South Mountaineer Volume 19, Issue 22

              Vol. 19 — No. 22
MARCH 22, 1977
BETHLEHEM, PA.
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Fast Start For Lehigh Baseball Squad
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Wrestlers 7th In National Tourney
'Satisfactory'
Grid Drills
Concluded
Spring football drills, which
concluded March 10 at Lehigh,
were tabbed "satisfactory" by
head coach John Whitehead
despite record temperature lows
and an unexpected amount of
snow which kept the squad indoors much of the time.
The Engineers did a lot of work
on the artificial turf inside the
spacious Saucon Field House
while holding drills early to avoid
conflicts with spring sports and
the semester break vacation.
"We kept to our schedule pretty
well," says Whitehead, "getting
the things done that had to be
done and accomplishing most of
our objectives. It was a
satisfactory spring...very encouraging.
"I was especially impressed
with the players' attitude. They
worked very hard and seemed to
have a 'closeness' which wasn't
always in evidence last fall.
We're a little younger than we
were and maybe that had
something to do with our enthusiasm.
"Our annual intra-squad game,
for instance, certainly was an
improvement over the 1976 one."
The Browns, with freshman
quarterback Mike Andres of
Millville, N.J., leading the way,
staged a second-half comeback to
down the Whites, 12-8, in Taylor
Stadium. The game, played
under overcast skies and despite
bone-chilling winds, was concluded in semi-darkness.
Veteran quarterback Mike
Rieker, of Catasauqua, Pa., had
the Whites only nine yards from a
winning touchdown as time expired.
Andres, who spent part of last
season with the varsity squad
before finishing with the JVs, ran
six yards for a touchdown in the
third quarter and passed 30 yards
to tight end Dave Rarig, of
Whitehall, Pa., for the winning
TD with only 2:10 left in the
fourth. Some effective running by
fullback Mike Ford, of Kansas
City, Mo., and halfback Pete
DeLuca, of Newark, N.J.,
balanced the Brown attack.
Rieker, the Engineers' No. 1
quarterback, had taken the
Whites 65 yards early in the first
quarter for their score, running
the final four and adding a two-
point conversion dash for an 8-0
advantage.
Following  the contest four
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LIEBERMAN
McCORKEL
BROWN
Lieberman, McCorkel, Brown Place
Lehigh placed three men, including runner up ■167-pounder
Mark Lieberman, in the annual
NCAA Wrestling Tournament
last weekend at Norman, Okla.,
to finish first among all eastern
teams and seventh nationally.
Don McCorkel, a,senior from
Hershey, Pa., finished third at
190 and Mike Brown,;a freshman
from Bethlehem, Pa., was fifth
at 177. Lieberman, the only
Engineer finalist, is a sophomore
from Allentown, Pa.
Lehigh's chances fjor a higher
finish were drastically reduced
on the second day of the tournament when 134-pdunder Bob
Sloand, of Landings N.J., was
forced to withdraw because of a
knee injury.
Sloand, surprisingly unseeded
despite a fourth-place finish in
the tournament last season, was
the first-day standout as he
eliminated top-seeded Steve
Hunte of Iowa 3-2 in overtime
after a 9-9 scramble, and Pete
Boucher of Oregon State, 11-6,
with a takedown and two near-
falls in the final minute.
He injured a knee during this
action but early indications were
that he could continue on the
Title Round
dec.
dec.
118—Haines,       Wis.,
McArthur, Minn., 8-7.
126—Gallo,      Hofstra,
M our lam, Iowa, 8-3.
134—Neu, Minn., dec. Brighton,
Mich. St., 4-2.
142—Barrett,  Okla,   St.,   dec.
Komar, Ind. 12-5.
150—Churella, Mich. St., dec.
Zuspann, Iowa St., 9-3.
158—Kemp, Wis., dec.  Ward,
Iowa St., 9-5.
167—KILGORE, OKLA., DEC.
LIEBERMAN, LEHIGH, 4-2.
177—Campbell,     Iowa,     dec.
Mark Johnson, Mich., 12-6.
190—Santana,   Iowa   St.,   dec.
Evan Johnson, Minn., 12-7.
Unl—Jackson, Okla. St., dec.
Bielenberg, Ore. St., 3^3, 1-1, RD.
second day. The knee stiffened
up, however, and then locked on
him and he defaulted at the start
of the quarter-final round.
Lieberman rolled through the
tournament until the final round
when he was beaten by Rod
Kilgore of Oklahoma, 4-2.  His
National Top Ten
1. Iowa State 95V2
2. Oklahoma State   88%
3. Iowa      84
4. Minnesota  66
5. Oregon State   52'/4
6. Wisconsin  50%
7. LEHIGH  49
8. Oklahoma  48
9. Michigan State   45 V2
10. Kentucky    41»/2
earlier victims included the No. 1
seed at 167, freshman sensation
Mike DeAnna of Iowa, 10-3.
McCorkel, like Lieberman, had
only one losing bout. It came in
the semi-finals against Frank
Santana of Iowa State, a man he
whipped in a dual meet at Grace
Hall, and it resulted in a 7-5 loss.
The Lehigh star had three falls
and challenged for a special
trophy for that specialty. Honors
went to Johnny Jones of Iowa
State, who also had three, but in
less time.
Brown dropped his first NCAA
bout, 11-7 to Marty Ryan of
Oregon State, but came back to
win four out of five consolation
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LU Tourney Performances
BASTIANELLI—118
Jones, Iowa St 1:31 L
Consolations
Davis, Colorado 2-4 L
LEONHARDT—126
Ives, Missouri 2-14 L
SLOAND—134
Hunte, Iowa 9-9, 3-2 W
Boucher, Ore.St 11-6 W
Medina, Syra forf. L
(Withdrawn  after  two  bouts
because of knee injury)
SCULLEY—142
Biddick, Missouri 12-5 W
Knorr, Ore.St 6-9 L
Consolations
DiGiovanni, Cleve.St Def. W
Nielsen, Iowa St 2-7 L
DEACON—158
Kemp, Wisconsin 4-12 L
Consolations
Brown, St. Lawrence  2-4 L
LIEBERMAN—167 (second)
Liske, Cincinnati 10-2 W
Jossie, Portland St 15-1W
Lowinger, Wisconsin 6-1W
McQuaig, Okla.St 6:55 W
DeAnna, Iowa  10-3 W
Kilgore, Oklahoma 2-4 L
BROWN—177 (fifth)
Ryan,Ore.St 7-11L
Consolations
Cooney, Arizona 1:38W
Thompson, Cal Poly .... 0-0,3-1 W
Dv.Severn, Ariz.St 12-0 W
White, Penn St 3-4L
Ryan, Ore.St 15-4W
McCORKEL-190 (third)
Quigley, Ohio St 12-0 W
Nickols, Boston U 2:38 W
Young, Ariz.St 2:35 W
Santana, Iowa St 5-7 L
Consolations
Newman, Oklahoma 5:19W
Bragg, Oregon 6-0 W
W L
Lieberman 5 l
McCorkel 5 1
Brown 4 2
Sloand 2 1
Sculley  2 2
Leonhardt 0 1
Deacon  .0 2
Bastianelli 0 2
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4 Victories
In 6 Starts
During Trip
Co-captain Al Ottinger, a junior
catcher from Allentown, Pa., led
Lehigh's offense during a spring
vacation training trip to States-
boro, Ga., on which the
Engineers won four times in six
starts.
Ottinger batted .340 with nine
RBIs including a grand slam
homer and a 3-run homer.
Lehigh dropped a doubleheader
against Methodist College at
Fayetteville, N.C, en route to
Statesboro, 4-3 and 8-2, but came
back strong to down Georgia
Southern, 11-8, Armstrong State
at Savannah, Ga., 6-2 and 13-9,
and the University of Virginia, 8-
3.
Coach Stan Schultz's club (4-2)
was scheduled to open the northern part of its schedule March
23 at home against St. Joseph's at
3 p.m.
Other offensive leaders on the
trip were outfielder Joe Carroll of
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Expanded
Spring
Coverage
The Lehigh Hotline
(phone 1-215-691-1885) is
expanding its coverage of
Engineer spring sports.
There will be a weekend
scoreboard beginning at
9:30 a.m. each Sunday
starting March 27.
Results of other sports
events involving Lehigh
teams will be offered the
following day at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday  through Friday.
Results of special events,
such as championship
games and-or tournaments, will be offered
the same day.
Phone 1-215-691-1885,
anytime of the day or night,
for The Lehigh Hotline.
Champs Repeat
In Prep Tourney
Mt. St. Joseph's School, of
Baltimore, Md., finished first in
the 42nd annual National Prep
School Wrestling Tournament
held March 11-12 at Lehigh.
The Gaels, coached by Neil
Adleberg, won for the second
straight year with 124V2 points.