This will be a week to see if Liberty’s field hockey team can battle with the East Penn Conference’s elite with a tough slate on deck.

It’s also an opportunity to see what progress the team can make in tough matchups this season after struggling two weeks ago in a similar three game stretch, which resulted in the Hurricanes (8-4) dropping each of those contests.

Liberty has a week with Whitehall (8-5), Emmaus (12-0) and Easton (8-3) on tap, as they head into the final two weeks of the regular season.

Unfortunately, Monday’s result with Whitehall went in favor of the Zephyrs, as Emma Bonshak scored the lone goal for Whitehall in the 1-0 victory.

The Hurricanes need one win to clinch a District 11 playoff berth and sat in seventh place in the conference playoff race coming into the week.

Needless to say, this is a big week for the team with four games left on the schedule.

Freedom (2-10) and Bethlehem Catholic (3-8) haven’t been able to find their footing this season, as the Pates had lost nine straight games before recording a 3-2 win over East Stroudsburg South last week.

Freedom takes on Stroudsburg (3-7), Allen (0-10) and Pleasant Valley (4-8) this week with the opportunity to build some momentum heading into the offseason, as they’ve been officially eliminated from postseason contention.

Bethlehem Catholic is still alive in postseason race with five games left, but with Nazareth (12-0), Parkland (12-2) and Pocono Mountain East (10-3) this week, those chances are slim.