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#MAC FREEDOM CONFERENCE DIVISION MAC#
The shutout dropped Franco's goals against average to just 1.31 goals per game allowed this season, good for second in the MAC Freedom.Stevens held a 17-3 edge in total shots and a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal in the contest.The assist for Smart was her second of the season as she now ranks third on the team with 13 points this year.The Ducks defense stood tall from that point on, allowing just one more shot after the first quarter and none in the second half.Flukey took the opportunity to rip a shot to the right side of the cage that senior Shannon Stewart was able to get a clean stick on for a defensive save to thwart the Devil attack.Off a penalty corner with less than 30 seconds left in the quarter, FDU's Sydney Moskal took a shot that was blocked and fell to the feet of First Team All-MAC Freedom selection Haleigh Flukey.The Devils did not have many opportunities on the night, but their biggest came at the end of the first quarter.She now has six shutouts in her career which is tied for the third-most in program history. Senior Emily Franco played the entire contest in goal for Stevens and made one save on the night to post her third individual shutout this season. The Ducks cruised from there as they did not allow FDU-Florham any offensive opportunities in the second half to earn the hard-fought victory. Froehlich wasted no time getting her stick on it and buried a shot into goal for her fourth score of the season. The Haddonfield, N.J., native took the pass and made her way to the right side of the cage and fired a shot across the face of goal that was deflected by just outside the cage. Senior Natalie Logan started the scoring opportunity for the Ducks as she stole a pass in the middle of the field and was able to bring the ball into the circle before dishing it off to first-year Emily Smart. Neither team was able to find the back of the cage through the first three quarters of game action and the contest looked destined for overtime as the game remained scoreless with less than six minutes remaining.įroehlich made sure an extra period would not be necessary, however, scoring with just 5:39 left on the clock in the fourth quarter. Stevens will take on #4 Arcadia University in the semifinals as they look to avenge their only conference loss this season.įDU-Florham, meanwhile, dropped to 10-7 this season and 5-2 in MAC Freedom competition as they will be the #3 seed in the tournament and will travel to Misericordia for the semifinal matchup. The Ducks close the season tied with Misericordia University atop the standings but earn the top seed in the tournament by virtue of their 2-1 victory over the Cougars on Oct. It is the first time the Ducks have won a regular season conference championship since 2013 when Stevens won the Empire 8 Conference. Stevens is now 13-3 this season and finishes the regular season with a 6-1 record in conference play to clinch a share of the MAC Freedom Regular Season title. 27, 2021) – Playing in her final regular season home game at the DeBaun Athletic Complex, fifth-year Brynn Froehlich ensured she would have at least one, if not two more opportunities to play in Hoboken as a member of the Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team as she scored the game-winning goal in the 55th minute of game action to help the Ducks grab a 1-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus and clinch the #1 seed in the MAC Freedom Tournament.