South Mountaineer Volume 32, Issue 21

              Volume 32, Number 21
February 28,1990
Bethlehem, Pa.
Engineers on
8-game streak
By MARC GESUALDO
South Mountaineer \
It's safe to say Lehigh's women's basketball team is peaking—or peeking—as it heads into the East Coast Conference tournament this weekend.
On Monday, the Engineers defeated a pesky Towson State team 75-72 in
overtime after squandering a 13-point lead with 8:00 to play. Head Coach
Jocelyn Beck's team has won eight straight games and is in search of a
conference title and the second-most wins in the school's history.
The Engineers are 20-7 and need one win to better the 20-8 mark set by
the 1984-85 team, which is currently the school's second best mark, behind
the 24-4 record set by the 1983-84 squad.
"I think we're right where we need to be," Beck said. "We're focused
and we're prepared. I don't think we're going to be tired or worn down but we
need to keep the momentum going through the tournament."
In addition to the team's performance last week, the Engineers saw senior
Sherie Androlewicz (Turnersville, N.J.) break the all-time Lehigh scoring
record in last Saturday's 73-51 victory over Drexel, which had been unbeaten
in conference play.
Lehigh hosted Rider in the first round of the playoffs Thursday at Stabler
Center and, in the case of a win, were to head back to Towson State this
weekend for the semi-finals Sunday and the finals Monday.
After the big win over the Dragons, it could have been expected that
Lehigh would come out flat in the Towson game, which had no bearing on
their playoff chances while the Tigers needed a win to secure the final home
court advantage for the tournament's first round.
"This was a tough game for us to play so close to the Drexel game,"
Beck said. "We were so pumped up for Drexel that it may have taken a little
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Jeanne Mooney looks to the hoop during Lehigh's 73-51 win over Drexel.
Mooney scored 20 points to help her earn ECC "Co-Offensive Player of the
Week" honors. She followed that up with 18 points in Monday's overtime win
at ToWSOn. Photography by YOUNG HONG
Lehigh seeded third
after loss to Towson
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Assistant
Neither Lehigh or Towson State had ever won
a regular season East Coast Conference championship outright.
The Engineers never will, and yet despite
losing a 92-82 decision to the Tigers Monday night,
Lehigh ends up as tri-champions.
In the whole scheme of things, head coach
Dave Duke and his team must feel pretty happy
with all that has transpired during the Engineers'
final East Coast Conference season. (Lehigh moves
to the Patriot League next year).
" Hey, I'm proud of these guys," said Duke
afterwards. "I'm happy with the year we've had
Just because we're seeded third...We're tied for first
place. It isn't like we finished third.'*
And considering that the Engineers were picked by
the conference coaches to finish in seventh, ahead of only
Rider, all eyes must be smiling on South Mountain.
Lehigh finishes the regular season with a 16-11
overall record, 8-6 in the ECC, the 16 wins is the second
most in school history.
Going into the Towson affair, Lehigh had to rebound
quickly from a hard fought 87-82 overtime win on
Saturday night against Drexel, a win which avenged an
earlier loss the Dragons had dealt to Lehigh;
Add to that the fact that it was Towson's turn to
honor its seniors, among them Kurk Lee, the league's
MVP of a year ago, and it was imperative that the
Engineers get out to a good start. But they didn't.
The Tigers jumped out quickly thanks to 50
percent shooting and opened up a 20-7 lead, an
advantage which quickly increased to 40-24 at
halftime. Lee was the major reason Lehigh fell
behind as he scored 17 of his 31 points in the initial
half.
While Towson and Lee were shooting well,
Lehigh was not—the Engineers shot only 34.5
percent in the first half.
"There were no positive signs at all," Duke
said in reference to his team's first half performance. ' 'We had to get out of our zone and play man
to man defense."
But unlike the Delaware road game earlier this
year in which Lehigh also got behind early and
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