Lehigh University Athletics
Mountain Hawks open up league slate versus Navy
9/22/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
The Mountain Hawks, who are coming off of a 1-0 defeat of previously unbeaten No. 20 Binghamton on September 17, once again feature a very stingy defense, led by sophomore goal keeper Charlie Sales, the reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week. Sales has already recorded three shut outs and owns a 0.50 goals against average, which is good for 16th nationally. The Mountain Hawks are 14th in the country as a team in goals against average, and fourth in
On offense, seniors Adam Williamson, Jim Stevens and Peter Classi combine with sophomore Joe Clemente to give the Mountain Hawks a potent foursome, while freshmen Patrick Cucci and Adam Gazda each have one goal thus far and have had strong starts to their Lehigh careers. Williamson was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal, the seventh in his career, versus
Navy arrives in South Bethlehem following a tough 1-0 setback to
On defense, Aric McElheny has started all seven contests in goal, registering a 0.73 goals against average and 27 saves. He has only given up just five goals in that time. Navy began the season by winning the Anders Soccer Classic, defeating Niagara and
Lehigh is 16-4-7 at home over the last three-plus seasons, and 7-3-4 in home league games since 2001. Friday’s match gets underway at approximately 7:30 from the Ulrich Sports Complex, following the Lehigh women's soccer contest with Binghamton, slated to begin at 5:00.
