Record-setting week earns Sweeney two awards

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh junior Lisa Sweeney capped off a record-setting week on the diamond by being named Patriot League Player and Pitcher of the Week, the league announced on Monday. Sweeney became the Patriot League’s career and single-season strikeout leader on Sunday and also belted five home runs last week to claim the Mountain Hawks’ single season home run record. This marks the second time this season that Sweeney swept the Player and Pitcher of the Week awards in the same week. The Pitcher of the Week award is the league record setting 12th of Sweeney’s illustrious career.

In the circle, Sweeney won both her starts and allowed just three runs in 15 and two-thirds innings of work. She picked up her 600th career strikeout in Lehigh’s 9-2 win at Holy Cross on Saturday, and surpassed the career and single-season strikeout marks while fanning eleven Crusaders in a four-hit shutout in the Mountain Hawks’ 12-0 win over the Crusaders on Sunday. The shutout was Sweeney’s seventh of the season and 21st of her career as she improved to 19-3 on the year. Her 64 career wins put her one behind former Lehigh standout Emily Ling ’05 for the school and Patriot League record. Sweeney has a record 234 strikeouts this season and 617 for her career.

Sweeney also continues to thrive at the plate, where she went 7-for-16 in six games last week to raise her average to .406. Six of her seven hits went for extra bases, as Sweeney ripped a double and five home-runs en route to a 1.438 slugging percentage last week. In Lehigh’s first game against Rider on Wednesday, Sweeney capped off a ten-run first inning with a grand slam, her Lehigh single-season record-tying seventh home run of the year. The Lumberton, N.J. native broke the record with a home run on Saturday, and added three more long balls on Sunday, including two in the 12-0 shutout win. Sweeney had two separate four RBI games last week and drove in 13 runs for the week.

Lehigh split six games last week and now stands at 31-13-1 on the season. The Mountain Hawks enter the final week of the season one game behind first place Lafayette in the league standings. Lehigh can officially clinch a spot in the Patriot League tournament with a win over Colgate or any Holy Cross loss.

The Mountain Hawks will return to the diamond on Tuesday when they welcome Ivy League foe Princeton to Kaufman Field. The teams were originally scheduled to play a doubleheader, but instead will play a single game, with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast online at Lehighsports.com with same-day streaming video beginning at 6 p.m. Streaming video content is powered Yahoo! Sports.

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