The Misericordia University field hockey team won its first ever MAC Freedom championship in thrilling fashion with a 4-3 double overtime victory over FDU- Florham, Saturday afternoon at Robert Shields Field.

Jennifer O'Neill was named the MAC Freedom Championship MVP and helped the Cougars to victory by providing the final two goals for MU.

Suzhaunna Lerch and Megan Yeager scored the other two goals while Lindsay Hischak had two assists with Lerch and Samantha Partington adding an assist each.

FDU got on the board first off a goal from Kim Davis, but the Cougars responded in under a minute with their first goal by Lerch off a feed from Hischak.

In the 11^th minute Yeager gave MU their first lead of the game and the Cougars went into the half up 2-1.

Five minutes into the second half the Cougars struck again, this time Hischak passed the ball over to Lerch who played it to O'Neill who scored and gave  Misericordia a 3-1 lead.

FDU got one back in the 52^nd minute from Makayla Pak, making the score 3-2 and from there turned up the pressure trying to equalize.

The Devils tied the game up in the 63^rd minute when Alicia Grotyohann scored off a rebound.

Misericordia had a chance to win in regulation when O'Neill got a breakaway on goal but FDU keeper Amy Defnet was up to the task.

In the first overtime the Cougars got off eight shots and forced Defnet to make several tough saves.

In the second overtime Angela Pasquini made a tremendous kick save that kept the score level.

Six minutes later, in the 95^th minute, Partington passed the ball to O'Neill who scored from seven yards out.

Early on in the first half Partington made a great defensive save to keep the score 0-0.

Pasquini made 12 saves in the game.