Lehigh University
27-14
Saint Joseph's
19-24
Lehigh Tops Saint Joseph's 8-2 For 17th Straight Victory
4/24/2024 6:29:00 PM | Softball
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Graduate student Josie Charles and senior Brooke Cannon both went 3-for-4 to lead the offense as Lehigh picked up its 17th consecutive victory to improve to 27-14 on the season. With the win, Lehigh pulls even with Stony Brook for the nation's longest current winning streak.
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Lehigh's three-run first inning began with graduate student Emily Cimino up and first-year Gracie Smith on first. Cimino's ground ball to second was booted allowing her to reach safely and then a throwing error by Gianna Muhaw allowed Smith to come around and score the game's first run. Cannon and first-year Holly Lovett added RBI singles as Lehigh led 3-0 after one inning.
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— Lehigh Softball (@Lehighsoftball) April 24, 2024
Couple errors bring in the first run then RBI singles from Cannon and this one from Lovett!
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Saint Joseph's (19-24) struck back with two runs in the second on Lauren Pscolka's double to right center before sophomore Chloe Hess escaped the inning without any further damage.
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Junior Julia Mrochko came up with the bases loaded and nobody out in the third and brought home two runs when Meghan Sinkus couldn't make the catch on a fly ball to right center. Mrochko eventually scored on a throwing error by the Hawks' catcher following a wild pitch to put Lehigh up 6-2. A triple to left by Charles and a single up the middle by Smith brought home two more runs as the Mountain Hawks led 8-2 after three.
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Lehigh finished with 10 hits off two Saint Joseph's pitchers but was kept off the board over its final three times at-bat.
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Hess evened her season record at 5-5 after allowing two runs on five hits over four innings. She struck out three and walked one. Junior Maria Urban followed with two innings of two-hit, scoreless relief before senior Katelyn Young closed out the game with a scoreless, one-hit seventh inning.
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The Mountain Hawks return to Patriot League play this weekend when they travel to Army West Point for a three-game series. Lehigh and Army will play a doubleheader Saturday and a single game Sunday with action both days beginning at noon.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hess, Chloe (5-5)
L: Jules Scogna (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Sierra Fretz 1 ; Lauren Pscolka 1
RBI: Lauren Pscolka 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Sierra Fretz 1 ; Meghan Sinkus 1
CS: Karlee Smith 1
Batting:
3B: Charles, Josie 1
RBI: Charles, Josie 1 ; Smith, Gracie 1 ; Cannon, Brooke 1 ; Lovett, Holly 1 ; Mrochko, Julia 1
SH: Sward, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Charles, Josie 1 ; Smith, Gracie 1 ; Cimino, Emily 1 ; Cannon, Brooke 2 ; Dudley, Rory 1 ; Mrochko, Julia 1 ; Sward, Peyton 1
SB: Cannon, Brooke 2
HBP: Lovett, Holly 1 ; Greaney, Amanda 1
