South Mountaineer Volume 39, Issue 06

              PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS
Brian Baker was the Patriot League's
Offensive Player of the Week after rushing
32 times for 173 yards and a touchdown.
David Sunderland earned defensive
honors after recording four sacks.	
FOOTBALL: Lehigh beats Tigers for first non-league win, 12
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Golf team wins Patriot League Tourney, 10
Women's tennis team wins consecutive matches 9-0, 7-2,11
South Mountaineer
Volume 10, Issue 6
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
October 8,1996
Lehigh tames Princeton Tigers
Lehigh gets first non-league win gjjj
in a 20-14 triumph over Tigers
by Matt Leedy '98
South Mountaineer Editor
Lehigh pulled the foundation out
from under Princeton University in
the last game the Brown and White
will play at Palmer Stadium before
it is officially destroyed.
The old, rickety stadium and an
Ivy League setting provided Lehigh
with all the incentive it needed.
"Coach talked about the stadium
and the history behind it last night.
Obviously, the atmosphere was part
ofthe motivation," Defensive tackle
David Sunderland said. "This is the
best in the Patriot League and the
best in the Ivy League. If you can't
get fired up about that you shouldn't
be playing collegiate football."
The Engineer defense played its
best game of the year, limiting the
Tigers to 234 yards of total offense.
Lehigh's pass prevention continued
to impress, relinquishing just 187
yards to Brett Budzinski, who
completed 22 of 41 passes and threw
two interceptions and a pair of
touchdowns.
Lehigh's run defense was even
more imposing, giving up just 47
yards. Last week against Holy
Cross, Princeton running back Marc
Washington rushed for 151 yards on
29 carries.
"We ended up attempting 41
passes and that is just not our style
of play," Princeton Coach Steven
Tosches said. "Offensively, we were
very, very sporadic. We got manhandled a little bit inside."
Sunderland was a constant
disruption to every aspect of
Princeton's offense. The senior had
10 tackles, includingfour sacks, and with
the rest ofthe defensive front, applied
constantpressure to Budzinski and the
entire Tiger backfield.
Strong Safety Mark Miller and freshman weakside linebacker Ian Eason each
hadeighttackles.
Sophomore tailback
Brian Baker carried32
times for 173 tackles (a
5.4 average) and a
touchdown against a
lethargic Princeton
defense.
Baker hasn't
rushed that many
times since his high
school days at
Bethlehem Catholic.
Even then, Baker
said he didn't remember running as
much as he did
against the Tigers.
"We wanted to
establish a running
game to take some
pressure off the
quarterback," Baker
explained. "I think
our running game
did that."
"They had a well-
balanced attack,"
Tosches said. "I'm
disappointed their
runningbackranfor 173
yards. They were more
Senior defensive tackle David Sunderland had 10
including four sacks, Saturday in Palmer Stadium.
Joe Ryan
tackles,
physical on both sides ofthe ball."
Junior Seka Edwards, making his
first collegiate start, completed 12 of
28 passes for 202 yards. Edwards also
threw four interceptions. He was
picked off twice in the red zone
including an interception in the
corner ofthe endzone.
"I think I was a little inconsistent," Edwards admitted. "We started
off good in the first quarter. We had
two good drives and then I started to
make some first-game mistakes."
Edwards found sophomore split
end Deron Braswell (three catches,
81 yards) streaking down the left
sideline in single coverage on
Lehigh's second possession.
Edwards heaved the ball 45 yards
and hit Braswell on Princeton's 20-
yard line. Braswell did the rest for a
62-yard touchdown and a 7-0 Lehigh
lead.
"We started off strong in the first
quarter," Lehigh Coach Kevin
Higgins said. "Seka made his reads
and stepped up well in the pocket
and found Braswell down the sideline.
"Now as the game progressed
there were plenty of opportunities he
didn't take advantage of."
Edwards engineered another scoring
Sophomore tailback, Brian Baker
rushed for 173 yards on 32 carries.
Jos Ryan
drive in the third quarter.
Joe Falzone (six catches, 90
yards) broke free down the left
sideline and Edwards hit him in
stride for a 29-yard touchdown.
"Obviously, when you win a
football game you feel some positive
things happened," Higgins said.
Edwards added another dimension to Lehigh's offense with the
ability to occasionally run the option.
"They were a little more athletic
at the quarterback position than we
expected," Tosches said. "They came
out with some option and we really
weren't prepared for that."
Although he carried the ball nine
times for just 25 yards Edwards is
also a threat to sprint out around
either end ofthe field.
"We wanted to give Seka the
opportunity to run the ball around
the corner," Higgins said. "Seka on
the corner is a good running play."
Lehigh continues its October
roadtripthisweekend against Yankee
Conference power New Hampshire before
taking on Pennsylvania October 19th.
Taylor Renovations
The third and final stage of
Taylor Gym construction has
begun. Only the Taylor street
lobby entrance will be open.
Limited spaces are available in
the Taylor parking lot.
LEHIGH / PRINCETON
GAME STATS
Score By Quarters
1     2     3     4    F
Lehigh
14    0     6      0   20
Princeton   0     7      0       7   14
LEHIGH              PRINCETON
20
First Downs        17
204
Net Rushing        47
202
Net Passing       187
406
Total Yards        234
8-55
Penalties           4-11
0-0
Fumbles/Lost     1-1
4
had intercepted     2
29:26
Possession        30:34
4
Sacks By              1
Lehigh statistical leaders
Rushing
•Brian Baker 32-179
Passing:
Seka Edwards 12-202
Receiving: Joe Falzone 6-90
Tackles:
David Sunderland 10
QUOTEBOARD
"Coach talked about the stadium
and the history behind it last
night. Obviously, the atmosphere
was part of the motivation. This
is the best in the Patriot League
and the best in the Ivy League. If
you can't get fired up about that
you shouldn 't be playing collegiate football."
David Sunderland
Lehigh defensive tackle
"We wanted to establish a
running game to take some
pressure off the quarterback. I
think our running game did
that."
Brian Baker
Lehigh tailback
"They had a well-balance attack.
I'm disappointed their running
back ran for 173 yards. They
were more physical on both sides
ofthe ball."
StevenTosches
Princeton coach
"They were a little more athletic
at the quarterback position than
we expected. They came out with
some option and we really were
not prepared to that."
StevenTosches
Princeton coach