South Mountaineer Volume 41, Issue 23

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Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
March 17,1999
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Women's Results
Over Spring Break, the track team
went to Edinburg, Tx to particpafe in
the University of Texas Pan American Spring Fever Open Meet. The
team's next competition is scheduled
for March 21 at the Quaker
Invitiational at Pennsylvania at 11 a.m.
Individual Results
100 meter dash
Allison Sheniak-third place (13.00)
200 meter dash
Allison Sheniak-third place
(27.82)
400 meter dash
Karen  Doris-first  place
(60.52)
Allison    Sheniak-fourth
place (64.73)
3000 meter run
Colleen    Glass—second
place (10:55.42)
Stacy Rallo-third place
(11:22.19)
Kori Shafer-Kresicki-fourth
I place (11:30.57)
5000 meter run
Megan Ackers-first place
(18:53.28)
Lisa Jones-fourth place
(19:56.25)
100 meter high hurdles
Tara Santoroski-first place
(14.79)
Allison    Merkle—second
place (16.24)
Erica Fregosi-third place (18.98)
400 meter int. hurdles
Tara Santoroski-first place (66.14)
4x100 meter relay
Lehigh-second place (50.83)
4x400 meter relay
Lehigh-second place (4:15.25)
High Jump
Allison Merkle-first place (5'02.00")
Erica     Fregosi-second     place
(5'00.00")
Stacey Wright-third place (4'06.00")
Long Jump
Allison Merkle-first place (17'05.25")
Cici Hall-second place (16'11.00")
Erica Fregosi-third place (16'03.25")
Triple Jump
Cici Hall-second place (36'10.50")
Shot Put
Katie Spain-first place (40'04.25")
Suzanna Klingensmith-second place
(37'08.00")
Stacey Wright-third place (30'06.50")
Discus Throw
Amanda Sage-first place (139'10.00")
Katie Spain-second place
(125'07.00")
Suzanna Klingensmith-fourth place
(106'07.00")
Elly Smith-sixth place (93'06.00")
Hammer Throw
Amanda Sage-first place (154'00.00")
Katie Spain-third place (135'08.00")
Suzanna Klingensmith-fourth place
(134*05.00°)
Elly Smith-fifth place (127'01.00")
Javelin Throw
Suzanna Klingensmith-first place
(121 '07.50")
Katie       Spain-second       place
(116'10.25")
Stacey Wright-fifth place (74'00.00")
Baseball Results
The Lehigh baseball team traveled to Ormond Beach, FL over
Spring Break week. While in the
sunshine state, the team played
eight games and fell to 3-7 on
the season. The team is scheduled to play St. Jospeh's at 3 p.m.
on the Goodman Campus on
Thursday. The squad will play
two games at Manhattan on Saturday at noon and will be back
home on Sunday to host Wagner
in two games at noon.
Results from the week
3-7-99 vs. Florida Tech, 13-4 L
3-7-99 vs. Thomas More, 6-5 W
3-8-99 vs. Long Island, 12-9 L
3-9-99 vs. Central Florida, 9-5 L
3-10-99 vs. Long Island, 9-8 L
3-11-99 vs. BethuneCookman,
0-6L
3-12-99 vs. SUNY Cortland,
8-6 L
Joe Ryan
Senior tri-captain John Fowler will help lead Lehigh on the offense and defense this season.
Men's lax expects to improve
While the 1998 season was
filled with frustation as the
Mountain Hawks lost four games
by three goals or less, what it did
prove is that the Lehigh program
is a deep one, making prospects
for this season very exciting.
Senior Patriot League First
Team member John Fowler (11
goals and 13 assists) will provide the leadership and
playmaking that head coach
John McCloskey will need in the
midfield. Fowler is solid both
offensively and defensively. He
will get help from junior Doug
McKerns (14 goals and 5 assists)
who is a strong inside player
with good size and strength and
he will be counted on to lead the
Lehigh scoring attack.
The loss of two of the school's
all-time greatest scorers, Mark
Duncan (32 goals and 9 assists)
and Ian MacGilvray (23 goals
and 14 assists) will still be difficult to overcome.
Others McCloskey will be
counting on include freshman
Christian Castellani, who is a
big, strong crease attackman,
who will help out immediately.
Senior John Seidel is another
middle captain with good speed
and dodging ability. Senior
Brian Houle won the team's
scholar-athlete award and will
round out this senior middle line
up.
Sophmore Brandon Wenk (9
goals and 3 assists) is a good
cutter and smart midfielder.
Sophmore John Steele has great
speed and also plays on the
mad-down unit. Freshman
middie David Cohen will also
see time.
Senior Scott Kamin is one of
the team's top defensemen. Senior captain Brian Kelly is a solid
crease defenseman with great
leadership skills. Junior
defenseman Ethan Marsh plays
with a lot of heart and pride.
Freshman Tim Gosser, the Philadelphia Player-of-the-Year, is a,
tough one-on-one defender with
good clearing skills.
Junior Todd Schreiner (9.10
goals against average) is a seasoned goalie with great quickness
and a nice outlet pass.
Coach McCloskey began to upgrade the schedule last year and
once again this year the Mountain Hawks are scheduled to play
some of the top teams in the country. With memories of an 11-4
record just two years ago, this
gritty and hard-working program
is poised to return to that level.
After defeating Air Force
(8-3) in its season opener on February 25, the Mountain Hawks
have dropped two games against
Radford on March 6 (11-10) and
on Friday against Butler (10-5)
in Orlando, FL.
Lehigh's next game is Sunday
at Penn State at 2:30 p.m.
Women's lax looks to rebuild after losing 8 starters
There are many new faces this
season as the women's lacrosse
team, which finished fourth in
the Patriot League (8-4 overall
and 1-3 league) last season,
looks to rebuild after losing eight
of last season's 12 starters to
graduation. Players lost to
graduation include Jessica
Schmidt, Elizabeth Brodbeck
and Carly Lynch. Schmidt, a
1997 All-Patriot League team
member, will be missed on the
defensive side of the game, while
Brodbeck, one of last season's
scoring leaders will be missed on
the offensive end. Lynch, a First
Team Regional All-American
team member and holds Lehigh's
second best save percentage
record (.584), will be hard to replace in the goalkeeper position.
While the team has some talented, young players, head coach
Jackie Keeley will look to her
upperclasswomen for their leadership skills on and off the field.
"We have a lot of talent and
potential in our younger players," coach Keeley said. "It'll be
a matter of having our upperclassmen emerge as leaders in
both the classroom and on the
playing field."
Returning as the Mountain
Hawks attack leaders are juniors Christina Eberhart and
Patrice McNichol. Last season,
Eberhart was fourth on the team
in scoring. She finished the season with 12 goals and one assist
for 13 points. McNichol will have
her chance this season to improve on her seven goals and five
assists from last season. Newcomers Lisa Harrington and
Hillary Batcha may get their
shot this season to score some
points for the Lehigh offense.
In midfield are senior Molly
Burckhardt and junior Patrice
McNichol, each of whom started
all twelve of last season's games.
Hoping to add some of their
skills in the middle are freshmen
Kristin      Strohm,      Kristin
McGrath, Sarah Halpren-Ruder,
Jen Jancuska and Mary Kurry.
"This season our defense will
be aggressive, and we will take
more risks," coach Keeley added.
"We have players who are ready
to face the challenge."
The Lehigh defensive unit will
be led by juniors Bethanne Houck
and Stephanie Henry along with
sophomores Dorothy Super and
Meredith Clark. First year defenders Vicki Fishback and Robin
Neumann will add more depth.
"I'm excited to have a 'fresh-
look' on the field and we'll try to
play an uptempo style of attack
looking for fast break opportunities," Coach Keeley said.
The Mountain Hawks opened
the 1999 season at Georgetown,
on Saturday. Lehigh was defeated 19-3 by the #10 nationally
ranked Hoyas.
Lehigh will host LaSalle on
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and St.
Joseph's on Sunday at 1 p.m on
the Goodman Campus.
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Men's Results
Over Spring Break, the track team
went to Edinburg, Tx to particpate in
the University of Texas Pan American Spring Fever Open Meet. The
team travels to Pennsylvania on
March 21 to compete in the Quaker
Invitiational at 11 a.m.
Individual Results
100 meter dash
Steve Guglielmo-fourth place (11.86)
200 meter dash
Pete Doriazo-fourth place
(23.99)
Steve Guglielmo-fifth place
(24.23)
Steve Angelo-sixth place
(24.25)
400 meter dash
Trevor Earle-third place
(52.14)
Pete Doriazo-fourth place
(52.18)
Steve Angelo-fifth place
(52.41)
800 meter run
Brian   Schelatti-second
place (1:59.22)
Adam Karpf-fourth place
(2:01.08)
Pat Gurin-seventh place
(2:03.84)
1500 meter run
Steve Richardson-second
place (4:10.09)
Mike Graziano-sixth place
(4:31.15)
Nii Parko-seventh place (4:44.01)
5000 meter run
Steve     Gourley-second     place
(15:53.78)
Dave Welsh-third place (16:07.48)
Justin Taylor-fourth place (16:18.34)
110 meter high hurdles
Chris Nitchie-second place (15.77)
Charlie Tier-third place (16.04)
John Craun-fourth place (16.44)
400 meter int. hurdles
Chris Nitchie—first place (55.95)
John Craun-second place (58.20)
Charlie Tier-third place (61.54)
3000 meter steeplechase
Rob Black-second place (9:36.77)
Dave Welsh-fourth place (9:47.00)
Nate     Harkins-seventh     place
(10:34.65)
4x100 meter relay
Lehigh-second place (44.13)
4x400 meter relay
Lehigh-first place (3:30.67)
Lehigh "B"-second place (3:38.81)
Long Jump
Mike Black-second place (20'04.75")
Triple Jump
Mike Black-first place (45'03.50")
Shot Put
Chris Bryce-fourth place (45'09.00")
Barry Thumm-sixth place (43'07.50")
Discus Throw
Barry Thumm-fifth place (147'07.00")
Hammer Throw
Barry     Thumm-second     place
(156'10.00")
Chris Bryce-third place (144'04.00")
Softball Results
The Lehigh softball team kicked
off its season in Fort Meyers, FL.
Over Spring Break week, the
team played 10 games and went
5-5 on the week. The Mountain
Hawks will host the Lehigh Invitational on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
and Sunday at 9 a.m. in Patriot's
Park in Allentown. Other team's
participating in the tournament
include Delaware, St. Jospeh's
and Villanova.
Results from the week
3-7-99 vs. St. Jospeh's, 5-4 L
3-7-99 vs. St. Louis, 7-5 W
3-8-99 vs. Monmouth, 11-9 W
3-8-99 vs. Yale, 9-8 L
3-9-99 vs. St. Peter's, 8-2 L
3-9-99 vs. St. Louis, 9-0 W
3-10-99 vs. Yale, 1-0 L
3-10-99 vs. St. Francis, 4-0 W
3-10-99 vs. St. Peter's, 5-3 L
3-11-99 vs. St. Francis, 4-3 W