South Mountaineer Volume 17, Issue 22

              Vol. 17 — No. 22
MARCH 18, 1975
BETHLEHEM, PA.
LU Lightweight Best In Nation
Frick, Mike Lieberman Win
NCAA Mat Championships
Best Showing In Nationals
TERRY DESTITO of Lehigh, fifth-place finisher at heavyweight in
NCAAs, controls Larry Avery of Michigan State. DeStito lost to Avery
in quarter-finals, came back to whip him in consolations for fifth spot.
Wrestling Summaries
Title Round
118—Shawn Garel, Okla., dec.
Jim Brown, Michigan, 8-3.
126—John Fritz, Penn St., dec.
Pat Milkovich, Mich. St., 5-5, 3-1.
134—MIKE FRICK, LEHIGH,
DEC. BRIAN BEATSON, OKLA.
10-5.
142—Jim Bennett, Yale, dec.
Andre Allen, Northwestern, 5-3.
150—Chuck Yagia, Iowa, dec.
Lee Kemp. Wisconsin, 4-4, 1-1,
RD.
158—Dan Holm, Iowa, dec.
John Janiak, Syracuse, 7-6.
167—Ron Ray, Okla. St., dec.
Cliff Hatch, Cal Poly, 8-3.
177—MIKE LIEBERMAN,
LEHIGH, DEC. CHRIS CAMPBELL, IOWA, 5-4.
190—Al Nacin, Iowa St., dec.
Greg Stevens, Iowa, 8-4.
Hvy—Larry Bielenberg,
Oregon St., dec. Greg Gibson,
Ore., 8-2.
CONSOLATION   FINALS
(for third place)
118 —Myron   Shapiro,   Toledo,   dec.   Nick
Gallo, Hofstra, 17 7.
126 — Joe Corso, Purdue, dec.  Jack  Rein-
wand, Wisconsin, 6-2.
134 — Mark Belknap, Wm. & Mary, won by
default over Jim Miller, Northern Iowa.
142 — Rodger Warner, Cal Poly, dec. Steve
Randall, Okla. St., 9-7.
150—Paul   Martin,   Okla.   St.,   dec.   Pete
Galea, Iowa St., 5-3.
158 —Larry  Zilverberg,   Minn.,   dec.   Rod
Kilgore, Okla., 5-4.
167 — Joe  Carr,  Ky., dec.   Bernie   Barrile,
Purdue, 6-2.
177 —Willie Gadson,  Iowa  St.,  dec.  Scott
Klippert, Northwestern, 3-1.
190 — Laurent Soucie, Wisconsin, dec. Brad
Rheingans, N. Dakota St., 2-1.
Hvy — John   Bowlsby,   Iowa,   pinned   Bill
Kalkbrenner, Okla., in 4:41.
CONSOLATION   FINALS
(for fifth place)
118 —Nabil  Guketlov, Montclair  St.,  dec.
Mike Land, Iowa St., 2-2, 2-2, RD.
126— Bob Antonacci,  Iowa St., dec. Tobhi
Oonishi, Wash., 3-3, 1-1, RD.
134 — Steve   Barrett,   Okla.   St.,   won   by
default over Rande Stottlemyer, Pitt.
142 — Ken Snyder, Northern Iowa, won by
default oover Al Housner, Purdue.
150— Doug Ziebert, Oregon St., dec. Randy
Wats, Bloomsburg, 6-0.
158 —Dave Chandler, Boise St., dec.  Dan
Brink, Michigan, 19-1.
167 —Jeff   Callard,   Okla.,   dec.   Jerry
Villecco, Penn St., 14-3.
177—Dave McQuaig, Okla.  St., dec.   Bill
Shuffstall, Slipp. Rk., 11-4.
190—Bob  Orwig,   Air   Force,   dec.   Mark
Tiffany, N. III., 7-1.
Hvy—TERRY   DESTITO,   LEHIGH,   dec.
LARRY AVERY, MICH. ST., 5-3.
For Engineers Since 1965
Lehigh's Mighty
Mikes—Frick and
Lieberman — last
weekend paced the
Engineers to their
most impressive
NCAA Wrestling
Tournament performance since 1965.
Both of them won
individual titles,
Frick at 134 pounds
and Lieberman at
177, and Frick was
voted Most Outstanding Wrestler in
the 45th annual
tourney which was
held at Princeton.
Heavyweight Terry
DeStito of the Engineers  placed fifth.
Coach Thad Turner's squad finished
fifth with 54 points,
most ever for the
Lehigh team in
NCAA tournament
history. Iowa was No.
l with 102 followed by
Oklahoma 77,
Oklahoma State 68
and Iowa State 66V2.
Penn State, only other eastern
entry to make the Top Ten,
squeezed into tenth position with
33.
In 1965 Lehigh also had a pair of
champions, Mike Caruso at 123
and Billy Stuart at 137, a runnerup in Joe Peritore at 130 and a
fourth-place finisher in Rich
Warnke at 115, totaling 45 points
and getting third behind Iowa
State (87) and Oklahoma State
(86). This tournament was at
Laramie, Wyo.
In 1939 one of Coach Billy
Sheridan's undefeated Lehigh
squads was runnerup in the
Nationals, behind Oklahoma.
Thirty-three points were enough
to win that one. Lehigh had 12.
Obviously the scoring was done
differently in past years.
Frick was the third Lehigh star
MIKE   FRICK
MIKE   LIEBERMAN
voted Most Outstanding in the champion   Sam   Komar  of   In-
tournament and the first since diana,    14-4;    NCAA   Div.    3
1955 when  Eddie   Eichelberger champion   Mark  Cale  of  John
was   accorded   this   highest   of Carroll,   11-4;   Big  8  champion
collegiate wrestling tributes. Ben Steve Barrett of Oklahoma State,
Bishop won the award in 1934. 8-2;        Southern       Conference
The little Engineer co-captain champion   Mark   Belknap   of
had a super tournament in one of William and Mary, 11-7, and Big 8
the toughest weight classes. He runnerup   Brian   Beatson   of
was one of a handful  of men Oklahoma, 10-5.
called upon to wrestle a  pre- Belknap, seeded first at the
preliminary round bout, giving weight, took a 45-0 record against
him a total of six in three days, the Lehigh ace in the semi-finals,
and he won them all very im- In  the  title  round  he  never
pressively. trailed against Beatson although
His  victims,   in  order,   were the Sooner had him in a 2-2 draw
Western    Athletic    Conference after one period. An escape and
runnerup   Tim    Jefferies    of takedown in the second put him
Arizona   State,   14-8;   Big   10 ahead 5-2. In the third he added
two   more   slick   takedowns,
against a pair of escapes and a
THE TOP TEN penalty point for locking hands,
Pts. and had time advantage for his
Iowa  102 10-5 margin.
Oklahoma    77 The  standing-room-only  turn-
Okla. State 68 out  of  9,200   in  Jadwin   Gym,
Iowa State  66V2 largest ever to see an event there,
LEHIGH 54 was on its feet during the final
Wisconsin 41 moments according the Engineer
Oregon St 36V2 lightweight the mightiest ovation
Cal Poly  36 of the tournament.
Purdue    34% Little  Mike's  partner  in  the
Penn State 33 (Continued on Page 2)