South Mountaineer Volume 41, Issue 29

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Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
May 5,1999
	
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Men's Results
1.
Army
271
2.
Bucknell
171
3.
Lafayette
77,
4.
Lehigh
67
5.
Holy Cross
40
6.
Colgate
22
Lehigh loses fight for PL crown
Women's Results
Individual Results
200 Meter Dash
Brian Schellati-sixth place (22.80)
400 Meter Run
Brian Schellat-third place (48.87)
Peter Dorazio-11th place (50.70)
Nij Darko-12th place (50.77)
Trevor Earle-13th place (51.44)
Stephen Angelo-14th place (51.48)
800 Meter Run
Stephen Richardson-fifth place
(1:55.51)
Mike Graziano-sixth place
(1:56.05)
1500 Meter Run
Scott Stover-ninth place
(4:08.20)
Martin Bures-tenth place
(4:09.57)
Tom Scaperotto-11th place
(4:10.43)
5000 Meter Run
Steven Gourley-seventh
place (15:30.25)
Nathan Harkins-ninth place
(15:36.45)
10000 Meter Run
Steven Gourley-fifth place
(31:59.2)
Justin Taylor--11th place
(33:58.0)
110 Meter HH
| Charles Tier-second place
(14.85)
I John Craun-eighth place
1(15.64)
400 Meter IH
Chris Nitchie-second place (54.30)
Charles Tier-fifth place (56.59)
John Craun-sixth place (57.32)
John   Reardon-seventh   place
(58.53)
3000 Meter Steeplechase
Robert Black-third place (9:14.97)
David     Welsh-seventh     place
(9:43.95)
Todd Etters-tenth place (10:30.14)
4X100 Meter Relay
Lehigh-fifth place (3:21.34)
4X400 Meter Relay
Lehigh-third place (3:21.34)
4X800 Meter Relay
Lehigh-third place (7:41.90)
Pole Vault
Bradford Teasdale-seventh place
(14'00")
Eugene Rosimilia-eighth place
(12'00")
Long Jump
Michael Black-fifth place (13.38 m)
Shot Put
Chris Bryce-fourth place (14.99m)
Barry     Thumm-eighth     place
(13.86m)
Discus Throw
Barry Thumm-fourth place (46.90m)
Chris Bryce-ninth place (40.62m)
Hammer Throw
Chris Bryce-fourth place (52.30m)
Barry Thumm-fifth place (49.16m)
Scotty Duncan Invite
The Lehigh golf team traveled
to Easton, MD to participate
in the Scotty Duncan Memorial Golf Invitational. The
Mountain Hawks (652) finished the two-day event in
sixth out of eight teams, and
American (619) won the tourney. Lehigh was led by senior
co-captain Tim Johnson '99,
who shot 160 and tied for 12th
overall out of 40 golfers.
1.American-619
2.UMBC-630
3.Towson-631
George Washington-631
"5. lona-651
6. Lehigh-652
7. Deleware-653
8. St. Joseph-686
Individual Results
Tim Johnson-T12th place (160)
Mike Eglit—T 17th place (162)
John Horutz-T 24th place (164)
Nathaniel Lauver-T 28th place (167)
Brad lspass-35th place (169)
Sophomore Keldra Clow prepares to "make the play."
Joe Ryan
The 1999 Lehigh softball
team will forever be re
membered for its inconsistency.
These Mountain Hawks could change
about as quickly as the position of the
sun in the sky.
And so it was last Saturday during
the Patriot League Tournament that
Lehigh shined brightly at midday, but
had their title hopes vanish with the
bright orange sphere at dusk.
For the first time since 1991, the
Mountain Hawks weren't around on
the final day of the Patriot tournament
as they followed an early 2-0 win over
Holy Cross with dismal back-to-back
losses that had them watching Holy
Cross and Colgate battle for the
league championship.
The title matchup offerered a battle
between the Patriot League's two premier pitchers in Holy Cross's Genoa
Grosch and Colgate's Tara McGoff.
But no pitcher looked as good as
Lehigh's Joelle Dawson in Lehigh's
first game against Holy Cross.
The senior outdueled Grosch with
a six-hitter, striking out four and walking none.
The Mountain Hawks got the only
run they would need in the first inning
when Allen graduate Tara Stine led off
by beating out an infield single. She
stole second, moved to third on a
passed ball and scored on Jessica
Roche's double.
Lehigh tacked on another run in the
fifth when Stine again got things
started with a single and stolen base.
This time she scored on a hit by Lindsay Massucci.
That was more than enough for
Dawson, who improved to 8-11 on the
season.
"It's intimidating when you're going
against the Pitcher of the Year
(Grosch), but I took it as a challenge,"
Dawson said. "It wasn't like she didn't
deserve it. She had a great season.
But it had me pumped up to go against
her. Plus, they are the defending
champs. So, it was definitely a positive statement to come out and beat
them."
But Lehigh could never find the
punch line to that opening statement.
Their crisp defensive play behind
Dawson in game one vanished behind Stephanie Howell in their middle
game of the day.
Colgate jumped on top 3-0 after 1
1/2 innings with the help of two un
earned runs, and Lehigh never recovered. The Mountain Hawks stranded
two on base in the first, wasted a lead-
off double by Davon Ortega in the third
and never really challenged McGoff,
who finished with a six-hitter.
Lehigh seemed to be back on track
in the rematch with Holy Cross when
Cindy Selverian's RBI single gave the
Mountain Hawks a 1-0 lead in the top
of the first. But things unraveled quickly
in the bottom half of the first when two
errors paved the way to two Crusader
runs.
That was followed by three more
miscues in the second. Of the five runs
yielded by sophomore pitcher Emily
Deia, just two were earned.
"Lehigh's got an excellent team, but
just a couple of breaks in this second
game turned it around," said Holy Cross
Head Coach Bob Neville, whose team
improved to 23-22. "They had played
an excellent first game with no mistakes, did what they had to do and
scored when they had to score.
"We didn't really change anything
against them the second time. We just
tried to do what we did all year long
and that's get the lead-off hitters on and
move them along for the No. 2, No. 3
and No. 4 hitters to drive them in."
The No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 hitters
— Jamie Olenoski, Jen Jenkins and
Jen Ruggiero — combined for five hits
and five RBIs. The Crusaders' first
game nemesis. Dawson, relieved Deia
with two out in the bottom of the sec-,
ond and shut down Holy Cross the
rest of the way. But the damage had
been done.
Lehigh could only scrap back for
one run in the seventh against Grosch,
who was simply as tough as she
needed to be in posting her 19th win of
the season.
"We played our best game of the
year in that first Holy Cross game,"
said disappointed Lehigh Head Coach
Fran Troyan, whose team finished 21-
30. "We played great defense and
Joelle pitched great to beat the pitcher
of the year."
"Then after that, I don't know what
happened. We had four errors against
Colgate and six errors against Holy
Cross. We gave them the games. The
kids battled, but we couldn't scrape
enough runs together to compensate
for the miscues. What hurts is that we
feel we beat ourselves."
-Keith Groller
The Morning Call
Women take third; men are fifth at PL Championships
It had been a long time — the 1996 Patriot League Indoor
Championships to be exact — since the women's team had
beaten Lafayette in a league championship meet.
But Coach Matt Utesch's squad put an end to its Leopard
losing streak last weekend, outscoring its arch-rivals 116-113
and taking third place at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship at the U.S. Military Academy's Shea Stadium.
"I was very happy with the women," Utesch said. "I'm very
excited about beating Lafayette."
Senior Kori Shafer-Krzesicki, one of five women's team
members who was around the last time the Mountain Hawks
defeated the Leopards, was awed by their performance.
"This is the best I've seen us compete as a team in four
years," Shafer-Krzesicki said.
The Hawks were led by junior Tara Santoroski, who was a
winner in the 100-meter high hurdles (HH) and the pole vault,
in which she tied a personal record by clearing the bar at 10
feet, 6 inches. She was named Female Athlete of the Meet for
her efforts.
"She definitely deserved it," Utesch said. "She's a stud.
She was committed and dedicated all year long."
Santoroski also scored for the team by placing fifth in the
400 intermediate hurdles (IH). She was a member of the 4x100
team that set a school record and came in second, and the
fourth-place 4x400 team.
Junior Allison Merkle also stood out over the weekend. She
took the top prize in the high jump, captured a second in the
100 HH and ran the first leg of the 4x100 team.
"She (Merkle) had an amazing race (in the 100 HH),"
Santoroski said. "She surprised everyone in the league."
Merkle's strong performance, as well as that of a Lehigh
freshman, was important in keeping Lafayette's Carrie Strong,
one of the league's top athletes, in check.
"The meet largely came down to Carrie and Allison," Utesch
said. "Allison beat her in the high jump and beat her in the
high hurdles. (Freshman) Suzanna Klingensmith beat her in
the javelin. We shut her down pretty well."
Klingensmith had a personal best in the javelin and finished
second.
"A freshman coming in and being in the top two is outstanding," Utesch said.
Senior Amanda Sage was another winner for the
Hawks, finishing her career by claiming first in the discus. She showed her throwing versatility by coming in
second in the shot put and third in the hammer.
"She's Ms. Consistency," Utesch said. "She owns
all the school records. She had an incredible two days."
Besides Merkle, another Allison had an excellent
meet. Junior Allison Sheniak was second in the 100,
fourth in the 200 and the anchor of both the 4x100 and
4x400 teams.
"She's (Sheniak) been a little bit injured (stress fracture) all year long," Utesch said. "She was the clear
leader in the 100 at the 95-meter mark. They had to go
to hundred-thousandths of a second to break the tie (in
the 100). She got leaned a little bit.
"She ran a great leg in the 4x100 that pulled us into
second place. She's our secret weapon," he said.
While the women finally overcame Lafayette, the men
fell short, finishing with 67 points to the Leopards' 77.
The 67 points were good for fourth place in the league.
Utesch has a similar explanation for one team's success against Lafayette and the other's failure.
"I don't think (the) Lafayette (women) faltered, we
just beat them," he said. "The same thing with the men.
(Lafayette) just beat us."
Senior Charlie Tier was the men's top performer, finishing second in the 110 HH and fifth in the 400 IH.
"Charlie had a great meet," Utesch said. "He ran
outstanding in the 110 hurdles. It was totally unexpected.
He snuck in and scored, which was great."
Junior Brian Schellati capped an outstanding season by taking third in the 400 and sixth in the 200. Freshman Rob Black opened some eyes in the 3,000 steeplechase with a third-place finish.
The season is not over for six members of the
women's team, who qualified for the ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championships May 22-23 at
George Mason Universxity. They are Santoroski, Merkle,
Sheniak, Sage, Klingensmith and junior Katie Spain, who
came in fourth in the discus and fifth in the hammer.
--Mickey Brown '02
Sports Editior Brown & White
1.
'Bucknell
190.5
2.
Army
162.5
3.
Lehigh
116
4.
Lafayette
113
5.
Colgate
49
6.
Holy Cross
17
place
place
place
IfiS
irjpt
100 Meter Dash       ■	
Allison Sheniak-second
(12.45)
200 Meter Dash
Allison   Sheniak--fourth
(26.27) ■	
400 Meter Run
Karen Doris-sixth place (1:00.28)
800 Meter Run
Kathleen   Murphy-13th
(2:26.80)
1500 Meter Run
Stacy Rallo--11th place
(4:57.78)
3000 Meter Run
Colleen Glass-ninth place
(10:43.97)
5000 Meter Run
Megan     Ackers-eighth
place (18.43.3)
Colleen Glass~15th place
(19:14.2) ^
Danielle     Lavoie--22nd
place (20:08.9)
10000 Meter Run
Jennifer Reid—13th place
(41:09.48)
Lisa  Jones--14th  place
(43:12.87)
100 Meter HH
Tara Santoroski-first place
(14.64)
Allison   Merkle—second
place (15.06)
400 Meter IH
Tara Santoroski-fifth place
(1:05.44)
Stacey Wright-12th place (1:10.79)
4X100 Meter Relay
Lehigh-second place (49.03)
4X400 Meter Relay
Lehigh-fourth place (4:03.31)
4X800 Meter Relay
Lehigh-fifth place (9:48.42)
High Jump
Allison Merkle-first place (1.69m)
Erica Fregosi-fourth place (1.59m)
Lacey Anzelo-ninth place (1.54m)
Pole Vault
Tara    Santoroski--first    place
(10'06.00")
Amber  Ziemba--seventh  place
(8'.00.00")
Long Jump
Allison Merkle-fourth place (5.39m)
Erica Fregosi-12th place (4.93m)
Cecelia Hall-13th place (4.92m)
Julie Lindquist-17th place (4.44m)
Triple Jump
Cecelia Hall-fifth place (11.21m)
Julie Lindquist-11th place (9.79m)
Shot Put
Amanda    Sage—second    place
(13.41m)
Catherine   Spain—sixth    place
(12.31m)
Suzanna  Klingensmith—eighth
place (11.79m)
Discus Throw
Amanda Sage-first place (44.18m)
Catherine   Spain—fourth   place
(40.70m)
Hammer Throw
Amanda Sage-third place (51.14m)
Suzanna  Klingensmith-eighth
place (42.34m)
Eleanor Smith-12th place (38.50m)
Javelin Throw
Suzanna Klingensmith-second
place (40.60m)
Catherine   Spain—ninth   place
(30.80m)
Men's Lacrosse
Over the weekend, the Mountain
Hawks host #12 nationally-ranked
University of Maryland-Baltimore
County to conclude its 1998-99 campaign. The UMBC Offense proved too
quick for the Mountain Hawks as it
handed Lehigh its second worst loss
of the season 11 -5. UMBC outscored
Lehigh 7-0 in the first two quarters of
the game. Lehigh's Brendan Moore
'01 scored the team's first goal in the
third quarter, and junior midfielder
Doug McKerns '00 led the squad with
two of the team's five goals. On last
Wednesday, the team traveled to
Villanova, and Lehigh fell 9-7 to the
Wildcats. Lehigh finished the season
with 7-6,4-1 records, and claimed its
first-ever Patriot League crown.