Dudley, Fricker Garner Patriot League Weekly Awards
4/7/2025 2:35:00 PM | Softball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Coming off a three-game Patriot League sweep of Bucknell, two members of the Lehigh softball team picked up weekly Patriot League awards on Monday. Senior Rory Dudley was named Player of the Week while first-year Kelly Fricker garnered the Rookie of the Week award.
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Both players contributed to a Lehigh effort that saw the Mountain Hawks outscore the Bison 22-1 over three games as Lehigh evened its season record at 18-18 and moved to 6-3 in Patriot League play.
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Dudley was 7-for-11 (.636) at the plate in the Bucknell series with four runs scored and five driven in. She had at least two hits in each game highlighted by a 3-for-4 effort with a two-run home run and four RBIs in Lehigh's 11-0, five-inning win in Sunday's series finale. Dudley also added an RBI single in the fourth inning of Lehigh's 9-1 victory in Friday's series opener, with the RBI being the 100th of her career.
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For the season, Dudley is batting .327 with a team-leading four home runs and 29 runs batted in.
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Fricker went 6-for-8 with five runs scored and three RBIs in the Bucknell series and batted .545 with seven runs scored over four games last week. She went 4-for-4 in Friday's series opener with the Bison, delivering two doubles, scoring three runs and driving in two runs with a fourth-inning single in Lehigh's 9-1 victory. Fricker went 1-for-2 in each of the final two games of the Bucknell series, driving in a run and scoring two on Sunday.
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Lehigh's leader in hits with 49, Fricker is hitting .408 on the season with 26 runs scored, 11 doubles and 18 RBIs.
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First-year pitcher Madison Finnerty also picked up honorable mention recognition from the league on Monday. Finnerty allowed one run over 11 innings of work against Bucknell, including a five-inning, one-hit shutout in Sunday's series finale. She allowed one run in the fifth inning of the series opener, then combined with junior Chloe Hess to blank the Bison over the final 13 innings of the series. Finnerty struck out eight on the weekend, including five on Sunday.
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The Mountain Hawks will travel to Rutgers for a non-league game Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. before continuing league play with three games at Colgate April 12-13.
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Both players contributed to a Lehigh effort that saw the Mountain Hawks outscore the Bison 22-1 over three games as Lehigh evened its season record at 18-18 and moved to 6-3 in Patriot League play.
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Dudley was 7-for-11 (.636) at the plate in the Bucknell series with four runs scored and five driven in. She had at least two hits in each game highlighted by a 3-for-4 effort with a two-run home run and four RBIs in Lehigh's 11-0, five-inning win in Sunday's series finale. Dudley also added an RBI single in the fourth inning of Lehigh's 9-1 victory in Friday's series opener, with the RBI being the 100th of her career.
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For the season, Dudley is batting .327 with a team-leading four home runs and 29 runs batted in.
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Fricker went 6-for-8 with five runs scored and three RBIs in the Bucknell series and batted .545 with seven runs scored over four games last week. She went 4-for-4 in Friday's series opener with the Bison, delivering two doubles, scoring three runs and driving in two runs with a fourth-inning single in Lehigh's 9-1 victory. Fricker went 1-for-2 in each of the final two games of the Bucknell series, driving in a run and scoring two on Sunday.
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Lehigh's leader in hits with 49, Fricker is hitting .408 on the season with 26 runs scored, 11 doubles and 18 RBIs.
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First-year pitcher Madison Finnerty also picked up honorable mention recognition from the league on Monday. Finnerty allowed one run over 11 innings of work against Bucknell, including a five-inning, one-hit shutout in Sunday's series finale. She allowed one run in the fifth inning of the series opener, then combined with junior Chloe Hess to blank the Bison over the final 13 innings of the series. Finnerty struck out eight on the weekend, including five on Sunday.
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The Mountain Hawks will travel to Rutgers for a non-league game Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. before continuing league play with three games at Colgate April 12-13.
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