South Mountaineer Volume 37, Issue 02

              SPORTS
Contents
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♦ Olympic sports update and
schedules
♦ Footballbythe numbers
♦ Patriot League football
scores
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♦ Football camp diary by
freshman Vance Szabo
♦ New Coaches Tom
Morgan andJoann
Ochse
♦Volleyball. FieldHockey
off to good starts
about teamwork from the
ff to the players and just as
a all ofthe people behind
,xr program like our secretary
m. Everyone has a part in
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♦ Cross country and golf
previews
♦ Soccer roundup
SOUTH
MOUNTAINEER
Volume   37,   Issue   2
September   13,   1994
A great way to start the football season!
Junior quarterback Bob Aylsworth made an impressive
debut with four touchdown passes. Photo byJOE RYAN
QUOTEBOARD
*"It hasn't sunk in yet. Our guys understand this
was a great win because it's the first game and the
first league game, but if we don't get a lot better, it's
gonna be a long night in Buffalo (next week)."
- Lehigh head coach Kevin Higgins
*"The thing I was most happy with was we were able
to wear them down as the game went on and that's a
sign of physical football. We're gonna be a lot better
execution-wise next week than we were this week."
-Higgins
*"It's a great-feeling for us, too. We'll always play
hard for him. There's definitely a special bond. There
will always be 11 guys who'll go to battle for him."
- Senior defensive lineman Sam Lawler
*"Getting off to a fast start helped me. You've got to
take advantage ofthe intensity early. We wanted to
use the intensity to hit and fly to the ball."
-Lawler
*"Just having a chance to get a hold ofthe ball is a
great way to get involved in the game."
- Junior wide receiver Brian Klingerman
*"I've been anxious all spring and summer for
today's game. Brian and I got real close this preseason camp. Brian's had to step up at receiver."
- Junior quarterback Bob Aylsworth
^''Defensively they'rewhere they need to be a consistent team. They are the defending league champions
and until someone knocks them off, they deserve that
respect... What surprised me is that this was their
opener." On Lehigh being picked fourth in the Patriot
League, "They'recrazy."
- Fordham Head Coach Nick Quartaro
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director
Talk about a great start! Head coach Kevin Higgins
couldn'thavedrawnupabetterscriptforhisLehighhead
coaching debut than last Saturday's 38-7 thrashing of
league rival Fordham. And thebestpart ofthe wholeday.
I^highstiuhasanumberofareasinwhichitcanimprove.
Maybe the preseason prognosticators were a little offin
analyzingthe Brown & White.
Or maybe they forgot to factor in the
followingitems.
Junior quarterback Bob Aylsworth,
who threwfourtouchdown passes trans-
fen^ toI^mghfromTmaneanddidafter
allstartagameagainst Florida State. He
didn't figure to get rattled in his Lehigh
debut. Infact, he was simply sensational
completing22-of-32passesfor 253 yards.
The receiving corp.? Well admittedly
on paper it looked a little thin, actually
verythin. EnterjumorrunningbackBrian
Klingerman. About three weeks ago the
coaching staff moved him to wide receiver. All he did was catch seven passes
for 96 yards and two touchdowns. And
unlike pastyearsthiscorp. apparentlyhas
somedepm. Junior ErikEkstromhadfour
catches as did sophomore Jason Streeter.
TightendMarkLaFeir contributed with
three catches.
O.K. so you have to come to expect receivers to
emerge. How about aranninggame. All summer longwe
were promised a more balanced Lehigh offense. The
combination of flashy sophomore Rabih Abdullah (88
yards) and junior Raphael Stillings (53 yards) helped
Lehigh gain 185yards.
Obviously the offensive line did a masterfuljob of
protectingAylsworth and openingholes for the running
backs. Even senior lineman Ray Powers caughtapass.
Defensively Lehigh was dominating. Themuchher-
aldeddefensivelineliveduptoitspreseasonhypesmoth-
eringtheRam runninggame. Senior game captain Sam
Lawler led the assault with seven tackles including three
sacks.ThesecondaryledbyJasonMack'seighttackleswas
also very solid.ForthegameFordhamcouldmanage only
42yards rushing andl85 total yards compared to 438for
Lehigh.
And the special teams contributed. On the opening
kickoff theyrecoveredafumble atthe Fordham 10-yard
line and three plays later Aylsworth and Klingerman
connected onathreeyardTDpass. Sophomorepunter Ben
Senior Rich Owens and the defense were dominating on Saturday.
Photo byJOE RYAN
Talbottaveraged39.7yardsinthreepuntsandjuniorMike
Swartz kicked a 40-yard field goal.
And behind all of this on-field execution was an
mtensityandhaid-workingetMcthatLehighteamsofthe
70's and early 80's always had.
In short after a summer of questions and apprehensions S atur day provedtobea very fulfilling and exciting
day for everyone involved in the Lehigh football program.
Andnobody deserved thehandshakes andcongratulations
more than Lehigh's new football leader, Kevin Higgins.
Junior Brian Klingerman. Photo by JOE RYAN
FASTFACTS
*The game was the most lopsided victory in a debut by
aLehighcoachsinceGlenHarmeson's 1934 Engineers
routedHaverford52-7.
*LehighheldFordhamtolOfirstdowns,lowest since
Davidson amassed lOin 1987
*Lehigh allowed only 42 yards rushing, the lowest
total by an LU defense since For dham gained 41 in
1991
*Lehighclaimed two Patriot LeaguePlayer-of-the-
Weekslots as Bob Aylsworth was the offensiveplayer-
of-the-week and Rabih Abdullah grabbed rookie-of-
the-weekhonors.
KEYPLAYOFTHE GAME
Lehigh won the toss and elected to defer until the
secondhaif. Fordham fubledtheMckoffandSam
LawlerrecoveredattheRamlO-yardline. Three
plays later AylsworthmtKjxngerman for a touchdown.