South Mountaineer Volume 33, Issue 28

              Volume 33, Number 28
May 14, 1991
Bethlehem, Pa.
Lehigh works miracles
in League Tournament
The Lehigh softball team tried to make the impossible happen in the Patriot
League Tournament, and for a while it looked like the might just do it.
The seventh-seeded Engineers lost on the first day of play 4-1 to Bucknell, the
second seed.
But the Engineers weren't done playing at Patriots Park in Allentown, as they
stormed back through the consolation bracket to advance to the final day
of play.
The story for the Engineers was Meri Wall (Whitehall, Pa.), who
pitched every inning of the four Lehigh games. She pitched two shutouts
in one day to put the Engineers into the final day of play.
It was a homecoming of sorts for Wall, who was a regular at Patriots
Park in her high school summer league games.
After the 4-1 loss to the Bison Friday, May 3, Wall shut out Holy
Cross 2-0 Saturday afternoon. She allowed just three hits, all to the same
player, Crusader all-league selection Michelle Fagnant.
The Engineer scoring was in keeping with the crazy tournament atmosphere, as one run scored on a passed ball and another on a perfectly
executed double steal by Mary Oliverie (Manasquan, N.J.) and Stacy
-Yigao (South Bound Brook, N.J.).
No one could blame Wall if she came back tired to pitch Lehigh's night game
against Colgate, but Wall merely went out and improved on her performance,
allowing the Red Raiders just one hit, that in the sixth inning, shutting them down
1-0. Lehigh's run scored on a pop-fly hit by Viotto.
Colgate and Holy Cross both had swept the Engineers in the regular season, but
it was sweet revenge for Lehigh in the tournament.
On the final day of play, Lehigh battled No. 1-seed Army for a spot in the finals
against Bucknell.
But Lehigh's defense, the best in the Patriot League this season, fell apart
against the Lady Knights as the Engineers committed a season-high nine errors and
lost to Army 10-5. Of the 10 runs Lehigh allowed, only one was earned.
Army jumped out in front 4-0 in the first inning on three hits and one error, but
Lehigh came charging back, scoring five in the bottom of the first, capped by a
two-run single by freshman Jennifer Slack (Scranton, Pa.).
But from there, the game was all Army, as Lady Knight pitcher Paula Bostwick
scattered five hits, allowing the Engineers no more runs.
Army scored three more in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth
for the 10-5 final, as the Lady Knights advanced to play Bucknell for the Patriot
League championship.
 please see SOFTBALL, page 4
The Lehigh softball team (above) stormed to a third-place finish in the
Patriot League Tournament. Meri Wall (left) was named Patriot League
Pitcher of the Week photos by Keith Rapaport and Joe Ryan
-Committee of ri
aims for game safety
A study committee with members from Lafayette College and Lehigh
University has recommended that both institutions take stronger steps to discourage excessive drinking and the annual battle for the goal posts at the season-
ending football game between the two ancient rivals.
The game is the nation's most-played college football rivalry. The 1991
game, the 127th in a series begun in 1884, is scheduled for Nov. 23 at Lehigh's
Goodman Stadium.
Lehigh President Peter Likins and Lafayette President Robert I. Rotberg
appointed representatives from both schools, including alumni and students as
well as faculty and administrators, to recommend what should be done to reduce
the amount of public drunkenness and rowdyism which often is present throughout the game.
Based on the joint committee's report, the presidents have approved the
recommendations, which will be implemented at the start of the fall semester.
 please see COMMITTEE, page 4
Three from Lehigh earn Scholar-Athlete honors
Three Lehigh athletes, more than any other school
in the League, have earned Patriot League Scholar-
Athlete honors in their sports. Only one athlete from
all seven schools receives the honor in each sport.
Susan Jindra (Winfield, Kan.) won her second
such award, earning the honor for outdoor track after
sharing the indoor track award. She is a senior with an
accounting major in Lehigh's College of Business
and Economics, carrying a 3.74 GPA into her final
semester.
. Jindra recently placed second in the Patriot League
long jump competition, and she holds Engineer records in 17 indoor and outdoor events. She was captain
of both the indoor and outdoor women's track teams.
Jindra holds Lehigh records in the 100,200,300,
400, high jump and long jump, both indoors and
outdoors. She will shoot for the school mark in the
800 in an upcoming meet.
Earlier this spring, she was honored v/ith the
South Side Boosters Track award, and was recently
named Lehigh's outstanding senior female athlete.
Joining her among Lehigh's honorees is golfer
Scott Ferguson (Athens Pa.), who earned the same
honor in the East Coast Conference last season.
A senior, Ferguson captained the golf team this
year, leading Lehigh to a 9-2 record and its first-ever
post-season play. He is an Electrical Engineering
major with a 3.84 GPA.
Ferguson, one of Lehigh's premier student-athletes, had a scoring average of 82 for the 1991
season, 77.2 in the 1990 season. He led Lehigh to the
ECC Championship in 1990, was medalist in last
year's East Stroudsburg Tourney and was Lehigh's
low scorer in the Eastern Tournament last weekend.
Lehigh's third scholar-athlete honoree is men's
tennis player Ryan Gelrod (Maple Glen, Pa.). Just a
sophomore, Gelrod overcame a severe wrist injury
to return to the No. 1 singles and doubles spots for
Lehigh. He compiled a 14-7 mark in singles and a
12-2 overall mark in doubles.
Gelrod shone in the Patriot League Tournament,
placing second, losing a tough three-set match to the
top seed in the championship finals.
He has a 3.68 GPA in Lehigh's College of Business and Economics, majoring in Finance.
Inside...
Jindra leaves Lehigh
with plenty to be proud of