The Misericordia softball team is celebrating the 15^th anniversary of its 2005 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship.

Pitcher Kristi Devens was the PAC Tournament MVP as the Cougars earned their first NCAA Tournament berth.  PAC Player of the Year Jen Gehman and first-team all-conference selections Devens, Kirsten Lazorka and Kerri Buckman led the Cougars to a win over Cortland for the first NCAA Tournament win in school history.

The Cougars finished 31-11, including 21-1 in the PAC.

Gehman tied the school single-season record for triples (8) and Kristen Norris set the school single-season record for putouts (306).

Gehman, Devens, Lazorka and Kerri Buckman were named first-team All-PAC, while Jess Klimas was second-team and Megan Lee was honorable mention.

Gehman and Klimas were third-team All-East region by NFCA.

Charlotte Slocum was PAC Coach of the Year.

After finishing 27-9 during the regular season, the Cougars swept three straight games to win the PAC title.

They beat Neumann, 5-1, in the postseason opener as Devens recorded nine strikeouts in a four-hitter.

Misericordia took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Buckman scored on an error and Steph Myers drove in Kirsten Lazorka with a single.  Buckman's two-out double in the fifth inning drove home pinch-runner Brittany Bradburn to give the Cougars a 3-1 lead.

The Cougars tacked on two more runs in the sixth when Devens hit a sacrifice fly to score Angela Grochowski and Norris singled home Samantha Oschman. 

The Cougars beat Arcadia, 6-0, in the winner's bracket final to advance to PAC championship game for the 10^th straight season.  Devens struck out 10 and scattered four hits as the Cougars improved to 29-9 and snapped Arcadia's 18-game winning streak.  Gehman led the Cougars with a two-run triple and Klimas added two hits and an RBI.

Misericordia grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second when Megan Lee hit a two-out triple to the right-centerfield gap and came home to score on an error. 

Misericordia added a run in the third when Lazorka and Klimas singled and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Laura Mushinski before Devens helped her own cause with a sacrifice fly. 

Buckman led off the fifth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice before scoring on Klimas' double off the leftfield fence to make it 3-0.

The Cougars added three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Devens singled and Norris doubled to left center.  Gehman drove in two runs with a triple down the right field line and came around to score on a throwing error. 

Misericordia clinched the title with an 11-7 win over Arcadia.

Gehman was 4-for-4 with three RBI and Lee added two hits and two RBI as the Cougars improved to 30-9.

Devens struck out nine to record her third win of the weekend.  Misericordia raced out to a 9-0 lead through four innings, but Arcadia stayed alive with a six-run outburst in the top of the fifth.  The Cougars responded with two runs in the bottom of the sixth to put the game away.

Misericordia grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Gehman led off with a single and advanced to second on a bunt single by Buckman.   Both runners advanced on a wild pitch and Gehman scored when the throw to third ricocheted off her left foot and out of play.

The Cougars added three unearned runs in the second. Laura Mushinski reached on an error and advanced on a sacrifice before coming around to score on Lee's ground-rule double.  Norris singled and Gehman drove in two runs with a two-out single to left.

Misericordia added four more runs in the third inning to take an 8-0 lead. Lazorka singled and went to third on Klimas' double off the leftfield fence. Devens had a sacrifice fly to left and Lee followed with an RBI-triple down the right field line. 

The Cougars opened the NCAA Tournament with a 5-3 loss to Ithaca.

Norris led the Cougars with two hits, an RBI and one run scored.  Buckman, Lazorka, Klimas and Devens all had one hit.  Devens scattered six hits over seven innings while suffering the loss. She walked three and struck out two and allowed four earned runs.

Misericordia grabbed a 2-1 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the second inning.  Lee reached on a two-out error and Norris singled to put runners at the corners. Norris stole second and both runners scored on a pair of throwing errors by the Bombers.  The Cougars added a run in the fourth when Klimas led off with a single and later scored on Norris single to center.

The Cougars picked up the first NCAA Tournament win in school history with a 2-1, extra-inning victory over Cortland.

Misericordia scored both of its runs in the top of the eighth when Myers and Devens walked to open the inning and came around to score on Norris' double to left field. 

Devens scattered eight hits and struck out two to earn the win.

The Cougars were eliminated in a 2-0 loss to Western New England to end the season at 31-11.

Western New England scored a pair of unearned runs in the top of the third for the only scoring.

Devens allowed just four hits while suffering the loss. 

Buckman, Myers and Lee had the only hits for the Cougars.