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South Mountaineer
Volume     11,     Issue
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
April
Outdoor Track and Field
Lehigh "outduals" Lafayette
Senior Alan Ferguson's  breaks school record, figures  in five wins
Matt Utesch
by Bruce Buratti
Easton Express-Times
Once a water polo player, Alan
Ferguson's brief career in track and field
has hardly made him feel like a fish out of
water.
Ferguson had
the kind of day
that only a
Lafayette athlete
or fan could hate,
winning four
individual events
and anchoring
Lehigh's4xl00
relay to first place
as the Mountain Hawks won their annual
Patriot League track and field dual meet,
92-71 over the Leopards, Friday at Fisher
Field."
The Lafayette women, meanwhile, got
school record performances and two
victories apiece from Medinah Salaam
and Carrie Strong, two wins from Hope
McCorklc and a school-record throw by
freshman Rhonda Snyder in the hammer
to defeat Lehigh 100-54.
Ferguson, a senior who has been
competing in track only since his senior
year of high school, had a remarkable day
in the sprints and jumps on a chilly,
breezy afternoon that was not
particularly conducive to either activity.
Ferguson knocked nearly two-tenths
of a second off the Mountain Hawk
school record in the 100 meters by hitting
the tape in a hand-held 10.3 seconds; he won
the 200 in a blistering 21.5; and he anchored
Five's a Charm
Senior Alan Ferguson won
four individual and one
relay event.   Here's a look
at his stellar day.
*10.3-100
21.5-200
4x100 relay
22-7 1/4 long jump
45-1 1/2 triple jump
*school record
Lehigh's 4x100 relay (42.0 seconds) after
teammates Ron Jean, Colin Keefe and Bill
Ribbecke put Ferguson in good position.
In the field, Ferguson won the long jump
with a leap of 22 feet, 7 1/4 inches and also
took the triple jump with an effort of 45-1 1/2.
In the latter event, Ferguson was down to his
third and final attempt after fouling on his first
two chances.
"When I mention to people I played water
polo for most of my high school career in
Chicago, they just look at me like I'm nuts,"
Ferguson said, who also played basketball for
Lehigh his sophomore and junior years. "But I
swear, that's what I did."
Both programs had several key athletes out
on account of injury. The Lafayette men held
out sprinter and conference 400-meter
champion Rodney Brunson while the Lehigh
women did not have Ellen Cogswell, the
reigning Patriot League champ in the 3,000
meters. The Leopards were also without
Bill Yinger, the Patriot League runner-up in
the high jump.
Lehigh head coach Matt Utesch said
the injuries perhaps took a little away from
the meet.
"I'm extremely pleased with the way our
kids competed but I would have liked to
see us at full strength and Julio (Julio
Piazza, Lafayette's head coach) at full
strength. To win then would have made it
even more special."
Utesch is in his first year as head coach
at Lehigh. Last year, he was on the other
side of the line of scrimmage since he
served on Piazza's staff as the Leopards'
jump and hurdles coach.
"It's not really all that emotional forme
because I was only an assistant here,"
Utesch said, whose wife Debbie, coaches
Lehigh's cross country program. "We did
better against Lafayette than we did in
indoors because our team is tailored more
for the outdoor events, I feel."
On the women's side, Lafayette's
Salaam swept both the 100 and 200 meters
while tying Tinabeth Pina's school record
of 12.0 in the 100 meters. She also took a
turn on the 4x 100 relay.
Strong raised the bar on her own school
record in the high jump, lifting from 5-6 to
5-8. Also, she won the 400 intermediates,
coming on strong over the last 70 meters,
to overtake Lehigh's Tara Santoroski, the
District 11 record-holder from
Northampton, Pennsylvania, by four
Kelly Lyons ran the second leg on the
Mountain Hawks' winning 4x400 relay
team
meters in 1:04.2
Santoroski, though, won the 100
highs in a personal best of 14.5 seconds
and ran an impressive 58.9 leadoff leg
on Lehigh's 4x400 relay team in the
meet's final event.
Notes: Lehigh will host the Lehigh
Games, Saturday, at 10:00 a.m. at
Goodman Campus
Men's Lacrosse
Lehigh set to show down with Army
by Frank Thompson
Sports Communications Office
With its 10-5 victory over Holy Cross
last weekend, Lehigh set the stage for
this week's Patriot League showdown
with the Army
Cadets.
Lehigh boasts
a 4-2 mark and
stands unbeaten
at 2-0 in the
league. Army,
winners of six of
the past seven
Patriot League
titles, is 4-4 this season and a perfect 2-0
in the league.
Lehigh has been led this season by
the nation's 14th leading scorer, senior
Ian MacGilvray
Ian MacGilvray. Coupled with senior Mark
Duncan, who led the country in goals per
game last season, Lehigh boasts an explosive
offense that has averaged more than 11 goals
per game.
MacGilvray has 14 goals and 10 assists
this year. Duncan stands with 12 goals and
five assists as both are in the league's top five
in scoring.
Another standout on the Lehigh side has
been the defense. Led by seniors Doug Mylow
and Jared Harrison the defense has been
stifling, especially with sophomore Todd
Schreiner in the net.
Schreiner leads the Patriot League in
overall goalkeeping with a 5.54 goals against
average. The next closest is Army's Lou
Kousouris, who owns a 9.9 GAA.
Men's Tennis
Mountain Hawks earn
split over weekend
Lehigh broke even this past week,
losing to unbeaten Navy, 0-7, and
defeating Towson, 4-3. The Mountain
Hawks record
now stands at 8-5
overall.
PaulEl-Deiry,
Scott Ackerman
and freshman
Gary Drozdowski
all won in singles
competition.
The doubles
Paul El-Deiry
team of El-Deiry and Gary Drozdowski
sealed the win against Towson with a 9-
7 victory.
Men's Golf
Lehigh competes in
Navy Invitational
The Mountain Hawks finished in
eighth place at the Navy Invitational
this past weekend in Annapolis,
Maryland.
As a team
Lehigh shot 308
and 314 for the
invitational.
Kyle Smith,
who was tied for
tenth, was the
top Lehigh
finisher, shooting
76-74.
Phil Auerbach and John Horutz were
tied for nineteenth.
Kyle Smith