The Misericordia University softball beat Lycoming, 4-0, to win the MAC Freedom championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Kaitlin Redling had two hits and two RBI and Gianna Russo and Nicole Elliott had two hits each.

Marisa Kelly earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.  Emily Wenner worked 3.1 shutout innings and Alexa McHugh struck out two over the final 1.2 innings.

McHugh was named tournament MVP after two pitching wins in the first two days.

Misericordia scored all four runs in the fifth inning.

Kelly singled down the left field line and moved to second on Bridget Doherty's single through the left side.  Russo reached on a bunt single to load the bases and Elliott  drove in a run with a single through the right side.

Redling doubled to left to make it 3-0 and Emily Susanj drove in a run with an infield single to round out the scoring.

The Cougars improved to 26-11 in Chris Blum's first season at the helm and captured their first league title since 2012.