Madison, NJ (October 30) – The FDU-Florham field hockey team has earned the fourth seed in this year's Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Tournament and will host Misericordia University in the 4/5 Play In Game on Monday, October 31 at 7:00 pm on Robert T. Shields Field.
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Admission to the game is $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens, $2 for students and children, and free for children under six with an adult. FDU-Florham students with an ID will be admitted to the game free of charge. Full information on the 2022 MAC Freedom Field Hockey Championship can be found on the
CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL PAGE including how to purchase MAC Freedom Tournament gear.
FDU-Florham enters the MAC Freedom Field Hockey Tournament as the fourth seed following a regular season that saw the Devils win nine games (9-9 overall), including five games in the conference. FDU-Florham earned the fourth seed after finishing with a 5-3 record in MAC Freedom contests.
The Devils are making their 20th appearance in the MAC Freedom Tournament and third under the direction of
head coach Maura Johnston. Since the 2014 season, FDU-Florham is 8-4 in MAC Freedom Tournament action. The Devils and the Cougars met in the 2021 MAC Freedom semifinals on Mangelsdorf Field with Misericordia coming away with a 1-0 win in overtime.
This season, the Devils are offensively led by
Haleigh Flukey (Ocean City, NJ), who has a team best nine goals and 22 points to go along with four assists. Flukey ranks fourth in the MAC Freedom in goals and fifth in the conference in points. Earlier this season, Flukey broke the program record for career goals and up to this point has 57 in four years with the Devils.
Dominique Rodriguez (Pittsgrove, NJ) ranked second on the team with six goals and 14 points in addition to her two assists on the year. In goal,
Emily Prachthauser (Morristown, NJ) has a record of 8-7 in the cage to go along with 72 saves, a save percentage of .750 and a goals against average of 1.70 over 845 minutes and 16 contests this fall.
Misericordia enters the 2022 MAC Freedom Field Hockey Tournament as the fifth seed following a 7-10 (3-5 MAC Freedom) regular season. The Cougars are making their seventh appearance in the MAC Freedom Tournament since 2013 and have posted a record of 7-4 in those matchups. FDU and Misericordia met in the semifinal round in 2021 as well as the MAC Freedom title game in both 2014 and 2015. Both squads also played against each other in the ECAC semifinals last season that saw FDU-Florham defeat Misericordia, 2-1, on the campus of Ramapo College.
The Cougars are led offensively by Lily Metress, who has a team best seven goals, five assists and 19 points on the year. Shannon Murphy also ranks second in goals and points as well as fourth in assists for Misericordia. In the cage, Sarah Bogina has played in 15 games and nearly 900 minutes. In those games, Bogina (6-9) has allowed 24 goals and has a goals against average of 1.62 as well as a save percentage of 0.795.
FDU and Misericordia met earlier this season on Robert T. Shields Field and the Devils came away with a 3-2 win in overtime.
Megan Surgent scored the game winning goal for FDU-Florham just 2:52 into the first extra session.
Since 2009, the Devils have played the Cougars 18 times and hold a 13-5 record in those games. The past three contests between the two clubs have gone to overtime and over the past ten matchups, FDU-Florham holds a 7-3 record against Misericordia.
The winner of the MAC Freedom Play-In Game will move on to face top seed DeSales University (13-4, 8-0) on Wednesday, November 2 at 6:00 pm in Center Valley, Pa. in the semifinal round. No. 3 Stevens Institute of Technology will also play at No. 2 Arcadia in the semifinal round at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2. The winners of the two semifinal matchups will play in the MAC Freedom Field Hockey Championship game on Saturday, November 5. Time and location will be announced following the semifinal round.
The champion of the 2022 MAC Freedom Field Hockey Tournament will receive an automatic berth to the 2022 NCAA Division III Field Hockey National Tournament for which selections will be revealed on Sunday, November 6 on NCAA.com.
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FDU-Florham is currently running a campaign in honor of former Devils men's basketball head coach, men's golf coach and athletic director Roger Kindel.
All donations will go directly towards funding a complete renovation of the basketball and volleyball court inside the Ferguson Recreation Center with his name dawned on both sides. If you are interested in reading more about the campaign and/or making a donation to the cause, please follow the link here: https://support.fdu.edu/athletics/devils/giving/roger-kindel
