Change of Scenery: Freese to Pelowski

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The 2015 season was the first season in 28 years in which the Central Michigan field hockey team took the field without the guidance of Christy Freese. Christy, who took over as head coach in 1986, led the Chippewas to an overall record to an overall record of 226-327-6. Also, Freese was received Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year three times in 1987, 1989 and 2002.

Moving forward, the Chippewas had a tall task to replace the all-time winningest coach across all sports in Central Michigan history. With this in mind, the Chippewas decided to make Molly Pelowski the new head coach of the field hockey program on February 3, 2015.


Prior to being named the head coach at CMU, Pelowski played for the University of Michigan as a exceptional goal keeper. When Molly graduated, she held six goal keeping records and helped the Wolverines win four Big Ten Regular season championships and the 2001 National Championship. Interestingly, from 2006-2008 she actually came to Central Michigan and was a graduate assistant, under Christy Freese, before she moved on to be an assistant coach for Michigan State. She was an assistant for MSU for seven years, with the teams averaging eleven wins per season.

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Looking forward, and her first season as head coach under her belt, look for things to improve. The team ended with an overall record of 2-15 in 2015, under the first year head coach, but the addition of Pelowski's first recruiting class (Sarah Mesko, Willow Guenther, Abigail Ebersole) should turn things around.

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By: Michael Greenwood