South Mountaineer Volume 39, Issue 07

              PATRIOT LEAGUE LEADERS
Under first year head coach Michelle
Finegan the field hockey team is off to a 4-0
start in Patriot League action and in first
place.
FOOTBALL: UNH beats Lehigh in non-league action, 8
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Paul Short Cross Country Run results,    7
Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball & Tennis results 7
South Mountaineer
Volume 10, Issue 7
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
October 15,1996
Gutsy effort at UNH falls short
Bid for win over #24 Wildcats
halted by UNH running game
by Corky Blake
Easton Express Times
Jerry Azumah, who set a
Goodman Stadium rushing record
last year with 278 yards, again
riddled Lehigh's defense for 248
yards and three touchdowns to lead
the University of New Hampshire to
a 42-27 non-league victory over
Lehigh before a homecoming crowd
of 7,335 at Cowell Stadium.
The sophomore scored on runs
of 1, 16 and 2 yards and the Wildcats, ranked 24th in Division I-AA,
accumulated 512 yards of total
offense.
Lehigh (2-4) stayed within
striking range of the Wildcats and
trailed by eight with 6:37 left on
Brian Baker's 5-yard touchdown
run. New Hampshire came back
with a 29-yard completion from
Chris Bresnahan to Al Barrow and a
25-yard Azumah dash around left
end. Those plays set up a 4-yard TD
toss from Bresnahan to reserve
tight end Tyson Wehrman.
Lehigh advanced to New
Hampshire's 25 on its ensuing
possession. Three incompletions and
a sack of quarterback Seka Edwards
ended the threat. The Wildcats
sealed the outcome with a 5-play, 71-
yard drive that culminated in Dave
Lopez's 2-yard score.
"Our kids played real hard and
we had an opportunity to win with
six minutes left against a talented
football team," Lehigh head coach
Kevin Higgins said. "I'm proud of
the kids and the effort they gave."
Junior Seka Edwards started his
second straight game at quarterback
for Lehigh and improved on last
week's performance at Princeton.
Edwards completed 21-of-40 attempts for 367 yards and a touchdown. He also ran 1 yard for another score.
"I was pretty comfortable
putting the ball up
in the air," Edwards
said. "We had a good
game plan, and they
had a lot of holes in
their defense. We
were mixing the
crossing routes and
the outs."
Azumah's 1-yard
score put New
Hampshire ahead 7-
0 with 1:35 left in
the first half. Lehigh
answered with a 65-
yard scoring drive
that featured a pair
of 16-yard completions from Edwards
to sophomore split
end Deron Braswell.
Baker's 4-yard run
tied the score at 7-
all.
Azumah again
scored on a 13-yard
run. Lehigh failed to
gain a first down,
and punt returner
Calvin Jones dashed
55 yards up the
middle of the field
for a 19-7 Wildcat
lead.
The Engineers fumbled the
kickoff, but their defense stopped
Bresnahan shy of a first down on
fourth-down sneak. Four plays later
Edwards scored from the 1. The big
play was a 53-yard reception by
Braswell.
A 35-yard field goal by John
Curry gave New Hamphsire a 22-14
halftime lead.
Late in the third quarter, a
defensive holding call on 3rd-and-17
kept a Lehigh drive alive. But Baker,
who gained 73 yards on 21 carries,
fumbled at the UNH 17 to kill the
march.
New Hampshire   (4-1) retaliated
with a 15-play drive that featured six
rushes and a pass reception by
Azumah, who banged off three
tacklers for the 2-yard TD and a 29-
14 lead with 11:42 left in the game.
The Engineers didn't quit.
Edwards completed a 13-yard pass to
Joe Falzone to keep the chains
moving on fourth down. A personal
foul on UNH gave Lehigh another
first down at the Wildcats 5-yard-
line. Baker then scored on the next
play.
Braswell was the offensive star
for Lehigh catching seven passes for
139 yards.
Sophomore wide receiver, Deron
Braswell leads the Patriot League in
receiving with 629 yards
Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
Freshman Ian Eason recorded four unassisted tackles and
one assisted tackles. He is third in Patriot League tackles.
Notes: This Saturday's game at the
University of Pennsylvania will be
telecast on WFMZ-TV, channel 69
with Rich Lerner and Kim
McQuilken beginning at 1:30 p.m.
There will be no satellite coverage of
this con test...Senior punter Ben
Talbott leads the Patriot League in
punting with a 443.0 average...
Freshman Ian Eason is third in the
league in tackles with 64... As usual,
Lehigh is tops in Patriot League
passing offense (279 yds/g) and LU
defense also leads the league in pass
defense giving up only 94.4 yds/g.
PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS
League
Ov(
LEHIGH
1-0
2-4
Holy Cross
1-0
1-4
Lafayette
0-0
3-1
Bucknell
0-0
1-4
Colgate
0-1
2-4
Fordham
0-1
0-5
Last Week:
UNH 42 Lehigh 27
Yale 23 Bucknell 21
Colgate 35 Towson State 10
Dartmouth 35 Holy Cross 7
Lafayette at Fordham - PPD
This Week:
Lehigh at Pennsylvania
Colgate at Cornell
Fordham at Brown
Harvard at Holy Cross
Lafayette at Columbia
Princeton at Bucknell
LEHIGH7UNH
GAME STATS
SooreByQuarters
12     3
4     F
Lehigh
0   14      0
13    27
UNH
7    15       0
20    42
LEHIGH
UNH
21
First Downs
28
80
Net Rushing
308
36?
Net Passing
204
447
Total Yards
512
1-7
Penalties
7-55
4-2
Fumbles/Lost
0-0
0
Had intercepted
0
27:20
Possession
32:40
0
Sacks By
0
Lehigh statistical leaden
Rushing
: Brian Baker 21-73
Passing:
Seka Edwards 21-40-367
Receiving: Deron Braswell 7-13S
Tackles:
Sam Brinley 11
QUOTEBOARD
""Our kids played real hard and
we had an opportunity to win
with six minutes left against a
talented football team. I'm proud
of the kids and the effort they
gave."
Kevin Higgins
Lehigh Head Coach
"I was pretty comfortable putting the ball up in the air. We
had a good game plan, and they
had a lot of holes in their
defense. We were mixing the
crossing routes and the sideline
outs."
Seka Edwards
Lehigh Quarterback
"We 're always trying to find
open lanes between defenders
and our receivers executed their
patterns real well and Seka did a
nice job of throwing the ball."
Kevin Higgins
Lehigh Head Coach
UP NEXT
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Last Week:
Pennsylvania
2-2, 0-2 Ivy
10/19, 1:30 p.m.
Franklin Field
Philadelphia, PA
Penn leads 8-2
Columbia 20 Penn
in Overtime
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