The Misericordia University women's soccer team advanced to the MAC Freedom championship match with a 3-0 win over Lebanon Valley, Wednesday night at Mangelsdorf Field.
Ella Cipriani had a goal and an assist and
Addysen Fitzgerald and
Larissa Evans added goals as the Cougars reached the MAC Freedom title match for the 10
th straight season.Â
Marisa Patrissi made five saves to earn the shutout.
MU will travel to Stevens, Saturday, and will face the Ducks in the finals for the sixth straight season.
Cipriani nearly got the Cougars on the board in the third minute when her volley from 15 yards out caromed off the crossbar.
Lebanon Valley's best chance of the night came 10 minutes later, but Patrissi deflected the shot from six yards out.
Cipriani rolled a pass to Fitzgerald in the top right corner of the box where she lofted a shot in to the top left corner for a 1-0 lead at 15:50.
Cipriani was in another attempt just a minute later when she fed Horos in the box, but her attempt rolled just wide of the left post.
Patrissi came up big again with a diving stop to her left at 32:43.
Misericordia struck again when Evans dribbled through the left side of the box and squeezed a shot inside the left post to make it 2-0 at 35:43.
MU had several near misses in the second half, including back-to-back shots that hit the crossbar midway through the second half.
Kaleigh Horos cutback inside the left edge of the box and hit the crossbar at 78:51.Â
Ryleigh Calimano collected the rebound and hit the left corner of the frame just seconds later.
The Cougars closed the scoring when
Brooke Hill played a ball to Cipriani from the right wing and she slotted a shot past the keeper into the middle of the net.
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