South Mountaineer Volume 41, Issue 28

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Volume 12, Issue 28
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
April 28,1999
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Lehigh-Army
Lehigh host the United States
Military Academy over the weekend in Patriot League double-
headers on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the Cadets
swept the Mountain Hawks, but
on Sunday, Lehigh sought revenge
and defeated the Cadets 3-1 in
the second game of the Patriot
League doubleheader. Pitcher
Dave Cerminaro '02
(1-4) earned his first win
I of the season. Lehigh concludes its 1998-99 season
J with a 13-28 overall
I record and a 8-12
Patriot League mark.
Playing in their final col-
| legiate baseball game for
the   Mountain  Hawks
were co-captains Keith
Treonze '99, Dan Spisak
I '99 and Micah Damato
'99.  Teammates  Eric
I Clement '99 and Charlie
Meyer '99 round out the
senior class.
Game 1 vs. Army
' Score by innings:
R H E
LU 000 000 2 2 5 2
Army 000 310 0 4 7 1
LU Pitcher: Frey (L 3-2)
Army Pitcher: Cini (W)
Game 2 vs. Army
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 000 000 0 0 4 1
Army 100 011 0 3 8 0
LU Pitcher: Post (L 3-5)
Army Pitcher: Adams (W 3-5)
Game 3 vs. Armv
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 000 100 0      16   4
Army 330 110 0 8 15 0
LU Pitcher: Willard (L 3-5)
Army Pitcher: Watkins (W 3-4)
Game 4 vs. Armv
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 002 100 3   7   1
Army 000 0010 1   3   1
LU Pitcher: Cerminaro (W 1-4)
Army Pitcher: Elliott (L 0-1)
The Lehigh golf team competed
at the Princeton Invitational held at the
Springdale Golf Club
over the weekend and
tied with George Mason
for eighth place (304
points). Rutgers took
first place with 288
points. The Mountain
Hawks were led by
Michael Eglit '02, who
finished in a three-way
third place tie (70) overall among the 100-plus
golfers. This was Eglit
highest finish of the sea-
Team Results
1. Rutgers-288
2. Temple-295
Cincinnati-295
Georgetown—295
5.Princeton (Black)-297
6. Navy-299
7. Towson-303
8. Lehigh-304
George Mason-304
10. St. Bonaventure-307
Individual Results
Mike Eglit-third place, 70
John Horutz-38th place, 77
Bowen Osborn-38th place, 77
Jack Kodesh-75th place, 80
Tim Johnson—96th place, 82
The Goodman Campus features most of the university's athletic facilities.
Four former athletes set to
receive Hall of Fame honors
Four distinguished alumni
athletes will be inducted into
Lehigh University's Athletics
Hall of Fame on Saturday, May
8.
Murray H. Goodman '48, William C. (Bill) Hittinger '44, Philip
Rauch '33 and the late Walter R.
Okeson, Class of 1896, will be the
eighth class of inductees to the
Hall of Fame. Festivities will
begin with a reception in the Hall
of Fame, located in Taylor Gymnasium, at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and
the formal ceremony will follow
at 6:30 p.m.
Goodman, a member of the
1946-48 basketball team and an
ardent fitness enthusiast, is
widely known for his support of
Lehigh Athletics. In 1983, he
made a substantial gift to the
university for the general development of a 550-acre tract of
land near the campus in Saucon
Valley. Now known as the
Goodman Campus, the area is
home to the majority of Lehigh's
indoor and outdoor athletics facilities, including the 16,000-
seat Goodman Stadium which
was dedicated in 1987. The campus is also a popular site for
many Lehigh Valley youth organizations.
Goodman graduated from
Bethlehem High School and
served in the U.S. Air Force prior
to attending Lehigh. In 1960 he
formed the Goodman Company,
a commercial and real estate development firm, now headquartered in West Palm Beach,
Florida. He earned an honorary
degree from the university in
1988.
Goodman is a member of the
university's board of trustees and
The Philip Rauch Fieldhouse is
housed on the Murray H.
Goodman Campus. The facility
features a 62,000 square foot
of clear indoor space, including six 42" lanes for indoor
track meets. The fieldhouse
has hosted many track meets
including the Patriot League
Indoor Championships.
is active in many local and national charities. Heand his wife,
Joanie, reside in Palm Beach and
they have five children.
Hittinger, a member of the
university's 1941-42 football
teams, endorsed the initiation of
wrestling scholarships during
his tenure as chairman of the
board of trustees. More recently,
as interim president of the university (1997-98), he was part of
the university's announcement
to award basketball scholarships to male and female athletes in that sport beginning
with this incoming freshman
class.
Hittinger graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem
prior to attending Lehigh. He
served in the U.S. Army from
1943 to 1946 before establishing a very successful, 45-year career in the electronics industry.
He received an honorary degree
from the university in 1973.
In 1986, he retired as Executive Vice President of the RCA
Corporation.
He served on the university's
board of trustees for 24 years,
including six as chairman of the
board. Following the departure
of then-president Peter Likins,
he agreed to serve as interim
president of the university for
one year.
Hittinger and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Convent Station,
New Jersey and they have four
children.
Rauch, a Lehigh wrestler in
1930 and 1931 and a member of
the 1932 football team, is perhaps best known as the benefactor of both the Rauch Field
House and the Rauch Business
Center. The latter was built on
the site of the old Taylor Stadium.
Rauch left Lehigh in 1932 upon
the death of his father to assume
the presidency of the family business. Under his guidance, the corporation went through continuous
expansion and several acquisitions until its 1971 merger with
the Fortune 500 company, Parker
Hannifin. He served as chairman
of the board of Parker Hannifin
until 1977 and as a director of the
company until his retirement ten '
years later.
He will be inducted into the
National Wrestling Hall of Fame
as an Outstanding American in
early June.
He received an honorary degree
from the university in 1979.
He resides in Westbury, New
York.
Okeson played an end position
on the Lehigh football team from
1892-95 and went on to continue
great service to his beloved sport.
. After graduation in 1896, he
later became a football official
and editor of the official Football
Guide. He was also responsible
for the original organization of
the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and is best
known for his work as chairman
of the NCAA football rules committee on which he served for 21
years.
He was long involved with the
university's alumni association
and served as secretary of the
board of trustees and treasurer
from 1923 until his death in 1943.
Active in civic and local affairs,
Okeson was a resident of
Bethlehem.
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Lehigh-Lafayette
Over the weekend, the Mountain
Hawks hosted Lafayette on the
Goodman Campus. While
Lafayette entered the series
with a 2-14 league record, the
Leopards managed to split the
two-day doubleheader with the
Brown and White. On Saturday,
the Leopards took the first game
6-2, but Lehigh rebounded in the
second game and beat
Lafayette 1-0. Lehigh I
freshmanpitcher|
Stephanie Howell '02
pitched the shutout victory. On Sunday, while
Lehigh outhit the Leopards 10-8 in the first I
game, Lafayette was able
to pull off the 2-1 victory
over its arch rival. Not to |
be out outdone by its opponent, Lehigh took the |
second game with a convincing 10-6 victory.
Howell (8-9) ended the
weekend with a perfect
2-0 record. The Mountain I
Hawks (20-26,12-8) enter
this weekend's Patriot League
Championship Tournament as
the league's #1 seed. The squad
will take on preseason favorite
#4 Holy Cross in the second
game of the tournament at noon.
#2 Bucknell and preseason favorite #3 Colgate will battle it
out in the first game of the day
at 10 a.m.
Game 1 vs. Lafavette
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 002 000 0      2   4   2
LC 001 230 0      6   8   0
LU Pitcher: Dawson (L 7-10)
LC Pitcher: Hall (W 4-16)
Game 2 vs. Lafavette
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 001 000 0      17   1
LC 000 000 0      0   4   1
LU Pitcher: Howell (W 7-9)
LC Pitcher: Garvey (L 1-12)
Game 3 vs. Lafavette
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 100 000 0 1 10 2
LC001 100 0 2 8 3
LU Pitcher: Deia (L 5-4)
LC Pitcher: Hall (W 5-16)
Game 4 vs. Lafavette
Score by innings:
R H E
LU 420 121 -       10 14 2
LC 110 110 2      6   111
LU Pitcher: Howell (W 8-9)
LC Pitcher: Garvey (L 1-13)
Women's Results
The Lehigh lacrosse team
ended its season on a winning note after defeating
Lafayette 17-16 and handing non-league opponent
Drexel a 16-9 loss. The
Mountain Hawks finish the
year with 7-9, 2-3 records.
The victory over the Leopard was two-fold for the
Mountain Hawks. The Lehigh
win gave Lafayette its only I
league loss, and it was the
first time that Lehigh had ever
beaten Lafayette in Patriot
League lacrosse. The Mountain Hawks lone senior and
captain Molly Burckhardt
'99 was the team's highest
groundball leader (75) and
also was team's fifth highest
scorers this season (23 |
goals and four assists).
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