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.
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.
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.
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, 2007 with Kate Marvel, 2008 with Lisa Sweeney, 2010 with Julie Fernandez, 2012 with Jen Colquhoun, and 2013 and 2014 with Morgan Decker. 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.
Coaching history 1977–1978 J.G. Thompson 14–7 1979 Annette Lynch 6–8 1980 Patricia Zajac 7–6 1981–1982 Maureen Frederick 15–16 1983–1985 Muffet McGraw 17–45 1986 Hope Donnell 3–24 1987–1990 Tammy Danner 51–102 1991–1995 Sue Troyan 126–90–1 1996–present Fran Troyan 951–564–8
Roster 2024 Lehigh Mountain Hawks roster Pitchers 3 – Maddy Clark – Freshman 18 – Ansley Dambach – Senior 2 – Chloe Hess – Sophomore 21 – Maria Urban – Junior 11 – Katelyn Young – Senior
Catchers 10 – Rory Dudley – Junior 24 – Amanda Greaney – Senior
Outfielders 1 – Brooke Cannon – Senior 6 – Emily Cimino – Graduate Student 7 – Lindsey Martin – Junior 28 – Gracie Smith – Freshman Infielders 5 – Josie Charles – Graduate Student 15 – Crysta Duenas – Sophomore 77 – Holly Lovett – Freshman 13 – Julia Mrochko – Junior 20 – Maddy Schmeiser – Junior
Utility 4 – Sydney Parlett – Sophomore 17 – Abbey Tabaka – Sophomore Reference:
Season-by-season results
Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
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See also List of NCAA Division I softball programs
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