Lehigh Football Nation

When it comes to Lehigh's spring sports, admittedly I don't follow them as closely as I do the winter sports (or, of course, football). But I do tune in when Lehigh's baseball or softball teams qualify for the postseason, and Lehigh softball is down in Gainesville, Florida to play in the Gainesville NCAA regional . Not only this year's team playing against an incredibly challenging regional, the Mountain Hawks, led by senior P/OF Lisa Sweeney 's powerful pitching, could face the No. 1 team in the nation (Florida) and faced off against a powerful Big XII team that was the subject of Lehigh softball's greatest upset ever - Texas A&M. Florida A&M rounds off the bracket - who aren't playing far from their home campus. "Group of Death" indeed. While I was escaping from the world on Friday, Lehigh lost a heartbreaking 1-0 game to TAMU , where Sweeney only gave up four hits but one was a solo home run in the first inning to Erin Glasco that was...

Stanford rode a fantastic pitching performance from lefty pitcher Missy Penna as she shut down the Mountain Hawks 4-0 yesterday. She scattered four hits, and Stanford proved that they will be an awfully tough team to beat out of the Amherst bracket. However as rain d elayed the resumption of the UMass/Princeton game (tied at 0-0 in the 1st), Lehigh got a bit of a break: they will play the last game of the afternoon (currently scheduled for 2:30) after the UMass/Princeton game and the winner's bracket game. That means that a well-rested Lehigh could be facing a Princeton or UMass team that's already played a full game. This is good news for junior P Lisa Sweeney, who will almost certainly be pitching again this afternoon. Fingers crossed. Go Lehigh! LehighSports will be again streaming the games for free . If you're in the Lehigh Valley, 91.3 WLVR will also be broadcasting the game, too. If you get CSTV All Access, you can get video of the game here.

The women's softball team travels up to Amherst, Mass, but this time they won't have the element of surprise. After beating Lafayette to take the Patriot League softball title, it's NCAA Tourney time as the Lady Hawks will be facing off against #12 Stanford, Princeton, and UMass in the Amherst Regional. They return to UMass, the scene of their last postseason appearance where they disposed of heavily-favored Texas A&M (seeded #13) and surged into the NCAA regional finals. If Lehigh can get out of this regional again - winning over the CAA champs, the Ivy League champs, and one of the best teams in the Pac 10 - it would be a fantastic story and another coup for Lehigh. Not to mention beating two of the best academic schools in the world in Stanford and Princeton. Are the seeds there for an upset once again? I won't count these Lady Hawks out, with a team batting average of .318 led by freshman C Carly Potok (.354), junior OF Alishia Gonzales (.346) and senior O...