Lehigh Wraps Up Season With 8-1 Win Over Lafayette on Senior Day

Sunday, May 3

Bethlehem, Pa.

12:00 PM

Lehigh University

26-28, 5-13

Lafayette

16-34, 7-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Lafayette	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Lehigh	5	2	1	0	0	0	X	8	7	2

Photo by: Tommy Herstich

Lehigh Wraps Up Season With 8-1 Win Over Lafayette on Senior Day

5/3/2026 3:21:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh ended its 2026 season on a high note, defeating Lafayette 8-1 Sunday on Senior Day in the Rivalry, presented by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, part of Jefferson Health, at Leadership Park.

Senior Sydney Parlett and sophomore Kelly Fricker both had two hits, with Lehigh capitalizing on 10 Lafayette walks. The Mountain Hawks scored eight runs over the first three innings to support senior Chloe Hess who earned the complete game victory in her final appearance in the Brown and White.

Lehigh struck early, batting around and scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. Back-to-back RBI singles by sophomore Lizzie Kern and junior Gracie Smith staked Lehigh to a 2-0 lead. Parlett followed with a double into the left field corner brining Kern home with Lehigh's third run. The Mountain Hawks added two more runs on a Lafayette error and RBI fielder's choice by sophomore Helen Woloshyn.

E1 | Lehigh 3, Lafayette 0

Sydney comes through with a double to spark the offense!

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— Lehigh Softball (@Lehighsoftball) May 3, 2026

Parlett drew a bases-loaded walk and senior Abbey Tabaka added a sacrifice fly in the second as Lehigh led 7-0 after two innings.

Lafayette scored an unearned run in the third on Regan Dillon's RBI single, but Lehigh got the run back in the bottom half as Fricker came home while first-year Maia D'Amico got caught in a pickle between first and second base.

Lehigh had chances to end the game early but the Mountain Hawks stranded two in scoring position in the fourth inning and had bases loaded, nobody out in the fifth but could not score.

Parlett and Fricker both went 2-for-3 with a walk. Fricker scored two runs, while Parlett drove in two. Junior Holly Lovett drew three walks and scored two runs. Kern also scored twice.

M4 | Lehigh 8, Lafayette 1

Lizzie Kern with ANOTHER web gem! 💎

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— Lehigh Softball (@Lehighsoftball) May 3, 2026

Hess allowed one unearned run on five hits for her fifth win of the season. She struck out two and walked three.

Prior to Sunday's game Lehigh recognized its four member senior class: Parlett, Hess, Tabaka and Crysta Duenas.

Lehigh wraps up its season at 26-28 overall and 5-13 in Patriot League play.