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GAME 4 • Sept. 22, 2007

LAFAYETTE (22/23) vs. PRINCETON

6 p.m.

Easton, Pa. - Fisher Stadium

Weather.com Extended Forecast: Partly cloudy, high of 82 degrees -- 20 percent chance of rain

Radio: WSAN The Fox (1470 AM) - Dick Hammer, play-by-play (41st season) - Joe Craig, (1st season)

Television: Lafayette Sports Network (RCN-4, WBPH-60)

- Gary Laubach, play-by-play (11th season) - John Leone, color analyst (10th season) - Dan Mowdy, sideline reporter (7th season)

Internet: Live audio and video webcast on www.GoLeopards.com

THE MATCH-UP: Lafayette continues its four-game swing against Ivy League opponents when the 2006 Patriot League champion Leopards host the 2006 Ivy League champ Princeton Tigers on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Fisher Stadium. The Leopards will not face another Patriot League foe until Oct. 20 (Fordham). Lafayette is coming off an 8-7 win at Penn on a field goal in the final seconds while Princeton was handed a 32-21 home loss at the hands of the other team in the Lehigh Valley.

LAFAYETTE MOVES UP TO NO. 22: Lafayette is ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation for the second straight week. Lafayette moved up three spots to No. 22 in The Sports Network Top 25 poll. For the first time this season, the Leopards also broke into FCS Coaches Poll, registering a No. 23 ranking. Lafayette has been ranked in the Top 25 in four straight seasons.

START ME UP: Lafayette is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since the 1988 season, when Lafayette went on to an 8-2-1 record and a Colonial League championship (the precursor to the Patriot League). That season, Lafayette was a perfect 5-0 in Colonial League play.

ON THE DEFENSE: The Lafayette defense is ranked first in the country through the first three weeks of the season. The Leopards are surrendering just 171.7 yards per game while allowing their opponents a meager eight points per game (second in the NCAA). The Leopards' rushing defense and passing defense both check in at seventh in the nation, allowing 54.3 yards per game on the ground and 117.3 yards per game through the air. Game By Game

Opponent   Rushing Yds.    Passing Yds.    Total Yds.  PointsMarist  -14 100 86  10at Georgetown   74  131 205 7at Penn 103 121 224 7

LAST TIME OUT: In a game some called "sloppy" yet others termed a "heck of a defensive football game," Lafayette emerged victorious in an 8-7 decision at Penn. Freshman PK Davis Rodriguez booted home the game-winning field goal with five seconds left to seal the one-point victory. The field goal followed 12-play, 44-yard drive that ate up 5:04 when the Leopards got the ball back following an intentional safety. On the drive, the Leopards converted two third-down chances thanks to six- and 10-yard runs by QB Michael DiPaola.

THE HEAD COACHES: Lafayette head coach Frank Tavani (Lebanon Valley '75) is in his eighth season at the helm of the Leopard football program and his 21st year overall as a member of the Lafayette coaching staff. He is the 27th head coach in the program's 126-year history. He was the running backs coach at Lafayette for the previous 13 seasons prior to being named head coach in December 1999. Tavani was the 2004 Patriot League Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award in that year. Tavani has guided Lafayette to three straight Patriot League titles and enters this weekend's contest with a career record of 41-42. Tavani is 15-3 in Patriot League games over the last three years, and in that span the Leopards are a perfect 8-0 after suffering their first conference setback. Roger Hughes (Doane '82) is two games into his eighth season as the head coach of the Princeton program. He is 35-35 at Princeton and coached the Tigers to an Ivy League championship in 2006 with a 9-1 mark. It was the program's first Ancient Eight title since 1995. Hughes, who spent nearly a decade as Dartmouth's offensive coordinator, holds a Ph.D. in exercise physiology from Nebraska.

WHITE RUSHES FOR 100+: It was only a matter of time until Maurice White broke out for a big game. For the first time this season, White played the entire game as the Leopards battled to the final whistle with Penn. Accordingly, he came through with the biggest game of his career, putting up 107 yards on 27 carries against a tough Penn defense. White's previous career-high was 87 yards against Georgetown in week two. White is averaging 5.1 yards per carry on 16.3 carries per game.

ABOUT PRINCETON: Princeton comes into Saturday's matchup with an 0-1 mark. The Tigers lost a 32-21 decision at home against Lehigh in Princeton's season opener. Princeton hurt its own cause, turning the ball over five times in the first half. The miscues allowed Lehigh to jump out to a 25-0 margin by the third quarter.

• The Tigers are coming off their first Ivy League championship since 1995. Princeton rang up a 9-1 record in 2006, the only blemish on the Tigers' 10-game slate a 14-7 loss at Cornell.

• Senior Jon Stem serves as the defensive team captain from his linebacker position. He made five tackles in the season opener vs. Lehigh. Fellow senior linebacker Tim Boardman, the team's leading tackler in 2006, registered 17 tackles vs. Lehigh.

• Tailback R.C. Lagomarsino and fullback Rob Toresco comprise the Princeton backfield and combined for 888 yards in 2006.

• Senior Brendan Circle serves as the offensive captain, returning to the lineup following a 2006 when he reeled in 56 catches for 835 yards. He made three catches for 98 yards to open the season vs. Lehigh.

THE SERIES: Princeton holds a 36-4-3 record vs. Lafayette in a series that began in 1883. The Leopards and the Tigers have played each other every season since 2002, with the Tigers winning the last three meetings.

FULL CIRCLE: Head coach Frank Tavani won his first game as a head coach against Princeton on Sept. 16, 2000 at Fisher Stadium. Coming into Saturday's game, Tavani holds a 41-42 record with an opportunity to reach the .500 mark for just the second time in his career (he was 1-1 following the Princeton win in 2000). Tavani's first two squads were a combined 4-17 while over his next six seasons (including 2007) the Leopards have posted a 37-25 mark.

DEFENSIVE PICKS: Seniors Nigel Bryant and Keith Bloom both picked off passes in the victory at Penn. For Bryant, it was his second career interception. Bryant also intercepted Lehigh's last pass in the Leopards' 49-27 win in 2006. For Bloom, a defensive end who is a fifth-year senior, it was his first career interception.

A SPECIAL KIND OF PLAYER: Junior Shaun Adair ranks sixth in the nation in punt return yardage. Adair has returned 10 punts for 176 yards for an average of 17.6 yards per return. In the season opener vs. Marist, Adair racked up 111 yards on three returns. Late in the first quarter versus Marist, Adair scampered 78 yards for his first career punt return for touchdown (and the longest punt return of his career). He also added another return for 30 yards. The effort earned him Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week (9/3). At Georgetown, Adair returned four punts for 61 yards (15.3 yards per return).

...ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THINGS: Through three games, junior wide receiver Shaun Adair leads the team in receiving. The Morristown, N.J. native has 18 catches for 235 yards (13.1 yards per catch) with one touchdown. His 10 catches for 102 yards at Penn were both single-game highs for his career.

UNDER CENTER: Senior Michael DiPaola emerged as the frontrunner at the quarterback position coming out of preseason and has served as the starting QB the first three weekends. In the opener, he cemented his position with an efficient performance vs. Marist, going 10-for-16 for 124 yards and two touchdowns. At Georgetown, he was 9-for-17 for 152 yards with one TD and one INT. At Penn, DiPaola was 21-for-38 for 164 yards, but was picked off three times. More importantly, he drove the Leopards 54 yards in 12 plays before Rodriguez put the game away with the game-winning field goal.

DIPAOLA ON THE GROUND: Michael DiPaola used his legs to propel the Leopards in the fourth quarter at Penn. The senior, who finished the game with nine carries for 14 net yards, rushed three times for 19 yards and picked up a pair of first downs on the Leopards' game-winning drive.

OTHERS TAKING SNAPS: While Michael DiPaola is the starting signal caller, he will need to continue to perform to retain the starting QB role. Head coach Frank Tavani will continue to get Rob Curley and Josh Jones some quality game reps when opportunities arise, hoping to avoid the situation the coaching staff found itself in this year, with no returning quarterback possessing any significant game experience. DiPaola, Curley and Jones have been asked to take over for the graduated Brad Maurer, who was at the helm of three Patriot League titles and left the school as the Lafayette leader in career completion percentage (60.7%). Curley played most of the third and fourth quarters at Georgetown when the Leopards held a commanding lead and DiPaola battled severe leg cramps.

STARTING FIRST...FINISHING ???: Lafayette has been picked first in the Patriot League Preseason Poll as selected by the conference's head coaches and Sports Information Directors. The Leopards edged the other team in the Lehigh Valley by one point (63-62), with Lafayette receiving six first-place votes and Lehigh five. The last time Lafayette was selected to win the league title was 1995, and the last time the preseason pick won the title outright was 2001 (Lehigh).

FRIENDS, ANDY, COUNTRYMEN..: The Leopards' defense is led by junior linebacker Andy Romans. In 2006, Romans ranked fourth in the Patriot League and 24th in the nation with 9.91 tackles per game in 2006. Romans rang up 18 tackles against Holy Cross on Oct. 21, 2006, one of seven games with at least 10 tackles. He finished the season with 109 tackles, nine for a loss, with and interception and a forced fumble. This season against Marist Romans made four tackles with a sack and a fumble recovery. He followed that with a team-high 11 tackles at Georgetown when he added a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He made eight tackles at Penn (1.5 for loss).

QUARTERMAN'S PICK SIX: Senior free safety Marcel Quarterman's interception return for a touchdown at Georgetown was the first of his career and the first for Lafayette since Oct. 29, 2005 (Tye Murphy vs. Bucknell). Quarterman has four career interceptions, two of which have come in conference play vs. Georgetown.

LIGHT IT UP: Lafayette's season-opening win over Marist marked the first home night game in 126 seasons of Lafayette football. The historic game, which was the first of three home night games scheduled for 2007, was followed by fireworks. Making history at night is not a new feat for Leopard football as Lafayette and Washington and Jefferson played in the first indoor night college football game on Oct. 25, 1930. A crowd of 17,000 witnessed the historic game at the Atlantic City Auditorium.

THE DRIVE FOR FOUR: Lafayette has won three straight Patriot League titles. Lafayette shared the title with Lehigh in 2004 and 2006, and with Colgate in 2005. The Leopards have won six PL championships in the 22-year history of the league (1988, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006). IN GOOD COMPANY: Lafayette has made three straight appearances in the NCAA Playoffs. Lafayette is one of six programs to appear in the 16-team playoff field in each of the last three seasons, joining Furman, Montana, Hampton, New Hampshire and Southern Illinois. Last season, Lafayette faced No. 3 Massachusetts and trailed just 21-14 at halftime before Massachusetts pulled away for a 35-14 decision. In 2005, the Leopards earned the program's first at-large bid and battled eventual national champion Appalachian State in the first round in Boone, N.C. Lafayette entered the fourth quarter tied at 20-20 after leading 17-10 at halftime, before the Mountaineers pulled out a 34-23 victory. Appalachian State went on to win the I-AA championship, 21-16 over Northern Iowa. In 2004, Lafayette led defending national champion Delaware 14-13 in the final quarter before a Blue Hen touchdown, then drove inside the 20 looking for the tying score when a fumble return for a touchdown produced the final 28-14 margin.

LAFAYETTE vs. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: The Leopards have played 333 games all-time against the six fellow members of the Patriot League, and are 170-147-16 (.533) in those contests. Since the Patriot League began play in 1986, Lafayette is 66-49-1 (.570) vs. member schools and has won league titles in 1988, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Lafayette vs. the Patriot League: Bucknell: 46-32-6 Fordham: 18-6-1 Holy Cross: 13-8-0 Colgate: 10-36-4 Georgetown: 8-3-0 Lehigh: 75-62-5

EARLY OPENER: The Sept. 1 season opener was the earliest start date in program history. The Leopards opened in early October until the turn of the 20th century, in late September until 1970, and traditionally began the season on the second Saturday in September until 2002. Since 2002, Lafayette has opened on Sept. 7, 6, 4, 2 and 13.

MISSING THE HURT?: It remains to be seen what impact the loss of tailback Jon Hurt will have on the Lafayette running game. Hurt, the 2006 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, left the school sixth in career rushing yards (2,534) and third in career rushing touchdowns (33). During Patriot League play, Hurt ran for 124.5 yards per game, averaging 6.3 yards per carry, and scored 12 touchdowns in six PL contests. Junior Maurice White, who is a less powerful but a speedier, more elusive back, is the heir apparent at tailback. He appeared in 12 games in 2006 and carried the ball 45 times for 282 yards and four touchdowns. He broke out for 107 yards last week at Penn. ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE RETURNERS: Lafayette placed 14 players on 2006 All-Patriot League teams and five of those players return in 2007. Seniors Greg Lippert and Jesse Padilla return to anchor the offensive line after second-team selections. Defensively, senior tackle Kyle Sprenkle, senior corner back Adrian Lawson and junior inside linebacker Andy Romans return to the starting lineup. Romans was the only sophomore to earn All-Patriot League honors on defense.

ON THE RETURN: The return game has been a strong suit for the Leopards this season thanks mostly to the efforts of junior wideout Shaun Adair. Adair ranked ninth in the nation in punt return yardage in 2006, reeling off 14.4 yards per return. This season, Adair has already returned one punt 78 yards for a touchdown and currently ranks sixth in the nation in punt return yardage (17.6). On kick-offs, Adair has shown his abilities throughout his career when the ball is kicked his way. Adair returned a 90-yard kick for touchdown vs. Georgetown (11/11/06) last season.

AN OFFENSIVE HISTORY: In 2006, Jon Hurt became the sixth Lafayette player to be named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year in the 22-year history of the conference. Joe McCourt (2004), Phil Yarberough (2000), Erik Marsh (1992, 1993), Tom Costello (1989) and Frank Baur (1988) are the others. Marsh is Lafayette's and the Patriot League's all-time leading rusher with 4,834 yards while McCourt ranks second at Lafayette in career rushing (4,474) and Hurt ranks sixth (2,534).

LAFAYETTE'S 2006 SEASON AT A GLANCE: The Leopards opened the 2006 season with wins at Sacred Heart (25-14) and Bucknell (31-0), entering The Sports Network poll at No. 25 after the season opener, and moved up to No. 22 the next week on the strength of their consecutive appearances in the I-AA Playoffs. Lafayette then fell on hard times, losing three straight games in which it held the lead or had possession with a chance to go ahead in the fourth quarter, before the bye week on Oct. 7. Then No. 15 Harvard dealt the Leopards a 24-7 defeat the next week, and Holy Cross made it five straight setbacks with a 38-28 win at Fisher Stadium after the Leopards held a 21-7 advantage. Things turned around at Colgate against a team that owned 10 straight victories against the Leopards. The Leopards trailed 7-0 entering the second quarter when Jonathan Hurt went 64 yards with a screen pass for a touchdown, and he later had an 80-yard run to extend the lead. Lafayette's final drive erased nearly nine minutes off the clock and sealed a 27-10 victory. The Leopards then rolled off wins at Fordham (31-24) and vs. Georgetown (45-14) to set up the 142nd meeting with Lehigh which secured the Patriot League championship. The season wrapped up with a 35-14 road loss to No. 3 Massachusetts in the opening round of the NCAA Playoffs on Nov. 25.

JOE FULLBACK: Junior Joe Russo has excelled and is expected to be an even bigger part of the Lafayette offense this season, after serving as one of the top fullbacks in the league last season. Russo averaged 5.0 yards per carry (27-134) with five touchdowns in 2006 and also caught 14 passes for 76 yards, including a four-yard touchdown catch against Lehigh (11/18). Russo's breakout game was a five-carry, 49-yard performance once Hurt left the field due to injury at Fordham (11/4/06), as he scored on runs of nine and 32 yards on his first two touches. He also scored on a pair of three-yard runs vs. Yale (9/30/06). This season, Russo had six carries for 46 in three games while leading the way for a rushing offense that is averaging 193 yards per game.

RUN THE BALL, STOP THE RUN (2006 EDITION): Lafayette led the Patriot League in rushing defense in league games by a significant margin, allowing only 109.2 yards per game on the ground, with Lehigh a distant second at 148.3. The Leopards trailed Bucknell's spread option offense by less than three yards per game in rushing offense (214.7 to 217.5).

LAFAYETTE RUSHING OPPONENTS' RUNNING GAME Rush Yards Avg. TD Rush Yards Avg. TD Bucknell 44 223 5.1 4 41 149 3.6 0 Holy Cross 38 265 7.0 4 31 56 1.8 1 Colgate 34 212 6.2 2 39 142 3.6 1 Fordham 44 163 3.7 2 34 75 2.2 0 Georgetown 36 206 5.7 5 42 130 3.1 1 Lehigh 41 223 5.4 4 30 107 3.6 2 Totals (avg.) 39.5 214.7 5.4 21 36.2 109.2 3.0 4

IN THE FRONT ROW: Lafayette placed three of its five starting offensive linemen on the All-Patriot League team in 2006. Two of those players, senior Greg Lippert (LG) and Jesse Padilla (LT) were named to the second-team in their first seasons as starters. Sophomores Michael Wojcik and Ryan Hart-Predmore are in their first years as starters at center and right guard, respectively. Junior Leo Plenski holds down the right tackle spot and also handles long snapping duties. He started six of the first seven weeks in 2006. Junior D.J. Brown started the final five games of the season in 2006 and will be the first center or guard off the bench.

THE LINEBACKERS: Senior Mark Plumby, junior Andy Romans and sophomore Mark Leggiero give Lafayette a formidable linebacking corps. Romans, an All-Patriot League selection in 2006, led the team and was fourth in the Patriot League in tackles. Plumby was third on the team in tackles after starting all 12 games. Leggiero saw action in 12 games, starting vs. Penn in place of an injured Romans. He collected Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors after making five tackles against Bucknell once Romans left with an injury.

DOWN ON THE CORNER: Second-Team All-Patriot League performer Adrian Lawson started every game but the season opener at corner in 2006. The senior from Hyattsville, Md. made 37 tackles, 5.0 TFL and recorded six pass break-ups. Marvin Clecidor earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 30, 2006 following the Colgate game after recording the first interception, forced fumble and sack of his career. Clecidor started the last seven games on the other side of Lawson.

THE CAPTAINS: The Leopards elected seniors free safety Marcel Quarterman and defensive tackle Kyle Sprenkle as their captains for the 2007 season. It's the first time during Frank Tavani's head coaching tenure that an offensive player was not a team captain. Sprenkle (Thomasville, Pa.) is in his third year as a starter on the defensive line and collected All-Patriot League honors in 2006. Quarterman, a Philadelphia native, is in his second season as a starter.

GOING THE DISTANCE: Lafayette had at least one scoring drive of more than 80 yards in nine of its 12 games in 2006, and 13 drives of that length in all: Lehigh (80), Georgetown (80, 88 and 90), Fordham (80), Colgate (80 and 81), Holy Cross (82), Yale (82), Penn (82 and 99), Bucknell (88) and Sacred Heart (81). Lafayette had only five drives of 80 yards or more in 12 contests in 2005.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Lafayette has won three straight and four of the last six Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. Brad Maurer '07 won the award in 2006, following linebacker Maurice Bennett '05, Stephen Bono '04 and tight end Stewart Kupfer '02. Maurer was also a three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II selection and was one of 23 Academic All-District selections in Frank Tavani's eight seasons as head coach.

THE LAFAYETTE-LEHIGH RIVALRY: Lafayette and Lehigh met on the gridiron for the 142nd time on Nov. 18, 2006 at Fisher Stadium, continuing the most-played rivalry in all of college football. The Leopards won the first game 50-0 in 1884 and the schools met twice per season through 1901. They met three times in 1891 and did not play in 1896, the only disruption in the series. They also met twice in 1943 and 1944. Lafayette leads the all-time series 75-62-5 (.546) and is 40-22-5 (.634) when the game is played in Easton. The Leopards have won four of the last five meetings, and have won three straight for the first time since 1953-55.

AND WE GO TO...OVERTIME: Lafayette has played five overtime games and is 1-4 in those contests. After winning the first overtime affair in 1995 over Fordham (24-21 on 11/11/95), the Leopards have lost their last four OT games (11/18/95 at Lehigh - 37-30; 10/18/97 at Cornell - 41-34; 10/3/98 at Dartmouth - 13-10; 9/8/01 at Towson - 16-13).

HISTORIC FISHER FIELD: Fisher Field, now dubbed Fisher Stadium, has hosted the College's home football games since 1926. The facility has undergone a $23 million transformation that gives Lafayette one of the premier FCS football venues in the nation. New spectator seating has been built throughout the venue, including chairback seating in select areas, and additional visitors seating has been added for a maximum capacity of 13,132 fans. A state-of-the-art in-fill synthetic surface, lights, a press box and a 19-by-35 foot video board were installed, and improved restroom and vending areas were also included. The Bourger Varsity Football House includes a locker room, offices and team meeting rooms, as well as sports medicine and strength and conditioning areas. Now in its 81st season, Fisher Stadium has been host to 393 Lafayette football games with the Leopards enjoying an overall record of 234 wins, 146 losses, and 13 ties for a winning percentage of 61.2%. Of the previous 80 seasons, Lafayette has produced 12 undefeated home seasons with the most recent being the 1992 Patriot League champion Leopards that went a perfect 5-0-- the first undefeated home season for Lafayette at Fisher Stadium since 1970. During the 1991, 1992, and 1993 seasons, Lafayette won 10 straight home games--tying the Fisher Stadium school record for consecutive wins first set 1926 and 1927 in the first 10 games ever played in the stadium. MEMORABLE DRIVES: Lafayette's 15-play, 81-yard drive in the fourth quarter against Colgate on Oct. 28, 2006 chewed up nearly nine minutes (8:36) as the Leopards sat on a 24-10 lead, and Rick Ziska's 25-yard field goal put the game away. That drive joins "The Drive" among the most memorable in Frank Tavani's tenure as head coach. Here are some of the others:

Opponent Plays-Yards Time Run/Pass 1st Downs 3rd 4th 2006 at Colgate 15-81 8:36 14/1 6 0 1 2006 at Sacred Heart 15-81 7:44 14/1 6 2 1 2005 at Lehigh 11-88 1:26 1/10 4 2 1 2005 vs. Bucknell 7-83 2:27 3/4 3 1 0 2004 vs. Lehigh 18-80 7:15 11/7 6 2 1 2002 vs. Lehigh 19-74 9:01 16/3 6 2 2 2000 vs. Princeton 6-80 0:45

LAFAYETTE FOOTBALL, 126 YEARS OF TRADITION: Since fielding its first college football team in the fall of 1882, Lafayette has had a proud, colorful gridiron tradition on the way to a total of 623 victories. Lafayette ranks 34th among all college football teams in all-time wins entering the 2007 season, posting its first win in 1883 (25-0 vs. Rutgers). Lafayette accumulated 100 victories by 1900, 200 by 1915 and 300 by 1934.

A HISTORY OF CHAMPIONS: The Lafayette football program has claimed three national championships -- 1896, 1921 and 1926 -- and recorded five undefeated seasons -- 1896 (11-0-1), 1921 (9-0-0), 1926 (9-0-0), 1937 (8-0-0) and 1940 (9-0-0). Of recent note, the Leopards have won five Patriot League championships -- 1988, 1992, 1994, 2004 and 2005 -- and made their first two postseason appearances in the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs.

LAFAYETTE'S FOOTBALL INVENTORS: Two primary elements of the game of football -- the helmet and the huddle -- were invented by former members of the Lafayette football program. George "Rose" Barclay from the class of 1898, one of Lafayette's all-time great running backs, invented the helmet when the "threat of cultivating cauliflower ears" led him to piece three thick leather straps around his head for the 1896 game against Penn. Former Lafayette coach Herb McCracken (1924-35; 59-40-6) devised the first huddle system during the 1924 season after learning the Pennsylvania football team had stolen Lafayette's signals. Lafayette became the first team to huddle before each play and this system was immediately adopted by other teams.

LAFAYETTE LEADS NATION IN TELEVISED GAMES IN FCS: All 11 games of Lafayette's 2007 football season will be televised live via the Lafayette Sports Network. This is the fifth straight year that the entire slate will be televised and the 11th season that the Lafayette Sports Network has been in existence. LSN, named one of the best college or university-run sports networks in the country by Broadcast and Cable Magazine, has annually produced the most expansive television package in the Patriot League. LSN telecasts can be seen by approximately 10 million viewers in the Lehigh Valley, all of Philadelphia, and the Pocono region. The Lafayette Sports Network can also be viewed in central New Jersey, New York City and Boston via the RCN cable systems. In the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Pocono areas, the telecasts air on RCN-4 and WBPH-60. Nationally, the telecasts will be picked up for the eighth straight year by various DIRECTV and DISH Network outlets, available to a combined audience of more than 60 million viewers. CSTV will continue as a major LSN partner, airing the Harvard, Holy Cross and Lehigh road telecasts to a national audience of more than 65 million households. Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh (DIRECTV Channel 628, DISH Network Channel 428) will carry seven of the Leopards games. As an element of Lafayette's multi-media agreement with CSTV, all LSN telecasts will be streamed live on the internet and available worldwide through www.GoLeopards.com. Lafayette was the first of CSTV.com's partners to make live video streaming available to fans everywhere when the 2000 Lafayette-Lehigh game aired live on GoLeopards.com. Emmy-nominated local sports broadcaster Gary Laubach will handle all of the Leopards' play-by-play duties for the 11th straight season. John Leone, who has been in the booth with Laubach for all but the first season of LSN, will again provide color analysis. RCN's Dan Mowdy is in his seventh season as part of the Lafayette Sports Network and will report from the sidelines.

LAFAYETTE ALL-ACCESS: Lafayette fans may take advantage of a great feature offered through www.GoLeopards.com, the official athletics website and a partner with CSTV Online. All 11 regular-season games on the Leopards' schedule will be available through Lafayette All-Access, which streams the Lafayette Sports Network telecast of the game to your computer. In all, more than 50 Lafayette athletic contests will be provided. Log onto to www.GoLeopards.com for more information.

LAFAYETTE ON THE RADIO: The Lafayette Sports Network entered into an agreement with WAEB-AM 790 and WSAN-AM 1470 of Clear Channel Communications and WGPA AM-1100 to broadcast 2007 Lafayette football. The deal places Lafayette on the top two rated AM stations in the Lehigh Valley. WAEB-AM 790, the top-rated AM station in the Lehigh Valley, will carry the Leopards' first four games of the season while WGPA-AM 1100, the second-rated AM station, will begin its coverage with the Oct. 13 game at Harvard and will broadcast five of the last six games of the regular season. Veteran broadcaster Dick Hammer will begin his 41st season as the Leopards' play-by-play man and will be joined in the booth at home games by Joe Craig, long-time football analyst and former coach.