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Volume 35, Number 4 September 29, 1992 Bethlehem, Pa. LEHIGHLIGHTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK— Engineer linebacker Kevin Jefferson has been named the Patriot League co-Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 26. Jefferson recorded a team-high 14 tackles, 13 of which were unassisted, in Lehigh's 29-26 loss at Cornell. The junior from Hempfield, PA also had a quarterback sack for minus five yards. Jefferson is the second Lehigh player this season to receive weekly defensive honors, as Lance Haynes was named ECAC Defensive Player of the Week following Lehigh's victory over Fordham. BOUNCING BABY BOY — The long- awaited day finally arrived last Thursday (Sept. 24) when women's soccer head coach Allison Moxey gave birth to a baby boy. Tyler Andrew weighed in at nine pounds, eight ounces and measured 21 inches. Rumor has it that Coach Moxey is already fitting him for a pair of cleats. SUMMERFIELD JOINS STAFF— Tracy Summerfield, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, has been appointed business manager of athletics at Lehigh. Summerfield comes from the Temple University athletic department, where she worked on such matters as eligibility, drug testing and education, maintenance of supplies and helping host events at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and on campus. She succeeds Craig Anderson, who is now director of the athletics partnership program. THE FIELD GENERALS—The football captains for Saturday's game against Princeton have been announced by the coaching staff. They are Chuck Endicott on offense, Kevin Jefferson on defense and Mike Wetzel on special teams. NEED TO KNOW THE SCORE?— WGPA (1100 AM) continues to air daily updates on Lehigh's Olympic sports teams. The results can be heard during the station's 8:45 a.m. sports report. INSIDE the Mountaineer Wetzel gets his shot 2 Earley leads field hockey .... 2 Fall sports roundup 3 Cross country co-captains.. 3 Football/fall sports stats 4 Fall schedules/results 5 A "PASSING "FANCY As is normally the case, the Lehigh passing game is tops in the Patriot League. A look at how Semptimphelter and company stack up against the rest of the league: TEAM YDS. PER GAME LEHIGH 258.7 LAFAYETTE 249.3 BUCKNELL 243.3 FORDHAM 189.0 COLGATE 157.3 HOLY CROSS 78.3 Big Red leave Lehigh singing the blues Last-minute Engineer comeback bid foiled as Cornell prevails, 29-26 By GLENN HOFMANN Sports Information Director On a wet and rainy afternoon in Ithaca, New York Lehigh was looking to get some consistency on offense, defense and special teams against Cornell. What the Engineers were looking for and received were two entirely different things. Lehigh's 29-23 loss to Cornell was a very frustrating defeat because at times the Engineers all but gave away the game. There was a snapped punt over the head of punter Craig Melograno at the Lehigh two-yard line. A fumble (which appeared to be a forward pass) which was recovered by the Big Red at the Lehigh 35-yard line on the second play of the game. A missed extra point. And nine penalties for 74 yards. Despite those mistakes, the most disappointing part of the game may still be unknown. With just under 10 minutes remaining, senior tailback Mark Lookenbill gained three yards to give Lehigh a first down on the Cornell 15 yard line, with Lehigh trailing 26-20. After the play however, Lookenbill did not get up. His right knee had been hit by Cornell's Steve Haggerty. Lookenbill was carried off the field and was to undergo further examination. The initial prognosis was ligament damage. Indications are that Lookenbill, who gained 144 yards on 33 carries and scored two touchdowns may be out for the year. "He makes a real big difference in our offense right now," said an obviously dissapointed head coach Hank Small. "Any time you lose a player of Mark's ability it is going to hurt you." And right away it seemed to hurt the Engineers as their drive at the Cornell 15 yard line stalled. Byron Dyson kicked a 27-yard field goal to cut the Lehigh deficit to 26-23, but as they had done the entire game, Cornell answered right back. "We didn't buckle down like we should have at that point," said senior linebacker Mike Yadush. "They came through with some big plays." Cornell Quarterback Bill Lazor (20- 31-262 yds) marched the Big Red down to the Lehigh 11 and Mike Cochrane hit his third field goal of the game giving the Big Red a 29-23 advantage. With 2:00 remaining Lehigh quarterback Scott Semptimphelter (20- 37-219 yards, 1TD, 1 int.) then drove the Brown and White down to the Cornell 30 yard line with :28 remaining, but was intercepted at the 19 yard line and the Engineers fell to 1-2. "Once again I thought consistency was a problem for us," Coach Small said. "On offense we're making so many mistakes that it is very hard to move the Kevin Jefferson was named co-Defensive Player the Patriot League for his 14-tackle effort. ball. We had a lot of breakdowns, a lot of dropped balls. Our pass protection was a lot better, but once again we had a lot of missed opportunities, especially in the first half." While Lehigh's snakebitten game ended with the Lookenbill injury, it started on the second play of the game when Semptimphelter "threw" an incomplete "pass" to Lookenbill in the flat. The play was ruled a lateral and Cornell recovered the ball. Instant replay clearly showed the "lateral" was a pass. Five plays later the Big Red had a 7-0 lead when quarterback Bill Lazor hit Ron Mateo on a three- yard score. Lehigh came right back on a very impressive 15 play drive with "Sempti" hitting junior Kevin Rubin in the end zone from 14 yards out to tie the game. It took Cornell only six plays to score again as Cochrane nailed a 47-yard field goal to give the Big Red a 10- 7 lead. It stayed that way until 6:47 remained in the half. That's when the bad punt snap took place and when Melograno was tackled on the two-yard line. Cornell tailback Scott Oliaro then ran the ball in oh the next play. Down 17-7, Lehigh marched 71 yards in 10 plays, with Lookenbill scoring from four yards out. The extra point was missed and Lehigh trailed 17-13 at the half. Cornell would increase the lead to 20-13 on a 44 -yard Cochrane field goal before sophomore linebacker Greg Amon's interception at the Cornell 31-yard line set up Lehigh's tying score. The Engineers would even the contest on the first play of the fourth quarter when Lookenbill scored on a three yard run. At this point Lehigh appeared to have the momentum, but the defense then fell victim to an unexpected passing display by Lazor. "Their passing game was much better than we expected," Small said. "Instead of running the ball down our throats they threw the ball down our throats." Lazor easily marched the Big Red into scoring position on the next two series. Two Cochrane field goals gave the Big Red a 26-20 lead and then came what looked like the go- ahead Lehigh drive, but it fell short. Now the Engineers must regroup, eliminate the mistakes and step it up a notch as Ivy League favorite Princeton comes to Goodman Stadium this Saturday. EXTRA POINTS: Game was televised locally on WFMZ-TV and nationally on SportsChannel America...Sophomores Jason Mastropierro or Brandon Overdorff will probably start in Lookenbill's place...The loss broke Lehigh's five-game winning streak against the Ivy League...Senior wide receiver Jason Cristino has now caught at least one pass in 13 straight games...The starting Lehigh quarterback has thrown for at least 198 yards in 25 straight games...Lehigh has yet to score a point in the third quarter this year...While the Lehigh offense has struggled consider this—Holy Cross is 0-3 and has yet to score a touchdown this season. of the Week in -Photo by Joe Ryan According to Dick Vitale, Lehigh is.. AWESOME BABY!!! Dick Vitale, ESPN and ABC's colorful college basketball analyst presented his "Game of Life" speech last Thursday at Grace Hall. Here are some of Vitale's thoughts about Lehigh hoops. ON COACH DAVE DUKE: "Coach Duke has a great program at Lehigh It's full of enthusiasm and spirit that is reflected through his athletes." ON LEHIGH BASKETBALL: "Lehigh is establishing a positive home court advantage Stabler is drawing more and more fans esch game." ON THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: "The Patriot League is a solid basketball league The quality is good and there is great competition."
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Title | South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 04 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals; Campus Scenes; Lehigh University. Alumni Association; Campus environment |
Description | Reports on the past week's athletics news at Lehigh University. Published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year. |
Creator | Lehigh University. Alumni Association. Alumni Student Drants Committee |
Publisher | Lehigh University |
Date | 1992-09-29 |
Type | Text |
Format | newsletters |
File Format | image/tiff |
Extent | 6 pages |
Dimensions | 42 cm. x 28 cm. |
Identifier | SC LSer S726 V35 N04 |
Language | Eng |
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Title | [Front cover] |
File Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | SC LSer S726 V35 N04 001 |
Language | Eng |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/385433 |
Full Text | Volume 35, Number 4 September 29, 1992 Bethlehem, Pa. LEHIGHLIGHTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK— Engineer linebacker Kevin Jefferson has been named the Patriot League co-Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 26. Jefferson recorded a team-high 14 tackles, 13 of which were unassisted, in Lehigh's 29-26 loss at Cornell. The junior from Hempfield, PA also had a quarterback sack for minus five yards. Jefferson is the second Lehigh player this season to receive weekly defensive honors, as Lance Haynes was named ECAC Defensive Player of the Week following Lehigh's victory over Fordham. BOUNCING BABY BOY — The long- awaited day finally arrived last Thursday (Sept. 24) when women's soccer head coach Allison Moxey gave birth to a baby boy. Tyler Andrew weighed in at nine pounds, eight ounces and measured 21 inches. Rumor has it that Coach Moxey is already fitting him for a pair of cleats. SUMMERFIELD JOINS STAFF— Tracy Summerfield, of Wilkes-Barre, PA, has been appointed business manager of athletics at Lehigh. Summerfield comes from the Temple University athletic department, where she worked on such matters as eligibility, drug testing and education, maintenance of supplies and helping host events at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and on campus. She succeeds Craig Anderson, who is now director of the athletics partnership program. THE FIELD GENERALS—The football captains for Saturday's game against Princeton have been announced by the coaching staff. They are Chuck Endicott on offense, Kevin Jefferson on defense and Mike Wetzel on special teams. NEED TO KNOW THE SCORE?— WGPA (1100 AM) continues to air daily updates on Lehigh's Olympic sports teams. The results can be heard during the station's 8:45 a.m. sports report. INSIDE the Mountaineer Wetzel gets his shot 2 Earley leads field hockey .... 2 Fall sports roundup 3 Cross country co-captains.. 3 Football/fall sports stats 4 Fall schedules/results 5 A "PASSING "FANCY As is normally the case, the Lehigh passing game is tops in the Patriot League. A look at how Semptimphelter and company stack up against the rest of the league: TEAM YDS. PER GAME LEHIGH 258.7 LAFAYETTE 249.3 BUCKNELL 243.3 FORDHAM 189.0 COLGATE 157.3 HOLY CROSS 78.3 Big Red leave Lehigh singing the blues Last-minute Engineer comeback bid foiled as Cornell prevails, 29-26 By GLENN HOFMANN Sports Information Director On a wet and rainy afternoon in Ithaca, New York Lehigh was looking to get some consistency on offense, defense and special teams against Cornell. What the Engineers were looking for and received were two entirely different things. Lehigh's 29-23 loss to Cornell was a very frustrating defeat because at times the Engineers all but gave away the game. There was a snapped punt over the head of punter Craig Melograno at the Lehigh two-yard line. A fumble (which appeared to be a forward pass) which was recovered by the Big Red at the Lehigh 35-yard line on the second play of the game. A missed extra point. And nine penalties for 74 yards. Despite those mistakes, the most disappointing part of the game may still be unknown. With just under 10 minutes remaining, senior tailback Mark Lookenbill gained three yards to give Lehigh a first down on the Cornell 15 yard line, with Lehigh trailing 26-20. After the play however, Lookenbill did not get up. His right knee had been hit by Cornell's Steve Haggerty. Lookenbill was carried off the field and was to undergo further examination. The initial prognosis was ligament damage. Indications are that Lookenbill, who gained 144 yards on 33 carries and scored two touchdowns may be out for the year. "He makes a real big difference in our offense right now," said an obviously dissapointed head coach Hank Small. "Any time you lose a player of Mark's ability it is going to hurt you." And right away it seemed to hurt the Engineers as their drive at the Cornell 15 yard line stalled. Byron Dyson kicked a 27-yard field goal to cut the Lehigh deficit to 26-23, but as they had done the entire game, Cornell answered right back. "We didn't buckle down like we should have at that point," said senior linebacker Mike Yadush. "They came through with some big plays." Cornell Quarterback Bill Lazor (20- 31-262 yds) marched the Big Red down to the Lehigh 11 and Mike Cochrane hit his third field goal of the game giving the Big Red a 29-23 advantage. With 2:00 remaining Lehigh quarterback Scott Semptimphelter (20- 37-219 yards, 1TD, 1 int.) then drove the Brown and White down to the Cornell 30 yard line with :28 remaining, but was intercepted at the 19 yard line and the Engineers fell to 1-2. "Once again I thought consistency was a problem for us," Coach Small said. "On offense we're making so many mistakes that it is very hard to move the Kevin Jefferson was named co-Defensive Player the Patriot League for his 14-tackle effort. ball. We had a lot of breakdowns, a lot of dropped balls. Our pass protection was a lot better, but once again we had a lot of missed opportunities, especially in the first half." While Lehigh's snakebitten game ended with the Lookenbill injury, it started on the second play of the game when Semptimphelter "threw" an incomplete "pass" to Lookenbill in the flat. The play was ruled a lateral and Cornell recovered the ball. Instant replay clearly showed the "lateral" was a pass. Five plays later the Big Red had a 7-0 lead when quarterback Bill Lazor hit Ron Mateo on a three- yard score. Lehigh came right back on a very impressive 15 play drive with "Sempti" hitting junior Kevin Rubin in the end zone from 14 yards out to tie the game. It took Cornell only six plays to score again as Cochrane nailed a 47-yard field goal to give the Big Red a 10- 7 lead. It stayed that way until 6:47 remained in the half. That's when the bad punt snap took place and when Melograno was tackled on the two-yard line. Cornell tailback Scott Oliaro then ran the ball in oh the next play. Down 17-7, Lehigh marched 71 yards in 10 plays, with Lookenbill scoring from four yards out. The extra point was missed and Lehigh trailed 17-13 at the half. Cornell would increase the lead to 20-13 on a 44 -yard Cochrane field goal before sophomore linebacker Greg Amon's interception at the Cornell 31-yard line set up Lehigh's tying score. The Engineers would even the contest on the first play of the fourth quarter when Lookenbill scored on a three yard run. At this point Lehigh appeared to have the momentum, but the defense then fell victim to an unexpected passing display by Lazor. "Their passing game was much better than we expected," Small said. "Instead of running the ball down our throats they threw the ball down our throats." Lazor easily marched the Big Red into scoring position on the next two series. Two Cochrane field goals gave the Big Red a 26-20 lead and then came what looked like the go- ahead Lehigh drive, but it fell short. Now the Engineers must regroup, eliminate the mistakes and step it up a notch as Ivy League favorite Princeton comes to Goodman Stadium this Saturday. EXTRA POINTS: Game was televised locally on WFMZ-TV and nationally on SportsChannel America...Sophomores Jason Mastropierro or Brandon Overdorff will probably start in Lookenbill's place...The loss broke Lehigh's five-game winning streak against the Ivy League...Senior wide receiver Jason Cristino has now caught at least one pass in 13 straight games...The starting Lehigh quarterback has thrown for at least 198 yards in 25 straight games...Lehigh has yet to score a point in the third quarter this year...While the Lehigh offense has struggled consider this—Holy Cross is 0-3 and has yet to score a touchdown this season. of the Week in -Photo by Joe Ryan According to Dick Vitale, Lehigh is.. AWESOME BABY!!! Dick Vitale, ESPN and ABC's colorful college basketball analyst presented his "Game of Life" speech last Thursday at Grace Hall. Here are some of Vitale's thoughts about Lehigh hoops. ON COACH DAVE DUKE: "Coach Duke has a great program at Lehigh It's full of enthusiasm and spirit that is reflected through his athletes." ON LEHIGH BASKETBALL: "Lehigh is establishing a positive home court advantage Stabler is drawing more and more fans esch game." ON THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: "The Patriot League is a solid basketball league The quality is good and there is great competition." |
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