The Lehigh softball team began preseason practice last week and on Tuesday, head coach Fran Troyan announced the Mountain Hawks’ 2010 schedule. Lehigh has won eleven straight Patriot League regular season titles and five of the last six tournament crowns and Troyan has once again put together a challenging schedule for the Mountain Hawks; one that includes a pair of early-season tournaments, plus Lehigh’s annual spring break trip to the Rebel Spring Games in Florida.

The Lehigh softball team recently put the finishing touches on its fall season as the defending Patriot League champion Mountain Hawks began their preparations for the 2010 campaign. The Mountain Hawks have won the last eleven league regular season championships and five of the last six tournament titles, but head coach Fran Troyan is looking is not focusing on the past. It’s a new season and Troyan is pleased with the work done by this current group so far, as Lehigh looks to continue its winning ways in 2010.

On the heels of another successful season on the softball diamond, Lehigh proved it can perform equally as well in the classroom. The Mountain Hawks were one of 108 Division I softball programs recognized last week when the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced its All-Academic Teams. Lehigh, led by head coach Fran Troyan, owned a 3.234 team grade point average in the 2008-09 academic year, good for 52nd among Division I programs.

The college softball season officially begins in February, but that has not stopped the Lehigh softball team from working hard in preparation of the 2010 campaign. The Mountain Hawks, winners of 11 straight Patriot League regular season titles and five of the last six tournament crowns, are in the second week of fall workouts and will play their first fall scrimmage games this weekend.

All’s quiet on the newly-redesigned set now, but things will quickly change Monday night on East Rock Road in Allentown.  That’s when the newest season of Lehigh Sports Magazine kicks off on WFMZ-TV, channel 69.  For 15 years, this half-hour show has been delivering Lehigh fans interviews with every head coach, special player appearances, highlights, and much more.  Hosted by WFMZ sports anchor Jim Vaughn, the Lehigh Sports Magazine can be seen every Monday night in the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, and western New Jersey at 8:30 p.m. on WFMZ.  WFMZ is located on Service Electric Cable TV dial position 8.