The Misericordia University baseball team will host Arcadia in the MAC Freedom championship series, Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, at Tambur Field.
 
Game one is set for 11:00 a.m. with game two to follow.  Game three, if necessary, will be played, Sunday at noon.
 
Misericordia took two out three from Arcadia during the regular season and swept DeSales in the semifinals.  Misericordia and Arcadia are meeting in the league finals for the third straight season.
 
Led by graduate student Garrett McIlhenney, the top-seeded Cougars are looking to snap Arcadia's two-year MAC Freedom championship streak.
 
The Cougars are third in the league in hitting at .326 and second in the league with a 3.88 team earned run average.  McIlhenney leads the league in on-base % (.580) and is third in batting (.419).  Connor Maryniak leads the league with 12 homers and is second with 60 RBI.  Joe Comins is third in the league in on-base % (.520).
 
Joe Valenti leads the league with a 1.90 earned run average.  Valenti and Maryniak are tied for second in the league with eight wins and 51 strikeouts. Steve Rinda is eighth in the league with 38 strikeouts.
 
The Cougars are a perfect 13-0 at Tambur Field and are looking to keep that in tact as they seek their first league title since 2021.
 
Arcadia swept Stevens in the semifinals to extend its win streak to 14 games.
 
Arcadia's Anthony Bruno leads the nation with 74 RBI and is second in the league with 11 homers.  The Knights rank in the top-five nationally with a team batting average of .346.
 
Kevin Wheeler is fourth in the league in batting (.414) and on-base % (.507).
 
Nadell Booker is sixth in the league in earned run average (4.77) and strikeouts (45) while Will Conroy is seventh in the league in strikeouts (38).