"We are still our own worst enemy," head coach Andy Coen said after last weekend's tough loss to Fordham, 59-42. "Whether it's penalties, turnovers, if you turn over the ball more than the other team, it's going to be hard to win games. And this is a league where things are very, very competitive."
He's right.
After a week where a scary car accident made everyone involved with Lehigh Athletics pause, and after a week where the availability of arguably the Mountain Hawks' most important player, junior QB Nick Shafnisky, is in doubt, the Hoyas (4-4, 2-1) come to town right in the thick of the Patriot League championship race. Every team above Lafayette and below Fordham have an overall record of either 3-4 or 4-4, and that includes the Hoyas.
The road to getting into the conversation starts this weekend versus Georgetown, against a team that would like nothing better than to get their first win against Lehigh in the modern era.
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