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Box Score 3 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Manchester (10-8, 5-2 HCAC) defeated Rose-Hulman (6-17, 2-5 HCAC) 3-1 on Saturday, with set scores of 22-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-16. Manchester took the final three sets after dropping the opener and hit .250 or better in each of those three sets.
Manchester repeatedly answered small deficits in the middle of the match. In set 2, Manchester moved from a 10-8 deficit to a 13-11 lead, then later turned a 20-19 Rose-Hulman edge into a 24-21 Manchester advantage before converting set point at 26-24. Manchester produced another response in set 3, going from down 7-6 to ahead 11-8. Early in set 4, Manchester won seven of eight rallies to move from a 1-1 score to an 8-2 lead, with a four-point service run included in that stretch.
Manchester finished with advantages in kills, hitting percentage, aces and digs, totaling 56 kills on a .259 hitting percentage while Rose-Hulman had 48 kills and hit .215. Manchester also served 12 aces to Rose-Hulman's seven and held a 68-58 edge in digs, while both teams finished with six total blocks.
Lily Lichtenbarger had 16 kills on a .455 hitting percentage, and
Alicia Simmons added 14 kills and 16 digs.
Morgan Howard finished with 36 assists, while
Tiffany Watterson had 19 digs and four aces.
Manchester rallied from a 17-12 deficit to pull even at 21-21, but Rose-Hulman scored four of the final five points to take the opening set 25-22. Earlier, Manchester started with a kill by Simmons from Howard and later moved in front 5-3 behind points from
Delaeni Hixson and
Kyana Martinez. Rose-Hulman answered with six straight points to put Manchester behind 9-5, and Manchester continued to work back with kills from Lichtenbarger, Simmons and
Izzy Renz. Lichtenbarger finished the set with five kills, including one during
Tiffany Watterson's service turn that helped Manchester close within 17-16, before the set was tied at 21-21 on a Rose-Hulman attack error.
Manchester closed the second set with back-to-back points after Rose-Hulman tied it at 24-24, getting a block from Howard and Lichtenbarger and a
Keira Meierant service ace to finish a 26-24 win. Earlier, Manchester answered an 8-10 deficit by winning five of the next six points, with Watterson serving an ace and Lichtenbarger, Martinez and Howard adding kills in the stretch. Rose-Hulman responded from 13-11 to move ahead 15-13, but Lichtenbarger's kill and Meierant's ace helped Manchester pull even at 15-15. The set stayed tight from there until Watterson added another ace and Renz followed with a kill for a 22-20 Manchester lead, and later kills from Lichtenbarger and Renz moved Manchester to 24-21 before the final Rose-Hulman push.
Manchester turned a 7-5 deficit into control of the third set, using a block by Martinez and kills from Martinez and Renz to move ahead 9-7. Watterson added a service ace to make it 11-8, and Manchester later built the margin with a Lichtenbarger kill, a shared block by Simmons and Lichtenbarger, and a Meierant ace for a 16-11 lead. After Rose-Hulman cut the gap to 18-15, Manchester answered with steady side-out points, including kills by Martinez, Renz and Lichtenbarger. Lichtenbarger added another late kill for set point before Howard finished the 25-20 set win.
Manchester took control of the fourth set after dropping the first point, using
Alena Naddaf's serve to win four straight rallies for a 5-1 lead and extending the early surge to seven of eight points at 8-2. Lichtenbarger and Renz had early kills off Howard assists, Naddaf added back-to-back aces, and Meierant followed with an ace during another four-point Manchester burst that pushed the score to 10-2. Manchester built the lead to 15-4 behind kills from Simmons and Martinez and a Howard service ace, then responded to Rose-Hulman's three-point answer when Simmons put down a kill from Watterson at 16-7. Rose-Hulman later trimmed the score to 18-12, but Renz answered with a kill from Watterson, and Simmons added late kills before Martinez finished the 25-16 set win with a kill from Watterson.
Lichtenbarger finished with 16 kills, hit .455 and added four blocks for 18.5 points. Simmons tallied 14 kills and 16 digs, while Watterson recorded 19 digs and four service aces. Howard distributed 36 assists and added eight digs.
Manchester moves to 10-8 overall and 5-2 in HCAC play.
Up next, Manchester hosts Anderson University (IN) on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. at Stauffer-Wolfe Arena.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Manchester (1-7) lost to Rose-Hulman (6-2) 52-14 on Saturday. Manchester finished with seven first downs and 24 rushing yards while Rose-Hulman totaled 571 yards of offense.
Rose-Hulman built the game's early separation before Manchester broke through late in the second quarter, when an interception takeaway was part of a sequence that moved the score from 24-0 to 24-7. Manchester added a downfield answer early in the fourth quarter, with
Frankie Cherry's 52-yard touchdown pass to
Levi Campbell finishing a five-play drive and bringing Manchester from 45-7 to 45-14. Around those scoring moments, Manchester produced several stops on extended Rose-Hulman possessions, turning away fourth-down attempts at the Manchester 43, 8 and 25 and keeping Rose-Hulman out of the end zone on drives that ended on downs.
Rose-Hulman generated 571 yards on 100 plays, with 382 passing yards, 189 rushing yards and 29 first downs, while holding the ball for 38:14. Manchester completed 17 of 31 passes for 151 yards but was held to 24 rushing yards, went 4-for-16 on third down and punted eight times. Campbell finished with five catches for 93 yards and a touchdown, while Cherry threw for 151 yards and a score. Defensively, Manchester recorded two interceptions and a fumble recovery, with
Canden Peruski and
De'Marreia Stephens each finishing with 10 tackles.
Manchester spent the first quarter under pressure as Rose-Hulman scored on all four of its red-zone trips, while Manchester finished the quarter with 16 yards, no first downs and an 0-for-4 mark on third down.
Myles Holland returned the opening kickoff 13 yards before Manchester's first series ended with
Angel Estrada's 51-yard punt, and the defense limited the ensuing Rose-Hulman possession to Cohen Peters' 35-yard field goal at 10:35.
Talen Garner added a 4-yard tackle for loss, and
Shane Hagen and
Bryson Frazer each broke up passes, but Rose-Hulman followed with two rushing touchdowns, including one after
Cameron Puryear's fumble gave the home team the ball at the Manchester 27. Holland's 24-yard return later gave Manchester its best starting field position of the quarter, and
Frankie Cherry completed a 5-yard pass to
Thayden Welch on the next drive, but the possession stalled before Rose-Hulman added a late touchdown pass to leave Manchester behind 24-0 after the first quarter.
Troy Odle intercepted a third-down pass at the Rose-Hulman 19 and returned it 5 yards, and Manchester turned the takeaway into a 3-yard
Rashawn Williams touchdown before
Angel Estrada's extra point made it 24-7 with 2:25 left in the second quarter. Earlier, Manchester created another short-field chance when Estrada's punt was muffed and
Rashawn Williams recovered at the Rose-Hulman 31, but that possession ended on a fumble after
JD Hilton reached the red zone. Manchester's defense later stopped Rose-Hulman on fourth-and-6 at the Manchester 43, and the offense responded with a drive highlighted by
Frankie Cherry's 27-yard completion to Levarian Campbell before an interception at the goal line ended the threat. Rose-Hulman answered Manchester's touchdown with a 46-yard scoring pass and extra point to make it 31-7, and
Talen Garner's late sack helped keep the final Rose-Hulman possession out of the end zone as the second quarter closed with that score.
Manchester's defense produced its key stop of the third quarter at the Manchester 8, where Rose-Hulman's fourth-down pass fell incomplete after Peruski and Hagen had combined on a tackle for loss earlier in the red-zone series. Earlier, Rose-Hulman opened the quarter with a 13-play, 60-yard touchdown drive, and Manchester's first possession was pushed back by a delay-of-game penalty and a sack before
Angel Estrada punted. After the turnover on downs gave Manchester the ball at its own 8, the Spartans gained 9 yards before a blocked punt and an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty set up Rose-Hulman at the Manchester 12, leading to a one-play touchdown drive. Manchester answered by starting a late possession at its own 35, with Cherry completing three passes and Hilton moving the chains on a 5-yard run, but the quarter ended with Rose-Hulman ahead 45-7.
Manchester opened the fourth quarter with
Frankie Cherry's 52-yard touchdown pass to
Levi Campbell over the middle at 14:52, and
Angel Estrada's point-after made it 45-14. Rose-Hulman answered with a long drive, but
De'Marreia Stephens intercepted the Fightin' Engineers at the Manchester 1 with 8:57 left, leaving the visitors to start deep in their own end. After a Manchester punt, the defense faced a short field at the Manchester 15 and held Rose-Hulman without points, with
Kameron Landrum stopping a run for no gain, Garner hurrying a third-down incompletion and a fourth-and-20 pass falling incomplete. Manchester moved back into Rose-Hulman territory on its next possession behind a pass-interference penalty and completions from Cherry to
Ethan Skinner and Campbell before
Lake Musall's fumble ended the drive. Rose-Hulman added a late touchdown, and Manchester's final possession reached the Rose-Hulman 36 before time expired in a 52-14 final.
Levi Campbell caught five passes for 93 yards and a touchdown. Cherry threw for 151 yards and a touchdown. Stephens recorded 10 tackles and an interception.
Rashawn Williams rushed for 23 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries and added a fumble recovery.
Manchester moves to 1-7 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
Manchester hosts Hanover College at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Spartan Stadium for Senior Day.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Manchester (7-10-1, 3-5-1) lost to Rose-Hulman (9-6-4, 6-2-1) 5-0 on Saturday in the first round of the HCAC Men's Soccer Tournament. Manchester was held to two shots on goal and conceded four second-half goals after trailing 1-0 at halftime.
Manchester generated early activity while facing a 1-0 deficit, creating two attacking actions in a short first-half stretch. The defensive workload increased later in the half, and Manchester came through a Rose-Hulman sequence that included two shots and four corner kicks without conceding, keeping that stretch at 1-0.
Rose-Hulman finished with 16 shots and eight on goal, while Manchester totaled eight shots and two on goal. Manchester's second half included clustered foul and card stretches after Rose-Hulman had built a multi-goal lead, and Manchester finished with 12 fouls and four yellow cards compared with nine fouls and no cards for Rose-Hulman.
Dustin Medina Estrada led Manchester's shooting output with three shots, including one on frame,
Aiden Bryant added two attempts, and
Noah Junchaya also put a shot on goal. In goal,
Will Martin made two saves over 79:07, and Jonathan Sanchez added one save over the final 10:53.
Manchester spent the first half chasing after Rose-Hulman went ahead on Eli Miller's goal off a Ryan Shapiro assist at 1:42, but the Spartans answered with pressure of their own. Junchaya forced a save in the eighth minute,
Axel Bonilla and Bryant missed wide on later attempts, and Medina Estrada put another shot on frame in the 25th minute. Manchester also played through a physical stretch that included an
Ethan Ludlow yellow card at 15:39, then withstood a Rose-Hulman push that produced four corner kicks and two shots from 19:05 to 29:52 without conceding again.
Alan Galvez had Manchester's final chance of the half at 45:00, but the Spartans went into halftime down 1-0.
Manchester spent the second half chasing the match after Rose-Hulman scored at 46:20, with Cameron Hannah's goal moving the score to 2-0. Medina Estrada recorded Manchester's two shots in the half, putting attempts wide left at 47:45 and wide right at 52:33, but Rose-Hulman added goals at 61:14, 67:59 and 75:36 to push the score to 5-0. The visitors also had to navigate a physical stretch, with Bryant booked in the 55th minute and Medina Estrada and
Ethan Upton shown yellow cards during a later sequence that included five Manchester fouls from 72:58 to 86:37. Martin saved a shot at 62:28, and Jonathan Sanchez made a stop in the final seconds before Manchester finished the half in a 5-0 loss.
Medina Estrada led Manchester with three shots, including one on goal. Martin recorded two saves over 79:07 in goal. Junchaya put his lone shot on frame.
Manchester finishes the season 7-10-1 overall and 3-5-1 in conference play.
