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FIRST THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2001 C5 Leopards follow custOLnni pull away, 49-2 'III Colgate tried to fight back and drove to the Lehigh 19 with under six minutes left, but its fourth turnover of the game and third of the second half pretty much sealed the Raiders' fate. Lehigh lineman Tyler Hart's first career interception, off the hands of Moss, sent many in the crowd of 6,222 to the exits. "The defense had its ups and downs, but in the end, we did what we needed to do and got those turnovers," Hart said. "Whenever we needed a big play, we got it." The crowd that left early missed a late Colgate score, but the the Raiders' onsides kick with 1:28 left was corralled fittingly by Snyder. "There's only a handful of seniors left who were here two years ago when we lost, and I know for me it was the worst feeling in the world," Snyder said.

"That's why this is so sweet. It wasn't the prettiest of wins. But it doesn't matter." Lehigh 25, Colgate 22 4 1 'J' I LEHIGH Continued from Page CI They were career-best yardage totals for both players. Six of the completions came on back-to-back third quarter scoring drives after a frustrating first half. "It's like Luke and I got into a quarterback-receiver type of zone for awhile," Snyder said.

"Sometimes I wasn't even running my proper route. I was breaking it off and getting to an open spot on the field and Luke was firing me the ball." Just throwing it toward Snyder seemed to be good luck for Ciannello and Lehigh. That luck came into play on Lehigh's second touchdown drive of the third period, which produced the go-ahead score. Ciannello fired a pass that went off Snyder's fingertips and then deflected off a defender's paws before it was hauled in by tight end Darin Henry for a 24-yard completion to the Colgate 1-yard-line. Two plays later, Ciannello kept it for the touchdown run that put Lehigh up to stay.

Earlier in the game those kind of breaks were going Colgate's way. The Engineers had drives to the Colgate 3 and 10-yard lines that turned into field goals. Another drive to the Raider 3 ended in an interception. But Lehigh never got discouraged. "Going into the locker room at halftime, we felt like we were so close," head coach Pete Lem-bo said.

"We just weren't finishing things." It looked like Lehigh's nation-leading 20-game regular season win streak, which began after the loss here in 1999, was finished when the Raiders moved down the field on the first possession of the third quarter. But quarterback Tom Mc-Cune, who made few mistakes in the first half, fumbled at the end of a run inside the Lehigh 20. The Engineers' Theo Moss recovered and the momentum had swung. Lehigh went 88 yards after the turnover to close within 14-12. The two-point conversion failed.

Another key turnover a Sam Perryman interception caused by Matt Salvaterra's Monica Cabrera THE MORNING CALL Lafayette's Joe McCourt (43) avoids fallen teammate Brendon Green (30) in Saturday's Patriot League game against Fordham. Morning Call file photo Lehigh QB Luke Ciannello breakup got the ball back to the hot CiannelloSnyder combo. An 85-yard drive ended in the go-ahead score. Lehigh added a 91-yard march in the fourth quarter, amazingly void of any Snyder receptions. This time, Phil Eversley made a 29-yard reception to the Colgate 15 and Lehigh scored in two plays from there.

HOW THEY SCORED: FIRST QUARTER Lenigh 3, Colgate 0 (6:51 left) The play: PK Brian Kelley 20-yard field goal. The drive: 13 plays, 76 yards. RB Jermaine Pugh caught a 20-yard pass from QB Luke Ciannello and had a 12-yard run. WR Dave Crockett caught 21 -yard pass from Ciannello. Colgate 7, Lehigh 3 (3:34 left) The play: QB Tom McCune 1-yard run around left end (PK Lane Schwarzberg kick).

The drive: 14 plays. 70 yards. TB Nate Thomas had two 8-yard runs and Lehigh was flagged for 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Colgate 7, Lehigh 4 (0:30 left) The play: Kelley 26-yard field goal. The drive: Pugh carried four times for 24 yards.

Ciannello hit WR Phil Eversley for 14 yards. SECOND QUARTER Colgate 14, Lehigh i (9:21 Ml) The play: FB Jeff Stone caught 4-yard pass from McCune in the right corner of the end zone (Schwarzberg kick). The drive: 13 plays. 64 yards. McCune hit WR Joe Parker for 21 yards on third-and-11 to get to Lehigh 13.

THIRD QUARTER Colgate 14, Lehigh 12 (7:47 left) The play: WR Josh Snyder 16-yard HOW THEY SCORED: Fordham 45, Lafayette 24 FIRST QUARTER Lafayette 7, Fordham 0 left) The play: John Weyrauch 11 -yard pass from Marko Glavic (Martin Brecht kick). The drive: Fifteen plays. 80 yards following opening kickoff. TB Joe McCourt ran six times for 30 yards, Glavic was 6-for-6 for 47. Lafayette 7, Fordham (4:27) The play: Brian Colsant kicked 30-yard field goal.

The drive: Six plays. 9 yards. Dan McGrath set up Rams' score with interception, 56-yard return to 'Pards' 22. SECOND QUARTER Lalayette 14, Fordham 3 (14:53) The play: Weyrauch 35-yard pass from Glavic (Brecht kick). The drive: Eleven plays.

65 yards. Lafayette 14, Colgate 10 (10:57) The play: Wallace House 2-yard pass from Mark Carney (Colsant kick). House bobbled short flip at goal line, snagged it again on way down. The drive: Ten plays, 59 yards. Fordham 17, Lafayette 14 (4:04) The play: Dudley 13-yard pass from Carney Colsant kick).

Dudley ran slant. Carney threaded needle between two defenders. The drive: Seven plays. 77 yards. Keys were 18-yard pass to SE Peter Modelski.

16-yard OB draw by Carney. Chad Ritchie threw a 19-yard TD pass to Weyrauch two plays after replacing Glavic. Unfortunately, Ritchie also tossed an interception two possessions later. Weyrauch, who is emerging as Lafayette's go-to guy, finished with eight catches for 121 yards. And freshman tailback Joe McCourt ran for 81 yards, although only 31 came in the second half.

Dave Clawson, Fordham's young and personable coach, felt an 81-yard touchdown drive immediately after Lafayette stalled and punted from the Rams' 38 was the game's turning point. "That one was the key drive of the game," Clawson said. HANGE of as Hams Lafayette again scored on its first drive. But turnovers helped Fordham pull away. By TED MEIXELL Of The Morning Call As has been its custom ever since the Columbia game four weeks ago, Lafayette opened Saturday's Patriot League game with Fordham at Fisher Field with an impressive scoring drive, capping the 80-yard, 15-play march with a deft 11-yard touchdown pass from Marko Glavic to fellow sophomore John Weyrauch.

Unfortunately, while the Leopards did beat Columbia that day, they haven't been able to make winning customary. And although Lafayette jumped to an 11-point lead over the suddenly-competitive Rams, the Leopards also continued to make turnovers a custom. Lafayette threw four interceptions and fumbled the ball away once, and Fordham outscored it 28-7 in the second half to win going away, 45-24. "We're very disappointed," Lafayette coach Frank Tavani said. "Turnovers hurt us again." Still, more blame had to be placed on a porous defense than on the turnovers.

For whatever reason, once Fordham (4-4, 3-2) switched to a pass-first, run-second offensive philosophy, it moved the ball and scored seemingly at will. As was the case in a wild, 63-53 loss at Holy Cross two weeks ago, the Leopards simply couldn't stop the Rams, especially quarterback Mark Carney and flanker Javarus Dudley. Lafayette (1-7, 0-5) was unable to get any pressure on Carney, who had oodles of time to look for open receivers. Often, he found them sometimes running free with no defender within 10 yards. Carney tied a Fordham single game record with five touchdown passes and established a new season record of 21.

He finished 23-for-33 for 282 yards and was picked off only once. Dudley had a field day, catching three of Carney's scoring strikes and running four yards for a fourth TD on a reverse. For the day, Dudley caught 10 passes for 136 yards, while his TD run and four kickoff returns for 99 yards gave him 239 yards of all-purpose yardage. "Fordham made some big plays," Tavani said, "and we got beat deep a few times." Glavic had another up-and-down afternoon. It featured impressive stats (18 of 26 for 208 yards, including TD tosses of 1 1 and 35 yards to Weyrauch) but was marred by three more hurtful interceptions.

And, unfortunately, injury was added to insult when Glavic suffered a mild concussion while scrambling for 13 yards early In the fourth quarter. He did not return, but should be able to play at Georgetown next week. ft r. -in t-J i unit CIDER CUP BENCH PRESS OEADLIFT CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY, NOV. 10 PHOENIX FITNESS 333 COURT Allrntown Weigh-ins 9-10 am; Lifting starts at 1 1 am DIVISIONS OPtNMED OPtN WOMEN MASTER MEN NOME SUBMHSTER Mil WOMEN WW TIRE MEN "WOMEN HIGH SCHOOl MEN WOMEN Head Referee: Fred Glass Meet Promoter: Allen Davis, 3 -time National Power Lifting Champiorl POST PARTY AT BANANA JOE'S ALLENTOWN A portion of Proceeds to go to disaster victims I A TOP OFB A GREAT TIRE BEAU? 7S, GET izsewine sub 5 4' Lafayette 17, Fordham 17 (0:34) The drive: Brecht kicked 24-yard field goal.

The drive: Fifteen plays. 62 yards. THIRD QUARTER Fordham 34, Lalayette 17 (12:02) The play: Johnson 1-yard pass from Carney (Colsant kick). The drive: Seven plays, 60 yards. Big play was 32-yard Carney hookup with WR A.J.

Grane. Fordham 31, Lalayette 17 (1:54) The play: Dudley 4-yard run (Colsant kick) on reverse pitch. The drive: Six plays. 37 yards. CB Will Davis picked off Glavic at 'Pards' 37 to put Rams in business.

FOURTH QUARTER Fordham 31, Lalayette 24 03:25) The play: Weyrauch 19-yard pass from QB Chad Ritchie (Brecht kick). Weyrauch made leaping catch in end zone. The drive: Seven plays, 73 yards. Fordham 31, Lafayette 24 (742) The play: Dudley 9-yard pass from Carney (Colsant kick). Fade in right corner.

The drive: Eight plays. 81 yards. En route. 30-yard run by TB Kirwin Watson, 36-yard strike to Dudley. Fordham 45, Lafayette 24 (3:14) The play: Dudley 36-yard pass from Carney (Colsant kick).

The drive: Five plays. 69 yards. SS Chris Rhodes intercepted Ritchie at Fordham 31. Indeed it was, since, prior to the punt, Lafayette seemed to be en route to a TD and a 31-31 tie. Instead, Fordham went the length of the field to make it 38-24.

This Wfgy 19 It's time to 11 lace up your sneakers and get ready for Look for a new walk each Monday In The Morning Call First downs 24 24 Rushes, yards 33-165 41-13? Passing yards 2S2 296 Passes C-A-l 23-33-1 25-34-4 Punts, avg. 2-41 2-31 Fumbles, lost l-l 2-1 Penalties, yards 4-30 2-ly rfHV'i''i' it rtn El 24 26 42-110 45-178 350 247 20-31-1 21-32-2 3-46 1-39 0-0 2-2 7-86 6-45 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Itt Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Lehigh 25, Colgate 22 pass from Ciannello (run failed). The drive: 8 plays, 87 yards. The Snyder-f rom-Ciannel -lo combo was 4-for-4 on the drive for 95 yards, including a 54-yarder to the Colgate 2. Lehigh was then thrown for consecutive 7-yard losses before Snyder scored.

Lehigh 18, Colgate 14 (:20 left) The play: Ciannello 1-yard run (run failed). The drive: 11 plays. 85 yards. Pugh ran for 27 yards on the first play of the drive. Snyder caught two more passes from Ciannello for 37 yards, but big play was TE Darin Henry's grab after ball was deflected off Snyder's hands.

Henry caught the ball and took it for a 24-yard gain to the Colgate 1. FOURTH QUARTER Lehigh 25, Colgate 14 (8:49 left) The play: Pugh 3-yard run on an option pitch around the right end (Kelley kick). The drive: 12 plays, 91 yards. Ciannello hit Pugh for 9 yards to convert third-and-7 from the Lehigh 12. Colgate was penalized 15 yards for a late hit and Ciannello hit Eversley for 29 yards down the left sideline to the Colgate 15.

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