RIVERDALE, NY (04/24/02) - Senior James Amandola recorded 14 saves in goal and freshman Justin Otto netted four goals and assisted on three others to lead Manhattan to a 16-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Wednesday afternoon. With the win Manhattan (9-5) completed a perfect 7-0 season in MAAC play. Brady Becklo scored Manhattan's first goal of the game at the 13:10 mark in the first quarter to give Manhattan a 1-0 lead. SJU's Chris Spay retaliated with the first of his four goals at the 9:08 mark. With time winding down in the first quarter, Mike Kelly scored on an assist from Don Femminella to give Manhattan a 2-1 lead at the end of the quarter. Alex Heidenberger tied up the game at 2-2 at the 10:32 mark in the second, but Otto hit the first of his four goals just 12 seconds later to put the Jaspers up 3-2. Spay hit back-to-back goals at 9:04 and 7:39, then assisted Mark Lipscomb just 40 seconds later to give the Hawks their biggest lead of the game, 5-3. Manhattan got a huge offensive push at the end of the second quarter, when Kelly ripped a shot from nine yards out and finished top left corner at the 1:49 mark to cut the lead to one, 5-4. Nick Silva scored on a give and go from Otto with 1:19 on the clock to knot the game up at 5-5. Spay gave SJU the lead 26 seconds later, but MC's Dan Roy found Otto with 40.8 seconds left to play in the half to tie the game up again at 6-6. Then Manhattan's Anthony Pintauro hit a quick-stick shot on a pass from Eugene Tanner with 10.8 seconds left on the clock to give the Jaspers a 7-6 lead at the half. The Hawks came out and tied the game up quickly at 14:34 in the third quarter, but then Manhattan scored nine unanswered goals to seal the win. Amandola was strong in goal for the Jaspars, stopping 14 shots, including a five in the fourth quarter to ward off any threat of a Hawk comeback. Manhattan, the #1 seed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, faces Saint Joseph's again on Friday, May 3 in the semifinals. The Hawks, 3-9, 3-3, close out their regular season at Siena on Saturday (1:00 p.m.).