Misericordia field hockey wins by one

DALLAS – Terra Hall scored a pair of first-half goals to lead the Misericordia field hockey team to a 3-2 win over Gwynedd-Mercy in the season opener Friday at Mangelsdorf Field.

Hannah Harvey added a goal and an assist for the Cougars while Grace Riker made nine saves to earn the win.

Calli Berryman and Abby McManus scored two goals apiece to power King's to the victory. Kim Howanitz also scored for King's in the win.

Wilkes dropped its opening contest in the first round of the Colonel Classic despite a goal from Kaitlyn Beavans off an assist from Emily Saliba.

The Cougars opened the season with a win in the opening round of the Swarthmore Classic.

Laura Roney scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half with an assist from Megan Lannigan.

The Cougars beat Ursinus in the first game ever played at McGeehan Field as Andy Bush scored a pair of early goals and David Stoner added an insurance goal in the second half.

Misericordia opened the season with a second place finish at its invitational.

Josh Krall (17:09) and Dave McLean led the Cougars while Robert Moulton (16:48) finished second to lead King's to a third place showing and Bornfase Omurwa (17:35) and Brenton Lewandowski (17:36) were ninth and 10th, respectively, for the Monarchs. Wilkes finished fourth and was led by Brian Smith (17:52) in 13th place while Tyler Sutton (18:02) and Jordan Siddons (18:12) were 17th and 18th, respectively.

Misericordia took the top three spots to claim first place at its invitational.

Marina Orrson (20:02) finished first while teammates Kelsey Cameron (21:31) and Bianca Bolton (21:48) were second and third, respectively.

Kayla Myers (24:08) finished 13th to lead Wilkes to a third place finish.

King's finished fourth with Jill O'Malley (23:59) leading the way in 12th place.

The Cougars swept Gwynedd-Mercy 25-6, 25-15, 25-20 Friday night.