The Misericordia University field hockey team will make its third consecutive appearance in the MAC Freedom championship game when they travel to FDU-Florham, Saturday at 1:00.
 
Misericordia, the third seed, defeated Eastern, 2-1, to advance to the championship game. Top seeded FDU-Florham defeated Wilkes, 4-1.   The winner of Saturday's game gets an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships.
 
This game is a rematch of last year's championship game which FDU-Florham won 2-1.  The Cougars lost this year's regular season meeting, 4-2, in their MAC Freedom home opener.
 
The Cougars are led by a quartet of All-MAC Freedom players, including two-time first-team selections forward Lindsay Hischak and midfielder Colby Eldridge.
 
Defender Samantha Partington was named to the second-team with goalkeeper Angela Pasquini who was last year's Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Hischak (14g, 9a), Jennifer O'Neill (9g, 3a) and Kailey Vogl (8g, 5a) spearheaded a Cougar attack that averaged 2.15 goals per game this season.
 
Partington and Pasquini were part of a defense that allowed 1.90 goals per game.
 
FDU-Florham features the MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Year forward Kim Davis, Rookie of the Year defender Makayla Park and Coach of the Year Jenn Noon, a Dallas High School graduate.
 
Davis led the conference in goals scored with 19.
 
First-team selections Davis (19g, 7a), Stephanie Geskes (3g, 6a) and Alicia Grotyohann (6g, 3a) lead the Devils attack that scored 2.45 goals per game.
 
Honorable mention goalie Amy Defnet had a 13-6 record with a 1.44 goals against average, which was the lowest in the conference.