LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME SEVEN: LEHIGH VS. PRINCETON Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-1) vs. PRINCETON TIGERS (4-1) 13 at Lipscomb W, 77-60 JADWIN GYM (6,854) • PRINCETON, N.J. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 54-90 18 FDU W, 75-45 DEC. 2, 2009 • 7:00 PM 20 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) W, 75-63 24 at Binghamton W, 76-62 29 at La Salle W, 58-47 SETTING THE SCENE Dec. The Mountain Hawks are fi nishing off their three game road trip with the game against 2 at Princeton 7:00 PM Princeton tonight. Lehigh will look to improve to 6-1 on the season and 5-0 in night 5 VILLANOVA 7:00 PM games. The Tigers come into Wednesday night after winning their last game against UC- 7 DUQUESNE 7:00 PM Irvine 78-50 last Friday. Princeton is off to a 4-1 start with its only loss coming to UCLA 18 NJIT 7:00 PM by 10 points and is led by freshman Niveen Rasheed who is averaging over 16 points per 20 at Bryant 2:00 PM game. 29 WAGNER^ 4:30 PM 30 IUPUI/ST. BONAVENTURE TBD Jan. LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS 2 AKRON 5:00 PM 5 at Penn 7:00 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 9 at American* 2:00 PM G 21 Erica Prosser (Jr., 5-7) 18.0 2.0 Third in PL in ppg. 13 NAVY* 7:00 PM G 45 Alex Ross (Sr., 5-10) 11.0 1.7 Needs 15 3fg. for 1st all-time 16 ARMY* 7:00 PM G 44 Tricia Smith (Sr., 5-9) 5.8 5.8 Fourth in PL in assists (3.2) 20 at Colgate* 7:00 PM F 22 Emily Gratch (So., 6-1) 9.2 4.3 Fourth in PL in fg pct. (.556) 23 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM C 34 Alexa Williams (So., 6-3) 7.5 8.7 First in PL in steals (3.0) 27 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM 30 HOLY CROSS* 3:30 PM LEHIGH KEY RESERVES Feb. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 6 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM G 25 Kristen Dalton (Sr/Jr., 5-10) 3.2 2.0 Scored 8 pts last game off bench 10 at Navy* 7:00 PM F 30 Courtney Dentler (Jr., 6-1) 9.5 5.2 Had a game-high 9 rebs last game 13 at Army* 1:00 PM F 20 Ryan Ingalls (Sr., 6-2) 3.0 0.7 Avg. 7.5 mins this season 17 COLGATE* 7:00 PM G 33 Becky Guman (Fr., 5-8) 0.8 2.5 Avg. 15.0 mins this season 20 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 PM 24 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM 27 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM LEHIGH-PRINCETON SERIES Mar. This will be the twenty third match-up between the two teams with Princeton leading the 6-7 Patriot League Tournament all-time series 13-9. Heading into last season the Tigers were winners of three in a row at Holy Cross+ TBA over the Brown and White, but Lehigh was able to prevail 63-43 with Erica Prosser lead- 13 Patriot League Championships ing the way with 15 points. at Highest Seed+ TBA Home games in CAPS *Patriot League 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 212-200. 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) and Lehighsports. IF LEHIGH WINS TONIGHT... com with Jeff Tourial calling the action. v It would give Lehigh two straight wins over the Tigers. v The Mountain Hawks will be off to their second best start in program history. (Started 1984-85 10-0) v The Brown and White will be 5-0 in night games. 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 SEVEN: LEHIGH VS PRINCETON • PAGE TWO LEHIGH JOINING THE ELITE Senior guard Alex Ross sits in second place in the Lehigh record books in three-pointers CAREER LEADERS made in a career. With three seasons under her belt, Ross has drained 224 shots from be- hind the arc, including a school-record 93 in 2008-09. Ross sits just 15 made three-point- SCORING ers behind 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 1,070 points Ross will look to keep climbing the record books in 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) 1,357 2009-10. Alex Ross (06-pr) 1,070 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 1. Sara Ellis (04-07) 238 NO PLACE LIKE HOME 2. Alex Ross (06-pr) 224 Lehigh went a perfect 17-0 at home in 2008-09, a winning streak that is the seventh lon- 3. Carli Toliver (00-05) 158 gest in Division I. The Mountain Hawks defeated opponents by a scoring margin of 16.5 4. Cat Nicholson (99-03) 147 5. Mary Beth Bedics (94-97) 144 points and held them to an average of 52.1 points per game. In 2009-10 Lehigh is off to a 2-0 home start and will look to keep the streak going December 5, against Villanova. ASSISTS 1. Sherie Androlewicz (86-90) 581 WHEN PROSSER HITS 10 2. Jessica Mudry (92-96) 497 3. Claire Sullivan (04-09) 474 When junior point guard Erica Prosser has hit double-fi gures in points Lehigh has a 26-5 4. Shawn Steward (82-86) 471 overall record during the last two seasons. In games that she doesn’t hit the mark the 5. Hope Pellicane (89-93) 393 Mountain Hawks are only 5-3. Erica Prosser (07-pr) 237 REBOUNDS 1. Anne Tierney (99-03) 1,129 FROM DOWNTOWN 2. Jen Siemaszko (87-91) 788 Senior guard Alex Ross is well on her way to becoming the most prolifi c three-point 3. Karen Lelinski (76-80) 760 shooter in school history. With 224 career 3-pointers she only needs 15 more to surpass 4. Sandy Hume (86-91) 647 5. Jessica DePalo (01-05) 639 Sara Ellis ’07 to take over the school’s all-time lead. Last season Ross set a Mountain Tricia Smith (05-pr) 514 Hawk single season record with 93 3-pointers and her 42.1 three-point percentage ranked her 12th in Division I. LEHIGH WATCH OUT FOR WILLIAMS SINGLE GAME RECORDS Sophomore Alexa Williams has become quite the thief on the basketball court in 2009- 10. Williams not only is Lehigh’s leading rebounder (8.7), but she also leads the entire POINTS Patriot League in steals per game with 3.0. The 6-3 sophomore has used her height and Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 37 agility to out work her opponents and steal the ball away. In Lehigh’s season opener against Lipscomb Williams recorded a career-high six steals and against St. Francis she REBOUNDS Anne Tierney (1/31/01) 21 had fi ve. Jenny Callan (12/11/05) 21 ASSISTS FILLING BIG SHOES Patty Garnish (2/3/76) 15 The Mountain Hawks graduated four key seniors that helped lead the team to the 2008- Hope Pellicane (2/17/93) 15 09 Patriot League title. Exiting are Claire Sullivan, Haley Crites, Courtney Molinaro and Melissa Rich, who will be replaced by four talented freshmen that expect to fi ght for STEALS playing time in 2009-10. Becky Guman scored more than 1,000 points in her high school Jessica Mudry (11/28/95) 10 career as a guard for Allentown Central Catholic in Allentown, Pa. Kelly Peterson scored Helga Schlape (3/5/86) 10 more than 1,600 points in her high school career as a forward for Northgate in Concord, Calif. Sarah Pearce, scored over 1,000 points in her high school career as a forward for BLOCKS Ellen Silver (1/31/84) 10 Bishop Fenwick in Franklin, Ohio. The fi nal newcomer, Marybeth Egan from Cicero- North High School in Syracuse, N.Y. scored over 1,000 career points and was First Team FG MADE All-League for three seasons. Liz Feeley (3/5/86) 16 DOUBLE TROUBLE FG ATT. Jessica DePalo (3/5/05) 29 With all of the success the women’s basketball team had in 2008-09 there was one thing that wasn’t accomplished and that was no player recorded a double-double. This season FG% is a different story as two Mountain Hawks have already earned a double-double in only Adrienne Blount (11/20/05) .875 six games.