Jim Taranto didn’t wait long to give the Mountain Hawks their first Patriot League lead in 2008, scoring in the first minute of play on Saturday against Navy. The Lehigh defense handled the rest, shutting out the Midshipmen, 3-0, for the team’s first league win of the season.

The Lehigh men’s soccer team will be looking to record its first win of the Patriot League season when it heads to Annapolis to take on the Navy Midshipmen on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Mountain Hawks are coming off a thrilling 2-2 draw against archrival Lafayette in the conference opener. Junior Matt McNeil scored his third goal in the past two games, and senior captain Adam Gazda put away his team-leading fourth goal of the season in the first half.

The Lehigh men’s soccer game against Navy, on Saturday, October 4, is now scheduled for 3 p.m. at Annapolis. The game was originally slated for a 12 p.m. start, but will now be played later, with the Navy women taking on Bucknell at noon.

The 105th meeting between Lehigh and Lafayette on the soccer pitch could not be decided in 110 minutes of fierce action, as the teams battled to a 2-2 draw at the Ulrich Sports Complex on Saturday night. “It’s hard,” Lehigh head coach Dean Koski said. “Obviously we wanted to get a win in our first Patriot League game, but I thought it was a very well-fought game by both teams.”

The Lehigh and Lafayette men’s soccer teams will meet for the 105th time at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Ulrich Sports Complex. The game will carry the obvious significance of the heated rivalry between the two schools, but it will also be important because it is the first Patriot League matchup for the Mountain Hawks in 2008.  “The Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry is really important to us, to this program and obviously to everyone affiliated with Lehigh,” Lehigh head coach Dean Koski said.