LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME THREE: LEHIGH VS. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (1-1) vs. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-1) 13 at Lipscomb W, 77-60 Stabler Arena (5,600) • Bethlehem, Pa. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 54-90 18 FDU 5:00 pm NOV. 18, 2009 • 5:00 PM 20 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) 7:00 PM 24 at Binghamton 7:00 PM 29 at La Salle 1:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE Dec. The Mountain Hawks return to Bethlehem after a two-game road trip in Nashville that 2 at Princeton 7:00 PM saw the team start the season 1-1. After picking up its fi rst win of the season on Friday 5 VILLANOVA 7:00 PM night 77-60 against Lipscomb, Lehigh fell to No. 20/22 Vanderbilt 90-54 on Sunday. Fair- 7 DUQUESNE 7:00 PM leigh Dickinson comes into the game riding a one-game win streak after dropping its fi rst 18 NJIT 7:00 PM game of the season against Syracuse 65-45. The Knights rebounded on Monday night to 20 at Bryant 2:00 PM defeat Howard 76-57. Jordan Sykes and Mariyah Laury paced Fairleigh Dickinson with 19 29 WAGNER^ 4:30 PM 30 IUPUI/ST. BONAVENTURE TBD points apiece in the win. Senior Alex Ross will be honored before the tip-off for reaching Jan. the 1,000 point milestone last season. 2 AKRON 5:00 PM 5 at Penn 7:00 PM 9 at American* 2:00 PM LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 13 NAVY* 7:00 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 16 ARMY* 7:00 PM G 21 Erica Prosser (Jr., 5-7) 18.0 1.0 Had a career-high 27 pts Friday 20 at Colgate* 7:00 PM G 45 Alex Ross (Sr., 5-10) 12.0 1.5 Needs 23 3fg. for 1st all-time 23 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM G 44 Tricia Smith (Sr., 5-9) 4.5 5.5 10 rebounds away from 500 27 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM F 22 Emily Gratch (So., 6-1) 9.5 2.0 Had 14 pts. against Vanderbilt 30 HOLY CROSS* 3:30 PM C 34 Alexa Williams (So., 6-3) 7.5 10.5 Double-double vs. Lipscomb Feb. 6 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM LEHIGH KEY RESERVES 10 at Navy* 7:00 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 13 at Army* 1:00 PM G 25 Kristen Dalton (Sr/Jr., 5-10) 1.5 0.5 Avg. 13 mins this season 17 COLGATE* 7:00 PM F 30 Courtney Dentler (Jr., 6-1) 8.0 4.5 Had nine pts. against Vandy 20 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 PM F 20 Ryan Ingalls (Sr., 6-2) 1.5 1.0 Scored three pts. against Vandy 24 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM 27 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM G 33 Becky Guman (Fr., 5-8) 2.0 5.5 Avg. 13.5 mins this season Mar. 6-7 Patriot League Tournament LEHIGH-FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON SERIES at Holy Cross+ TBA This will be the fi fth match-up between Lehigh and Fairleigh Dickinson. The Mountain 13 Patriot League Championships Hawks hold the all-time series lead 3-1 and are coming off a 90-54 win last season. Lehigh at Highest Seed+ TBA Home games in CAPS exploded for 59 points in the fi rst half and all 12 of the dressed players saw action in the *Patriot League Game game. ^ Christmas City Classic (at Lehigh) +Patriot League tournament LEHIGH HEAD COACH SUE TROYAN MEDIA INFORMATION Sue Troyan (Dickinson ‘88) is in her 15th season at the helm, carrying a career record of 208-200. No other coach in Lehigh’s history has won as many overall games or Patriot Contact . Garrett Falk League contests as Troyan. She received her second Patriot League Coach of the Year Offi ce: . (610) 758-5101 Cell: . (716) 597-6806 honor in 2009 after she guided the team to 26 overall wins, and a Lehigh-record 12 wins E-mail: . [email protected] against league opponents. Troyan is also a former head softball coach at Lehigh, instantly Press Row: . (610) 758-4903/4933 turning that program into a perennial Patriot League power. Broadcast Info: Tonight’s game can be heard live on 91.3 WLVR (FM) with Mike Lederer IF LEHIGH WINS TONIGHT... calling the action. Service Electric 2 Sports will v It would mark the fourth straight win over the Knights for Lehigh. televise the game and it will be streamed live v It would extend Lehigh's home winning streak to 18 games which is the seventh on Lehighsports.com with Mike Zambelli and Jim Wills calling the action. longest streak in Division I. v It would give the Mountain Hawks six-straight wins over the Northeast Conference dating back to 2007-08. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football Pa. • Phone 610-758-3174 2003 • Fax 610-758-4407 2009-10 LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME THREE: LEHIGH VS FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON • PAGE TWO LEHIGH JOINING THE ELITE Senior guard Alex Ross sits in second place in the record books in three-pointers made in CAREER LEADERS a career. With three seasons under her belt, Ross has drained 216 shots from behind the arc, including a school-record 93 in 2008-09. Ross sits just 23 made three-pointers behind SCORING Sara Ellis for fi rst place on the all-time list. 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 1,807 2. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 1,699 3. Shawn Steward (82-86) 1,638 Ross also became only the 13th player in program history to score over 1,000 career 4. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 1,466 points last season. With 1,028 points Ross will look to keep climbing the record books in 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) 1,357 2009-10. Alex Ross (06-pr) 1,028 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 1. Sara Ellis (04-07) 238 NO PLACE LIKE HOME 2. Alex Ross (06-pr) 216 Lehigh went a perfect 17-0 at home in the 2008-09, a winning streak that is the seventh 3. Carli Toliver (00-05) 158 longest in Division I. The Mountain Hawks defeated opponents by a scoring margin of 4. Cat Nicholson (99-03) 147 5. Mary Beth Bedics (94-97) 144 16.5 points and held them to an average of 52.1 points per game. ASSISTS WHEN PROSSER HITS 10 1. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 581 When junior point guard Erica Prosser has hit double-fi gures in points Lehigh has a 22-5 2. Jessica Mudry (92-96) 497 3. Claire Sullivan (04-09) 474 overall record during the last two seasons. In games that she doesn’t hit the mark the 4. Shawn Steward (82-86) 471 Mountain Hawks are only 5-3. 5. Hope Pellicane (89-93) 393 Erica Prosser (07-pr) 222 FROM DOWNTOWN REBOUNDS 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 1,129 Senior guard Alex Ross is well on her way to becoming the most prolifi c three-point 2. Jen Siemaszko (87-91) 788 shooter in school history. With 216 career 3-pointers she only needs 23 more to surpass 3. Karen Lelinski (76-80) 760 Sara Ellis ’07 to take over the school’s all-time lead. Last season Ross set a Mountain 4. Sandy Hume (86-91) 647 5. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 639 Hawk single season record with 93 3-pointers and her 42.1 three-point percentage Tricia Smith (05-pr) 490 ranked her 12th in Division I. LEHIGH MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Fifth-year senior Tricia Smith needs only 10 more rebounds to reach 500 for her career. SINGLE GAME RECORDS The third year captain for Lehigh, missed the 2006-07 season due to injury, but she was able to rebound and put together quite a career. At only 5-9, Smith has been a monster POINTS on the boards for the Mountain Hawks, and she has shown that size doesn’t matter Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 37 when it comes to collecting rebounds. Smith has averaged over fi ve rebounds a game over the last two seasons. REBOUNDS Anne Tierney (1/31/01) 21 Jenny Callan (12/11/05) 21 FILLING BIG SHOES ASSISTS The Mountain Hawks graduated four key seniors that helped lead the team to the 2008- Patty Garnish (2/3/76) 15 09 Patriot League title. Exiting are Claire Sullivan, Haley Crites, Courtney Molinaro and Hope Pellicane (2/17/93) 15 Melissa Rich, who will be replaced by four talented freshmen that expect to fi ght for playing time in 2009-10. Becky Guman scored more than 1,000 points in her high school STEALS career as a guard for Allentown Central Catholic in Allentown, Pa. Kelly Peterson scored Jessica Mudry (11/28/95) 10 more than 1,600 points in her high school career as a forward for Northgate in Concord, Helga Schlape (3/5/86) 10 Calif. Sarah Pearce, scored over 1,000 points in her high school career as a forward for Bishop Fenwick in Franklin, Ohio. The fi nal newcomer, Marybeth Egan from Cicero- BLOCKS Ellen Silver (1/31/84) 10 North High School in Syracuse, N.Y. scored over 1,000 career points and was First Team All-League for three seasons. FG MADE Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 16 FG ATT. BLAKE GETS ON THE BOARD Jessica DePalo (3/5/05) 29 Sophomore Kelela Blake made the most of her time against Vanderbilt as she grabbed two rebounds and hit two foul shots to record her fi rst career points.