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Jose Olivero’s 1,000th career point came on a 3-pointer less than a minute into the second half of Lehigh’s Patriot League opener at American on Saturday afternoon. Less than a minute later, Olivero came off a screen, turned and buried a short rainbow in the face of American’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh guard Sara Ellis swished 3-pointers off the dribble, and sometimes from another area code. She also had a sweet short-range game against Fairfield in the nightcap of the ninth annual Christmas City Classic, Thursday night at Stabler Arena. She was so confident in her…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There was much preseason hype surrounding the Lehigh women’s basketball team. In fact, the Mountain Hawks were picked to finish second in the Patriot League. And while the league’s sports information directors and coaches predicted the No. 2 finish, the Lehigh women may have had…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo displayed the same grace when she spoke as she had when she played Saturday afternoon. But she did it with tears in her eyes instead of a smile of her face. Her season-high 30 points had gone for naught because Lehigh squandered a 12-point lead with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Winning in the playoffs often comes down to who handles the pressure the best, and who bumps and grinds the hardest. That’s what Lehigh senior Jessica DePalo, the Patriot League’s player of the year, did until only one second remained in the tournament quarterfinals against…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior forward Mary Frances Hynoski doesn’t seem like just a basketball player to her teammates or coaches. “Mary is a tank,” said junior Jenny Callan. “It’s kind of like a football game out there,” said Lehigh coach Sue Troyan. “She’s banging people around, pushing,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Sue Troyan has finally earned the Patriot League Coach of the Year award that her star senior Jessica DePalo thought Troyan deserved four years ago. DePalo’s league-best 18.0 points per game, to go with her 5.4 rebounds and 47.9 percent field-goal shooting and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jessica DePalo appeared suited to be more than just a student-athlete before coming to Lehigh on a basketball scholarship four years ago. Lehigh coach Sue Troyan found that out on a recruiting trip to DePalo’s hometown of Rumson, N.J. that lasted longer than the normal working…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh women narrowed the gap against Holy Cross to one point five times in the second half Friday night at Stabler Arena. But each time, either a missed shot, turnover, or defensive breakdown prevented the Mountain Hawks from taking the lead. The blown opportunities cost…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh University women’s basketball team appears to have a mountain of a task trying to replace the Patriot League’s all-time career rebounding leader, Anne Tierney, at center. Tierney, who was voted to the league’s first team three straight seasons, was also the Mountain…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Teary eyes from the bite of defeat was something the Lehigh and Lafayette women shared in Friday’s Patriot League quarterfinals at The Show Place Arena. Lafayette lost 60-40 to top-seeded Holy Cross because it did not have nearly enough depth or equal talent to avoid being…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Dawn Gorynski will be recovering from knee surgery in Manhattan today instead of running the point for Lehigh tonight at the Patriot League Tournament. An MRI exam Thursday revealed Gorynski has a medial collateral ligament tear in her right knee. The news…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor won people over by winning more games than any other first-year men’s basketball coach at Lehigh. On Wednesday, the Patriot League named Taylor its coach of the year, marking the first such accomplishment for Lehigh. Taylor’s honor was one of four postseason awards…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Little room was open on the baseline when Lafayette College senior guard Kim Costello began her dribble toward the basket, and ultimately, triumph, in her final home game at Kirby Sports Center Sunday afternoon. Leopards junior forward Colleen Fitzpatrick, who had been the most…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A road trip that began with the Lehigh men holding onto sole possession of first place in the Patriot League, ended with a second straight setback. It wasn’t for a lack of hustle because Lehigh played hard on both ends of the court in a 77-68 loss to Colgate Sunday in a Patriot…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was 18 seconds of pulsating, heart-pumping action, and at the end of the frenzy Friday night, Lehigh junior Teniece Johnson stood at midcourt with her arms raised. Johnson’s pick off of in inbounds pass enabled Lehigh to rejoice and go dancing off Holy Cross’ Hart Center…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Cleaning off the glass with solid rebounding is something Lehigh senior Anne Tierney had considered a part of her job throughout her college basketball career. Tierney’s biggest rebounding job has been helping the Engineers (7-10, 4-1 Patriot) come back from a 1-7 start. It was…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Two regular-season meetings against Army, two Lehigh victories. But there was nothing charming about the Engineers’ third meeting against Army, a 71-66 loss in the women’s quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament Friday at the Show Place Arena. With Army hitting just…
· Andre D. Williams
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