Riverdale, NY - Manhattan head coach Heather Vulin has announced the women's basketball non-conference schedule for the 2021-22 season.
 
The Jaspers open their non-conference slate with a pair of home games against St. Francis Brooklyn on Tuesday, November 9 and against Army West Point on Sunday, November 13.

Manhattan will then play in the MAAC/ASUN Challenge at Disney on Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20. The Jaspers will open with reigning ASUN Champion Florida Gulf Coast , before squaring off with Stetson on Saturday, November 20.

The Jaspers will then play at LIU on Wednesday, November 24, before returning home to host FDU on Sunday, November 28.

Manhattan will then open up a three-game road trip to conclude non-conference play, starting at Wagner on Wednesday, December 1.

The Jaspers will then make the short trek to Fordham for the Battle of the Bronx on Wednesday, December 8, before heading to New Hampshire for a game at Dartmouth on Saturday, December 11.

Non-Conference Opponent Capsules
St. Francis Brooklyn (Tuesday, November 9)
 
2020-21 Record: 4-10
Conference: NEC
Last NCAA Appearance: 2015
Series History: Manhattan leads 17-2
Last Meeting: November 10, 2018 (St. Francis Brooklyn 73 Manhattan 65)
What You Need To Know: 
* Head Coach Heather Vulin has won three of her five home openers at Manhattan, including a 57-54 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on November 18, 2017.
* In that game, graduate student Sini Makela made her first collegiate start and scored six points.
* Junior Jenna Jordan began her career at St. Francis Brooklyn, averaging 6.3 ppg and 5.3 rpg as a freshman in 2019-20.

Army West Point (Saturday, November 13) 
 
2020-21 Record: 9-11
Conference: Patriot
Last NCAA Appearance: 2016
Series History: Manhattan leads 9-8
Last Meeting: December 13, 2019 (Manhattan 86 Army West Point 56)
What You Need To Know:
* The 86 points in the teams' most recent meeting is the most ever scored by a Vulin-coached team at Manhattan.
* Additionally, the 30-point margin of victory is one of four 30-plus point victories attained by Vulin, including one of two during non-conference play.
* Junior Emily LaPointe scored 12 points and five rebounds in the Jaspers' 30-point romp.

vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Friday, November 19)



2020-21 Record: 26-3 | ASUN Champions | NCAA Tournament First Round
Conference: A-Sun
Last NCAA Appearance: 2021
Series History: First Meeting
What You Need To Know:
* This game will be played as part of the MAAC/ASUN Challenge at the HP Fieldhouse at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL.
* This is also the first midseason event for the Green & White since hosting the 2018 Manhattan Classic and the first away from Draddy since the 2017 Cal Classic.
* The game will be Manhattan's first-ever against a FGCU team that has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last four seasons that the Big Dance was contested, and seven times since becoming a full Division I member in 2012.


vs. Stetson (Saturday, November 20)
 
2020-21 Record: 10-15 | CBI
Conference: A-Sun
Last NCAA Appearance: 2013
Series History: Manhattan leads 2-1
 Last Meeting: December 20, 2001 (Stetson 66 Manhattan 63)
What You Need To Know:
* Both teams participated in the 2021 CBI, with Stetson placing fourth and Manhattan sixth.
* The first three meetings between the teams (1990-91, 1993-94, 2001-02) all took place in the Sunshine State.
* The Jaspers are 7-1, all-time, against teams from the ASUN, and 3-1 against current members of the league.

at LIU (Wednesday, November 24)
 
2020-21 Record: 7-11
Conference: NEC
Last NCAA Appearance: 2001
Series History: LIU leads 4-3
Last Meeting: November 6, 2018 (Manhattan 61 LIU 46)
What You Need To Know:
* The teams' will be playing for the first time since opening the 2018-19 season.
* Manhattan bested LIU 72-38 on December 16, 2017, which is the largest margin victory for the Jaspers since Vulin took over.
* Graduate Student Courtney Warley scored 14 points and 12 rebounds in notching her first of her 22 double-doubles.

Fairleigh Dickinson (Sunday, November 28)
 
2020-21 Record: 16-8
Conference: NEC
Last NCAA Appearance: N/A
Series History: Manhattan leads 14-7
Last Meeting: November 16, 2019 (Manhattan 62 FDU 61)
What You Need To Know:
* Down nine points with 1:45 to play, Manhattan scored 10-straight points in the most recent match-up between the teams.
* Warley scored six of the final 10 points, including two lay-ups with less than 15 seconds to play.
* She finished up with 17 points with 16 rebounds in the come-from-behind victory.

at Wagner (Wednesday, December 1)
 
2020-21 Record: 13-6
Conference: NEC
Last NCAA Appearance: N/A
Series History: Manhattan leads 9-7
Last Meeting: November 22, 2005 (Manhattan 65 FDU 56)
What You Need To Know:
* The game will be a homecoming of sorts for LaPointe, who starred at Staten Island Academy, which is located just 2.7 miles from the Grymes Hill campus.
* This will be the fourth of the game of the year for the Jaspers against a team from the NEC.

at Fordham (Wednesday, December 8)
 
2020-21 Record: 12-6 | WNIT
Conference: Atlantic 10
Last NCAA Appearance: 2019
Series History: First Meeting
Last Meeting: December 5, 2019 (Fordham 51 Manhattan 45)
What You Need To Know:
* The teams will renew their rivalry after not meeting for just the second year in the history of the Jaspers' program, Manhattan's inaugural varsity season of 1978-79.
* Each of Vulin's four match-ups with the Rams have been decided by six points or less.
* The Jaspers will be looking to snap a nine-game losing streak to a Fordham team that has qualified for  postseason play in each of the last eight seasons not interrupted by Covid-19.
* LaPointe scored a team-best 13 points with four rebounds in the teams' last meeting.

at Dartmouth (Saturday, December 11)
 
2019-20 Record: 10-17
Conference: Ivy
Last NCAA Appearance: 2009
Series History: Series tied 2-2
Last Meeting: December 1, 2019 (Manhattan 70 Dartmouth 58)
What You Need To Know:
* Senior Sydney Watkins scored a career-high 20 points, on 6-of-11 shooting.
* Dartmouth didn't play last year, as the Ivy League cancelled their women's basketball season.