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         <title>Patriot League Announces Softball Academic Honor Roll</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Fifty student-athletes were named to the 2008 Patriot League Softball Academic Honor Roll, announced Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich Wednesday. Bucknell's Lauren Trosch and Lehigh's Kate Marvel distinguished themselves as student-athletes on this year's list to earn 4.0 spring grade-point averages.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh junior Lisa Sweeney capped off a record-setting 2008 season by being named ECAC Division I Softball Player of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday. Sweeney was named a second team ECAC All-Star as a pitcher, and garnered Player of the Year honors by way of her being named Patriot League Player and Pitcher of the Year last month.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh's Sweeney Earns Softball Academic All-America Honors</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh junior Lisa Sweeney has been named to the <I>ESPN The Magazine</i> Academic All-America third team, it was announced on Wednesday. Following her record-setting season in the pitcher's circle and at the plate, Sweeney was recognized for her impressive work in the classroom, where she boasts a 3.79 cumulative GPA as a history major.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh downs Princeton 7-4; eliminated by UMass</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 21:11:13 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[After keeping its season alive with a 7-4 win over Princeton, Lehigh saw its season come to an end with a 3-1 loss to UMass Saturday at the NCAA Regional at the UMass Softball Complex. Junior Lisa Sweeney went 2-for-3 with three RBI and picked up the win in the circle to keep the Mountain Hawks alive against Princeton, but against the host UMass, the Minutewomen built a 3-0 lead and staved off a seventh inning Lehigh rally. The Mountain Hawks' season comes to an end at 39-17-1.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh Drops NCAA Softball Tournament Regional Opener To Stanford</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Stanford's Missy Penna struck out 14 batters to pick up her 35th win of the season as the Cardinal blanked Lehigh 4-0 in the opening game of the NCAA Amherst Regional Friday at the UMass Softball Complex. The Mountain Hawks hung tough with the No. 12 national seed all day but managed just four hits off Penna as they fall to 38-16-1 on the season. Lehigh will play an elimination game against either UMass or Princeton on Saturday.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Two Patriot League student-athletes were recognized on the 2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region Teams in the Mid-Atlantic. Lehigh junior Lisa Sweeney was a first-team pick as a pitcher/utility player and teammate senior Kate Marvel was a second-team selection in the outfield.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh Heads To 2008 NCAA Softball Tournament</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh will be making its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history having also qualified for the national tourney in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Mountain Hawks earned the Patriot League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by capturing the Patriot League Championship title for the fourth time in the last five years and ninth time overall.]]></description>
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         <title>Bucknell's Curatola Named 2008 Patriot League Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bucknell's Erin Curatola was voted the 2008 Patriot League Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday by Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich. The scholar-athlete of the year award is voted on by the Patriot League's softball sports information directors, who can not vote for their own student-athletes.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh To Face Stanford In NCAA Softball Tournament Amherst Regional</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hours after defeating rival Lafayette to claim its fourth Patriot League tournament title in five years, Lehigh learned its NCAA tournament fate on Sunday night. For the second time in three years, the Mountain Hawks are headed to Amherst, Massachusetts to play Stanford on Friday afternoon. Rounding out the four team regional are a pair of familiar northeast region foes in host Massachusetts and Princeton.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh won the Patriot League Softball Championship for the ninth time in program history and for the fourth time in the last five years with a 10-3 victory as the top seed over second-seeded Lafayette. The Leopards forced a second game on Sunday at Kaufman Field with a 2-1 win against the Mountain Hawks. With the championship win Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh and Lafayette Advance To 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament Championship Bracket</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The top two seeds of the 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament, No. 1 Lehigh and No. 2 Lafayette, advanced to the championship bracket and will face off on Sunday. Lehigh defeated No. 3 Bucknell, 9-5, in the first game of the day and moved right to Sunday's championship competition. Lafayette then won two games in a row to advance to Sunday's play, beating No. 4 Army, 5-3, and Bucknell, 6-4 in eight innings. The first game of the championship bracket on Sunday will begin at 10 a.m. If Lafayette wins the first game a second will be needed and will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.]]></description>
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         <title>Patriot League Softball Tournament Postponed And Will Resume Play Tomorrow</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:45 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Day two of the 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament was rained out and no games will be played on Friday. The tripleheader originally scheduled for Friday will be played on Saturday with the game times moved up to 10 a.m., Noon and 2:30 p.m. The championship bracket that will require either one or two games will be played on Sunday.]]></description>
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         <title>Four Patriot League Softball Student-Athletes Earn All-District Academic Honors</title>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:45:26 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Four Patriot League softball student-athletes were named to the 2008 <I>ESPN The Magazine</i> All-District Academic Teams. Lehigh placed three on the list, including Kate Marvel, Megan Conrad and Lisa Sweeney, while Bucknell's Erin Curatola was also recognized.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh and Bucknell Notch Wins On First Day Of Patriot League Softball Tournament</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Top-seeded Lehigh needed only five innings to notch an 8-0 win over No. 4 Army on the first day of 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament at Kaufman Field. The second game of the day went 10 innings, with No. 3 Bucknell prevailing over No. 2 Lafayette, 1-0.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh To Host 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:03 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh University's Kaufman Field in Bethlehem, Pa., will be the site of the Patriot League Softball Tournament for the seventh-straight year. The Mountain Hawks earned the right to host the tournament by earning the top seed for the 10th time in school history. The three-day, double-elimination tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10. Lafayette will serve as the No. 2 seed, Bucknell the No. 3 seed and Army the No. 4 seed.]]></description>
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