held Fairfield scoreless for nearly nine minutes of the second half and rallied past the Stags for a 47-42 victory.
Kerry Kinek, out of Central Catholic, and Elizabeth Sharlow scored nine points apiece for the Mountain Hawks.
Sharlow’s layup with 9:02 to play gave Lehigh a 37-36 lead and the Mountain Hawks stayed ahead the rest of the way.
Lehigh actually trailed 17-2 after the first 5:21 of play but rallied in the second half by holding Fairfield to 12 percent (4-for-33) from the field.
Obi-Tabot 4-7 0-0 8, Cizynski 4-14 0-0 8, DaCruz 2-5 0-0 6, Linney 3-18 0-0 8, Vazquez 2-7 0-0 6, Akon-Akech 0-0 0-0 0, MacFarlane 0-3 0-0 0, Vetra 0-3 0-0 0, Schatzlein 2-4 0-0 6.
Totals
: 17-61 0-0 42.
Hoskins 1-3 2-3 4, Kinek 4-10 1-2 9, Peterson 1-9 1-2 3, Weaver 3-12 0-0 8, Guman 3-6 0-0 7, Yantzi 0-0 0-0 0. Sharlow 4-6 0-0 9, Egan 0-0 0-0 0, O'Reilly 3-7 1-2 7, Affini 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals
: 19-53 5-9 47.
Fairfield (5-2)
30 12—42
Lehigh (3-5)
26 21—47
3-point goals
— DaCruz 2, Linney 2, Vazquez 2, Schatzlein 2; Weaver 2, Guman, Sharlow.