The Farm will feature part of a big apple during the upcoming season.
Manhattan as part of unveiling its 2027 schedule announced that it will play a non-conference road match against Stanford on Feb. 18.
This will not only be the first time the second-year program will play the Cardinal but will be the first time it will travel to the West Coast.
Manhattan in its inaugural season finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the NEC and missed the final berth to the four-team conference because of a tiebreaker. Among the starters slated to return for the Jaspers includes outside attacker Kasen Owens who had a team-high 2.54 kills per game average last season.
The Jaspers in the offseason also added former transfer libero Luca Colombo. Colombo in two seasons at Mount Olive won back-to-back ConfCarolinas Defensive Player of the Year and ended last season third in the nation with a 2.75 digs per game average.
Stanford ended the 2026 season at No. 16 in the national coaches poll and lost in the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals. Jacob Little-Phillips was named to the MPSF All-Freshman Team as the setter guided the Cardinal to a .275 attack percentage.
The match at Stanford will be the opener of a three-match Northern California road trip for Manhattan.
Manhattan will play UC Merced before closing out the four-day road trip against Pacific.
2027 Manhattan schedule
Jan. 9 vs. Mount Olive
Jan. 14 vs. Rockhurst
Jan. 16 vs. Roberts Wesleyan
Jan. 22 at NJIT
Jan. 23 vs. Harvard
Feb. 4 at Mercy
Feb. 6 at Sacred Heart
Feb. 18 at Stanford
Feb. 19 at UC Merced
Feb. 21 at Pacific
Feb. 26 at. St. Thomas Aquinas
March 5 at Dominican
March 12 at Long Island
March 13 at Long Island
March 19 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
March 20 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
March 26 vs. UMES
March 27 vs. UMES
April 9 at D’Youville
April 10 at D’Youville
April 16 at Merrimack
April 17 at Merrimack
April 23 vs. Daemen
April 24 vs. Daemen