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         <title>Lehigh Heads To 2008 NCAA Softball Tournament</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh will be making its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in school history having also qualified for the national tourney in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Mountain Hawks earned the Patriot League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by capturing the Patriot League Championship title for the fourth time in the last five years and ninth time overall.]]></description>
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         <title>Bucknell's Curatola Named 2008 Patriot League Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bucknell's Erin Curatola was voted the 2008 Patriot League Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday by Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Schlie Femovich. The scholar-athlete of the year award is voted on by the Patriot League's softball sports information directors, who can not vote for their own student-athletes.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh To Face Stanford In NCAA Softball Tournament Amherst Regional</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hours after defeating rival Lafayette to claim its fourth Patriot League tournament title in five years, Lehigh learned its NCAA tournament fate on Sunday night. For the second time in three years, the Mountain Hawks are headed to Amherst, Massachusetts to play Stanford on Friday afternoon. Rounding out the four team regional are a pair of familiar northeast region foes in host Massachusetts and Princeton.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh Wins Ninth Patriot League Softball Championship Title</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh won the Patriot League Softball Championship for the ninth time in program history and for the fourth time in the last five years with a 10-3 victory as the top seed over second-seeded Lafayette. The Leopards forced a second game on Sunday at Kaufman Field with a 2-1 win against the Mountain Hawks. With the championship win Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.]]></description>
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         <title>Lehigh and Lafayette Advance To 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament Championship Bracket</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The top two seeds of the 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament, No. 1 Lehigh and No. 2 Lafayette, advanced to the championship bracket and will face off on Sunday. Lehigh defeated No. 3 Bucknell, 9-5, in the first game of the day and moved right to Sunday's championship competition. Lafayette then won two games in a row to advance to Sunday's play, beating No. 4 Army, 5-3, and Bucknell, 6-4 in eight innings. The first game of the championship bracket on Sunday will begin at 10 a.m. If Lafayette wins the first game a second will be needed and will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:45 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Day two of the 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament was rained out and no games will be played on Friday. The tripleheader originally scheduled for Friday will be played on Saturday with the game times moved up to 10 a.m., Noon and 2:30 p.m. The championship bracket that will require either one or two games will be played on Sunday.]]></description>
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         <title>Four Patriot League Softball Student-Athletes Earn All-District Academic Honors</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Four Patriot League softball student-athletes were named to the 2008 <I>ESPN The Magazine</i> All-District Academic Teams. Lehigh placed three on the list, including Kate Marvel, Megan Conrad and Lisa Sweeney, while Bucknell's Erin Curatola was also recognized.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Top-seeded Lehigh needed only five innings to notch an 8-0 win over No. 4 Army on the first day of 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament at Kaufman Field. The second game of the day went 10 innings, with No. 3 Bucknell prevailing over No. 2 Lafayette, 1-0.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh University's Kaufman Field in Bethlehem, Pa., will be the site of the Patriot League Softball Tournament for the seventh-straight year. The Mountain Hawks earned the right to host the tournament by earning the top seed for the 10th time in school history. The three-day, double-elimination tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10. Lafayette will serve as the No. 2 seed, Bucknell the No. 3 seed and Army the No. 4 seed.]]></description>
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         <title>Patriot League Announces 2008 Softball Major Awards</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lehigh's Lisa Sweeney became the first student-athlete in Patriot League softball history to be named both the Patriot League Player of the Year and Patriot League Pitcher of the Year. Joining Sweeney as major award winners were Bucknell's Lauren Fry, who was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, and Bucknell's Heather Rakosik who was tabbed the Patriot League Coach of the Year. The Patriot League major awards are voted on by the head coaches of the League's six softball teams.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bucknell and Lafayette each placed a League-high six student-athletes on the 2008 Softball All-Patriot League Team. Army, Colgate and Lehigh each had four All-Patriot League selections, while Holy Cross had two. The All-Patriot League teams are voted on by the head coaches of the League's six softball teams.]]></description>
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         <title>Patriot League Softball Release - 5.5.08</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:51:52 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Lafayette took home two Patriot League softball weekly awards and Colgate one after the final week of regular-season competition. Lafayette's Kasey Karr was named the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week, while teammate Stacey Kushner was tabbed the Patriot League Rookie of the Week. Colgate's Tiana Tyeskey was honored as the Patriot League Player of the Week.]]></description>
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         <title>2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament Field Set</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:52:46 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The 2008 Patriot League Softball Tournament Field became fully set on Thursday when the Colgate-Holy Cross series finished out. With Colgate's two losses to Holy Cross it allowed Army to retain the fourth-place spot in the standings and earn the No. 4 seed with an 8-12 League mark. Lehigh, Lafayette and Bucknell already earned bids to the tourney over the last two weeks. Lehigh will host the Patriot League Tournament at Kaufman Field for the seventh-straight year Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10 after compiling a 14-6 Patriot League record. Lafayette will serve as the No. 2 seed with a 13-7 League mark and Bucknell will compete as the No. 3 seed also with a 13-7 record in League contests.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bucknell garnered two of the three Patriot League Softball weekly awards after a weekend that saw the Bison clinch a spot in the Patriot League Tournament. Bucknell's Kristin Frick was named the Patriot League Player of the Week, while teammate Christie Wiest was tabbed the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week. Army earned the other weekly award with Chava Bobb taking home the Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:36:49 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[For the second time this year Lehigh's Lisa Sweeney was named both the Patriot League Player and Pitcher of the Week. Sweeney became the Patriot League's all-time strikeout leader (617) and single-season record holder (234). Lafayette's Stacey Kushner picked up her first-career Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor as the Leopards clinched a spot in the Patriot League Tournament.]]></description>
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