,” Lufrano said. “Competitions like this put you in a room where theory has to become action.”
Lufrano made a statement on the event, and how it allows students at different stages of
their education to contribute their unique perspectives.
“A freshman who just came out of calculus might be the one who saves the team on a foundational problem that older students haven’t touched in years,” Lufrano said. “Everyone brings something, and this week makes that visible.”
Organizers hope the competition will continue to grow in the coming years as Engineers Week evolves and
participation increases.
“I think it will continue to grow with more participation and bigger challenges,” Mahid said. “It has the potential to become an even bigger highlight of Engineers Week.”
For now, the competition stands as a fitting finale to the week, celebrating the creativity and collaboration that define MU’s engineering community.
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“When we started this year we had around 20 people who auditioned for mock trial,” Sak said. “Then a month and a half before competitions, we lost pretty much everyone. So we had to rebuild the team, rework the case and it took a lot of preparation, especially the days leading up to [regionals].”
Nartey agreed and added
on that even with challenges, the team has had that passion to keep going.
“We’re pretty much fully student-run,” Nartey said.
“[It] has been a learning experience [with] a lot of challenges, but it’s really fun and I feel that ultimately we all have a shared love of mock trial and law so it comes together so seamlessly.”
Even with their recent successes, MU’s Mock Trial team operates with limited funding as a student club. Nartey expressed optimism that the team’s achievements could help them gain the resources needed to take their performance to the next level.
“I just know how good this past team is,” Nartey said. “The potential that they have, and if we just get the funding, the resources… it would be great.”
Adriane Bilous, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for the Graduate School and Fellowship and pre-law advisor, recognized the students’ efforts in building the team and commended them for their accomplishments.
“They do so much of the work,” Bilous said. “I am just there whenever they need someone to step in… and make sure they have all the materials, resources and support they need to succeed.”
Bilous also recognized the leadership of Amy Foster, the team’s president, for helping the Mock Trial team advance and strengthen its performance.
“I think that is something that is fabulous to see that we’ve taken this idea and Amy [Foster] now is really trying to push us out to become, not just competitive with the local schools, but getting picked up and invited to some of these competitions outside of regionals,” Bilous said.
For future seasons, the team plans to begin preparations sooner to build momentum and maximize their potential.
“We got so many amazing people that are super dedicated to our team and are coming back for next season,” Sak said. “We’re going to start a lot earlier this year.”
Bilous added that the team’s current drive is key to pushing their progress. She also emphasized that newer members should step up to help maintain and build on that growth.
“Now that we have the momentum, [this is] how we’re going to keep it going,” Bilous said. “We need younger members, even students who are interested but haven’t been a part [of mock trial], to really come together to be able to keep this team moving forward.”
Engineers Week ends with its Battle of the Brains competition.
NewYorkWaterEnvironment AssociationHosts UniversityNightonCampus
Brooke Della Rocco Senior Writer
On Thursday, March 11, the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) Metropolitan Chapter attended Manhattan University (MU) for University Night, held down in Leo Hall. At this event, three studies were presented by different students that further investigated different aspects of fermentation, DNA analysis and disinfection.
NYWEA is a nonprofit educational foundation and was founded in 1929, with a purpose to, “serve the best interest of the public by promoting sustainable clean water quality management through science, education and training,” according to nywea.org.
The first presentation was titled, “From Detection to Disinfection: Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Track Herbicides in Drinking Water,” by Andrew F. Kurian and speaker and undergraduate student Mahnoor Sultan. Sultan started this project when she discovered hydrilla, an invasive underwater plant found just upstream of Croton Reservoir. A systematic herbicide commonly used to control hydrilla is fluridone, often applied directly to water bodies, and can potentially enter drinking-water reservoirs at trace concentrations. Sultan constructed the challenge of developing a rapid, reliable monitoring method to evaluate the effectiveness of Fluridone removal techniques.
“New York has a maximum contaminant level of 50 micrograms per liter, while UPA recommends a health advisory level of 150 micrograms per liter,” Sultan said. “There remains a significant gap in understanding how fluoridone moves through our water supply system and how efficiently conventional water treatment processes such as ultraviolet disinfection and chlorination remove fluoridone from drinking water, without reliable and efficient methods to monitor and quantify herbicide removal in real time.”
Sultan proposed fluorescence spectroscopy as her method and promising alternatives for rapid herbicide detection. This technique involved exciting sample molecules with specific wavelengths of light and measuring the emitted fluorescence, producing a three dimensional excitation emission matrix.
From her studies, Sultan gathered that neither UV nor chlorine alone remove fluridone completely, as removal is concentration dependent. She predicts that utilities may need combined or advanced processes for full removal. As for future plans, she hopes to expand upon her studies and learn more about the processes and real-life implications.
“We do want to look at how other herbicides are removed,” Sultan said. “So, we are eager to look at where that takes us.”
The second presentation was titled, “Photodegradation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Water: Impact of DNA Conformation on Measured
Photodegradation Rate,” by Alma Rocha, a Ph.D candidate from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
Rocha’s research was centered around antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), or DNA segments that encode for resistance to antibiotics, as well as antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), or bacteria that have acquired ARGs allowing them to be resistant to antibiotics. Their presence serves as a public health threat as over 2.8 million ARB infections occur in the U.S. each year, as well as the fact that there is high risk of ARGs in aquatic environments. She received assistance from the Silverman Lab, as well as funding from the National Science Foundation and NYU. Through her research, Rocha found that sunlight was a successful decay process, and that the understanding of photodegradation of ARGs benefit expanding knowledge of fate and transfer of any environmental DNA.
“Now we know that sunlight is a powerful decay process that mitigates this problem,” Rocha said. “A really cool thing about working with DNA is that all DNA is made up of the same four nucleotides, so this knowledge of regeneration of energies can also benefit other types of work.”
The final presentation was named, “Implications of Organic Waste Fermentation in New York City,” as presented by David Cham, from The City College of New York. He focused on two waste streams: cake from wastewater treatment plants and food waste. Through his research,
NYWEA hosts three presenters to talk about fermentation, DNA analysis and disinfection.
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Cham focused on the impact of pH control on fermentation, and ultimately found that controlled fermentation significantly increased volatile fatty acid (VFA) production.
“We’re already controlling the pH in our fermented food waste,” Cham said. “So we could probably take our orbit further and aim towards some kind of ammonia stripping, or even some thermal alkaline pre-treatments to hydrolyze more organics.”
Cham mentioned how
he hopes to look into other treatments in the future and expand upon his initial research and labs.
“There’s a lot of technologies out there that are novel, such as membrane treatments and electrodialysis,” Cham said. “Things that we can play around with to aim to not only remove nitrogen, but maybe even recover ammonia as a concentrated pure solution.and not have this complex matrix of fermenting.”
Women’s Club Soccer Fundraises with Bake Sale
Maizy Swift Senior Writer
On Wednesday, March 11, the Manhattan University (MU) women’s club soccer
team held a bake sale in order to fundraise for the season.
According to socceramerica.
com, club soccer serves as the solution for students who simply enjoy the sport and play at the college level.
Following this importance,
Ashley Zegler, a junior mechanical engineering major who is the founder and captain of the team, shared where the funds from the bake sale go in order to keep the team playing.
“Funds from the bake sale go directly towards covering
operating costs for the team,” Zegler said. “We do not receive any financial support from Manhattan University and rely on fundraisers, donations [financial and equipment] and player dues to continue as an active club.”
Zegler also shared with The Quadrangle how the team has been working to save up money for the season.
“My board has been very active in creating fundraisers for our team,” Zegler said. “Aside from the bake sale, we also held a Double Good popcorn fundraiser, and have an active GoFundMe account that can be accessed through our Instagram account bio.
The need to fundraise for the team stems from a lack of budgeting from the university, causing the girls to have to be dependent on purely just donations.
“Much of the financial burden for starting up and maintaining the club team from zero budget has fallen on players, leaving club dues higher than those of nearby programs,” Zegler said. “We hope that all the support from the Manhattan University community at our fundraisers will help lower future costs, allowing us to lower dues, so players do not have to choose between playing a sport they love and finances.”
Despite the obstacles before them, Zegler felt the bake sale was a success.
Students passing through stopped to purchase cookies, brownies and other homemade treats, contributing to the team’s fundraising goal.
“It was a sweet success, we sold out halfway through,” Zegler said. “We are very grateful to everyone in the university community who supported our team, and we hope they all enjoyed their
sweet treats!”
Lauren Rosenberg, a senior at MU majoring in exercise science who serves as the treasurer for the team, also shared her thoughts regarding the event, and spoke about how it helped raise money for their upcoming senior game. The team wanted to make this event particularly meaningful, as a way to celebrate the graduating players who helped build the program.
“On March 29, we’re recognizing our seniors for their dedication to the team, and wanted to do something nice for them,” Rosenberg said. “We figured everyone loves a sweet treat and would be a success! We ended up selling out of all the goods we baked.”
Rosenberg also shared that this season the team is looking forward to playing in more games this season, as it is their first official season playing in the New York City / New Jersey division. Being a part of this division marks an important milestone for the team, as it allows them to compete against other universities and further establish their program. More details are to be found through their Instagram account: @ manhattanuwclubsoc.
MU’sAlbumClassAnnounces“The Stranger”asThisYear’sAlbumThrough aRevampedMarketingCampaign
Laili Shahrestani Editor-in-Chief
Manhattan University’s (MU) Album Class recently announced their album for this year — “The Stranger” by Billy Joel, alongside a revamped marketing campaign aimed at building excitement for their end-of-year performance, attracting greater audience engagement.
Efforts to revitalize this year’s marketing approach came about through the contributions of Billy Walker, a senior communications major and student at MU, who is now spearheading the campaign.
Walker expressed how past end-of-year performances for the class had little marketing and were often promoted only days before the actual shows.
“In years past, they would only share clips from rehearsals that would be posted the week of the shows, or even the day of the shows,” Walker said. “So I said we should give people a sneak peek earlier on and create that excitement.”
The first announcement
and teaser for this year’s Album Class was posted on March 5 as a voice memo from Kevin Beckett, a senior at MU, who sang a snippet of “Vienna” by Billy Joel, one of the nine songs on his 1977 album “The Stranger.”
Beckett shared this is his first year participating in the class and that he will serve as one of the main singers during the performance.
“This is my first year doing the Album Class, and any music here at MU,” Beckett said. “But I’ve been doing music for the majority of my life. I have a deep love for it … I’m definitely honored for my voice to be on the teaser. I think there’s a lot of very talented people in the class … So, I’m definitely honored.”
After posting the initial teaser and continuing the campaign, Walker emphasized that everything shared so far has received a high volume of views and strong audience engagement. He noted that these results make this year’s marketing efforts stand out compared with previous years.
“The voice memo already got like 5000 views, which is
more than any other video the Album Class has ever posted before,” Walker said. “And the other announcement video is getting close to 10,000 views … So it’s a really good looking sign for what’s to come, and how the marketing has changed.”
In addition to the voice memo, Walker has incorporated many other marketing tactics, using photography, video trailers, graphics and he hopes to implement vlogs in the future. As the weeks go on, leading up to the Album Class performance in May, Walker will continue to promote the show by posting on a weekly basis.
Olivia Bailey, a senior public relations and music major, has worked closely alongside Walker this year to help bring the campaign to light. Both Bailey and Walker hold certain ideas about the success of the campaign and are making a behind-the-scenes effort to create as much publicity for the event as possible.
“The marketing for Album Class started with Walker,” Bailey said. “The first time he did the class, he rose to the occasion. And then when I took the class the following year, he kind of just passed the torch. So we’ve just been slowly building this together.”
Bailey went on to speak about her role in the marketing campaign and how she contributes to creating more outreach for the performance.
“I’m actually doing all of the email releases,” Bailey said. “I definitely think this marketing is affecting the class in a bigger way. I’m going to be doing a lot of outreach with alumni and admissions, even to see if accepted students want to come see [the final performance]. It’s really about getting the word out to the greater Bronx community.”
The objective of this year’s marketing campaign is to align the posts with the overall theme of the album. “The Stranger” album cover is presented in black-andwhite, consisting of a grainy tone. Walker emphasized that through his campaign, he is doing his best to incorporate
that same black-and-white feel while maintaining the “70s vibe” throughout the marketing process.
“I’m trying to incorporate a visual vibe, as the album came out in the 70s,” Walker said.
“I’m trying to make rehearsal pictures and behind-the-scenes pictures look like they were taken from that era … Those may include more pictures … with a black and white graininess to it.”
While the entire campaign is based on an aesthetic from around 50 years ago, Andrew Bauer, the director of the Performing Arts Department and professor of the Album Class, still classifies “The Stranger” as timeless.
Bauer shared that for an album to be considered for the class, it must meet three basic criteria: “It must be an album that greatly influenced the music of its peers in the time that it was written,” said Bauer. “It needs to have instruments other than the typical rock band lineup… And it needs to survive the test of time.”
As the performance in May approaches, Bauer, Bailey and Walker have all expressed their hopes of the marketing reaching an audience outside the MU community to ensure a full house at The Black Box.
Bauer hopes Walker’s efforts excite prospective or current MU students to join the class, as currently, there are no other known institutions that offer the same concept of the Album Class.
“I’m very excited about the advertising this year, because Walker is spearheading it, and he’s really magnificent,” Bauer said. “I’m hoping that we can get this Album Class even beyond the MU community, because this class is not being offered anywhere else that I know of. There’s lots of music classes out there … But they don’t actually play the music [as our class does] … and so I want to get that out to the public, so that this puts MU on the map.”
Album Class hard at work preparing for their end-of-year performance.
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Andrew Bauer directing Album Class. LEONARDO TORRES / COURTESY
arts and entertainment
MU Students Visit the Gay RenaissanceHarlem Exhibition at the New York Historical Society
Gabriella Dickson Staff Writer
On March 7, Manhattan University’s (MU) Pride Center, alongside the Black Student Union (BSU), Sanctus Artem and the World Languages and Literatures Department, hosted a trip to the New York Historical Society to see the “Gay Harlem Renaissance” exhibition.
The event provided an educational introduction to the Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Seminar (LLRN) course, giving students the opportunity to see firsthand how African American history intersects with the LGBTQ+ community.
Evelyn Scaramella, Ph.D., chair of the Department of English, World Languages, and Literatures, spoke to The Quadrangle about why she selected this exhibit over others.
“I wanted to come to this exhibit since I’m teaching a LLRN 105 course,” Scaramella said. “The title of it is ‘Modernist Commitments, Representations of War and Social Justice.’ In this class,
we are studying the Harlem Renaissance.”
Scaramella highlighted the department’s partnership with campus organizations, specifically BSU and Sanctus Artem. She further explained how the trip enhanced her students’ educational experience.
“I invited my students to come in collaboration with the Pride Center, BSU and Sanctus Artem,” Scaramella said. “We are going to be spending maybe two weeks on the Harlem Renaissance [exploring the works of] writers [such as] Langston Hughes and Nella Larson… [Other] writers who are featured in this exhibition [we are] going to be working on in class [as well]… So it really is just a fabulous exhibit.”
Rocco Marinaccio, Ph.D., an English professor and the director of the Pride Center, spoke to The Quadrangle about how the exhibit itself and the images it conveyed impacted him.
“I really like the way they’ve put [the exhibit] together,” Marinaccio said. “It’s a pretty tight space, but I think it works pretty well… I’ve seen writers and performers, I’ve seen pictures of them before, but as the exhibit suggests, this was, in many ways, a kind of hidden world.”
Marinaccio continued, explaining that the experience allowed him to connect with others at MU.
“I’ve been interested in talking to the students and getting their impressions, to hear what they knew or didn’t know about this period,” Marinaccio said. “They also seemed to really enjoy the exhibits of the writers and artists, especially hearing the poems.”
Ashley Karlosky, a junior communications major,
Renaissance was such a distinct time within LGBTQ+ history,” Karloski said. “It also shows [that] within many minorities there’s a lot of overlap that gets compiled together. This is definitely one of those pockets of history [that demonstrate this].”
Karlosky continued to emphasize to The Quadrangle how the visuals and concepts in the exhibit had impacted her.
“I think it connects me to the
Various clubs collaborated for this trip.
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apart, we still have the same feelings and struggles.”
Sienna Gallus, a junior psychology major and Pride Center student worker, told The Quadrangle why seeing the exhibit was important to her.
“I think it’s really timely to just come see this, and celebrate diversity… It’s just a good reminder of what happens when people band together and have pride and
how she connected with her peers and other students from MU through the trip.
“What I love about taking students to different exhibits in the city is that we usually open it up to different classes, centers, and students who just want to join,” Scaramella said. “It’s a great opportunity for students to meet each other, and for professors to meet new students as well.”
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Jasper Lens:Gay Harlem Renaissance Exhibition
ManhattanBasketballUniversity’s Teams Close Up the ‘25 - ‘26
Laili Shahrestani Editor-in-Chief
The Manhattan University (MU) men’s and women’s basketball teams recently finished off the ‘25 - ‘26 season, which first started in November, and has now come to a close. Both teams participated in a total of 31 games, bringing in several wins, as well as some losses.
The men’s team brought in a total of 12 wins, while the women’s team won a total of 11 games.
The men’s team averaged around 74.0 points per game, while their opponents averaged around 79.8 points per game, according to gojaspers.com. On the same website, it shares how for the women’s team, they averaged at about 57.7 points per game, whereas their opponents averaged 64.1 points per game.
On a purely statistical level, the men’s strongest performance took place during their first game on Nov. 4, where
they not only won, but scored a total of 125 points against St. Joseph’s, who finished with 59 points. For the women, their strongest performance [statistically] took place on
Feb. 21, where they won 82 - 67 against Merrimack.
When it comes to individual performances throughout the season, junior guard Jaden Winston on the men’s team
led the way with 15.3 points per game, taking on the title of team leader. Winston not only scored the most points as an individual, but was also named to the All-MAAC Third Team, as well as the All-Defensive Team.
According to gojaspers.com, Winston started all 31 games this season, and averaged 34.7 minutes per game. On the women’s team, senior guard Brianna Davis was the team’s leader, with 15.7 points per game.
Later on in the season, it was announced that Atlantic City, New Jersey has been decided as the location for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament for both the men’s and women’s teams from 2027 to 2031. This decision was said to have been made unanimously by the Conference’s Council of Presidents, according to maacsports.com. It was said that this five-year agreement was made after over a year of discussion, and from receiving feedback from trusted stakeholders.
Looking back at the women’s team, ESPN mentions that they placed 7th in the MAAC Tournament. While they lost
their last game of the season, against Quinnipiac, Davis still scored the most points out of her entire team, landing at 15 points. Following Davis’ accomplishments, senior forward Agar Farrés Garcia made 10 high rebounds that game. In addition, Garcia scored the most high rebounds at 15 of the season’s total games.
The men’s team placed 10th in the MAACs, and also ended up losing their last game 71 - 60 against Fairfield. However, on a brighter note, senior guard Terrance Jones, ended up scoring the most points that game, coming in with a total of 16 points. According to CBS Sports, Jones not only brought the team 16 points, but also brought about four assists. Not only that, but Winston came in a close second for bringing the highest number of points, finishing at 15 points, while also making three steals throughout the game. Although they lost, the individual scores appeared to be promising.
Manhattan University’s women’s basketball team pictured huddling up after finishing their season. @MANHATTANWBB / INSTAGRAM
Jaden Winston, team leader, pictured handling the ball during one of the men’s games.
Games of the Week
Zeke Jazwinski Sports Editor
Men’s Baseball
Back in the Bronx, the Manhattan Jaspers faced the Fairfield Stags on Friday, March 13.
The Stags looked to score in the first with a runner on second, but left him stranded after the Jaspers starting pitcher and graduate student, Connor Throneberry, struck both runners out to end the inning.
The first two innings saw both teams playing strong defense. In the third inning, however, both teams scored, and Jaspers sophomore Colin Basehore hit a big home run to tie the game for Manhattan.
From that point on, Fairfield dominated, putting up six runs in the eighth inning to secure the victory. The Jaspers return to action on Saturday, March 14, continuing their series against the Stags of Fairfield University.
Men’s Golf
The Jaspers men’s golf team kicked off the spring season on a high note, claiming victory in the Sacred Heart Spring Break Invite at Eagle Harbor Golf
Club, hosted by the Pioneers, on March 9 - 10. Sophomore Aidan Talent landed an eagle on a 554-yard par 5. During the second round, seven different Jaspers recorded at least one birdie, with Talent leading the way with three birdies on the back nine for a -2. The Jaspers finished
strong with sophomore Louis Vandeputte scoring five birdies in the final round.
The Jaspers return to action on Monday, March 16, in Georgia, competing in the Southern Collegiate hosted by the University of Georgia at Athens Country Club.
Women’s Golf
The Manhattan Jaspers women’s golf team also got off to a strong start, claiming victory at the Le Moyne Orange Tree Invitational held at Orange Tree Golf Club on Monday, March 9.
Freshman Arianna Steele opened the round with a birdie on a par five, and five Jaspers recorded birdies in the first round alone.
The team kept the momentum going in the second round, racking up double-digit birdies. On the 18th hole, the Jaspers needed a few key birdies to secure the program’s second-ever victory and they delivered.
The Jaspers will continue their inaugural spring campaign on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, at the Sacred Heart Spring Invite at Eagle Harbor Golf Club in Orange Park, Fla.
Softball
The Manhattan Jaspers softball team (4-13) went 1-1 in its two games against the Chargers from New Haven, by the final scores of 5-6 and 6-5 at New Haven Softball Field on Wednesday, March 11.
In the first game, two walks
with the bases loaded put the Jaspers up early. The Chargers wouldn’t give up, though, slashing through the Jaspers’ lead as they would take the first of the two hard-fought contests.
In the second game, the Jaspers put up runs early again, with a single in the first to score a runner. The Chargers tried to come back, but unlike the first
game, they would ultimately fail to overcome Manhattan.
The Jaspers will continue their 2026 campaign this Saturday, March 14, when they travel to New Jersey to take on the Broncs from Rider University to officially open up conference play.
