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September 28,1999
Lehigh Lights Up Princeton
Princeton lit up the stadium, but
Lehigh lit up the scoreboard, en
route to a 31-0 rout of the Tigers
before more than 20,000 fans at
Princeton Stadium last Saturday
evening.
Lehigh used the first night game
in the 130 years of Princeton football to showcase its considerable
talent and answer the test that head
coach Kevin Higgins said the Tigers would present.
Lehigh's third straight win to
start the season and 15th straight
regular-season victory dating back
to 1997 extended the nation's longest winning streak among Division
I-A and I-AA schools. But the victory also showed just how good this
year's team really is.
"We passed the test so far,"
Higgins said. "It was a great win
for our program and a chance to
make history with it being
Princeton's first night game."
"Basically our plan was to make
a statement," junior linebacker
Bubba Young explained. "We
wanted to set the tone,
to find an identity for our
defense."
Led by junior safety Matt
Andrews, who had two interceptions, Lehigh's defense was again spectacular as it held the Tigers to
only 19 net yards rushing
and 11 first downs. None
of the 15th ranked Mountain Hawk opponents have
yet to reach the 100-yard
rushing mark )Jus season.
By contrast, senior
Ronald Jean has done so
in each of the first three
games. Against
Princeton he rushed for
137 yards on a career-high 33
carries. Three of his rushes resulted in touchdowns. The first,
a nifty 10-yard burst, gave
Lehigh a 7-0 lead in the first
quarter. His second touchdown
was a three-yard scamper in the
third quarter. Jean's final run
was from two yards out and concluded the Lehigh scoring in the
fourth quarter.
Senior quarterback Phil
Stambaugh, a 1999 Walter Payton
Award candidate, conducted a
clinic on executing the perfect offense. With several scouts in attendance, including one from the
Philadelphia Eagles, Stambaugh
showed that he has the ability to
pick apart any defense.
"He's a very, very good forward
passer," Princeton head coach Steve
Tosches said. "It's my 15th year here
and I've seen some very good ones
over the years. He's right up there
with some of the best."
Stambaugh completed 19-of-26
passes for 267 yards and one touch-
down pass - a 12-yard bullet to
sophomore wide receiver Josh
Snyder. And for the third time this
season Stambaugh completed at
least 70% of his passes (73.0%) a
statistic that will undoubtedly allow
him to remain as the nation's top-
rated quarterback in Division I-AA.
Ten of Stambaugh's passes flew
to senior wide receiver Kody
Fedorcha, who garnered a career-
high 123 yards in receiving.
For the second consecutive year
Lehigh is off to a 3-0 start. Lehigh
attempts to extend its regular-season winning streak at home against
Columbia on Saturday, October 2.
Lehigh Sweeps Lafayette
Stacy Rallo *02
The Lehigh men's cross country
team broke a six-year losing streak
to rival Lafayette and the women's
team snapped a 4-year losing skein
to the Leopards with a pair of victories at Lafayette's Metzgar Fields
on Saturday. The men defeated
Lafayette, 24-33, and the women triumphed, 28-31.
Lehigh senior Steve Gourley
paced the hungry Lehigh men's
pack, placing first overall.
"It is really nice to see a smile
on Steve Gourley's face in particular," said Lehigh Head Coach Deb
Utesch, "and on the faces of everyone on both the men's and
women's teams."
- Lehigh sophomore Dan
Contreras, sophomore Martin
Bures and freshman Alex
L'Heureax placed seocnd, sixth
and seventh, respectively, for the
Mountain Hawks.
The young Lehigh women's
team ran a tremendous race in outdistancing their Lafayette counterparts. Freshman Lucinda Hull
placed second overall, followed by
freshman Edann Brady (5th),
Steve Gourley "00
sophomore Stacy Rallo (6th) and
junior Colleen Glass (7th).
"I thought coming into each
race that depth would be a real advantage for us and clearly that is
what enabled us to get a pair of
wins,"said Utesch. "On the men's
side Steve is running really relaxed
and as well as he ever has. For the
women, they are so young and yet
have really rose to the occasion."
Both teams return to action on
October 9, as Lehigh hosts the prestigious Paul Short Invitational. The
first race kicks off at 9:30 a.m.
Game Summary (vs. Princeton)
Team Stats
Lehigh
Princeton
21
First Downs
11
Lehigh                       7         14       3         7         -31
140
Rushing
19
Princeton                   0         0         0         0         --0
279
Passing
156
419T
ota! Yards
175
Scoring Summary
33:34
Possession
26:26
L-Jean 10-yard run (Taaffe kick)
L-J. Snyder 12-yard pass from Stambaugh (Taaffe kick)
L-Jean 3-yard run (Taaffe kick)
Rushing: Jean 33-137 3 TD, Burcher4-10, E
>. Snyder 2-6
L-Taafte 36-yard FG
L-Jean 2-yard run (Taaffe kick)
Passing: Stambaugh 19-26-267,1 TD
Receiving; Fedorcha 10-123, J. Snyder 3-64 1 TD, Endler 2-
30, Peltzer 1-30.
Mack 1-24, Spanellis 1-12
Lehigh Football on Radio
All Lehigh football games are
carried live on WKAP (1470 AM)
in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding communities. Longtime WAEB news director Matt
Kerr serves as play-by-play analyst and former Lehigh quarterback Marty Horn provides color
commentary.
Lehigh football is the highest
rated Saturday afternoon program
on AM radio in the Lehigh Valley, topping both Penn State and
Notre Dame.
Lehigh Sports on TV
WFMZ sports director Jeff Fisher
hosts the Lehigh Sports Magazine,
a weekly highlight show televised
on Mondays at 8:30 p.m. The
weekly show features all 23 varsity
sports.
Lehigh Football on WFMZ
Lehigh and WFMZ-TV, channel
69, have teamed up for the 12th
consecutive year to bring you
Lehigh sports. WFMZ-TV reaches
4.1 million viewers in the Lehigh
Valley, Philadelphia, northwest
New Jersey and Reading, areas.
The award-winning football
broadcasts feature the popular team
of Rich Lerner, anchor with the
Golf Channel, and former Lehigh
and NFL quarterback Kim
McQuilken.
WFMZ will televise the Sept. 25
contest at Princeton; the Nov. 6
contest at Colgate; and the Nov. 20
contest .against Lafayette. Check
the 1999 football schedule on the
previous page for game times.
Lehigh on the Web
Lehigh football games and weekly
Sports Magazine shows are available on your home computer, courtesy of Broadcast.com. Link
through Lehigh's web site at:
www.lehigh.edu/~inspo or
www.broadcast.com.
iroadcast.com
Lehigh Football on SETV
Service Electric Cable Television in
the Lehigh Valley will televise four
Lehigh home football contests, including the September 18 game ver-
sus Monmouth; the October 2
game versus Columbia; the October 23 game versus Holy Cross; and
the October 30 contest against
Towson
Kelly Collins
'00 earned a
4.0 grade
point average
last semester
It's Academic
Lehigh
University's
women's basketball team
ranked fifth on
the 1999
Women's Bas-
k e t b a 1 1
Coaches' As-
sociation
(WBCA) Academic Top-25
Team Honor
Roll, recogniz- •
ing the
nation's highest NCAA Division I team grade
point averages for the 1998-99
season. As a team, Lehigh compiled a grade point average of
3.381.
'The great thing about this team
is that they've taken a leadership
role in achieving a high level of success, but academically and athletically," said Lehigh head coach Sue
Troyan. "My players generally
come to Lehigh as highly-disciplined, highly-motivated and
highly-competitive student-athletes,
who've experienced academic and
athletics success throughout their
careers. They take pride in succeeding at everything they do."
Eight women's basketball players earned selection to Lehigh's
Dean's List last semester, including
seniors Danielle Baldwin, Kelly
Collins and Amy Thomson; juniors Gina Zang, Sara Hessel and
Marsha Bowersox; and sophomores Laura Buddemeyer and Sarah Mueller.
Lehigh enters the 1999-2000 season with a veteran team, including
seven players who participated on
Lehigh's 1997 Patriot League
championship and NCAA Tournament team. Lehigh was tabbed No.
2 in the 1999 Patriot League Preseason Sports Information Directors'Poll.
The entire 1999 WBCA Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll is
as follows:
1.
Duquesne University
3.492
2.
Radford University
3.431
3.
Tennessee Tech
3.384
4.
St. Francis (NY)
3.383
5.
LEHIGH
3.381
6.
Indiana State
3.351
7.
LaSalle University
3.345
8.
University of Toledo
3.343
Drake University
3.343
10.
Kent State University
3.331
11.
Winthrop University
3.319
12.
Liberty University
3.318
13.
University of Idaho
3.301
14.
Valparaiso University
3.295
15.
Brown University
3.281
16.
Gonzaga University
3.272
17.
Weber State University
3.270
18.
Harvard University
3.256
19.
Kansas State
3.247
20.
Drexel University
3.246
21.
Purdue University
3.237
22.
Niagara University
3.224
23.
Xavier University
3.212
24.
Appalachian State
3.207
25.
St. Louis University
3.206
Youth Activity Day
Lehigh University is hosting the
Morning Call Youth Activity Day
this Saturday, October 2, prior to
the Columbia football game.
Youngsters from the community
are invited to participate in a large
range of activities, including a football passing contest, basketball
hoop toss, relay races and a visit to
the inflatable "moon walk."
Many Lehigh student-athletes
will oversee the activities and are
available to speak with groups
throughout the afternoon. Please
contact Tomea Knight, Director of
Sales and Promotions, at (610) 758-
6617 for more information.