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Date Posted: 06:52:23 05/16/08 Fri
Author: LU 65 (First Pitch @ 1pm today!)
Subject: Re: Women's Softball Championship
In reply to: 808Lehigh 's message, "Women's Softball Championship" on 17:20:52 05/11/08 Sun

It appears by the number of posts that I'm the only one excited about this weekend's tournament - besides 808Lehigh, that is. Be that as it may, I believe others may care to know more about the tournament that gets underway this afternoon at 1 o'clock (just moved up in time!) as our Mountain Hawks take on the nation's 12th seeded Cardinal of Stanford. It's not every day that Lehigh - a youthful (10 freshmen and sophomores) non-scholarship program - gets to compete for a D-1 title and finds itself locked into regional play against one of the finest teams in the country, Stanford out of Pac-10. Should we emerge on top at the end of this weekend's double elim-play, the Lady Hawks will be the Sweet 16 and head south to Texas to compete in a Super Regional. For a complete report on what to expect, check out the link below - complete with the four team (Stanford, UMass, Princeton, and Lehigh) rosters and stats along with itune interviews of coaches and players.

http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/08-ncaa-softbl-regional.html


As is so often the case in softball, the game begins and ends with pitching. Admittedly, there's a huge difference in the caliber of competition (Pac-10 vs Patriot), but here's a look of the Game One starters for Lehigh and Stanford:

LU
Lisa Sweeney
Jr.
5/7"
ERA 1.54
Record 25-4
Innings Pitched 195.1
K's 297
HR's 7
At Bats 712

STANFORD
Missy Penna
Jr.
5'10"
ERA 1.10
Record 34-10
Innings Pitched 299.2
K's 372
HR's 18
At Bats 1044

The coach of the Cardinal summarized his teams strengths as experience (five seniors)along with power in the middle with speed at the top of the lineup. He did say his team had struggled at times this year in getting timely hits to push across runs with runners in scoring position.

Looking for some intangibles that may weigh-in on the Lehigh side? How about rain in the forecast this afternoon and the affects a cross-country trip (two flights into Hartford, CT and a bus ride north to UMass) may have on the Stanford players.

For those interested, the game can be heard at lehighsports.com


Good luck to the Brown and White!

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[> Re: Women's Softball Championship -- 808Lehigh, 00:35:24 05/19/08 Mon

Congradulations to the womens softball team. They played their hearts out and put on a valient effort at this weekend's NCAA tournment. Softball has become the best guarded secret at Lehigh. The record of achievement over the last 5-7 years is second to NONE at Lehigh - mens or womens. Time to sign up the coach to a multi year big contract and spend on the faciltities and equipmnet. These kids kick BUTT! What's neat is that this years team is loaded with sophmores and juniors. next year could be the year they make it out of the regional for the first time. Lehigh has built a strong program and is attracting some very good talent. WAY TO GO! Fran, coaches, and team!

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