South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 04

              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."