Lehigh University Athletics
Full slate of exciting action set for this weekend
10/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The first event of the day on Saturday is the 2004 Patriot League Cross Country Championships to be held in Lewisburg on the campus of Bucknell University. The women’s race gets underway at
The Lehigh men are ranked in the top-ten in the Mid-Atlantic Region and have already defeated several Patriot League teams in head to head competition in 2004. The Mountain Hawks have their eye on the top spot on Saturday and will need a great race from everyone, including sophomore Victor Vientos, seniors Sam Kirk, Alex Hudgins and Mark Swanson and junior Rob Hampson to accomplish their goal. American and Navy will be the top challengers on the men’s side for Lehigh.
The Mountain Hawk women will look to sophomore Jen Schappert to lead them, as she has done so in each race thus far. Schappert has a very good chance to be an All-Patriot League selection, and will team up with senior Deanna Willard to form a potent one-two punch. American and Army figure to give teams in the Patriot League the biggest challenge on Saturday.
Head swimming and diving coach Rob Herb will make his home debut on Saturday afternoon, as the Mountain Hawks host
The winner of the Lehigh-Colgate football game has gone on to at least share in the Patriot League title in each of the last seven years. These two teams have won more league games and league titles than anyone else. It should come as no surprise, then, that Saturday’s showdown is the Patriot League Game of the Year, again!
The Mountain Hawks, ranked No. 12 nationally, are 2-0 in league play after trouncing Bucknell 40-17 at Goodman last week. Meanwhile, the defending league champion Raiders rolled in a 41-7 win over Holy Cross last week in
Saturday’s game kicks off at just after
While the Lehigh football team is tangling with Colgate on the gridiron, the Lehigh women’s soccer team will look to sew up a spot in the Patriot League Tournament as the Mountain Hawks take to the pitch up in
Holy Cross enters Saturday’s action with a record of
The final event of the day will be jam packed with storylines from the Ulrich Sports Complex. The men’s soccer team, ranked tenth in the Mid-Atlantic Region, will take to the field versus its archrival
The Mountain Hawks, ranked fifth in the nation in goals against average (0.54), come into this weekend’s action with a record of
Event Time Location More info… Women’s Crew at Head of the 9:00am lehighsports.com Patriot League Cross Country Championships 10:00 at Bucknell lehighsports.com Swimming & Diving vs. Noon Jacobs Pool Admission is free Football vs. Colgate 1:00 Goodman Stadium Tickets (610) 7LU-GAME Women’s Soccer at Holy Cross 1:00 lehighsports.com Men’s Soccer vs. 7:00 Ulrich Sports Complex Admission is free Volleyball at Colgate 7:00 lehighsports.com
