Lehigh opens season with 57-36 win over LIU
11/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Lehigh held the Blackbirds scoreless for seven of the last eight minutes of the first half as the Mountain Hawks scored nine-straight points. As the Brown and White shot 52.2% from field goal range, the Mountain Hawks entered halftime with a ten point lead over the Blackbirds.
The Mountain Hawks outscored
Sophomore Melissa Rich led the Mountain Hawk offense as she recorded 12 points. Meanwhile, senior Adrienne Blount had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
Valerie Nainima led the Blackbirds, scoring 14 points.
The Mountain Hawks will play their home-opener on Thursday night when they host Penn at Stabler Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling 610-7LU-GAME, by visiting the Lehigh Athletics Ticket Office located in Grace Hall, or at anytime by logging onto lehighsports.com.