Madison Lasinski made the most of her Senior Appreciation Night as she scored two goals to lead the Misericordia University field hockey team to a 4-3 win over Marywood, Wednesday night at Mangelsdorf Field.
Ashleigh Steele and
Elizabeth Maurer added goals as the Cougars clinched a spot in the MAC Freedom tournament.
Jordan Nonnemacher made three saves while
Savanna Vinyard had one stop and
Jessie Powell had a defensive save in the final minute.
Steele gave Misericordia a 1-0 lead when she tipped in a deflection off a Marywood stick less than a minute into the game.
Lasinski picked up a loose ball just inside midfield, dribbled past one defender and cut back to her right before ripping a shot into the right corner of the cage for a 2-0 lead with 20 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Skylar Kohler had a chance for the Cougars early in the third quarter, but her tough-angle shot was just wide of the right post.
Lasinski dribbled through multiple defenders and blasted a shot into the left corner to make it 3-0 with less than four minutes to play in the first half.
Marywood responded with its first goal less than a minute later.
The Cougars threatened again late in the third quarter on a penalty corner. Lasinski fed
Celeste Hoffman in front, but her shot was denied as was
Alisyn Green's rebound attempt at 40:24.
Two minutes later, Lasinski's blast from the right flank was saved, but Maurer tapped in the rebound to make it 4-1 at 42:21.
Marywood again had a quick answer to get within 4-2 at 43:39.
Nonnemacher came off her line to make a save early in the fourth quarter and the score held until the final minute.
The Pacers scored on a penalty corner at 59:09 and had three corners and three shots in the final 40 seconds.
Powell cleared a shot from in front of the right post and Vinyard made a save with 12 seconds remaining to preserve the win.
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