Kneeling, l-r: Laura Conway, Lori Rice, Lori Wilkes, Tricia Hoffman, Stacie Chaszar, Tara Deasy, Suzanne Smith, Nancy Marino. Standing: Head coach Kim Barbacci, Kristin Murray, Robyn Fedor, Carolyn Sickler, Jen Borucki, Stacy Dagle, Joanna Lennon, Asst. coach Margaret Kerrick.
The Misericordia field hockey team is celebrating the 25
th Anniversary of its 1995 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship.
The Cougars tied the best record in school history at 15-3 and went 8-1 in the PAC to secure the top seed and claimed their second of three straight titles from 1994-96.
Misericordia opened the season with a 1-0 loss to Scranton in overtime before reeling off eight consecutive wins.
The Cougars were upset by Beaver (Arcadia), 3-1, for their only blemish in league play, and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to NCAA-qualifier Wilkes.
Misericordia finished the regular season with four straight wins and hosted the PAC Championships for the third straight season.
Suzanne Smith, a North Atlantic Regional All-American and one of just two seniors on the roster, scored the only goal of the game to lift the Cougars to a 1-0 overtime win over Eastern in the PAC semifinals.
Fellow senior Lori Rice came off the bench to score the game-winning goal in the title game, a 2-1 win over Marywood.
Head coach Kim Barbacci was named PAC Coach of the Year.
Smith (14g, 5a) finished second on the team in scoring and was joined on the All-PAC first-team by Tricia Hoffman (20g, 9a), the team's leading scorer.
Joanna Lennon and current Misericordia head coach Robyn (Fedor) Stahovic were both named second-team All-PAC.
1995 Misericordia Field Hockey Roster
Link to 1995 roster
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