South Mountaineer Volume 42, Issue 12

              NCAA Football
Championship Tickets
(610)7LU-GAME
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Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
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November 23,1999
Tierney Impressive in
Collegiate Debut
1 ehigh's women's basketball
t''am improved to 2-0 on the seas' >n with an easy 84-72 victory
< ver Stony Brook at Stabler
Arena on Sunday afternoon. The
Mountain Hawks jumped out to
i l early 12-0 lead to open the
game and never looked back.
Freshman Anne Tierney led
the Mountain Hawks with 20
points. Tierney also pulled down
eight rebounds in just 22 minutes of play. Maureen Trigo
was not far behind Tierney as
she shot 7-of-ll from the floor
tallying 18 points and grabbing
five rebounds. Danielle
Baldwin rounded out the
Mountain Hawks in double figures with 13 points as well as
dishing out six assists. Lehigh
shot 4T'/< from the floor and 71%
from behind the three-point line.
Julie Szabo of Stony Brook
lrd all scorers with 26 points in-
( tiding five three-pointers.
On Friday, Lehigh rallied
from a 40-37 halftime deficit to
defeat Princeton, 76-67.
Princeton's Jadwin
(iymnasim has not been kind to
Lehigh over the years, but Gina
Zang made sure any bad memories from the past would be forgotten. Zang scored 22 points
to lead all scorers. Freshman
AnneTierney made her collegiate debut by scoring 17 points
while Sara Hessel rounded out
Lehigh's double-digit scorers
with 10 points.
Lehigh will take on Maryland
Eastern Shore this Wednesday
at 5:30 at Stabler Arena before
heading into the weekend when
the Mountain Hawks
will host the Christmas City
Classic Tournament at Stabler
z1 rena. Slated to compete in the
four-team tournament are
Wagner, William & Mary and
( ornell.
Lehigh Leaves Yale in
Doghouse
Lehigh improved to 6-4 in season openers during the decade
of the 1990s with its 69-56 win
over the Yale Bulldogs at Stabler
Arena on Friday evening.
Lehigh got off to a good start
going on an 11-0 run and never
relinquished the lead. The
Mountain Hawks were led by
senior captain Jared Hess,
with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor. Fido
Willybiro had a solid game scoring 14 points and recording six
rebounds. Steve Alysworth
rounded out the Mountain
Hawks in double figures with 10
points and three assists. Also
playing well was center Sah
Brown with nine points, eight
t.tbounds, and five blocks.
I. ?high shot 40'X from the floor
and 57% from behind the three
point arc.
Yale dropped to 0-1 on the
season with the loss. The Bulldogs were led by Neil Yanke,
with 17-points on 7-of-13 from
the floor. Chris Leanza was the
only other player in double figures for Yale with 11 points.
The Mountain Hawks improved to 1-0 on the season and
will take on Penn State at the
Lryce Jordan Center in State
( ollege on Monday evening.
'1 ipoff is at 7:30.
LU is NCAA Bound... Again!
Pholo by Christopher J. Christian
WR Brian Endier beats Lafayette All-League DB Angel Colon.  Endier hauled in Lehigh's
second touchdown of the afternoon, a 12-yard strike from QB Phil Stambaugh
When rivals play, records
and pre-game predictions fly out the window. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon as heavily-favored Lehigh scored 14 first-half
points, then held on to defeat rival Lafayette, 14-12, before a
sell-out crowd of 16,000 at
Goodman Stadium in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. With
the win, Lehigh improved to 10-
1 on the season and earned an
at-large bid to the 1999 NCAA
Division I-AA Football Championship. The Mountain Hawks
will spar with Hofstra University
on Saturday, November 27 at
12:00 noon at Hofstra Stadium
in Hempstead, New York.
Lehigh also won a share of the
1999 Patriot League championship title, becoming the first
team to repeat as champion since
Holy Cross did so in 1990 and
1991. Colgate earned the
league's automatic bid to the
NCAA Championship by virtue
of its 28-24 win over Lehigh on
November 6, and will face Illinois State in the first round.
Should both Patriot League
teams advance past the first
round, they would meet in the
second round.
In Saturday's nail-biter,
Lehigh senior tailback Ronald
Jean rushed 37 times for 183
yards on the overcast afternoon
and was voted Most Valuable
Player of the Lehigh-Lafayette
game for the second consecutive
season.
Lehigh looked sharp in the
first quarter, scoring on a 36-
yard pass play from senior QB
Phil Stambaugh to senior WR
Kody Fedorcha at the 11:34
mark in the first quarter. Lehigh
Please see NCAA, Page 7
Game Summary (vs. Lafayette)
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Lafayette
Lehigh
Scoring Summary
Le-Fedorcfia 36-yard pass from Stambaugh (Taaffe kick)
Le-Endter 12-yard pass from Stambaugh (Taaffe Kick)
La-Yarberough 3-yard pass from Armstrong (kick failed)
Le-Yarberough 8-yard pass from Armstrong (pass failed)
Team Stats
Lafayette
16
First Down.
99
181
Rushing
Passing
280
Total Yards
28:36
Possesslor
Lehigh Leaders:
Hushing: Jean 37-183
Passing: Stambaugh 17-33-210.2 TD, 3 INT
Receiving: Fedorcha 5-84,1 TD, J. Snyder 3-35. End
1 TD, Peltzer 2-27, Moore 1-36
Tackles: Young 8 (2 for loss), Byron 7, Moore 7 (1 f
Appling6 (2 for loss), Pinkney 5, Salvaterra 5 (1 INT)
No. 17 Lehigh Roars to
Win over Lions
The 17th-ranked Lehigh Mountain Hawks started the season
with a bang, defeating Penn
State, ranked 18th, by a final
score of 19-16 in front of a Stabler crowd of over 2,800. Lehigh
ended 19 years of frustration
against the Nittany Lions in
capturing its first home dual
meet victory since 1981. More
impressively, Lehigh managed
this feat despite the crucial loss
of two tri-captains: Ryan
Bernholz, who suffered a knee
injury that may keep him out for
six weeks or more; and Travis
Doto, sidelined by a skin infection.
When Lehigh senior Mark
Dufresne stepped out on the
mat for his bout, the score was
tied 16-16. Dufresne put on a
seasoned and workmanlike display, drilling PSU's Mark Becks.
The most significant win
came from sophomore Shawn
Laughlin who won a stalemate
over lOth-ranked Lion Mark
Janus. After two double warnings, the score was 1-1 after one,
before the two exchanged escapes and Janus was nailed for
stalling in the third period.
Trailing 3-2, Janus went for the
winning takedown, but it was
called off, happening several
seconds after the buzzer.
Local native Chris Vitale,
wrestling for All-American
Bernholz, won a big match at
165 lbs., defeating Penn State's
Nate Wachter. Number four
ranked Dave Esposito (149)
looked impressive with a powerful win, as did number fifteen
ranked Rob Rohn.
Lehigh will next compete in
the Desert Duals at Arizona
State on November 26. Competition begins at 9:00 am.
LEHIGH WRESTLING SUMMARY
125.     (PSU)    Jeremy    Hunter    def.
(LU)Bruce Kelly (PIN, 1 st period)
133.     (LU) Tristan Boyd def. (PSU) Scott
Moore (8-5)
141.     (PSU) Jason Betz def. (LU) Matt
Goldstein (4-3)
149.    (LU) Dave Esposito def. Brent
Narkiewicz (18-7)
157.     (LU) Chris Vitale def. (PSU) Nate
Wachter (6-5)
165.     (PSU) Bill Dubler def. (LU) Art
Beauregard (17-9)
174-    (LU) Mark Dufresne def. (PSU)
Mark Becks (11-4)
184.     (LU) Rob Rohn def. (PSU) Jeff
Knupp (5-2)
197.     (PSU) Pete Mielnik def. (LU)
Glauco-Lolli Ghetti (8-3)
HWT- (LU) Shawn Laughlin def. (PSU)
Mark Janus (3-1)
Lehigh Goes Dutch to NCAA
Championship
Ticket prices for this Saturday's NCAA Division
1-AA football playoff game between Lehigh and
the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen at 12:00 noon at
Hofstra Stadium in Hempstead, New York have
been announced. Reserved seats are priced at
$15.00. General admission tickets are $8.00 for
adults and $5.00 for students.
Tickets can be purchased at Lehigh's Taylor
Gym Ticket Office by calling (610) 7LU-GAME.
In addition, tickets can be purchased through
Hofstra's ticket office by calling (516) 463-6633.
The game will be televised live in the Lehigh
Valley on WFMZ-TV, channel 69 and live in New
York on Fox Sports New York.
Lehigh will also run a fan bus to the game.
To reserve your seat on the bus and receive a
ticket to the game, please call the Lehigh alumni
office at 610-758-5113.
For more information on this weekend's
game, connect to the Lehigh web site at:
www.lehigh.edu/sports or link to:
www.ncaachampionships.com.
Sophomore Shawn McLaughlin won a crucial 3-1 decision in the heavyweight
bout, as Lehigh defeated long-time rival and perennial power Penn State