Saturday, March 10
Tampa, Fla.
2 PM
Lehigh University
vs
Seton Hall
Mountain Hawks to play 10 games over eight days in Florida over Spring Break
3/8/2018 11:25:00 AM | Softball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh softball team is headed back to the Sunshine state for the second time in three weeks. After opening their season with five games in Orlando, the Mountain Hawks will head to the Tampa/Clearwater area for a total of 10 games over eight days over spring break. Bookending Lehigh's trip will be a pair of tournaments, hosted by USF as Lehigh will play in the Under Armour Showcase, March 10-11 and the USF Series Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament March 16-17.
The Mountain Hawks return to Florida looking to improve upon a 2-7 start to the season. Last weekend, Lehigh went 1-3 at the Duke Inaugural Tournament in Durham, N.C. posting a win over Yale and close losses to Kent State, Duke and North Dakota State.
Lehigh is hitting .249 through nine games and averaging 3.6 runs per game, but the Mountain Hawks will need to improve in the field, where they've made 16 errors, including 10 in four games last week.
Senior shortstop Rachel Timberman leads Lehigh with a .368 batting average and seven RBIs. She led the Mountain Hawks at the plate at Duke going 6-for-10 with five RBIs. Behind Timberman, senior Nicole Yozzo is hitting .320 and is a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.
Lehigh received production from some new faces last weekend at Duke. Sophomore Lexi van Ooyen went 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter last week and drove in four runs, including a game-tying two-run double against Kent State. Freshmen Allyson Dibsie and Payton Alsobrooks also had bright moments, with Dibsie delivering the go-ahead two-run single in Lehigh's 7-2 win over Yale and Alsobrooks adding a two-run double against North Dakota State.
In the circle, junior Emily Sorem and sophomore Parker Boyd pitched to a 4.31 ERA last weekend. Boyd picked up the win against Yale and struck out 11 in 13.2 innings of work, but also issued 11 walks, including nine against NDSU.
Lehigh's spring break trip will begin with four games over two days at the Under Armour Showcase (March 10-11).
The Mountain Hawks will face Seton Hall (2 p.m.) and Central Michigan (4:15 p.m.) on Saturday before battling Loyola Chicago (9 a.m.) and Central Connecticut State (11:15 a.m.) on Sunday.
Seton Hall and Central Michigan have been in Florida all week for spring break. The Pirates (11-8) have won 4-of-6 games on their trip and are coming off a 9-0 loss at USF Wednesday. The Chippewas are 7-8 and 3-4 on their spring break trip following an 8-0 loss to South Dakota State Wednesday.
The Loyola Ramblers are 8-8 on the season and split in their most recent action Wednesday, falling 2-0 to Northern Kentucky before defeating South Dakota State 2-1.
CCSU enters at 3-8 and is coming off a 1-5 showing at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., where the Blue Devils' lone win came against Northern Colorado. The Blue Devils' other two wins came at the hands of Siena.
Lehigh has a history with the first three teams it will face at the Under Armour Showcase. The Mountain Hawks are 5-1 against Seton Hall with Lehigh claiming the most recent meeting in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Lehigh is 1-1 against Central Michigan and won the most recent meeting 3-2 in 2015. The Mountain Hawks are 1-1 against Loyola, beating the Ramblers in 2005 and falling 6-0 in 2011.
On Tuesday, Lehigh will take on Butler (10 a.m.) and Quinnipiac (12 p.m.) in neutral site games in Tampa. Lehigh is 4-3 all-time against Butler and dropped the most recent meeting 2-0 in 2013. The Mountain Hawks are 1-2 against Quinnipiac, winning the most recent meeting 4-0 in 2016.
The Mountain Hawks will close out spring break with four games at the Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament. Lehigh will face Elon (11:30 a.m.) and host USF (2 p.m.) on Friday March 16 before battling LIU Brooklyn (12 p.m.) and Florida Gulf Coast (4:45 p.m.) the following day.
The game with Elon will be Lehigh's first against the Phoenix. Lehigh is 1-2 against USF and fell in the most recent meeting in 2016. LIU Brooklyn leads the series against Lehigh 9-5, but the Mountain Hawks took 2-of-3 from the Blackbirds in the 2001 NCAA Play-in series to reach their first NCAA Tournament. Florida Gulf Coast took the only previous meeting with Lehigh in 2016.
The Mountain Hawks return to Florida looking to improve upon a 2-7 start to the season. Last weekend, Lehigh went 1-3 at the Duke Inaugural Tournament in Durham, N.C. posting a win over Yale and close losses to Kent State, Duke and North Dakota State.
Lehigh is hitting .249 through nine games and averaging 3.6 runs per game, but the Mountain Hawks will need to improve in the field, where they've made 16 errors, including 10 in four games last week.
Senior shortstop Rachel Timberman leads Lehigh with a .368 batting average and seven RBIs. She led the Mountain Hawks at the plate at Duke going 6-for-10 with five RBIs. Behind Timberman, senior Nicole Yozzo is hitting .320 and is a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.
Lehigh received production from some new faces last weekend at Duke. Sophomore Lexi van Ooyen went 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter last week and drove in four runs, including a game-tying two-run double against Kent State. Freshmen Allyson Dibsie and Payton Alsobrooks also had bright moments, with Dibsie delivering the go-ahead two-run single in Lehigh's 7-2 win over Yale and Alsobrooks adding a two-run double against North Dakota State.
In the circle, junior Emily Sorem and sophomore Parker Boyd pitched to a 4.31 ERA last weekend. Boyd picked up the win against Yale and struck out 11 in 13.2 innings of work, but also issued 11 walks, including nine against NDSU.
Lehigh's spring break trip will begin with four games over two days at the Under Armour Showcase (March 10-11).
The Mountain Hawks will face Seton Hall (2 p.m.) and Central Michigan (4:15 p.m.) on Saturday before battling Loyola Chicago (9 a.m.) and Central Connecticut State (11:15 a.m.) on Sunday.
Seton Hall and Central Michigan have been in Florida all week for spring break. The Pirates (11-8) have won 4-of-6 games on their trip and are coming off a 9-0 loss at USF Wednesday. The Chippewas are 7-8 and 3-4 on their spring break trip following an 8-0 loss to South Dakota State Wednesday.
The Loyola Ramblers are 8-8 on the season and split in their most recent action Wednesday, falling 2-0 to Northern Kentucky before defeating South Dakota State 2-1.
CCSU enters at 3-8 and is coming off a 1-5 showing at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., where the Blue Devils' lone win came against Northern Colorado. The Blue Devils' other two wins came at the hands of Siena.
Lehigh has a history with the first three teams it will face at the Under Armour Showcase. The Mountain Hawks are 5-1 against Seton Hall with Lehigh claiming the most recent meeting in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Lehigh is 1-1 against Central Michigan and won the most recent meeting 3-2 in 2015. The Mountain Hawks are 1-1 against Loyola, beating the Ramblers in 2005 and falling 6-0 in 2011.
On Tuesday, Lehigh will take on Butler (10 a.m.) and Quinnipiac (12 p.m.) in neutral site games in Tampa. Lehigh is 4-3 all-time against Butler and dropped the most recent meeting 2-0 in 2013. The Mountain Hawks are 1-2 against Quinnipiac, winning the most recent meeting 4-0 in 2016.
The Mountain Hawks will close out spring break with four games at the Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament. Lehigh will face Elon (11:30 a.m.) and host USF (2 p.m.) on Friday March 16 before battling LIU Brooklyn (12 p.m.) and Florida Gulf Coast (4:45 p.m.) the following day.
The game with Elon will be Lehigh's first against the Phoenix. Lehigh is 1-2 against USF and fell in the most recent meeting in 2016. LIU Brooklyn leads the series against Lehigh 9-5, but the Mountain Hawks took 2-of-3 from the Blackbirds in the 2001 NCAA Play-in series to reach their first NCAA Tournament. Florida Gulf Coast took the only previous meeting with Lehigh in 2016.
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