South Mountaineer Volume 36, Issue 03

              Volume 36, Number/ -
September 14, 1993
Bethlehem, Pa.
Raphael Stillings
LEHIGHLIGHTS
ROOKIE HONORS— For the second
straight week, a
Lehigh football
player has received
honors for his on-
field performance.
Sophomore running
back Raphael
Stillings (Florence,
N.J.) was named
Patriot League
Rookie of the Week
after rushing for 64
yards on 17 carries in the Engineers' win at
Fordham. Stillings, playing in his first
collegiate game, took off on a 21-yard
touchdown scamper in llie first quarter for
Lehigh's first score of the day. Last week,
Kevin Rubin was named Patriot League
Offensive Player of the Week.
OLD TIMERS AT LEHIGH — The
Lehigh alumni baseball game will lake
place Saturday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. on the
baseball diamond at ihc Goodman Campus
(right behind Stabler Center). Come and
see your favorite old timers in action as
former Lehigh baseball greats take the
field once again. Engineer head coach Skip
Schultz has promised a fun time for all as
the game will take place right before the
Lehigh football team's game against
Brown.
A HOT COMMODITY— If you can't
make it out to see your favorite Lehigh
team play, call the Lehigh sports
information hotline at (215) 758-5858 for
all the lastesl scores and updates on every
Lehigh sports team. Also, Engineer fans
can hear the live play-by-play of every
footbal 1 game from anywhere in the country
by calling Teamline at 1-800-846-4700
(access code 2064). Fans will be connected
to the live broadcast on Lehigh's flagship
radio station and will be billed on their
credit card. And finally, fans can call
Teamline at 1-800-846-4650 after 8 p.m.
on Saturday night for all statistics from
that afternoon's game.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Cameron leading the way 2
A "Melo" kind of guy 2
Off and running 3
Chambers working hard 3
LU-Hofstra at a glance 4
Football statistics 5
AERIAL ASSAULT
Scott Semptimphelter's five touchdown passes
in the first two games have him on pace to throw
for28 scores this season which would place him
second in the record books in that category. A
look at the top five:
QUARTERBACK
GLENN KEMPA
YEAR
1991
TD PASSES
31
TODD BRUNNER   1989 26
MIKE REIKER        1977 23
JOE STERRETT      1975 22
Engineers ram Fordham, 24-6
Defense comes up big; Semptimphelter, Cecchini connect twice
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director
It was a total team effort
complimented by some outstanding
individual performances. The result was
a satisfying 24-6 win over Fordham as
Lehigh opened the Patriot League season
as it has for the last five years, with a win
over the Rams.
How well the Engineers would
rebound from the previous week's contest
game ranked second in the country in punting
with a 47.2 average and he continued his
torrid pace by booming three punts over 50
yards and accumulating a 46.8 average over
five punts. In fact twice he was forced to punt
out of his own endzone and each time he
booted kicks over 50-yards.
"I just can't say enough about our
defense," a happy and relieved head coach
Hank Small said after the game. "They did a
great job. especially on the must-downs, the
~~
The Lehigh defense was a wrecking machine in the Engineers' win over Fordham on Saturday.  -Photo by Joe Ryai
In a turn of events this game featured the
defense keeping Lehigh in the game until the
offense got untracked. The Engineers, in
truth could have blown this game open in the
first half, but penalties and dropped passes
kept the lead at only 10 points. In the third
quarter, had it not been for the defense
Lehigh could have easily found itself behind.
The Engineers ran only six offensive plays in
the third quarter. But Lehigh came up with
the big play when it had to.
And now the
Engineers return home for
three straight games
beginning this Saturday vs.
Hofstra at 1:00,
EXTRA        POINTS:
Stillings was named
Patriot League Rookie-of-
t he-Week. ..Lehigh
intercepted four passes vs.
Towson Slate in
1988...The six points
allowed is the fewest since
1990 when Lehigh gave
up three, also vs.
Fordham...Senior receiver
Kevin Rubin
(Management) did not play
and will miss the next two
weeks with a separated
shoulder...Byron Dyson
(Business) kicked acareer-
long 35-yard field
goal...Senior Kevin
Jefferson (Mechanical
Engineering) had eight
tackles and junior Greg
MARTY HORN       1985
21
L
at Delaware was a question asked by
everyone surrounding the team. And
without question the response is now
very positively.
The defense played a magnificent
game, stopping Fordham twice on fourth
and less than one yard-to-go situations in
the fourth quarter. Both times Fordham
was inside the Lehigh 10-yard line. For
the first time in two years, the defense
also played a hard-hitting opportunistic
brand of football, intercepting Ram
quarterback John Pohlman a school
record five times.
Offensively, sophomore Raphael
Stillings (Accounting) in his first
collegiate game, responded with a 21-
yard touchdown run in the first half to
give Lehigh a 10-0 lead. He also gained
64 yards on 17 carries. The big-play
capability also became apparent as twice
within a four minute time span in the
fourth quarter, quarterback Scott
Semptimphelter (Marketing) hit Dave
Cecchini (Marketing) for touchdown
passes of 43 and 63 yards.
The special teams also did their job,
especially punter Craig Melograno (Civil
Engineering). The senior entered the
short yardage."
Junior Jason Mack
(Chemical Engineering) led the
defensive performers with nine
tackles and one interception.
One play after Mack's fourth-
quarter interception,
Semptimphelter hit Cecchini for
the touchdown and 17-0 lead.
Mack wasn't the only Lehigh
Valley player to pickoff
Pohlman. Tony Perilla (Arts &
Science) also had a theft.
Michael Blunt (Finance) began
the interception barrage as he
stopped the first two Ram drives
with interceptions. Tahir Rivers
(Arts & Science) also picked
off one pass.
"It felt great to get that
interception," Mack said. "The
adrenaline just starts flowing
and everything starts happening.
One thing leads to another."
Cecchini agreed.
"It was a release of all of
the frustration," he commented.
"We had some openings all day
and finally we executed."
Anion (Architecture) seven.
LEHIGH
FORDHAM
10
0
14
0
—24
—6
LEH — Dyson 35 FG
LEH -- Stillings 20 run (Dyson kick)
LEH - Cecchini 43 pass from Semptimphelter (Dyson kick)
FORD - McKee 8 pass from Pohlman (run failed)
LEH — Cecchini 63 pass from Semptimphelter (Dyson kick)
TEAM STATS
LEHIGH
FORDHAM
First Downs
12
17
Rushes-Yards
38-87
40-156
Yds. Passing
209
115
Passes C-A-l
9-21-2
12-33-5
Punts-Avg.
5-46.8
5-25.6
Penalties-Yds.
37-63
4-40
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing — LEH: Stillings 17-64, Bertone 3-15
FORD: Ross 22-124, Wallace 7-22
Passing —LEH: Semptimphelter 9-21 for 209 yards, 2TD, 2 INT
FORD: Pohlman 12-33 for 115 yards, 1 TD, 5 INT
Receiving — LEH: Cecchini 2-106-2, Lookenbill 2-24,
FORD: Harris 4-48, Hargrove 4-37, McKee 3-25-1
Tackles — LEH: Mack 9, Jefferson 8, Amon 7
FORD: Dougherty 9, Manno 7, Reinert 5, O'Leary 5