Cougar Sports Wrap-Up

Cougar Sports Wrap-Up

Men's

Baseball

The men’s baseball team finished 22-18 overall. Standouts Mike Murphy and Nate Newman were first team All-Freedom selections to the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation all-conference teams.

Basketball

The Cougars finished 11-14 (5-11) in their first season in the Freedom Conference. Vinny Baumunk and Dom DelPrete were named to the Laurel Line All-Tournament Team. Baumunk finished his career with 1,455 points -- fourth all time at MU. Baumunk was named team Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second straight season.

Cross Country

In their first season as members of the MAC, the men’s team finished sixth at the MAC Championships. Frank Redmond finished 18th at the MAC’s to earn second-team honors. He was the men’s team’s top finisher in all nine of their races. Redmond was named team MVP for the second time.

Golf

The men’s golf team finished 9-3 overall. Bucky Aeppli earned second-team All-Freedom honors to lead the golf team at the Freedom Championships.

Lacrosse

In their second season, the men’s lacrosse team finished 3-12 overall.

Soccer

In their first season as a member of the Freedom Conference, the Cougars finished 14-4-3 and became the first Misericordia team to win a Freedom Conference championship MU reached the postseason for the 14th time in 16 trips and made their second appearance in the NCAA Championships.

Cody Hack, Tyler Mensch, Max Campbell and Cody Harman were first-team All-Freedom selections. Hack became the first Misericordia player to earn Freedom Player of the Year honors.

Joe Scanlon and Andrew Loyd made the second team. Loyd was the MVP of the Freedom championship match.

Chuck Edkins was named Freedom Coach of the Year. He has a career record of 198-121-21.

Hack was named team MVP, and Campbell earned the Coach’s Award.

Swimming

Along with finishing 8-3 overall, the men's swim team also finished third at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships.

Mitch Finch, Jeff Clark, Eric Schollmeyer and Greg Vossler finished second in the 200 medley relay.

Clark won the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the MACs and set a CYC pool record in the 200 and Vossler won the 50 free.

Clark led the men's team in scoring for the second straight season.

The team set 10 school records.

Clark was named team MVP for the second straight year. Vossler earned the Coach's Award.

Tennis

In their first season, the men’s tennis team finished 6-7 overall.

Track and Field

Frank Redmond led the men's track & field team with a pair of top-five finishes at the MAC Championships. Ryan Garges won the 3000m steeplechase to lead the men's track & field team. Garges set a school record at 10:00.7. Redmond finished second in his heat of at 800m while setting a new school record (1:53.7) and narrowly missing the NCAA qualifying time.

WOMEN’S SPORTS

Basketball

In their first season in the Freedom Conference, the Cougars finished 13-13 (8-8) and hosted a first-round playoff game.

Lacey DeGraw was a second-team All-Freedom Conference selection. DeGraw was the team MVP and Lindsey Sykes received the Coach's Award.

Cross Country

In their first season as members of the MAC, the women’s team finished third at the MAC Championships. Ali Ostrum and Megan Dreabit finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the women’s race.

Aimee DiLucido made second-team All-MAC in 20th place.

Dreabit earned All-Region honors with a 20th place finish at the NCAA D-III Mideast Regionals.

Ostrum (19:08, 7th) and Dreabit (19:27, 10th) both cracked the all-time top-10 list.

Ostrum was named team MVP for the third straight year. Maura O’Rourke earned the Coach’s Award.

Field Hockey

In their first season in the Freedom Conference, the Misericordia University field hockey team finished 13-8 and qualified for the postseason.

The Cougars also earned an ECAC South playoff berth.

MU reached the postseason for the 15th time in 16 years.

Jamie Wargo was a first-team All-Freedom selection.

Heather DiMenno and Laura Leighow made the All-Freedom second team.

Ellen Howanitz was named team MVP, and Wargo earned the Coach’s Award.

Lacrosse

The women’s lacrosse team finished 4-13 overall. Nicole DeAngelis, a sophomore, led the women’s lacrosse team in scoring with 43 points on 40 goals and three assists, including a 12-point (10g, 2a) performance in a win over King’s.

Wargo, a two-time team MVP, recently completed one of the most successful careers in Misericordia women’s lacrosse history. A two-sport standout, Wargo was a four-year letter winner in field hockey and was a first-team All-Freedom conference selection as a senior.

Soccer

Misericordia University finished 5-14 in their first season in the Freedom Conference (1-7).

The Cougars played the toughest schedule in school history and recorded wins over regionally-ranked opponents Richard Stockton and Muhlenberg.

Ashley McDonnell was a second-team All-Freedom selection. McDonnell was also named team MVP, and Jemila Najjar-Keith received the Coach’s Award.

Softball