The Misericordia University field hockey team opened MAC Freedom play with a 2-0 win at Delaware Valley, Saturday afternoon.
Ashleigh Steele and Delaney Miller scored for the Cougars and Celeste Hoffman added an assist.
Steele and Miller scored the only goals of the game in a three-minute span late in the second quarter.
Madison Lasinski dribbled to the top of the circle and threaded a pass to Hoffman in front of the cage. Hoffman pushed the ball to Steele who squeezed a shot inside the left post for a 1-0 lead at 23:56
Miller carried the ball from the right edge of the circle for a tough-angle shot from the right post that rolled across the crease into the left side of the cage at 26:26.
Jordan Nonnemacher made her only save of the day with four minutes remaining to preserve the shutout.
