South Mountaineer Volume 39, Issue 18

              LEHIGH VALLEY HONORS
Brett Eppehimer scored 24 or more points
in 5 of 8 games to earn Lehigh Valley player
of the month honors. He made at least one
3-pointer in each game and is ranked 8th
nationally in free throw percentage at 87 %.
WRESTLING: LU takes 2 of 4 from top-ranked competition, 10
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Jen Hendrix leads by example, 9
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Sophomores take on leadership roles, 9
South Mountaineer
Volume 10, Issue 18
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
February 19,1997
Lehigh men's swimming & diving
place 2nd, women take 3rd in PL
Chris Marshall named PL coach of the year, again
by
Dan Valerian
Sports Communications
For the fifth straight year
the Men's Swimming and
Diving Team finished second
in the Patriot League Championship Meet.
Lehigh's Head Coach Chris
Marshall was named Men's
Coach of the Year as he led the
men to their 2nd place finish,
the women to a third place
finish and 5 swimmers to All-
League status.
"He deserves it," Co-
Captain, Dan Rodenhaver, '97
said, "He always deserves it.
He is a great guy and a great
coach. 1 wish we could have
won him the championship,
but we all tried hard."
Marshall was not surprised,
by his teams strong finishes.
"I expect them to swim well
at the end of the year and
during the championships," he
said.
The men's team did swim
well, led by four All-League
selections.
Lehigh posted two first
place finishers with Scheier in
the 1650 Free and Ritchie in the
200 Back, earning them both
All-League honors.
Unfortunately for Scheier,
his two most difficult races, the
1650 Free and the 500 Free,
were on the same day.
"It was a fallacious day,"
Scheier said.
His first-place finish in the
r— MEN'S FINAL -
l.ARMY 1,009
2. LEHIGH 757
3. BUCKNELL  519
4. LAFAYETTE  415.50
5. COLGATE      368.50
6. HOLY CROSS 194
1650 Free marked the fifth
consecutive win for a Lehigh
swimmer.
"I was really pleased I was
able to carry on Jeff Cline's
tradition," he said.
With a strong all-around
performance including a
personal best in the 100 Fly,
Rodenhaver made his fourth
straight All-League team.
"I was a little disappointed
in my 50 Free time, but I swam
well the rest of the meet."
Rodenhaver said.
In his first Patriot League
Championship appearance,
Mike Lipka, '00, made the All-
League team.
The women's team turned
in another strong performance
behind perennial powerhouses
Navy and Army.
"Our goal was to finish
second, and we came really
close to Army," Co-Captain
Casey Bahrenburg, '97, said.
Senior Co-Captain Cheryl
Dedc, competing in her last
Patriot League Championship
meet, grabbed her first league
medal in the 200 free relay, as
her team set a school record.
"I was happy with the way
r WOMEN'S FINAL-i
l.NAVY
860.50
2. ARMY
651
3. LEHIGH
555
4. COLGATE
413
5. BUCKNELL
375.50
6. HOLY CROSS 283.50
7. LAFAYETTE
256.50
things went," she said, "It was
nice to go out that way."
Freshman Jessica Weathers earned All-League honors
for the women. She set two
individual Lehigh records with
her third place finish in the 200
Back and her fourth place
finish in the 400 Free.
"She is a tough swimmer.
She can do anything,"
Bahrenburg said.
Both the men and the
women will compete in the
ECAC Championships this
weekend.
— TOP LEHIGH—i
FINISHERS
Men's 1650 Free
1. Chris Scheier
5. Brian Merritt
Women's 200 Back
3. Jessica Weathers
5. Lynne Fuller
6. Michelle Pealer
Men's 200 Back
1. Adam Ritchie
4. Drew Lontai
6. Ryan Bergman
Women's 100 Free
4. Casey Bahrenburg
6. Traci Rickert
Men's 100 Free
4. Dan Rodenhaver
6. Derek Moore
Women's 200 Breaststroke
5. Heather Hansz
Men's 200 Breaststroke
5. Alex Grouthamel
Men's 200 Fly
2. Chris Scheier
3. Mike Lipka
Men's 3-Meter Diving
7. Ryan Sakson
Women's 400 Free Relay
3. Lehigh
Men's 400 Free Relay
3. Lehigh
Joe Ryan
Chris Scheier was a Patriot League Champion in the
1650 Freestyle and runner up in the 200 Fly.
Patriot League
Men's
Basketball
W-L
Pet.
1.
Navy
9-2
.818
2
Bucknell
7-3
.700
2
Colgate
7-3
.700
4
Holy Cross
5-5
.500
5
Army
4-6
.400
6
Lafayette
3-7
.300
7
Lehigh
1-10
.091
Women
's Basketball
1
Holy Cross
10-0
1.000
2.
Navy
8-3
.727
3.
Lehigh
7-4
.636
4.
Bucknell
5-5
.500
5.
Lafayette
3-7
.300
6.
Colgate
2-8
.200
7.
Army
1-9
.100
 Patriot League	
Tourney Ticket Info.
Prices:
Full-Session Pass: $40.00/$20.00
(senior citizen/youth)
Individual Session: call 758-4305
Session I - Feb. 28: Women's
Quarterfinal -- 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Session II - March 1: Men's
Quarterfinals — 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Session III - March 2: Men's &
Women's semi's: W: Noon, 2 p.m.; M:
5 p.m., 7 p.m.
Joe Ryan
Michelle Pealer finished 6th in the 200 Backstroke.
THIS WEEK IN
LEHIGH   ATHLETICS
Wednesday, February 19th
Women's Basketball 5:30
at Colgate
Radio: 91.3-FM
Men's Basketball 7:30
at Colgate
Radio: 1230-AM, 1320 AM, 91.3 FM
Friday, February 21st
Wrestling 8:00
vs. #12 Pennsylvania (Grace Hall)
Radio: 91.3-FM
TV: WLVT-TV, Sunday at noon
Saturday, February 22nd
Wrestling
at#4PennState
Radio: 1100-AM, 91.3-FM
1:00
Sunday, February 23rd
Wrestling
at Dusquesne
at #20 Pittsburgh
Radio: 1100-AM, 91.3-FM
12:00
3:00