South Mountaineer Volume 31, Issue 23

              Volume 31, Number 23
April 26,1989
Bethlehem, Pa.
Football Report
Rebuilding in spring;
strong fall recruits
By Megan Culhane
South Mountaineer Editor
It's hard to pass up the achievments of last year's
football team—a top-rated offense in the country and two
quarterbacks with cannon-like arms. But the biggest
challenge is starting over, and you can expect a number of
nice suprises as the Engineers head into spring ball with the
intention of rebuilding that brilliant offense and cementing
the rest of the team.
Engineers building on 1988
"We're young and rebuilding in a lot of areas, but
that doesn't necessarily mean we're inexperienced," head
coach Hank Small said about this year's football team.
"We're looking for starters in a number of areas and it's a
good competitive situation."
After a 6-5 season, the team's first in the black after
three straight 5-6 attempts and a 5-5-1 year in 1987, the
football team heads into one of its toughest schedules and
another milestone year. Between christening its new
Goodman Stadium with a 27-14 season opening victory
over Cornell, savoring last minute glory (27-22) versus
Towson State and displaying a brilliant air attack in a 52-
45 chilly loss to Lafayette in the final game that earned
quarterback Jim Harris Sports Illustrated Player-of-the-
Week honors, it was a brilliant year for a team that could
have succumbed to a tough injury situation.
Mark McGowan, the starting quarterback who was
averaging over 200 yards per game and leading Lehigh to
a berth as the No. 1 offense in Div. I-AA football,
See REPORT page 2
Softball sweeps two
In doubleheaders the team shut out Bucknell and beat Ursinus
By Marc Gesualdo
South Mountaineer
While most of the student body was at home
enjoying Pacing Break, the softball team was
working overtime. Considering the results of
their efforts, they probably didn"t mind in the
least.
The team swept doubleheaders from
Ursinus, 11-3, 2-1, on Thursday (April 20) and
Bucknell. 6-0, 1-0, on Saturday (April 22) to
offset a 9-1. 3-2 doubleheader loss to Rider on
Wednesday (April 19) in Lawrenceville. NJ.
Head coach Tammy Danner credits a
rejuvenated offense and better defensive play for
'We just have to get rid of
some mental errors. This
team has the potential to
win a lot of games.'
Tammy Danner
Softball Head Coach
the team's recent success.
"Our flirting's coming around,"   Danner
said.  "The top half of the order is batting
especially well and the bottom half is picking up
now. Defensively, we've cut down on our errors
considerably."
Against Rider, the team's hitting was
not all there and the pitching was even a bit
shaky as they dropped both games by scores
of 9-1 and 3-2.
Yet the Lady Engineers bounced back
on Thursday on their home field.  In the first
game against Ursinus. Lehigh exploded for
11 runs and pitcher Bernie Kozlowski spun
an impressive two.-hitter as the team took an
11-3 decision. Kozlowski allowed just two
earned runs en route to the victory. Shortstop Lisa Mignault lead the way offensively
going three-for-four with an RBI and two
runs scored.  Patricia Tierney, Chari Young,
and Jennifer Hilton drove in two runs apiece
for the Lady Engineers.
Lehigh got impressive pitching again in
the second game as Ann Cavanaugh
scattered five hits and the team won a
narrow 2-1 decision. Third baseman
Michelle Taub, the team's leading hitter,
drove in both runs with a double and it was
enough to support Cavanaugh's solid
pitching.
Danner said, "I am pleased to see that
the pitching staff has overcome some
injuries and they're pitching very well right
now."
Lehigh continued that trend against
Bucknell at Robert Kaufman Field last
Saturday as they came up with two impressive shutouts of the Lady Bison.
In game one, pitcher Jennifer Frame
See SOFTBALL page 3
Serving up an ace
Jennifer Jacobson en route to another stellar year
By Brian Hensel
South Mountaineer
This past Saturday, in an outstanding singles victory, Lehigh's No. 4 tennis player Jennifer
Jacobson swept Pace University's Debbie Pifulaf, 6-0, 6-0 and upped the team's record to 8-4 for
the spring campaign.
Jacobson also joined her teammate Heather Johnston in a 6-0, 6-2 doubles victory on the way
to a clean, 9-0 sweep of Pace.
Victory is not something new to Jacobson, however. In her freshman season she captured the
East Coast Conference crown at No. 5 singles. In addition, in the fall, Jacobson captured the
ECC championship at No. 4 singles. This season she is continuing her winning ways, scoring
victories in her last seven outings.
The success that Jacobson is enjoying does not come easily. Head coach Karen Adams said
the junior works hard at sharpening her skills to become a better player.
"(Jennifer) has a positive attitude on the court," Adams said. "She is consistent and has
developed a variety of skills that allow her to go to the net."
See ACE page 3
SPORTS INSIDE
Women's track team placed third
while men dominated track portion of meet against Lafayette
see Sports roundup page 3
Football team volunteers to help
make day special for mentally
and physically handicapped
children see page 3
Incoming freshman football class
introduced see page 2
Captains for next year's basketball squad announced see page 4