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NOVEMBER 16, 1971
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Engineers Await Lafayette Finale
Booters Set
Lehigh Mark
Lehigh's booters became the
"winningest" soccer team in
Engineer history last Saturday
while warming up for a championship playoff game against
Temple.
The Engineers completed their
regular season downing Bucknell
in overtime, 4-2, for a 9-3-1
record No previous Lehigh
soccer team ever won nine times
in a single season.
Coach Tom Fleck's squad,
which had clinched western
section honors in the Middle
Atlantic Conference before the
Bucknell finale, will meet Temple
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. for the
MAC university division crown.
The game will be played in
Temple Stadium. The Owls
earned eastern section laurels
Saturday squeezing past American University, 2-1.
Bucknell seemed about to spoil
Lehigh's bid for a school-record
ninth triumph,leading 2-0 after
three periods, but the Engineers
got a pair of goals in the last
stanza and two in overtime to
grab the verdict,
Tom Klonick broke the ice for
Lehigh and a marker by Paul
Degen with four minutes remaining sent the battle into extra
periods.
Bill White drilled a shot into
the nets for a 3-2 Lehigh lead
in overtime and freshman Alex
Monchak added an insurance
marker.
The lineups:
BUCKNELL POS. LEHIGH
Miller G Strickland
Novak LFB Tost
Sparkes RFB Stiver
Dragon LHB Gaughen
Greenwood CHB Perlow
McDonnell RHB Cappiello
Strasberg OL Gerhart
Davenport IL Monchak
Petrino CF Pizarro
Gibson IR Degen
Stinmetz OR Klonick
BUCKNELL  0    0     2    0    0    0—2
LEHIGH  0    0    0     2    1     1—4
Bucknell goals: Davenport, Stinmetz.
Assist: Strasberg.
Lehigh goals: Klonick, Degen,Monchak,
White. Assists: Gaughen, Cicale.
RIFLEMEN WIN
OVER BUCKNELL
Dave Harwood fired a 271 to
lead the unbeaten Lehigh
riflemen to a 1305-1269 triumph
over Bucknell.
The Engineers increased their
record to 7-0 in the Eastern
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate
Rifle League.
LEHIGH
Harwood 271; Miller 262;
Savage 261; Loewer 256;
Clements 255.
BUCKNELL
Boyer 268; Tubbs 259; Reid
255;       Starr    250;      Kono   237.
Lehigh University fielded its
first football team ir. s?.-*4.
The 50-Game Club
Alumni who have attended 50 or more Lehigh-Lafayette
football games, including the 1971 (107th) contest, will be
recognized at the LEOPARD BARBECUE LUNCHEON in
Grace Hall before the game Saturday, November 20
(11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.).
Two years ago eleven alumni were identified as charter
members of the mythical 50-Game Club and were
recognized.
They were: Howard Foe ring '90 (94 games), W. L.
Estes, Jr., '05 (60 games), Robert T. Dynan'13
(58 games), Robert C. Watson '13 (59 games), V. J.
Pazzetti '15 (60 games), A. W.Chenoweth'17(58 games),
Harry E. Yeide '21 (53 games), Larry B. Kingham'25
(52 games), Lathrop Bevan '21 (50 games), Roy R.
Coffin '19 (50 games) and Jamieson D. Kennedy '23
(50 games).
The Alumni Association is interested in identifying
any other alumni who have attended 50 or more Lehigh-
Lafayette games.
If you are in this category, or will be by virtue of
attendance at this year's game, please fill out the form
below and mail it to the Alumni Office, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa., 18015.
Lehigh-Lafayette Game Attendance Survey
I  have  seen  (50  or more) Lehigh-Lafayette games.
(   )  I  will attend this year's contest in Bethlehem.
NAME
CLASS
Address
PHONE NO. (Office)
(Home)
Game At A Glance
First downs
Net yds.rushing
Net yds.passing
Total yards
Passes attmp'd
Completed
Intercepted by
Punts
Avg.distance
Fumbles lost
Yds.penalized
Leh.
21
239
201
440
21
10
2
5
39
1
99
Buck.
10
86
43
129
21
4
2
10
39
1
18
LEHIGH
Ends—Coffman, Johnson, Impink, Gill,
Rhoads, Aylsworth, Schlegel.
Tackles--Benfield, Buchinski, Pohlot,
Marti, Muholland, Abeltib, Harmatz.
Guards—Derwin, Wells, Huzyak, Purdy,
Gielen, McFillin, Johnson, Smith, Ronca,
Warren.
Centers--Hill, Merolla, Pirn.
Backs—McQuilken, Kail, Howard, Eby,
Mitravich, Trout, Emper, Barth, Farrell,
Schmitt, Stucky, Diorio, Rizzo, Liedtke,
Shaughnessy.
BUCKNELL
Ends--Eck, McDevitt, Bering, Biden,
Diorio, Probst, Sogorka, Stein.
Tackles—Baker, Clayton, Durtan,
Jones, Kovalchik, Morgan, Nauman, Nosal,
Rhone.
Guards—Denne, Depew, Dodd, Moretz,
Solomon, Smesko, Spirk, Torok, Wilkins,
Francis, Gregor, Messick.
Centers—Klenovic, Sobus.
Backs—Burke, Boyer, Chandler,
Churchman, Farbstein, Kmetz, Renock,
Wright, Diez, Brunnet? Cassidy, Duncan,
Ellson,   Jann,   Layer,   Ondrasik,  Zentz.
LEHIGH   6     7    0    10—23
BUCKNELL   0    0    0      0—0
Leh--Diorio 3, run (kick failed).
Leh—Rizzo 41, pass from McQuilken
(Merolla kick).
Leh—McQuilken 1, run (Merolla kick).
Leh—FG, Merolla 24.
Defensive 11 Shines During
23-0 Victory Over Bucknell
Offensive heroics have held
the spotlight most of the 1971
football season at Lehigh, during
an all-out assault on the record
book, but Saturday was a day
for the defense at Bucknell.
The Engineers hung the first
shutout of the season on the
Bisons, 23-0, while completely
dominating the action. Bucknell
could get only 10 first downs,
86 yards on the ground and 43
in the air, and quite a bit of
that came late in the game against
reserves.
It was an encouraging display
by the Lehigh defensive platoon
which  had been left hanging on
the ropes by Colgate and Delaware   on  successive  weekends.
The triumph, Lehigh's seventh
against   three   losses,   set   the
stage for Saturday's 107th tussle
against Lafayette. The Leopards,
5-4  <m the yefrr, were battered
51-14   last weekend by Colgate.
There  wasn't  anything wrong
with  Lehigh's  offensive   statistics  at  Lewisburg,   Pa., as the
Engineers rolled to 21 first downs
and   440  yards, but  the  attack
bogged down in touchdown territory several  times  because  of
fumbles, interceptions, penalties
and an occasional key defensive
play  on the part of the Bisons.
Don Diorio plunged three yards
for Lehigh's first TD. JackRizzo
took a  screen  pass  from  Kim
McQuilken and dashed 41 yards
for the second. McQuilken tallied
the third on a quarterback sneak
and Chuck Merolla added a 24-yd.
field  goal and two conversions.
Almost   the   entire   game
appeared   to   be  played  on the
Bison end  of the gridiron with
Lehigh  moving into threatening
position   time   and  again while
Bucknell's  offense  couldn't  get
started   and   the   losers  were
forced to punt 10 times.
Engineer defenders concentrated on quarterback Howie
Burke and fullback Mitch Farbstein of the Bisons, lettermen
who led Bucknell to a 24-20
triumph over Lehigh in 1970.
Burke could complete only one of
11 aerials, for nine yards, and
was minus four yards on 16
rushing attempts. Farbstein, who
scored five touchdowns in a 33-0
Bucknell rout of Lafayette, was
held to 75-yards on 21 tries.
End Mike Impink and safety man
Mark Mitravich were particularly outstanding in the defensive
effort. Impink took away Burke's
favorite running area on option
sweeps and Mitravich intercepted
a pass, blocked a field goal
and knocked down a pass in the
end zone just as a receive" was
ready to haul it in.
Lehigh's Big Three on offense
. . . running backs Diorio and
Rizzo along with quarterback
McQuilken, had productive afternoons. Rizzo carried the ball
21 times for 106 yards and Diorio
was 19 for 105. McQuilken completed 10 of 21 aerials for 201
yards/Neither Rfzzo nor Diorio
saw much action during the late
part of the game, both suffering
minor injuries which aren't expected to hamper them against
Lafayette.
Rizzo's touchdown gave him a
school record 17 for the year,
one more than Dick Gabriel
registered in 1949.
The Engineers scored the
second time they had the ball
at Lewisburg, moving 47 yards
following Mitravich's pass interception. McQuilken's 21-yard
pitch to Bill Howard was the big
gainer while Rizzo and Diorio
tore out consistent chunks of
yardage. Diorio darted across
from the four and Merolla missed
the conversion. Lehigh led, 6-0.
In the second period Rizzo
took a screen pass from McQuilken, broke loose and ran
41 - yards Into the end zone.
Merolla's kick made it 13-0 and
the score remained that way until
the Engineers added 10 points
in the fourth quarter.
An intentionally short punt by
John Rhoads, downed by John
Hill on the Bison one-yard stripe,
put Bucknell in deep trouble and ,
(Continued on Page 2)
Frosh End Season In Style
l*wo quick touchdowns, early
in the first quarter, catapulted
Lehigh to a 21-0 triumph over
Lafayette last Friday in the
freshman football finale for each
team. The game was played at
Fisher Field.
Coach Barry Fetter man's
Little Engineers, impressive all
year, concluded the campaign
with a 5-1 record. Lafayette
was 0-5.
Phil McCarthy recovered a
Leopard fumble ;:; > .:ome
team's 43»2'ard line at the start
of the contest and Lehigh' moved
to the 26 when quarterback Joe
Alleva completed a key fourth-
and-six aerial to Mike Lechner.
Tailback Dan Ruppert did the
rest, picking up nine yards in
two tries before breaking loose
on a 17-yard scoring dash through
right tackle.
Minutes later Jim Poeter recovered another Lafayette bobble
... this one on the Leopard
36, and Alleva immediately fired
a pass into the end zone ^n^rr
split end Bob Hanaso^ ':):r
the  ball away from a defender.
Lehigh 'ed, 14-0, while some
fans still were moving to their
seats.
The Little Engineers settled
down after that as the game
turned into a punting duel with
neither club able to move consistently. Finally, late in the third
quarter, Lehigh pulled itself together for a 79-yard TD drive.
Ruppert got the touchdown, in
the last period, on a 32-yard
burst through right guard.
Ruppert was the day's leading
runner with 15 carries for V3 2
yards and Ms ::a;r ot scores.
Alleva   completed   five   af 13
passes for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Each team registered 10 first
downs. Lafayette led 168-143 on
the ground and Lehigh had a
102-45 advantage in the air.
LEHIGH  14    0    0    7—21
LAFAYETTE..    0    0    0    0—0
Le—Ruppert 17, run (Choinere
Kick).
Le--Handschue 86, pass from
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