From the Athletic Director’s Update, The softball team captured the Patriot League Championship with two shutout wins over top-seeded Lehigh. After defeating Bucknell in the opening game, the softball team was sent to the loser’s bracket with a loss versus Lehigh. Another win against Bucknell in an elimination game sent the team to the championship round to face the Mountain Hawks. Morgan Lashley threw back-to-back shutouts, allowing only a total of three hits in the two games to earn tournament MVP honors. The team earned its first NCAA berth since 2002 and will head to Austin to face No. 4 Texas. Friday night’s game can be seen live on the Longhorn Network.
The baseball team will play for the Patriot League title for the third straight season after taking out Navy in two straight games in Annapolis last Saturday. Chris Rowley set the tone with a complete game in a 4-2 game one victory. Patrick Mescher provided the big hit in the series-clinching 7-3 win with a two-RBI single that broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning. The Black Knights will head to top-seeded Holy Cross for the best-of-three championship series beginning with a doubleheader on Sunday. Not only did the two victories against Navy keep the baseball team’s season alive, it also wrapped up the year’s series with the Mids. We finished the year even with a 16-16-1 record, including a 7-6 mark in the spring. Adding in the record versus Air Force, we boasted a 20-18-2 record versus our fellow academies this season.
The track & field team earned some academic recognition this week with the announcement that Scott Geary was named to the Academic All-Patriot League team. Scott was one of 10 members of the team which honors both athletic and academic performance.
