Marvel, Sweeney capture league weekly awards

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – On the heels of a four game weekend sweep of Patriot League rival Holy Cross a pair of Lehigh softball players were honored with Patriot League weekly awards on Tuesday. Junior centerfielder Kate Marvel was named the league’s Player of the Week, while sophomore Lisa Sweeney earned Pitcher of the Week honors. Four other Mountain Hawks earned honorable mentions from the league, as Lehigh capped off a 6-0 week by taking over first place in the Patriot League standings.

Marvel ripped 10 hits in 19 at-bats for a .526 batting average as she earned her first Player of the Week honor of the season. Among the Manasquan, N.J. native’s ten hits were two doubles and two triples. Marvel’s eight triples are one shy of the Lehigh single season record and she currently leads the nation with 0.19 triples per game. Last week Marvel also scored seven runs and drove in six runs, including a three RBI effort in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader sweep of Holy Cross.

For the season, Marvel leads the Patriot League with a .398 average and is hitting a robust .532 in league games. Marvel currently leads the Patriot League in batting average, runs scored, triples and stolen bases.

After earning Pitcher of the Week honors six times last year, Sweeney earned her second award of the season, going 4-0 with a 0.76 earned run average in four appearances last week. The Lumberton, N.J. native won all three of her starts, including a one-hit and a three-hit shutout versus Holy Cross. Sweeney also came on in relief to win game two of the four game set versus the Crusaders. She allowed just two earned runs, while striking out 19 to increase her league-leading total to 128.

On the year, Sweeney improved her record to 17-4 with a league-best 1.52 ERA. With 43 career wins, Sweeney moved into the top ten in Patriot League history. She also ranks seventh in league annals with 356 strikeouts.

Also on Tuesday senior Heather Hamasaki, junior Megan Conrad, sophomore Whitney Lowe and freshman Tiffany Curtis earned honorable mentions from the Patriot League.

Hamasaki batted .400 (8-for-20) with a team leading seven runs batted in last week as Lehigh earned two wins over Monmouth and four over Holy Cross.

Conrad and Lowe both had strong weeks as the Mountain Hawks’ second base platoon. The duo combined to go 11-for-17 at the plate with seven RBI. Conrad delivered five hits in seven at-bats and also drove in five runs, while Lowe batted .600 including a game winning walk-off single in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader sweep over the Crusaders.

Curtis earned yet another honorable mention, winning both of her starts to improve to 10-7 on the season. The freshman right-hander allowed just two earned runs in 12.2 innings and added 12 strikeouts.

The Mountain Hawks will return to the diamond on Saturday when Lehigh travels to Hamilton, N.Y. to face Colgate in the Mountain Hawks’ final four games of the Patriot League regular season. Lehigh needs just two wins over the second place Raiders to clinch its ninth straight league regular season championship. The teams will play doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday with game one of Saturday’s twinbill scheduled for noon from the Eaton Street Field.

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