Mountain Hawks welcome Bucknell in PL opener

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh opens up Patriot League play on Saturday night as the Bucknell Bison visit the Ulrich Sports Complex in a key league showdown. The Mountain Hawks enter league play with a 4-5 overall record, and will be looking to prove the prognosticators wrong by improving on their predicted sixth place finish in the league’s preseason poll.

The Mountain Hawks split two games last weekend, with a 3-1 win over La Salle and then a 5-2 loss to Villanova. Sophomore Lindsey Smith scored in each game last weekend for Lehigh, while junior Kalynn Davies scored her team-leading sixth goal against Villanova, in a game in which Lehigh hung tough with the Wildcats, and was tied with less than 20 minutes to play. Freshman goalkeeper Jessica Miller earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors, after making 19 saves in the two games. Miller leads the league in saves and saves per game.

Bucknell enters Saturday’s contest on a three game winning streak. The Bison sport a 6-3 overall record, and Bucknell’s last three wins have come over La Salle, St. Francis (Pa.) and Georgetown; three of the four teams Lehigh has beaten this year. Bucknell captured three Patriot League weekly awards last week, as senior Kelly Hoffman was named Player of the Week, junior Amanda Faust was named Defensive Player of the Week, and sophomore Jessie Atieh was named Goalkeeper of the Week. The Bison have scored the most goals, and allowed the most goals in the Patriot League this season. Sophomore Megan Krebs leads Bucknell with six goals and 15 points.

Lehigh leads the all-time series 20-12-1, and holds a 9-8 advantage since the start of Patriot League play in 1990. Last year, the Mountain Hawks picked up their lone Patriot League win, 3-1 in Lewisburg with Kara Zweizig, Christy Smith and Morgan Christopher netting goals for the Brown and White.

Saturday’s game gets underway at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast online at Lehighsports.com, with streaming powered by Yahoo! Sports.

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