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Saint Joe’s, Holy Cross meet for first time in 27 years ** The Hawks, who host tonight’s second-round NIT game, are tough at home, but the Patriot League’s Crusaders play well on the road.

Saint Joseph’s freshman guard Abdulai Jalloh did not pretend on Saturday night that he knows anything about Holy Cross, or any other Patriot League team. Actually, Jalloh doesn’t know much about any team he hasn’t seen on television, or competed against in the Big 5 or Atlantic…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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‘Nova and Adamshick shut out of tourney ** Despite going 19-11 with wins over BC and Notre Dame, the Wildcats will instead be NIT bound.

Jackie Adamshick sat silently, her hands clutched as she nervously watched the NCAA women’s selection show on ESPN Sunday night at the Pavilion. Adamshick, a redshirt sophomore from Central Catholic High, did not expect to be disappointed, not with Villanova having posted a…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Villanova ready to dance for 1st time since ’99 ** Wildcats enter tourney as a fifth seed and will face New Mexico.

Villanova’s players and coaches sat anxiously in front of a big screen television in the Connelly Center Sunday night on the Main Line campus waiting to see who their next opponent will be, where they will play and when they will play. A portion of “Nova Nation” was stationed in…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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‘Nova gets defensive, stops Pitt at Big East tourney ** Ray, Foye and Sumpter make the difference at both ends of the floor. ** College Basketball

For 40 minutes Thursday afternoon, Villanova’s defense resembled a goal-line stand. The “D’ was smothering and unyielding and it frustrated Pittsburgh so much in the Big East quarterfinals that All-Big East first-team forward Chevon Troutman twice picked up fouls for throwing…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Track & Field
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Heartbroken Hawks heartened by next year’s hopes ** Solid season ended sourly, but Lehigh appers to be on track ** Lehigh Women

The tears have dried and another season of blown chances has faded away for the Lehigh women’s basketball team. For the first time ever, the Mountain Hawks had both the Patriot League player of the year — Jessica DePalo — and the coach of the year — Sue Troyan. But the end of…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Lehigh just gets by Bucknell ** DePalo’s buzzer-beating follow gives the Mountain Hawks a 54-52 win over the Bison. ** PATRIOT LEAGUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Winning in the playoffs often comes down to who handles the pressure the best as well as who bumps and grinds the hardest. That’s what Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo, the Patriot League’s player of the year, kept doing until only one second remained in the tournament quarterfinals…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Lehigh just gets by Bucknell ** DePalo’s buzzer-beating follow gives the Mountain Hawks a 54-52 win over the Bison. ** Patriot League Women’s Basketball Tournament

Winning in the playoffs often comes down to who handles the pressure the best, and who bumps and grinds the hardest. That’s what Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo, the Patriot League’s player of the year, did until only one second remained in the tournament quarterfinals against…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Baseball
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Troyan and DePalo honored ** Lehigh coach is named the Patriot League’s best; the senior is Lehigh’s first-ever player of the year.

Lehigh coach Sue Troyan has finally earned the Patriot League Coach of the Year award that her star senior Jessica DePalo thought Troyan deserved four years ago. DePalo’s league-best 18.0 points per game, to go with her 5.4 rebounds and 47.9 percent field-goal shooting and…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Lafayette holds off Lehigh in regular-season finale ** Loss hurts Hawks, who enter the league tourney as the No. 4 seed.

Lehigh did not die easy. And Lafayette refused to die on its own court. The Leopards had an 11-point lead with 1:48 remaining, which dwindled down to one, before settling for an 81-76 victory Saturday afternoon at Kirby Sports Center. Lafayette had lost its previous game by 19…

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· Andre D. Williams

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‘Nova makes NCAA push, beating Pitt ** Wildcats hold off Panthers for third win over a ranked foe. Emmaus grad Gray scores career-high 15 for Pitt.

The dancing shoes are no longer just on order. They are about to be shipped. Villanova appears headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999 after beating 17th-ranked Pittsburgh 80-72 Sunday. The Wildcats (17-7, 7-5 Big East) are a half-game behind Notre Dame…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Wildcats healthy, happy and ranked ** No. 24 Villanova, ranked for the first time in eight years, takes on UConn.

Two starters on Villanova’s men’s basketball team are almost fully healed as the Wildcats prepare to play their first game as a nationally-ranked team since the 1996-97 season. Junior center Jason Fraser got the cast off his fractured right hand seven days ago and played 13…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Another Sunday, another heartbreaker for Mountain Hawks ** Lehigh loses the game — 58-56 to Holy Cross — and a shot at first place.

Lehigh’s failure to inbound the ball with three seconds remaining against Holy Cross cost the Mountain Hawks more than just a shot at overtime Sunday at Stabler Arena in front of 2,104 fans. Lehigh’s 58-56 loss to Holy Cross prevented the Hawks from moving into a three-way tie…

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· Andre D. Williams

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