LEHIGH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME SIX: LEHIGH VS. LA SALLE Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-1) vs. LA SALLE EXPLORERS (1-4) 13 at Lipscomb W, 77-60 TOM GOLA ARENA (4,000) • PHILADELPHIA, PA. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 54-90 18 FDU W, 75-45 NOV. 29, 2009 • 1:00 PM 20 ST. FRANCIS (Pa.) W, 75-63 24 at Binghamton W, 76-62 29 at La Salle 1:00 PM SETTING THE SCENE Dec. The Mountain Hawks will be back on the road after having a few days off because of the 2 at Princeton 7:00 PM holiday. Lehigh is looking to improve to 5-1 on the season and win its fourth straight 5 VILLANOVA 7:00 PM game. The Explorers (1-4) come into Sunday riding a three game losing streak and will 7 DUQUESNE 7:00 PM look to win their second game of the season. La Salle’s only win came against Long Island 18 NJIT 7:00 PM on November 15, 77-73 in overtime. 20 at Bryant 2:00 PM 29 WAGNER^ 4:30 PM 30 IUPUI/ST. BONAVENTURE TBD LEHIGH’S PROJECTED STARTERS Jan. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable 2 AKRON 5:00 PM 5 at Penn 7:00 PM G 21 Erica Prosser (Jr., 5-7) 18.2 1.8 Third in PL in ppg. 9 at American* 2:00 PM G 45 Alex Ross (Sr., 5-10) 11.4 1.4 Needs 16 3fg. for 1st all-time 13 NAVY* 7:00 PM G 44 Tricia Smith (Sr., 5-9) 6.6 6.6 Second in PL in assists (3.6) 16 ARMY* 7:00 PM F 22 Emily Gratch (So., 6-1) 9.4 4.4 Second in PL in fg pct. (.583) 20 at Colgate* 7:00 PM C 34 Alexa Williams (So., 6-3) 7.6 9.0 First in PL in steals (3.2) 23 at Lafayette* 1:00 PM 27 BUCKNELL* 7:00 PM LEHIGH KEY RESERVES 30 HOLY CROSS* 3:30 PM Pos. No. Name PPG RPG Notable Feb. G 25 Kristen Dalton (Sr/Jr., 5-10) 2.2 1.4 Avg. 12.6 mins this season 6 AMERICAN* 7:00 PM F 30 Courtney Dentler (Jr., 6-1) 10.4 4.4 Had a career-high 17pts last game 10 at Navy* 7:00 PM F 20 Ryan Ingalls (Sr., 6-2) 3.5 0.8 Avg. 8.4 mins this season 13 at Army* 1:00 PM G 33 Becky Guman (Fr., 5-8) 1.0 2.6 Avg. 13.8 mins this season 17 COLGATE* 7:00 PM 20 LAFAYETTE* 7:00 PM 24 at Bucknell* 7:00 PM LEHIGH-LA SALLE SERIES 27 at Holy Cross* 1:00 PM This will be the eleventh match-up between the two teams with La Salle leading the all- Mar. time series 7-3. The Mountain Hawks are coming off a big 53-49 win over the Explorers 6-7 Patriot League Tournament last season in the fi nals of the Christmas City Classic at Stabler Arena. Junior Erica Prosser at Holy Cross+ TBA earned Christmas City Classic MVP honors for her great preformance throughout the 13 Patriot League Championships tournament. She tied her old career-high with eight assists against La Salle last season. 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 211-200. 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: Today’s game can be heard live on 91.3 WLVR (FM) and Lehighsports. IF LEHIGH WINS TODAY... com with Jeff Tourial calling the action. v It would give Lehigh three straight wins over the Atlantic 10 Conference. v The Mountain Hawks can start the season at 5-1 for the second consecutive year v It would be two straight wins over La Salle. 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 SIX: LEHIGH VS LA SALLE • 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 223 shots from behind the arc, including a school-record 93 in 2008-09. Ross sits just 16 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 1,061 points Ross will look to keep climbing the record books in 5. Sandy Hume (86-91) 1,357 2009-10. Alex Ross (06-pr) 1,061 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 1. Sara Ellis (04-07) 238 NO PLACE LIKE HOME 2. Alex Ross (06-pr) 223 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 a 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 25-5 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 223 career 3-pointers she only needs 16 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) 512 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 (9.0), but she also leads the entire POINTS Patriot League in steals per game with 3.2. 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 all ready earned a double-double in Adrienne Blount (11/20/05) .875 only four games.