The Misericordia University men's team dropped heartbreaking penalty kick shootout to Stevens in the MAC Freedom championship despite a phenomenal performance by goalkeeper Andrew Daubenspeck, Saturday afternoon at Mangelsdorf Field.

The teams battled to a scoreless draw over 110 minutes with Stevens advancing to the NCAA Tournament on a 4-2 result in pk's.

Daubenspeck made 10 saves, including several diving stops, and stopped a penalty kick in the second overtime session to keep the Cougars alive.

The Cougars best scoring opportunities came late in regulation.  In the 89^th minute, Jimmy Towers played a ball from the right flank to Anthony Yarabinee near the left post, but his header was just wide in the 89^th minute.

Alexei King's corner kick skimmed the crossbar in the 90^th minute and the rebound was off the mark.

Daubenspeck made two huge stops early in the second half, including a diving stop to his right to deny a header from 12 yards out at 52:25.

He followed it up with a diving stop to his left on a shot from 10 yards out off a corner at 60:56.

He got some help from Logan Moore who made a game-saving deflection on a point-blank shot at 81:27.

Daubenspeck came up big again early in the second overtime with a diving stop of a penalty kick.

Both teams converted their first two penalty kick attempts, but the Cougars missed the next two as the Ducks clinched the title.

Misericordia fell to 12-4-1.