Haley Gruber picked a good time to score her first collegiate goal.

The first-year midfielder's goal off of a feed from Suzhaunna Lerch in the 60^th minute was the difference in the Misericordia field hockey team's 3-2 victory over Wesley, Friday at McGeehan Field.

Lindsay Hischak and Jennifer O'Neill added goals and Lerch had two assists as the Cougars improved to 2-0.

The teams had a flurry of goals scored in the first half, scoring four total goals in the first 19 minutes.

Hischak started things off with Sarah Gamble providing the assist at 8:33.   O'Neill put the Cougars up less than three minutes later off a feed from Lerch.

The Wolverines scored twice in an eight-minute span later in the half to tie things up at 2-2.

Midway through the second half, Hischak played a cross to Kailey Vogl who nearly put MU in front, but Wesley goalie Kayla Fromal made a nice stop to preserve the tie.

However, Gruber provided the game-winner just minutes later at 60:34.

The Cougars outshot Wesley 13-5 and won the corner battle 12-5. They also were very accurate as they put 11 of their 13 shots on the cage.

The Cougars return to action tomorrow to face number two ranked Salisbury at 2 p.m. at Mangelsdorf Field.