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Mountain Hawks Don't Win With Style Points, But Still Win, 24-10

Brazilian soccer fans are one hard to please bunch. It's not enough for the soccer nation that brought us Pele, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho to simply win their soccer games against the rest of the world: to the high-maintenance fans of the seleção, every game involving the Brazilian nation team needs to had flair and panache: style points.  They can still win, but if they win boring, the fans become restless. Similarly, Lehigh fans looked to the Mountain Hawks to go up to the upper tip of Manhattan and heap on a stylish win filled with scoring, crispness, and focus.  For some Lehigh fans, Saturday's game wasn't supposed to be about the win, it was about the style of the win. If they were looking to win on style, they didn't get that. But more importantly, the Brown and White did get the win, notching a 24-10 victory, inching closer to their goal of a Patriot League title and the all-important autobid. It wasn't crisp, and it wasn't pretty, but it was e...

Game 6 Breakdown: Columbia at Lehigh, 10/6/2012

(Photo Credit: Columbia Athletics) We break down the Columbia game - and we give our fearless prediction, below the flip. WEATHER UPDATE: The weather situation for this weekend is evolving at this point , though the high of 68 and the 30% chance of showers remain.  Isolated thundershowers are now in the possible weather forecast for this weekend, so pack appropriately.  I happen to think that the weather will hold steady, and if it does, it will be an excellent October day at the stadium, which also happens to be "NCAA Take a Kid to the Game" day. And when you do, Joe Uliana , ambassador to the Lehigh football program, also has this to say: Off the field, we will be honoring the 55 th Anniversary of the 1957 Lambert Cup Team at our pregame tailg...