Lehigh Mountain Hawks softball

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Lehigh Mountain Hawks
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University Lehigh University
Head coachFran Troyan (29th season)
Conference Patriot League
Location Bethlehem, PA
Home stadiumLeadership Park [1]
Nickname Mountain Hawks
ColorsBrown and white [2]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022
Regular Season Conference championships
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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

YearsCoachRecord%
1977–1978J.G. Thompson14–7.667
1979Annette Lynch6–8.429
1980Patricia Zajac7–6.538
1981–1982Maureen Frederick15–16.484
1983–1985 Muffet McGraw 17–45.274
1986Hope Donnell3–24.111
1987–1990Tammy Danner51–102.333
1991–1995 Sue Troyan 126–90–1.583
1996–presentFran Troyan865–492–8.637

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: [17]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lehigh Engineers (East Coast Conference)(1977–1990)
1977J.G. Thompson N/A [N 1] N/AN/A
1978J.G. Thompson N/AN/AN/A
1979Annette Lynch 6–8N/AN/A
1980Patricia Zajac 7–6N/AN/A
1981Maureen Frederick N/AN/AN/A
1982Maureen Frederick N/AN/AN/A
1983 Muffet McGraw N/AN/AN/A
1984Muffet McGraw N/AN/AN/A
1985Muffet McGraw N/AN/AN/A
1986Hope Donnell 3–24N/AN/A
1987Tammy Danner N/AN/AN/A
1988Tammy Danner N/AN/AN/A
1989Tammy Danner N/AN/AN/A
1990Tammy Danner N/AN/AN/A
Lehigh Engineers/Mountain Hawks (Patriot League)(1991–present)
1991 Sue Troyan 10–25–11–117th
1992Sue Troyan 21–218–42nd
1993Sue Troyan 29–1510–21st
1994Sue Troyan 28–1710–2T–1st
1995Sue Troyan 38–1211–11st
1996Fran Troyan 33–149–11st
1997Fran Troyan 21–207–31st
1998Fran Troyan 23–2912–83rd
1999Fran Troyan 21–3012–8T–1st
2000Fran Troyan 26–239–11st
2001Fran Troyan 39–1518–21st NCAA Regionals
2002Fran Troyan 36–1617–31st
2003Fran Troyan 39–1019–11st
2004Fran Troyan 40–17–216–21st NCAA Regionals
2005Fran Troyan 41–1018–01st NCAA Regionals
2006Fran Troyan 43–1419–11st NCAA Regionals
2007Fran Troyan 35–18–117–11st
2008Fran Troyan 39–17–114–61st NCAA Regionals
2009Fran Troyan 38–18–117–31st NCAA Regionals
2010Fran Troyan 31–1914–62nd
2011Fran Troyan 33–2314–52nd NCAA Regionals
2012Fran Troyan 40–1918–21st NCAA Regionals
2013Fran Troyan 37–16–117–31st
2014Fran Troyan 30–2015–31st
2015Fran Troyan 40–916–21st NCAA Regionals
2016Fran Troyan 36–1613–41st
2017Fran Troyan 36–2016–21st NCAA Regionals
2018Fran Troyan 24–26–111–73rd
2019Fran Troyan 27–2811–73rd
2020Fran Troyan 8–90–0N/A

Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Fran Troyan 18–1614–82nd
2022Fran Troyan 31–20–115–32nd NCAA Regionals
2023Fran Troyan 40–1416–22nd
2024Fran Troyan 0–00–0
Total:1,104–790–9 (.583)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

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