South Mountaineer Volume 37, Issue 03

              SPORTS
"The game was an absolute nightmare
from start to finish. Lehigh controlled
all aspects and showed they are a very
good football team that will do well the
urd
Contents
Page 9
♦ Olympic sports update
and schedules
♦ Football by the numbers
♦ Patriot League football
scores and standings
SOUTH
Page 10
♦ A cross country field
trip
♦ Men's Soccer: Meet the
Charles' brothers
Page 11
♦ Field Hockey: Christi
Berta
♦ Faculty cross country
race
♦ Olympic Sports Week
in Review
MOUNTAINEER
Volume 37, Issue 03
September 20,1994
QUOTEBOARD
* "Qurkidsdvdn 't letdown. We came outandplayed
withemotion.Turnoversiverecriticalandtheoffense
tookadvantageofthem."
- Lehigh head coach Kevin Higgins
* "There quarterback is agreatplayer. We need to
improve our pass rush. We sucked it up, especially
defensively when we hadto."
-Higgins
* "We talk all the time about holding onto the football
and getting in good condition. Those are two things
we have been able to do in our first two games."
•Higgins
* "As a defense when things got tough we kept talking
about the days of camp this summer. We held strong,
stayedpositive and made the big plays."
- Senior defensive back Michael Blunt
*"My hats off to the offense because they played
extremely well. I'm optimistiic because We came away
with a big win, but still there are plenty of things for
ustoworkon.."
-Blunt
* "We worked all week on the passing game. We knew
they would send a lot of pressure andplay a lot of
mantomandefense.Bob(Aylsworth)rnadesome
great reads. In the past we 've had some great receivers and thisyear we have agood running game as
well."
- Junior wide receiver Brian Klingerman
*"Rigkt now our offense is really clicking. I felt
good with our timing patterns tonight. Our
runners ran well, our receivers ran good patterns and our line gave me excellent protection."
-JuniorqruarterbackBobAylsworth
FAST FACTS
*BrianKhngerman's4touchdown receptions vs.
BuJrralowerethesecondmostinschoolhistory,hisl2
catches thethird best andthe 178yardsthe lOthbest
in schoolhistory.
*BobAylsworth'sfivetouchdownpassesvs. Buffalo
wasthe second best total in schoolhistory.
*Lebigh's 48 points were the most by an Engineer
team since Lehigh scored 50 vs. Harvard in a 50-28
victory in 1989.
The last time Lehigh started 2-0 was in 1991 when
the Engineers won their first six games en route to a
9-2 season.
KEYPLAY
Once again there were many. Still, early in the second
quarterwith Lehigh up21-0, Buffaloscored maMngit
21-7.Twoplayslater the Engineers turned the ball
over. Buffalo drove down to the Lehigh 12when
JasonMackinterceptedapassintheendzone. The
UB turnover returned the momentum to Lehigh.
Lehigh bulls
over Buffalo
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director
Let'sbehonest.TheLeMghfootbaUteamismakingit
very difficultto remain calm andreasonablein assessing
their chancesfortherestoftheseason.It'snotsomuch that
they arenow 2-0 afterdefeatingtheUniversifyatBiiffalo
48-19atUB Stadium last Saturday night. Butratherthe
wayin which they havethoroughlyoutplayedFordham
andBuffaloin these twogames.
Granted,nietherteamwillgodownintheI-AArecord
' booksasatop20teaminl994,butquitefranklythesetwo
wins have been aboutasconvincingastheypossiiblycould
be.
The victory over Buffalo was,mshort,aclinic. Junior
quarterbackBob Aylswoith was magnificent as lie com-
pletedhis first seven passes enroute to anightthat would
includefivetouchdown passes on 22-of-29 passing.Imag-
inewhathisnumberswouldhavebeenhadheplayedthe
entiregame.
Of course one ofthe many reasons for Aylsworth's
success was thecatchesmadebyjuniorwidereceiver Brian
Klingerman. Allhedid was catch 12passes for 178yards
andfour touchdowns.
Onlyinthiswide-openoffensewouldareceiverwho
catches six passes be overlooked, butthat's exactly what
mayhavehappenedtoseniortightendMarkLaFeirwho
hadsixcatchesfor77yards.
And as Aylsworthis quicktopointout, withouttime
he couldn't find his receivers and the offensive line is
certainly giving him ample time as he's been sacked only
once in two games. The line has also allowed Lehigh to
rushforover 150 yards in each game.
Thisoffense is well balanced and very opportunistic.
That'swherethedefense comes into the equation. Going
up against alegitimate All-America quarterbackcandi-
date in Cliff Scott, the Engineers interceptedfourpasses
(Greg Moore, Jason Mack, Michael Blunt and Roman
McDonald), recovered two fumbles (D'Andre Dina and
Lance Eckenrode), blocked an extra point andrecovered
anon-sideskickattempt.
And while thereis still room toimprovetheSaturday
night clinic at UB Stadium was certainly worthy of an A
grade. Anythoughts that Lehigh wouldhavealet-down
afterweek onewerequickly eliminated. TheEngineers,
justfivemmutesmtomegamerecoveredafumbleatthe
UB 12 andontheverynextplay Aylsworth connectedwith
Klingermanon a 12-yardTDpass. The A-Kconnectionhit
paydirtlater in thequarterona24-yard touchdown. Early
in the second quarter Aylsworth and Klingerman combined on a29-yard TD makingit 21-0.
UB scored tomakeit21-7,butthen after Aylsworth
threwhisfii^mten«ptionoftheyeartheBullsdn)vetothe
Lehigh 12 yard-line. However, the LU defense came
throughasJasonMackmterceptedapassmmeendzone.
Lehigh wouldbuild the lead to 28-7,before with .15
left in the first half, Buffalo scored to pull within 28-13.
Brian Klingerman caught a Patriot League record
four TD receptions. Photo by KEN WHITE
Then inastrangedecision,UB attempted an on-sides
kick. Lehigh recovered at the UB 49. Aylsworth hit
Klingerman for 21 yards to the UB 23 yard line. With a
strong wind blowing in the face ofthe Lehigh offense,
Higgins elected tobypassafieldgoal attempt andinstead
go for the endzone with five seconds left.
What a good decision! Aylsworth found junior Erik
Ekstrom at the five-yard line and he rambled into the
endzoneforatouchdown.Ratherthangointothelocker
roomathalftimeupby 14 points andknowingthatUBhad
just scored, Lehigh went in up 21 points and with the
momentum again.
Thesecondhaffstaitedjust as positively asonmefirst
series Aylsworth hit, you got it, Klingerman for a 16 yard
score. The lead was 42-14 and the game was essentially
over.
PATRIOT HONORS
Bob Aylsworth was named
Patriot League Co- Offensive
Player-of-the-Week for his performance against Buffalo. He
was also named to the ECAC
Honor Roll. In two games this
season Aylsworth has thrown
nine touchdown passes and
only one interception
Opponent
Comp. Att.
Yds.
ID
JDL
Fordham
22         32
253
4
0
Buffalo
22         29
332
5
1
Totals
44
61
585       9