Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_softball

Lehigh Mountain Hawks softball

Lehigh Mountain Hawks softball

College softball team

For all Lehigh University sports, see Lehigh Mountain Hawks.

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks softball team represents Lehigh University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Patriot League (PL), having joined as a founding member in 1991. From 1977 until 1990, the team was a member of the East Coast Conference. The Mountain Hawks are currently led by head coach Fran Troyan. The team plays its home games at Leadership Park located on the university's campus.[1]

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History

Since joining the Patriot League in 1991, the Mountain Hawks have had significant success as a program. The team has won 22 regular season titles, 15 PL Conference Tournaments, and has qualified for the NCAA Division I softball tournament 11 times.[3][4]

The program has managed a win in five of their eleven appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In the 2006 tournament, Lehigh won a program record two games in the tournament, defeating Texas A&M twice, first in the opening round of the tournament and finally in the loser's bracket, eliminating the Aggies. Lehigh was eliminated from the tournament by UMass.[5][6][7]

Lehigh has won several awards during their tenure in the Patriot League. The team has won eight PL Player of the Year awards, doing so in 1995 and 1996 with Kim Miller,[8][9] 2007 with Kate Marvel,[10] 2008 with Lisa Sweeney,[11] 2010 with Julie Fernandez,[12] 2012 with Jen Colquhoun,[13] and 2013 and 2014 with Morgan Decker.[14] The team has also won eight PL Coach of the Year awards, winning in 1993 with Sue Troyan, and in 1997, 2005, 2007, each year from 2012 to 2014, and 2017 with Fran Troyan.[15][16]

Coaching history

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Roster

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Season by season results

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Notes

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    Records are unavailable for 1977, 1978, 1981–1985, and 1987–1990. Coach names and win totals are available via Lehigh records. Coaches who only coached one year have their season win totals available, but not conference record or conference finish position.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Facilities". Lehigh University Athletics.
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    "Lehigh University" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "No. 2 Lehigh Claims 2022 Patriot League Softball Title (5.14.22)". patriotleague.org. May 14, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Article clipped from The Morning Call". May 16, 2022. pp. C3 – via newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Article clipped from Bryan-College Station Eagle". May 21, 2006. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
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    "Article clipped from The Modesto Bee". May 22, 2006. pp. C9 – via newspapers.com.
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    "Hays: Lehigh eliminates No. 13 seed Texas A&M". ESPN.com. May 21, 2006.
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    "Kutztown's a winner both on and off the field the golden bears are off to a winning start and have landed two excellent local recruits". The Morning Call. March 27, 1996. Archived from the original on Dec 30, 2023.
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    "PL Releases 25th Anniversary Softball Team". Army West Point. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on Sep 28, 2022.
  10. [10]
    Bardsley, Len (June 28, 2007). "Super softball season for Marvel at Lehigh". The Coast Star. p. 58. Archived from the original on Dec 30, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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    "Lisa Sweeney Named Princeton Head Softball Coach". Princeton University Athletics. June 12, 2012. Archived from the original on Dec 30, 2023.
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    Young, Alyssa (May 11, 2010). "All-Patriot League Softball Team includes six Lehigh University players, one from Lafayette". lehighvalleylive. Archived from the original on Dec 30, 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Article clipped from Ventura County Star". June 10, 2012. p. 38 – via newspapers.com.
  14. [14]
    "Lehigh Softball Camps". lehighsoftballcamps.totalcamps.com.
  15. [15]
    "Lehigh Valley Flashback April 12: In 1995, Sue Troyan switches sports at Lehigh". April 12, 2021. Archived from the original on Dec 30, 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Father and son coaches lead Lehigh softball". April 7, 2023.
  17. [17]
    "2024 Softball Roster". Lehigh University Athletics.
  18. [18]
    "2023 Softball Record Book (PDF) - Patriot League" (PDF). patriotleague.org.
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