Lacrosse Playground

This Saturday’s Lehigh at Denver showdown isn’t just any game. There are a number of parallels between the two programs, who have taken similar paths from relative unknowns to national prominence. A meeting of the minds between the coaching staffs helped spark Lehigh’s record-breaking 2012 season while helping the Pioneers advance to the National Quarterfinals for a second straight season. Read More…

Last spring, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team advanced to its first-ever NCAA Tournament which capped off an incredible year of Lehigh Athletics. Two of the reasons for Lehigh’s success were twins Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney, who continue to make their mark after college. Read More…

Lehigh women’s lacrosse senior Anna Patterson had the experience of a lifetime this summer, following in the footsteps of fellow Mountain Hawks Erica Prosser (women’s basketball), Jessica Miller (field hockey), Angelo DiGiacinto (men’s swimming) and Liz Lucas (softball) who all traveled abroad with SALSC over the past three years. Patterson was Lehigh’s lone representative on this year’s community service trip to Kenya where the group members aided in building a school. Read More…

Lehigh junior attackmen David DiMaria and Dante Fantoni went to high school less than a mile from each other on Long Island. While DiMaria was tearing it up for Half Hollows Hills West, Fantoni was doing the same for St. Anthony’s. Little did they know that in the near future, the two would complement each other as one of the nation’s top collegiate scoring duos. Not only that, but they’d also help lead the Mountain Hawks to the verge of national prowess. Read More…

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a preseason scrimmage against each other Saturday, head coaches Kevin Cassese of Lehigh and Brian Dougherty of Chestnut Hill will be joining forces Sunday when the two friends coach the U.S. National Team in the Champion Challenge. After the Mountain Hawks and Griffins squared off, the two hopped in a car for the Philadelphia airport. Their ultimate destination is Lake Buena Vista, Fla. where they’ll lead the United States against defending national semifinalist Denver. Read More…

Attending a rigorous academic institution like Lehigh is challenging enough. Student-athletes are expected to manage a hectic sports schedule while not missing a beat in the classroom. Freshman two-sport athlete TaShan Mitchell faces that challenge, times two. Not only is Mitchell a linebacker for the Mountain Hawks’ two-time defending Patriot League Champion football team, but he is also a defenseman on the men’s lacrosse squad. Read More…