South Mountaineer Volume 20, Issue 21

              Vol. 20 — No. 21
FEBRUARY 28, 1978
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Trackmen Take ECC Crown
s
EIWA Test Next For Matmen
Kappel, Doyle, Relay Team
Lead Engineers To Victory
(B&W Photo)
MARK LIEBERMAN, top position, will lead Lehigh into the annual EIWA tournament scheduled
Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, at the Penn Palestra. The undefeated Engineer captain is shooting
for his third EIWA crown.	
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Syracuse Wins Finale, 26-12
Lehigh was served notice
Saturday that winning a fourth
straight EIWA championship
next weekend won't be easy.
Syracuse scored an impressive
26-12 victory.
Former Eastern champion
John Janiak, and Gene Mills and
Guy Dugas, combined for more
than half of their team's points as
the Orangemen finished the
season at 11-5-1.
Lehigh, which was coming off
impressive wins over Penn State
and Army, not to mention a team-
wide bout with the flu, was never
in the race and ended up at 9-7.
The Engineers were without
freshman flash Colin Kilrain, of
Braintree, Mass., who is expected to be recovered from an
ankle injury by next weekend.
Lehigh lightweights Steve
Bastianelli and Doug Hertrick
had been coming on strong in late
season, but both were victims of
major decisions at the hands of
Mills and Dugas.
Mills came up with a takedown
and three-point nearfall in the
second period after Bastianelli
(9-7) had taken a 1-0 lead and
added another takedown and
nearfall in the final round for a
12-1 victory.
Dugas (15-3) picked up a quick
SYRACUSE26, LEHIGH 12
118—Gene Mills (S) dec. Steve Bastianelli 12-
1.
126—Guy Dugas (S) dec. Doug Hetrick 11-0.
134—Jim   Slattery    (S)    dec.    Greg   Cunningham 5-2.
142—Denis Reed <L) dec. Tim Catalfo 5-4.
150— Ron Grubaugh (S) dec. Jeff Allegar 12-
10.
158—John Janiak (S) pinned Joe Hockman in
4:45.
167—Pete Engelhardt (S) dec. Jim Leiser 5-
2.
177—Mark   Lieberman    (L)    pinned   Paul
Lepicier in 4:46.
190—Mike Brown (L) dec. Mike Ponzo 5-0.
Hwt—Mike Rotunda (S) dec. Mike Newbern
7-2.
Referee: Carmen Molino
five-pointer in the first round
over Hetrick (11-6-1), added a
four-pointer in the second round
and won 11-0.
Janiak, who was an Eastern
titlist two years ago before sitting
out last season, finished the year
at 19-1 by flattening Engineer Joe
Hockman in 4:45 with a chancery
and arm bar.
Hockman was inserted at 158 so
Jim Leiser could go up a weight
to fill in for Kilrain. But Leiser
gave up a first-round takedown
and last-round reversal to Pete
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Cagers Divide, Earn
Home Court Berth
Lehigh split a pair of East
Coast Conference basketball
games last week, finished in a tie
with Bucknell and Delaware for
second place in the western
division, but had to accept No. 4
playoff position because both the
Bisons and Blue Hens had
superior overall records.
The Engineers did earn home
court advantage for their opening
playoff game (Monday, Feb. 27)
and the opponent was Rider
College.
It was Rider which kept Lehigh
from claiming second place all
alone in the final standings. The
Broncos edged the Engineers at
Trenton last week, 55-53, before
Lehigh came back with a
Saturday triumph over visiting
West Chester, 78-68.
Lehigh topped Rider earlier in
the campaign at Grace Hall, 74-
67.
In last week's game Lehigh
made a valiant comeback bid in
the second half overcoming a
nine-point Rider lead to tie the
game with less than two minutes
left.
Rider never trailed and went
out to an early 14-4 lead before
Lehigh managed to cut the lead to
one by halftime.
Rider spurted out to a nine-
point lead in the second half and
still held a nine-point edge at the
10-minute mark when Lehigh
began its comeback. Jeff Vandemark, of Mahwah, N.J., who had
12 points, and Ken Clifford, of
Scotch Plains, N.J., who added
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FINAL STANDINGS
ECC West                   W L Pet.
Lafayette  10 0 1,000
LEHIGH    5 5 .500
Bucknell 5 5 .500
Delaware  5 5 .500
Rider 4 6 .400
W.Chester 1 9 .100
PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 27: Rider at
Lehigh, W. Chester at Bucknell.
Wednesday, Feb. 29: Rider-
Lehigh winner at Lafayette, W.
Chester-Bucknell winner at
Delaware.
Friday and Saturday, March 3-
4: Semi-finals and finals, inter-
divisional play, at Kirby Field-
house, Lafayette.
Lehigh got a double win from
speedster Jim Kappel and some
impressive performances from
its middle distance runners
Saturday to overtake Bucknell
and win the first East Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field
championship.
Bucknell, the conference's
defending outdoor champion,
took an early lead with some
unexpected strength in the
weight events.
Lehigh slowly chipped away at
the Bisons' big early lead and
finally clinched the victory with a
first place finish in the two-mile
relay.
That relay team not only set
Lehigh's fieldhouse record of 7:52
flat, but each member also
picked up valuable points along
the way.
"There are a lot of things you
can look to when you win a meet
of this type," Engineer coach
John Covert explained.
"But as you go back over it, it's
often those seconds and thirds
you don't expect that mean the
difference."
Freshman Tom O'Shea, of
Park Ridge, N.J., proved his
coach's point. The freshman, who
was the leadoff runner in the 2-
mile relay, had kicked from
fourth to second in the 1,000-yard
run overtaking two Bucknell
runners in the process.
Rick Devine, of Westwood,
N.J., who ran the second leg, also
grabbed a close second to
Bucknell's George Buckheit in
the mile. Buckheit, perhaps the
premier distance runner in the
conference, did the mile in 4:12.2
with Devine a step behind.
Chris Nunan, who ran the third
leg of the 2-mile relay, also
placed fifth in the 600, while Andy
Hubsch, of Westfield, N1J., ran
the anchor and also got a second
in the 880.
But it was Keppel, of Bethpage,
N.Y., who was Lehigh's big point
man. He covered the 60-yard
dash in 6.4 with teammate Jim
Dutt just a tick behind in third
place. Kappel took a full second
longer to cover 60 yards in his
next race, but this time there
were high hurdles in the way.
Engineer pole vaulter Dan
Doyle, of LaGrangeville, N.Y.,
was an odds-on choice to win the
pole vault and did so easily. He
managed to match his own field-
house record of 15-6 for the fifth
time.
Indoor Track Summaries
35-lb. Weight throw: 1. Jeff Scott,
Bucknell, 50'2"; 2. Tom Blair, Lafayette,
46'5'/2"; 3. Brett Swartz, Lehigh, 45'7W; 4.
Bruce Kirchenhieter, Bucknell, 4111VS"; 5.
John Pavlovsky, Rider, 40'7"; 6. Tom
Kadien, Bucknell, 37'1".
Shot Put: 1. Ron Sherry, Bucknell, 47'8";
2. Rich Cooke, W. Chester, 47'lVSi"; 3. Jim
Schunck, Lehigh, 47'0"; 4. Chris Parris,
Drexel, 46'4"; 5. Neil Serafenas, Delaware,
45'11"; 6. Dwight Henninger, W.Chester,
45'55"
3-Mile: 1. BobHickell, Bucknell, 14:18.5; 2.
Lee Edmonds, Bucknell, 14:18.5; 3. Jim
O'Shea, Bucknell, 14:20.1; 4. Steve Gam-
bescia, St.Joseph, 14:29.6; 5. John Kelsh,
W.Chester, 14:33.2; 6. Dave Friedfeld,
Lehigh, 14:40.1.
Long Jump: 1. Michael Ingram,
Delaware, 23'l>/i"; 2. Pete Allen, Lehigh,
22'10"; 3. DaveCuneo, St. Joseph, 22'9V4"; 4.
Ron Butler, Temple, 22'3V2"; 5. Jim Prit-
chard, Bucknell, 21'6"; 6. Robert Gebhard,
Delaware, 2V5Va".
Mile: 1. George, Buckheit, Bucknell,
4:12.2; 2. Rick Devine, Lehigh, 4:12.5; 3.
Mike Home, W.Chester, 4:15.9; 4. Marc
Armstrong, Temple, 4:19.8; 5. Rich Benner,
Lafayette, 4:20.3; 6. Steve Goodell, Bucknell,
4:23.4.
High Jump: 1. JohnMaiewski, W.Chester,
6'10"; 2. Guy Ramsey, Delaware, 6'8"; 3.
Ray Ploucher, Temple, 6'6"; 4. Tom
Havekotte, Lehigh, 6'6"; 5. John McVan,
W.Chester, 6'6"; 6. Jim Eirikis, St. Joseph,
6'6".
60-Yd. Dash: I.Jim Kappel, Lehigh, 6.4; 2.
Edward McCreary, Delaware, 6.4; 3. Jim
Dutt, Lehigh, 6.5; 4. Doug Owens,
W.Chester, 6.6; 5. Rich McCoy, Temple, 6.6;
6. Jeff Brown, Temple, 6.6.
Pole Vault: 1. Dan Doyle, Lehigh, 15'6"; 2.
Dave Jones, Lafayette, 15'0"; 3. Ron Harris,
Lafayette, 14'6"; 4. Jim Burke, LaSalle,
14'0"; 5. Jim Firmani, LaSalle, 14'0".
60-Yd. High Hurdles: 1. Jim Kappel,
Lehigh, 7.4; 2. Keah McAdam, St. Joseph,
7.5; 3. Kevin Brooker, Temple, 7.5; 4. Larry
Duttweiler, Lafayette, 7.6; 5. Dave Cuneo,
St.Joseph, 7.7.
440-Yd. Dash: 1. Lou Kelly, St. Joseph,
50.33; 2. Joel Pechart, W.Chester, 50.40; 3.
Bob Baxter, Temple, 50.85; 4. Bill Stillwell,
Bucknell, 51.10; 5. Steve Kinsey, W.Chester,
51.11; 6. Michael Burke, LaSalle, 51.22.
880-Yd. Run: 1. Tom Fannon, Lafayette,
1:53.6; 2. Andy Hubsch, Lehigh. 1:54.0; 3.
James Gano, Delaware, 1:54.3; 4. Peter
Acquanella, Bucknell, 1:56.8; 5. Joseph
Burns, LaSalle, 1:57.6; 6. Don Kern, Drexel,
1:58.1.
600-Yd. Run: 1. Bill Kovalczyk, Lafayette,
1:10.3; 2. Ron anion, St. Joseph, 1:11.4; 3.
John Bailey, Lafayette, 1:12.7; 4. Doug
Owens, W.Chester, 1:13.5; 5. Chris Nunan,
Lehigh, 1:13.8; 6. Tom Franchetti, LaSalle,
1:14.7.
Triple Jump: 1. Ron Butler, Temple, 47';
2. Michael Ingram, Delaware, 46'9"; 3. Dave
Stauffer, Lehigh 45'llVi"; 4. Kevin Bailey,
W.Chester, 45'6'/2" 5. Kevin Ufier, St.
Joseph, 45'.
1000-Yd. Run: 1. Joe Genther, St.Joseph,
2:13.3; 2. Tom O'Shea, Lehigh, 2:14.2; 3.
John McAndrew, Bucknell, 2:14.8; 4. Mike
Debraggio, Bucknell, 2:15.7; 5. Mike Home,
W.Chester, 2:16.1; 6. Mike Murray, Lehigh,
2:16.6.
Two-Mile: 1. Mike Glavin, St.Joseph,
9:11.5; 2. Charles Sumrell, Lehigh, 9:18.2; 3.
John Eichenburg, Bucknell, 9:25.5; 4. Jeff
Lane, St.Joseph, 9:29.5; 5. Mark Pilsbury,
LaSalle, 9:32.2; 6. Bill Kobza, Bucknell,
9:37.2.
Distance Medley Relay: 1. Bucknell
(Peter Acquavella, Bill Stillwell, Steve
Goodell, George Buckheit), 10:25.8; 2. St.
Joseph, 10:32.7) 3. Lehigh, 10:37; 4. Drexel,
10:48; 5. West Chester, 10:53.7.
Two-Mile Relay: 1. Lehigh (Tom O'Shea,
Rick Devine, Chris Nunan, Andy Hubsch),
7:52.0; 2. Temple, 7:58.2; 3. Bucknell, 8:00.5;
4. W.Chester, 8:27.0; 5. Lafayette, 8:39.8.
Mile Relay: 1. Lafayette (Larry Duttweiler, John Bailey, Tom Fannon, Bill
Kovalczyk), 3:20.2; 2. St. Joseph, 3:20.9; 3.
Temple, 3:23.7; 4. Delaware, 3:24.1; 5.
W.Chester, 3:24.9.
Final Point Standing
Lehigh 62, Bucknell 55, St. Joseph's 43,
Lafayette 36, West Chester 31, Temple 27,
Delaware 23, LaSalle 5, Drexel 4, Rider 1,
American 0.