Trio of Mountain Hawks named to All-League teams

Bethlehem, PA – Fresh off of its most wins since 1997, and headed to its first ever Patriot League Tournament this weekend, Lehigh placed three players on the 2005 All-Patriot League teams, which were announced Wednesday. The teams are selected based on a vote of the league’s seven head coaches. Senior Andrew Lucas, junior Jeff King and sophomore Alec Hoof were all named to the league’s Second Team. For Lucas and King, this is the second consecutive year that they are members of the All-Patriot League team, while this is the first time that Hoof has been honored with All-League laurels. The Mountain Hawks (9-4 overall, 3-3 Patriot League) have now placed at least two student-athletes on the All-League teams for 12 consecutive seasons, dating back to 1994.

Lucas had a stellar senior season for the Brown and White, as the New York native scored 32 goals, including the 100th of his career. Lucas is one of just eight players in Patriot League history to score 100 career goals. The finance major also added three assists and 33 ground balls, and was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on March 1 following a career-high six goal performance in the Mountain Hawks victory over Marist.

King was once again one of Lehigh’s steadiest players on the defensive end of the field, as the architecture major scooped up a team-leading 45 ground balls and also led the Mountain Hawks in caused turnovers with nine. King scored two goals this season and handed out one assist, but his most damage was done on the defensive end, where he helped to anchor a Lehigh defense that held opponents to just 8.22 goals per game, which is more than half a goal less than the Brown and White allowed in 2004.

Hoof had a very strong season for Lehigh, and really came on late in the year, as the sophomore scored two goals and handed out three assists in the Mountain Hawks tournament clinching victory over Lafayette on April 23. Hoof is currently ninth in all of the Patriot League and second on Lehigh in assists with 12, and the business major added 11 goals and 23 points, which were both fifth best on the Mountain Hawks. Hoof scored five of his goals and handed out six of his assists in the Brown and White’s final four games this season, which were all victories.

Lehigh will enter this weekend’s tournament as the number four-seed, and will take on the top-seeded Navy Midshipmen at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD on Friday afternoon beginning at 2:00. The Mountain Hawks have not defeated any of the three teams that will be joining them in Annapolis (Navy, Army, Bucknell), but lost by just a combined 14 goals to the trio in 2005.

The Mountain Hawks nine wins this season are the most ever under head coach Chris Wakely, and the 3-3 mark in Patriot League play is the best since posting a 4-1 record in 1999, the last time the Brown and White won the Patriot League Championship. Lehigh is nationally ranked in several categories, including: scoring offense (17), face-off win percentage (16), man-up offense (18) and scoring margin (14).

Lehigh’s game with Navy on Friday will get underway beginning at 2:00. The contest will be broadcast live on lehighsports.com. The other semi-final match up will pit second-seeded Army versus the third-seeded Bison of Bucknell, beginning at approximately 45 minutes after the Mountain Hawks game ends.

2005 All-Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Teams

First Team

John Walker, Army

Jim Wagner, Army

Chris Cara, Bucknell

Mike Obringer, Army

Graham Gill, Navy

Billy Looney, Navy

Chris Pieczonka, Navy

Matt Luyster, Army

Michael Abou Jaoude, Bucknell

Mitch Hendler, Navy

Matt Russell, Navy

Second Team

Pat Christensen, Bucknell

Andrew Lucas, Lehigh

Jon Birsner, Navy

Ryan Goodman, Bucknell

Alex Hoof, Lehigh

Steve Looney, Navy

Clipper Lennon, Navy

Nick Doerr, Army

Jeff King, Lehigh

Mike Felber, Navy

Matt Baran, Bucknell

Offensive Player of the Year: Chris Cara, Bucknell

Defensive Player of the Year: Matt Luyster, Army

Goalkeeper of the Year: Matt Russell, Navy

Rookie of the Year: Matt Scheel, Army

Coach of the Year: Sid Jamieson, Bucknell

2005 Patriot League Tournament Schedule

Friday, April 29, 2005

#1 Navy vs. #4 Lehigh beginning at 2:00 pm

#2 Army vs. #3 Bucknell (Game 2 will begin 45 minutes following the conclusion of Game 1)

Sunday, May, 1, 2005

Championship game beginning at 1:00 pm

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Trio of Mountain Hawks named to All-League teams

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