Lehigh Mountain Hawks NCAA Basketball News

You could almost feel the relief pouring out of C.J. McCollum as he talked at the rookie predraft combine.

Freshman attackman Case Matheis scored with 1:40 remaining in the second overtime period to propel seventh-seeded Duke to a 12-11 victory against defending national champion Loyola in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for men's lacrosse Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.

Lehigh entered Saturday needing just one win to claim its third consecutive Patriot League championship, but Army had other ideas.

Army needed a rally to avoid elimination on Friday, and then looked like a dominating powerhouse in defeating Lehigh twice to capture the 2013 Patriot League Softball Championship at Kaufman Field on the Mountain Hawks' Goodman Campus.

Chad Tutton and Jimmy Bitter had three goals and an assist apiece to lead North Carolina past Lehigh 16-7 on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament.

They reached two goals in one weekend – they beat Duke en route to winning their first ACC title in 17 years – and Saturday will begin their quest for the third.

Lehigh has had a full year to reflect on its one-goal loss to eventual national runner-up Maryland in the NCAA Tournament's First Round a season ago.

No. 1 seed Lehigh and second-seeded Army won close games on the first day of the 2013 Patriot League Softball Tournament, and now they will square off in the winners' bracket in Friday's first game with a berth in Saturday's championship on the line.

After nearly two weeks following the conclusion of League play, the four-team Patriot League Tournament is set to begin Thursday at Lehigh's Kaufman Field with the Mountain Hawks striving for their third consecutive crown and accompanying trip to the NCAA Tournament.

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. Fresh off capturing its first Patriot League Men's Tennis Championship in program history, Lehigh tied for first with three selections and collected one major award when the All-Patriot League honors were announced Wednesday morning.

Burlington's Patrick Corbett scored late in the second quarter to give the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks a 7-2 lead on their way to an 11-5 win over Bucknell in the Patriot League lacrosse championship.

Lehigh senior Rebecca Bliss was named Pitcher of the Year and earned her fourth All-Patriot League citation on Tuesday.

Atlantic Coast Conference champion North Carolina will play host to Patriot League champion Lehigh in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament next Saturday at 12 noon at Fetzer Field.

Lehigh's Brooke Astor clears her hurdle in the 100 meter hurdles segment of the women's heptathlon event Friday afternoon during the Patriot League Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Lehigh University.

BETHLEHEM, Pa . - The Lehigh softball team is off from competition this week as the Mountain Hawks take their final exams.

Nov 09, 2012; Waco, TX, USA; Lehigh Mountain Hawks guard C.J. McCollum plays defense during the game against the Baylor Bears at the Ferrell Center.

Lehigh sophomore Ben Gilman and Army junior Jamila Paul both had hands in leading their respective teams to Patriot League championships in April, and each picked up accolades Thursday.

The field is set for the Patriot League Softball Tournament, and there are just a few housekeeping items left to take care of this week as Army, Colgate and Lafayette wrap up their regular-season slates.

Led by Gilman alumnus Marcus Holman , second-seeded North Carolina won its first Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse tournament since 1996 by outlasting Virginia , 16-13, on Sunday in Chapel Hill.

The Lehigh University men's lacrosse team punched its ticket to a second straight NCAA tournament today with a commanding 11-5 victory over Bucknell in the Patriot League final at the Ulrich Sports Complex.