Lehigh Tops Army 5-3 To Claim Series

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Lehigh raced to a 5-0 lead and had to survive a late Army West Point push, but the Mountain Hawks held on to claim the rubber match against the Black Knights 5-3 Sunday at the Army Softball Complex.

First-year Holly Lovett drove in three of Lehigh's five runs as the Mountain Hawks enter the final week of the regular season at 29-15 overall and 14-1 in the Patriot League.

Lehigh started strong with a three-run top of the first inning. Lovett drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home the game's first run and the junior Julia Mrochko added an RBI single with a second run scoring off an Army error.

Lovett extended Lehigh's lead with a two-run single in the fifth inning.

Army (12-34, 7-8 PL) rallied in the home sixth with back-to-back home runs, a two-run shot from Ashton White and a solo homer by Caitlyn Newburn.

Junior Maria Urban came on in relief of senior Katelyn Young to get the first two outs of the inning and after issuing a walk, retired the tying run Sam Bocis on a comebacker.

Urban set down the Black Knights in order in the seventh to secure Lehigh's fifth straight Patriot League series win.

Lehigh out-hit Army 7-6 with seven different Mountain Hawks recording hits.

Young went the first five-plus innings in the circle allowing three runs on six hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Urban then retired six of the seven batters she faced.

The Mountain Hawks will host Princeton Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in their Pride Game, presented by Lehigh University's Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Lehigh will close out the regular season at Boston University, May 4-5 needing two victories to claim the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.

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Josie Charles

Gracie Smith

Emily Cimino

Rory Dudley

Players Mentioned

Holly Lovett

Julia Mrochko

Maria Urban

Katelyn Young

Players Mentioned

Holly Lovett

Julia Mrochko

Maria Urban

Katelyn Young

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