The Misericordia University women's soccer team beat FDU-Florham, 5-2, Tuesday night at Mangelsdorf Field.
Kaleigh Horos scored a hat trick for the Cougars while Alyssa Steenback and Abigail Ondo each added a goal.
Jyanna Mendola earned two assists while Brooke Hill added one.
Misericordia had an early scoring opportunity when Larissa Evans fired a shot from 25 yards out that sailed just high of the bar.
The Cougars took an early lead when Mendola's corner kick deflected off the right post and went directly to Steenback, who tapped it into the net to give Misericordia a 1-0 lead at 11:18.
FDU responded in the 18th minute with a goal to tie the game at 1-1.
Misericordia regained the lead at 28:55 when Horos received the ball and rolled a shot between two defenders and into the lower-right corner to make it 2-1.
FDU equalized again in the 39th minute, but the Cougars quickly reclaimed the lead on another corner kick. Mendola's corner kick sailed over the arms of the Devils goalkeeper and found Horos, who headed the ball into the net to give Misericordia a 3-2 lead heading into halftime.
Horos completed her hat trick at 53:59. She won the ball off a defender and unleashed a strike that beat the FDU goalkeeper to extend the Cougars lead to 4-2.
Misericordia continued to pressure the Devils net with Steenback, Evans and Mendola each creating scoring opportunities, but all three attempts were saved by the goalkeeper.
The Cougars added one more goal at 81:53. Hill sliced the ball into the box, where Ondo collected it and fired a shot into the center of the net to give Misericordia a 5-2 lead.
