The Manchester Freedom was an

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team in the

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based in

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. Home games were played at West Memorial Field on the campus of

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. Russian women's national hockey team member Yekaterina Pashkevich played several seasons for the club. Julie Carignan and Jen Pirog were attached to the team in 2010, when they played for the U.S. team that won the nation's first International Federation of American Football Women’s World Championship. Despite the presence of national team players on its roster, the team only won one game in the 2010 season. The team improved to 4-4 in 2011. The Freedom disbanded after the 2011 season. Freedom running back and linebacker Kimberly Boroyan was named to the league's All-Star team in 2007, 2009, and 2011.

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , New Hampshire Freedom (IWFL) , - , 2001 , , colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="center" , Results Unknown , - , 2002 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , 6th East Division , , -- , - , 2003 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 3rd East North Atlantic , , -- , - , 2004 , , 4 , , 3 , , 1 , , 3rd East Mid-Atlantic , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , Manchester Freedom (IWFL) , - , 2005 , , 3 , , 7 , , 0 , , 4th East Mid-Atlantic , , -- , - , 2006 , , 3 , , 4 , , 0 , , 2nd East North Atlantic , , -- , - , 2007 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1st East Northeast , , Lost Eastern Conference Qualifier (

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) , - , 2008 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd Tier II North Atlantic , , -- , - , 2009 , , 4 , , 5 , , 0 , , 8th Tier II , , Lost Tier II Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2010 , , 0 , , 3 , , 0 , , 5th Tier II East Northeast , , , - , 2011 , , 4 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd East North Atlantic , , , - , colspan="6" align="center" , New Hampshire Freedom (IWFL) , - , 2012 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 3rd East North Atlantic , , , - !Totals , , 36 , , 50 , , 1 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

Season schedules

2009

2010

2011

References

External links

Manchester Freedom official website

IWFL official website
Independent Women's Football League Sports in Manchester, New Hampshire American football teams established in 2001 2001 establishments in New Hampshire Women in New Hampshire 2011 disestablishments in New Hampshire American football teams disestablished in 2011 {{NewHampshire-sport-team-stub