Stevens Field Hockey fell 1-2 to Amherst College on November 12 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championship to officially close out their 2025 season. The team stands at a final record of 18-3 and went undefeated in all seven of their conference matches.
The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Final took place on the Saturday before, where the Ducks went 3-0 against Misericordia University. This is the third consecutive MAC Freedom championship win for the team, and their seventh all-time victory against the Cougars. Their first goal of the game was scored nine minutes into the second quarter, followed by two more in the third, just three and a half minutes apart from one another. In the ceremony immediately following, the team officially punched its ticket to the NCAA DIII Championship, and junior No. 28 Aleah Dinmore was named Tournament MVP. Dinmore, a defender from Odenton, Md., saw personal season highs of seven goals and two assists, totalling 16 points across 1,165 minutes played.
On November 12, the Ducks hosted Amherst’s Mammoths (9-9) for round one of the NCAA DIII Championship. The Ducks saw their first goal just under three minutes into the second quarter, when senior forward Gabi Moroney took a shot off an assist from junior defender Lauren Flynn. Moroney, the lead goal scorer for the Ducks this year, has made 17 throughout this season and reached 38 points. Flynn is second on the team in assists (12), following junior forward/midfielder Taylor Brooks’s 16. The Mammoths fired back just 10 minutes later, marking the final goal scored in regulation. The Ducks were taken into double overtime, where the score remained tied at 1-1, sending the game into a shootout. After six rounds, the teams tied 3-3, before first-year midfielder Emma Zhang took a goal of her own, winning the game for Amherst.
Stevens Field Hockey ends their 2025 season at a 0.857 win rate, with their only regular-season losses being non-conference matches. They took 438 shots this season, with 282 landing on target, and 84 making it in. Of the goals saved, senior goalkeeper Lily Wierzbicki stood between 97.1% of them with a total of 67. The Ducks achieved national recognition throughout the entire season, notably being ranked No. 9 by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) in both the September 30 and October 7 polls. The team held their position and took on Amherst as No. 10 in the country.
