EDWARDSVILLE- Sophomore forward Marissa Surdy (Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood) recorded two goals and three assists and sophomore forward Keighlyn Oliver (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin) scored two goals for the Wilkes University field hockey team in its 5-4 MAC Freedom victory over DeSales University at Schmidt Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Colonels improved to 2-0 in MAC Freedom play and 7-4 overall while the Bulldogs fell to 0-2 In Freedom play and 2-9 overall.

Surdy got Wilkes on the board in the second minute when she took a pass from freshman back Haley Gayoski (Forty Fort, PA/Wyoming Valley West) and backhanded it in past the DeSales goalkeeper. Junior forward Jenna Skrinak (West Wyoming, PA/Wyoming Area) increased the lead to 2-0 when she launched a shot in the net off of an assist by Surdy in the 19^th minute.

The Bulldogs cut the lead in half in the 26^th minute when Tess Luzi scored with an assist going to Kelly Meade.

Surdy struck again in the 33^rd minute when junior forward Taylor Ryan (Spotsylvania, VA/Courtland) found her at the top of the circle for a backhanded shot that struck the crossbar and went in.  The lead was pushed to 4-1 in the 44^th minute when a Surdy shot was saved by the Bulldogs goalkeeper and put in by Oliver.

DeSales cut the lead to 4-2 in the 53^rd minute as Chelsea Harding crossed a pass through the box and Meryah Harding dove and shot the ball into the lower left side of the net.

The Lady Colonels extended the lead in the 55^th minute when Surdy took a shot from the top of the circle that was deflected in by Oliver.

Harding struck two more times in the 55^th minute with an assist from Maggie Zaleski and the 75^th minute on a corner after time expired on Meade's second assist of the game.

Freshman goalkeeper Dallas Kendra (Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood) made two saves in the game.

Wilkes had a 23-8 advantage in shots attempted, an 11-6 advantage in shots on net, and a 16-9 advantage in penalty corners.

The Lady Colonels return to action on Tuesday when they will host Elizabethtown College for a 4 p.m. non-conference match at Schmidt Stadium.