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LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT (5-5, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-5, 0-0 PL) AT NJIT HIGHLANDERS (1-6, 0-0 GREAT WEST) Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. ESTELLE & ZOOM FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER (1,500) 12 at Duquesne L, 70-65 NEWARK, N.J. • DEC. 9, 2010 • 7:00 PM 14 at Robert Morris W, 72-64 21 PRINCETON L, 69-52 SETTING THE SCENE 23 at Villanova L, 69-68 (OT) Riding a four-game winning streak, the Lehigh women’s basketball team looks to con- 26 vs. LSU (1) L, 74-63 tinue its December success when it wraps up a mini two-game road swing at NJIT on 27 at Connecticut (1) L, 81-38 Thursday at 7 p.m.. The Mountain Hawks (5-5), who are coming off an 83-62 win at Saint 28 vs. Howard (1) W, 56-29 Peter’s, look to win their 10th straight December game dating back to last season. Dec. 1 SAINT JOSEPH’S W, 46-40 Lehigh’s last December loss came on Dec. 2, 2009 against Princeton. Overall, the Moun- 4 BINGHAMTON W, 72-60 tain Hawks have won 13 of their last 14 December games over the last 2+ seasons. 7 at Saint Peter’s W, 83-62 Lehigh’s most recent win came over Saint Peter’s on Tuesday as a strong 34-12 run to 9 at NJIT 7:00 PM 11 WAGNER 7:00 PM begin the second half put the Mountain Hawks up by as much as 30 (72-42), before the 29 RIDER (2) 7:30 PM Peahens cut into the lead before the final horn. All 15 healthy Lehigh players saw action 30 BUFFALO/MISS. STATE (2) TBD in the game with a total of four establishing new career-highs in scoring. Senior Erica Jan. Prosser racked up four assists in that game to surpass the 400 milestone for her career; 2 LA SALLE 2:00 PM she currently has 401 helpers. Junior Alexa Williams also crossed a 400 plateau, scoring 8 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM nine points to give her 406 career points entering Thursday. 12 at Navy* 7:00 PM 16 at ARMY* 2:00 PM The Mountain Hawks have bounced back from a 1-5 start to the season to even their re- 19 COLGATE* 7:00 PM cord at .500. After Thursday, they play one final game before an 18-day layoff, returning 22 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 PM to Stabler Arena to host Wagner on Saturday. Meanwhile, NJIT enters with a 1-6 record 26 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM with its lone win coming against Penn. The Highlanders did lose a pair of tight affairs, 29 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM Feb. including Rhode Island (57-51) and Delaware State (82-74 in overtime). Thursday will 5 at American* 2:00 PM already mark the Highlanders’ fifth home game of the young season. 9 NAVY* 7:00 PM 12 ARMY* 7:00 PM LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 16 at Colgate* 7:00 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 19 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM G 5 Aly Byorick (Jr., 6-0) 4.7 1.3 Xavier transfer 23 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM G 21 Erica Prosser (Sr., 5-7) 11.6 4.7 ast. Two-time first team All-PL 26 HOLY CROSS* 7:30 PM F 22 Emily Gratch (Jr., 6-1) 11.2 5.2 2nd in PL in FG% (.500) Mar. F 30 Courtney Dentler (Sr., 6-0) 12.7 5.6 Career-high 21 pts at SP 5 Patriot League Quarterfinal TBA G 33 Becky Guman (So., 5-8) 2.5 3.0 Appeared in 30 games as frosh 9 Patriot League Semifinal TBA 13 Patriot League Championship TBA KEY RESERVES Home games in CAPS Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable *Patriot League Game G/F 10 Kelly Peterson (So., 6-0) 3.7 0.9 15 pts in only 12 minutes at Duq (1) World Vision Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) G 13 Hilary Weaver (Fr., 5-5) 3.4 0.6 Career-high 10 pts at Saint Peter’s (2) Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh) G/F 15 Lindsay Hoskins (Fr., 6-0) 2.5 2.0 All-Ohio pick as a HS senior G 25 Kristen Dalton (Sr., 5-10) 5.1 3.9 Lone fifth-year senior on team C 34 Alexa Williams (Jr., 6-3) 3.4 4.0 LU’s leading returing rebounder MEDIA INFORMATION IF LEHIGH BEATS NJIT Contact. .Justin Lafleur Lehigh would improve to a perfect 5-0 all-time against the Highlanders. Office:. (610) 758-6631 Cell: . (610) 657-5222 Lehigh would win its fifth straight game and 10th straight in the month of December. E-mail:. [email protected] Press Row:. (610) 758-4903/4933 LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 16th season at the helm, carrying a career record of Broadcast Info: The game can be heard on 239-208. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot 91.3 WLVR (FM) and Lehighsports.com. Matt Markus will handle the commentary. League contests as Troyan. A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Troyan guided Lehigh to a school-record 29 wins last season including a record 13 Patriot League victo- CHAMPIONS: ries. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly turning that program 1997, 2009, 2010 into a perennial Patriot League power. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Football • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 2010-11 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 11: LEHIGH AT NJIT • DECEMBER 9, 2010 • PAGE 2 LEHIGH DECEMBER DOMINANCE Tuesday’s win over Saint Peter’s upped Lehigh’s December winning streak to nine CAREER LEADERS games dating back to last season. Overall, the Mountain Hawks have won 13 of 14 De- SCORING cember contests and are 14-3 over the last three seasons in this month. 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 1,807 2. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 1,699 3. Shawn Steward (82-86) 1,638 December, 2010 3-0 4. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 1,466 December, 2009 6-1 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) 1,357 December, 2008 5-2 Alex Ross (06-10) 1,357 Erica Prosser (07-pr) 1,339 SAINT PETER’S GAME NOTABLES 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Four Mountain Hawks all finished with career-highs in points - including the first- 1. Alex Ross (06-10) 286 career point from local product Marissa Repasch out of Liberty High School. Setting 2. Sara Ellis (04-07) 238 3. Carli Toliver (00-05) 158 career-highs were senior Courtney Dentler (21), freshman Hilary Weaver, junior Kelela 4. Cat Nicholson (99-03) 147 Blake (6) and Repasch (1). 5. Mary Beth Bedics (94-97) 144 Lehigh’s 83 points marked its highest scoring outburst of the season and most points Erica Prosser (07-pr) 130 since two seasons ago during a 90-54 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 19, 2008. ASSISTS Jynae Judson’s 34 points marks the most scored against the Lehigh defense all season. 1. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 581 Incredibly, she scored more points than the Mountain Hawks allowed to the entire How- 2. Jessica Mudry (92-96) 497 ard team on Nov. 28. 3. Claire Sullivan (04-09) 474 4. Shawn Steward (82-86) 471 5. Erica Prosser (07-pr) 401 FORWARDS MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES 6. Hope Pellicane (89-93) 393 Senior Courtney Dentler and junior Emily Gratch, who have each enjoyed stellar sea- sons, currently stand 1-2 in the Patriot League in field goal percentage. In fact, they’re REBOUNDS 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 1,129 the only two players in the league shooting better than 50 percent. Dentler has enjoyed a 2. Jen Siemaszko (87-91) 788 well-rounded game, hitting 52.5 percent (42-of-80) of her shots, including an incredible 3. Karen Lelinski (76-80) 760 60 percent (15-of-25) from three-point range, which is tied for first in the league. Gratch 4. Tricia Smith (05-10) 679 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) 647 has drained 50 percent (42-of-84), which includes only one made three-pointer (on three Alexa Williams (08-pr) 355 attempts). Dentler’s career-high 21-point outburst at Saint Peter’s has propelled her to first on the team and fifth in the league in scoring (12.7); Gratch is third (11.2). LEHIGH ALL-TIME VERSUS NJIT SINGLE GAME RECORDS Lehigh and NJIT have met four times, with the Mountain Hawks owning a perfect 4-0 mark. The teams first met in 2006 and have played every season since while alternating POINTS Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 37 venues. Lehigh won the first game, 70-44, while going on to win the next three - 73-58, 63-54 and 64-38. The slimmest margin of victory was nine while the largest was 26, ac- REBOUNDS complished in the first and most recent meetings. Anne Tierney (1/31/01) 21 Jenny Callan (12/11/05) 21 SCOUTING NJIT NJIT has struggled in posting a 1-6 record thus far, but has shown some strong spurts, ASSISTS including a win over Penn and near wins against Delaware State and Rhode Island (out Patty Garnish (2/3/76) 15 Hope Pellicane (2/17/93) 15 of the Atlantic 10). Jessica Gerald leads the offense, averaging 13.1 points per game off the bench, while Rayven Johnson comes in at 12.9 and Melanie Griffin at 11.1.