South Mountaineer Volume 15, Issue 10

              Runners Regain MAC Crown
Vol. 15 — No. 10
NOVEMBER 14, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Lehigh Routs Rochester, 38-14,
In Tuneup For Lafayette Finale
4th Victory
In 5 Years
For Harriers
Lehigh's outstanding cross
country team chalked up its*
fourth Middle Atlantic Conference championship in the last
five years Nov. 6 at Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia.
Coach John Covert's squad,
which had a 10-3 seasonal record
and placed first in the annual
Canisius Invitational at Buffalo,
employed superior overall
balance to rack up the MAC team
title.
Wayne Rogers, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was second
in the race behind Gary Cohen, of
defending champion American
University, and Tim Steele of
Denville, N.J., gave Lehigh the
No. 4 berth. Dave Reinhart of
American was third.
Cohen set an MAC mark of
25:50.3 for individual honors.
Rogers had 25:54 which also
topped a record of 26:02.8
established just last year by
Lehigh's John Heil. Reinhart
finished in 26:03 and Steele did
26:07.
The key to Lehigh's victory
came as Jim Barnes of Denville
placed ninth, Mike Strockbine of
Commack, N.Y., was 11th and
Rick Bourie of Springfield,
Mass., placed 14th. American U.
had the sixth-place man but then
fell far back to spots at 20th and
32nd.
Lehigh was charged with 40
points against 62 for American.
Rounding out the Top Five were
Bucknell 91, West Chester 94 and
Lafayette 144.
The summary:
TEAM SCORING
1. Lehigh (L) 40, 2. American (A) 62, 3.
Bucknell (B) 91, 4. West Chester (WC) 94,
5. Lafayette (LA) 144, 6. LaSalle (SL) 162,
7. Drexel (D) 196,8. St. Josephs (SJ) 202, 9.
Temple (T) 213,10. Delaware (DE) 266, 11.
Gettysburg (G) 289, 12. Rider (R) 305.
TOP FINISHERS
1. Gary Cohen (A) 25:50.3 (meet
record); -2. Wayne Rogers (L); 3. Dave
Rinehard (A); 4. Tim Steele (L); 5. Bill
Showers (WC); 6. Dave Legge (A); 7. Bill
Dawson (WC); 8. Lou Calvano (B); 9. Jim
Barnes (L); 10. Rick Jocovini (LS); 11.
Mike Strockbine (L); 12. Bruce Hyde (B);
13. Kevin Brown (LS); 14. Rick Bourie
(L); 15. Bob Hersh (LA); 16. John Gloh
(SJ); 17. Ed Gresens (LA); 18. Bill
Giuliano (WC); 19. Charles Barker (R);
20. Andy Harp (A); 21. Chuck Marquette
(WC); 22. Don Davis (B); 23. Fran Carroll
(B); 24. Dave Cope (L); 25. Jiam Zurbeck
(LS); 26. Scott Bartram (B); 27. Jerry
O'Brien (D); 28. Gary Riley (T), 29. Shane
Gerber (G); 30. Brian Faraci (L).
LINEBACKER Larry Warren (63) dives for one of the 12 fumbles Rochester let slip away in Saturday's
rain-splattered game at Taylor Stadium. Lehigh captured nine of these bobbles, intercepted two passes,
and chalked up easy 38-14 victory.
Wrestlers Open Dec. 2
Six lettermen, headed by co-
captains Randy Biggs and Tom
Sculley of Bethlehem, top a squad
of 50 wrestling candidates at
Lehigh.
The Engineers, who'll be
coached for the third season by
Thad Turner, open their campaign Dec. 2 at Lock Haven, Pa.,
State College. They're at
Syracuse Dec. 5.
First home action is scheduled
Dec. 8-9 when Lehigh plays host
to Iowa, Maryland and Southern
Illinois in a quadrangular
tournament in Grace Hall.
Biggs is listed as a 126-pounder
on the roster with Sculley at 134.
Other letter-winners, and their
weights, are Marty Lynn of
Bethlehem, 126; Jeff Duke of
Lancaster, Pa., 142; Terry
DeStito of Enola, Pa., 177, and
Mike Lieberman of Allentown,
Pa., 190.
A seventh letterman, lightweight Jim Richie of Bethlehem,
is a doubtful participant at this
stage of the season. He's
recovering from injuries
sustained in a summer-job
construction accident.
The loss of three lettermen has
deprived Lehigh of three
probable starters.
Greg Karabin of Bethlehem
finished third in last year's
Easterns at 158 during a 13-8-2
season and appeared ready to
become an outstanding matman
this winter. He didn't report for
practice, citing a loss of interest
in the sport. John Rhinehart of
Washington,   N.J.,   190,   and
heavyweight   Bob   Lustica,   of
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Game At A Glance
Leh.
Roch
First downs
20
17
Net yds rushing
163
103
Net yds passing
194
198
Total yds.
357
301
Passes att'pted
26
25
Completed
15
16
Intercepted by
2
2
Punts
5
5
Avg. distance
36
34
Fumbles lost
5
9
Yds penalized
83
30
Individual   Leader
s
Rushing         Att
Yds
Avg
Pasley, R      14
50
3.5
Ruppert ,L       8
44
5.5
McDon, L        7
41
5.8
Passing         Att
comp
Yds
Pasley,R       22
15
195
McQ.,L          18
11
145
Receiving          caught
Yds
Liedtke, L
5
80
Hammond, R
5
56
ROCHESTER
Ends—Callihan, Hammond, McGinley,
Hennigan, Heffernan, Peterson, Soehner.
Tackles—Gensheimer, Champion,
Klampff, Caputo, Williams, Kucharaki,
O'Keefe, Borek.
Guards—Wesp, Hipolit, Blaney,
Juraska, Novek, Collins, Grasmeyer, Piro.
Centers—Thrope, Call.
Linebackers—Hymes, W e i 1 a n d,
Dunnigan, Oliver, Deegan.
Backs—Adduci, Hoffman, Jarrett,
Trubiano, Stucki, Craig, Green, Gebhardt,
Pasley, Renzi, McAmaney, Jirriinez,
Joyce, Furdon, Yates, Maloney, Elze,
Dailey.
LEHIGH
Ends—Schlegel, Liedtke, Coffman, L.
Johnson, Lechner, Howard, Gielen,
Maddox, Biggins, Keyes, Piel, LoPiano,
Zenczak, Kirkwood.
Tackles—Case, Mulholland, Marti,
Benfield, Ellis, G.Johnson, Neil Willey,
Pohlot, G.Smith, Faris.
Guards—Derwin, Purdy, Cheplick,
Kress, Bigach, Deschenes.
Centers—Abeltin, Sultzer, Randolph,
Merolla.
Linebackers—C.Smith, McFillin,
Warren, Von Bergen, Emper, Barth, Gift,
Barton, Thomas, McCarthy, Schmitt,
Engler, Buxbaum.
Backs—McQuilken, Stewart, Farrell,
Handschue, Kail, Bowers, Sheard,
Mitravich, Eby, Alleva, Ruppert, Chieco,
McDonough, Stucky, Nixon, Rhoads,
Addonizio, Mullane, Danahy, Allison.
ROCHESTER 0        0       0       14—14
LEHIGH 7       17       0       14—38
Leh—Stewart 9 run. Merolla kick.
Leh—Stewart 6 run. Merolla kick.
Leh—FG 25 Merolla.
Leh—Liedtke 19 pass from McQuilken.
Merolla kick.
Leh—McDonough 1 run. Merolla kick.
Roch—Pasley 17 run. Deegan kick.
Roch—Jiminez 8 run. Deegan kick.
Leh—Chieco 2 run. Merolla kick.
108th Game
Saturday
At Easton
It's Lehigh and Lafayette
football, for a record 108th time,
Saturday at Easton and each
team will go into action riding the
crest of victory.
Lehigh warmed up for the
game Saturday with a 38-14 rout
of Rochester while Lafayette
rolled over Drexel, 16-0.
Neither of the arch-rivals has
been able to put together a
winning season but that won't be
an important factor when the
Engineers (4-6) and Leopards (3-
6) line up for the kickoff.
Lehigh has defeated Hofstra,
Vermont, Bucknell and
Rochester while losing to
Delaware, Rutgers, Army, Penn,
Gettysburg and Colgate.
Lafayette has won over Kings
Point, Gettysburg and Drexel.
The Leopards lost to Colgate,
Penn, Delaware, Rutgers,
Bucknell and Maine.
Against Rochester, last
Saturday, Lehigh took charge
early and had little difficulty
handing the visiting Yellow-
jackets their seventh loss in eight
decisions.
It rained, for the third straight
game and the fifth in 10
weekends, and a rash of fumbles
plagued the teams. Rochester
gave up the ball nine times in this
manner and the Engineers lost it
five times.
In addition each team had a
pair of interceptions and this
made for a total of 18 turnovers.
Coach Fred Dunlap of the
Engineers pulled his starters in
the early moments of the third
quarter with a 24-0 lead and gave
his reserves a chance to play
almost all of the second half.
The overall statistics indicate a
close contest, because the
Jackets played on better than
even terms against the Engineer
replacements, but a look at the
first half figures gives a much
more realistic view.
Lehigh's varsity led 24-0 at the
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Coach's Comment
"Now we're down to the big one
and it's nice to be going into it
with a victory. It's been a long,
gruelling grind and we have some
injuries, but I know we'll be
ready."
 Fred Dunlap, football