South Mountaineer Volume 36, Issue 25

              Volume 36, Number 25
Meri Wall
LEHIGHLIGHTS
'WALL' OF FAME -It's getting to be
pretty routine for Lehigh lefthander
Meri   Wall.   The
senior from
Whitehall captured
her second straight
Patriot   League
Pitcher   of   the
Week award last
Monday after she
recorded wins over
both Colgate  and
Fordham. She gave
up just one earned run in each game and
in her other start that week, she pitched
a complete game two-hitter in a 1-0 loss
at Villanova. As of press time, Wall was
in strong contention for a third straight
nomination. Last week, she struck out
eight in a 12-2 win at Lafayette and
came back with a 2-0 shutout of LaSalle
in which she recorded a season-high
nine strikeouts. Her efforts helped the
Engineers clinch their second straight
Patriot League regular season title (see
page 3).
MARATHON MAN - Former Lehigh
track & field member Joe McVeigh
cnmppted in last week's Boston
Marathon and came up with a very
impressive finish. The Ex-Engineer
finished 39th overall in a time of 2 horn's
and 19 minutes.
McCLOSKEY COACHES STARS -
John McCloskey, in his 10th year as
head coach of men's lacrosse at Lehigh,
is one of four coaches selected to direct
senior all-star squads in the U.S.
IntercollegiateLacrosse
Association's 52nd annual North/
South game. The contest, a feature
attraction of the Hall of Fame Classic at
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
will be played June 10 at 7:30 p.m.
McCloskey and Glenn Thiell of Penn
State will handle the south squad.
Coaches must select 24-rnan squads
plus alternates and will run practice
sessions prior to the contest.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Modern 'Art' 2
Murphy setting the pace 2
Spring sports roundup 3
Spring sports slate 4
DID YOU KNOW?
Aside from capturing its
first-ever Patriot League
championship this season,
the Lehigh women's
lacrosse team is also one
victory away from the 1 CD-
win mark. The last time the
Engineers reached double
digits was 1988 when they
went 12-7.
Another Patriot League title
Women's lacrosse downs Lafayette in thrilling championship battle
By ROB SCHMIDT
Sports Information Assistant
In a game that saw almost as
many lead changes as goals, the
Lehigh University women's
lacrosse team walked away a 14-
13 winner, and put an end to
Lafayette College's dynasty in
Patriot League play.  .
The Leopards came into the
game undefeated in league play
since the addition of sports other
than football took place in 1990-
91, but that didn't seem to phase
the determined Engineers.
"I though we had a shot to
win from the outset," said Lehigh
head coach Jackie Keeley. . "We
felt that we were even with them
last year but but we didn't win so
the returning players wanted this
one really bad."
Liz Brode's goal with 33
seconds left in the game was the
difference in the game. For Brode,
it was her fourth of the game, which
came from a tough angle to the left
of Leopard goalkeeper Heather
Bohahan and was set up by Kristin
Gillis on a free position shot attempt.
"It was an eight meter shot from
the center hash and Jill (Altshuler)
has the power from there so I knew
that it was optimal to pass to Lizzy,"
said Gillis, who had a game high
five goals and one assist. ("It was a
quick stick shot and I knew Lizzy
could do it. Plus it was her birthday
so I went for it."
Brode took her birthday present
and faked high before putting it
through Bohanan's legs, and
putting Lehigh in the Patriot
League history books.
Liz Brode scored the game-winning goal for Lehigh with 33 seconds left.
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Lafayette's Alison Sipe got the ball
rolling with a goal early in the first half,
and the offensive explosion by both
teams never ended. All totaled, the
Leopards had 40 shots, leading to 21
saves for Lehigh goaltender Mary-Alice
Zavocki.
"I did anticipate a high scoring-
contest, but I was hoping that we could
have put them away earlier," said Keeley
after she was handed the Patriot League
trophy from Zavocki. "We tried to
emphasize league games throughout
the season and took things one step at
a time. We also tried to generate a
championship atmosphere in the
lockerroom this week during practice
and it all seemed to work for us."
Jill Altshuler, who was forced to
miss the first five games of the season
due to a knee injury added added three
goals and four assists to the Engineers'
charge. Cristina Brill rounded out the
Lehigh scoring with two goals.
LADY LAX NOTES: Engineers
split their remaining two contests last
week, downing Drexel by an 11-6 score
before falling to Hofstra, 10-8... Against
the Dragons, Altshuler comtinued to
light the lamp with four goals while
Gillis and Brode each scored three
times...Jennifer George had the other
Engineer goal and also added a pair of
assists...In the loss to Hofstra, Lehigh
held an 8-6 lead midway through the
second half before the Flying
Dutchwomen reeled off the last four
goals of the game...Altshuler was the
top gun once again with three goals
and an assist...George, playing in her
final home game, and Brill each added
a pair of tallies while Gillis had the
other Engineer score...Mary Alice
Zavocki came up with 15 saves in goal
in the losing effort...Engineers lost
despite outshooting Hofstra by a 32-21
margin...Brode continues to lead the
squad in both goals (42) and assists (17)
for a 59-point total...Altshuler now has
33 goals on the season while Gillis has
scored 29 times...Lehigh, which is now
9-5 overall, finishes the season on the
road with a 3:30 game today at Delaw are
and a 4:00 contest on Thursday at West
Chester...A win in either two of those
games would signify Lehigh's first 10-
win season since 1988 when the squad
went 12-7...The Engineers have already
assured themselves of their winningest
season since that 1988 campaign.
Liz Brode, Jen George and coach Jackie Keeley hold the chamionship trophy. -Pnotoby Joe Ryan