South Mountaineer Volume 25, Issue 20

              Soviet Meet At Stabler Mar. 22
Bobby Weaver and Darryl
Burley, two of Lehigh's leading
matmen, have accepted invitations to represent the U.S.A. in
an All-Star meet against the
Soviet National Team Tuesday,
March 22, in Stabler Center.
The international Olympic
style attraction, sponsored by
the new Lehigh Wrestling Club,
will begin at 8 p.m.
The Soviet squad, consisting
of many of the same athletes
who helped the U.S.S.R. win the
1982 .World Championship in
Edmonton, Can., will be wrestling a star-studded U.S. squad,
many of which, like the Soviets,
are preparing for the 1983 World
Cup matches to be held the following weekend in Toledo, Ohio.
Both   teams   are   readying
themselves for this year's
World Championship in Kiev,
Russia (mid-September) and
for the final showdown in Los
Angeles at the 1984 Summer
Olympics.
Weaver, a world class free-
WEAVER
style veteran and a member of
the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, is
entered at 105V2 pounds with
Burley at 136V2. Both will compete in the NCAA Tournament
at Oklahoma City March 10-11-
12, Weaver at 118 and Burley at
142.
Another early acceptance for
theSoviet-U.S.A. meet has been
received from Gene Mills,
former Syracuse champion and
also a member of the 1980 U.S.
Olympic team, at 125V2. He's
now an assistant coach at
Syracuse.
The March 22 match between
the Russians and Americans
has significant meaning. Not
only will the U.S. get a preview
of this year's Soviet team, but
the Lehigh match will come
only two days after the World
Cup Trials at Grand Valley
State College, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
A "bigwin" for any American
wrestler against a Soviet star at
Lehigh will mean added confi-
BURLEY
dence and invaluable experience going into the World Cup
matches. The possibility also
presents itself of the same two
grapplers meeting again in
Kiev at the World Championship.
Tickets for the March 22 event
can be purchased at the door or
by writing: U.S.S.R.-USA Wrestling Meet, Athletic Ticket
Office, Taylor Gym #38, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, Pa.
18015.
They are priced at $10 for
reserved chairback and $7 for
bleacher seating. Include $1.00
for postage and handling and
please make check payable to
Lehigh University. Interested
fans may also call 215-861-4304
to order tickets.
Vol. 25 - No. 20
MARCH 8, 1983
BETHLEHEM, PA
Cagers In Basketball Playoffs
It ff V
Wrestlers In Nationals
Tournament Starts Thursday
At Oklahoma City Center
Seven Lehigh wrestlers,
including five who won titles in
the EIWA tournament last weekend, will participate in the 53rd
annual NCAA championships
March 10-11-12 at Oklahoma
City.
Competition will take place in
the Myriad Convention Center
beginning Thursday (March 10)
with pre-preliminary bouts at 10
a.m. Full preliminary rounds
follow at noon and 7 p.m.
Friday (March 11) there are
quarterfinals at noon, followed
by consolations, semifinals at 7
p.m. and more consolations.
Saturday (March 12) finds
consolation finals at noon and
championship finals at 7 p.m.
All times are Central.
The five Lehigh champions,
from the EIWA tournament
which the Engineers won with
Navy second and Syracuse
third, are Olympian Bobby
Weaver of Easton, Pa., at 118,
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Women's Team Hosts Game
Wednesday At Grace Hall
LIZ FEELEY
Tennis To Open Spring Slate
Lehigh men's and women's
basketball teams are in East
Coast Conference post-season
playoffs this week.
Monday night the men were
scheduled to face Lafayette, in
Easton, and Wednesday night
the women host a contest in
Grace Hall at 8 o'clock between
the winner of a Monday opener
between Towson State and
American.
The men (9-15 overall and 2-11
ECC) finished fifth in their division   while   Lafayette   was
fourth. The winner of their
game plays Wednesday night at
American.
The women (13-8 overall and
4-5 in the ECC) drew a first-
round bye. The winner of their
game Wednesday moves into
the weekend portion of the tournament Friday at Kirby Field
House on the Lafayette campus.
Shawn Steward of Columbus,
O., and Liz Feeley of Worcester,
Mass., are expected to lead the
Lehigh   shooting   while   Terri
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With the 1983 EIWA and Prep
School wrestling tournaments
history, and the East Coast Conference basketball playoffs this
week, can spring be far behind?
How about a men's tennis
matchup Sunday, March 13, on
the Saucon Fields at 4 p.m.
between Lehigh and East
Stroudsburg?
This will mark the debut of
Kevin Kopp as the Engineers'
new coach, the successor to
Brad Wyckoff.
Men's lacrosse comes along
next, March 19, with an opener
at Penn State. Another new
Lehigh mentor, Bob Shaps,
debuts in this one following Jeff
Tipping.
The third, and final, new head
coach debuts March 22 as the
women's softball squad plays at
Muhlenberg   with   Muffet
McGraw succeeding Maureen
Frederick.
Also on March 22 the women's
tennis team hosts Ursinus in its
opener.
Other opening dates:
March 23—Women's lacrosse
at Muhlenberg:
March 24—Baseball at Navy
(en route to Statesboro, Ga., on
annual spring trip);
March 26—Trackmen depart
on annual spring trip. Regular-
season opener April 9;
April 4—Golf vs Franklin and
Marshall, and Swarthmore, at
Lancaster, Pa.
Veteran head coaches returning are Judy Baxter, women's
lacrosse; Karen Adams,
women's tennis; John Covert,
track and field; Wilbur Trexler,
golf, and Stan Schultz, baseball.
Ketcho Tops 1,100 Mark
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ELLEN SILVER
Lehigh placed second in the
1939 NCAA wrestling tournament to Oklahoma State. The
tourney was held at Franklin
and Marshall College.
Senior co-captain Fred
Ketcho, of Lehigh, added
eight points to his career
total at Colgate in the final
regular-season contest
and needed only two more
on Monday to become the
school's fifth all-time
scorer.
He went into the ECC
playoffs with 1,103 against
1,104 for the No. 5 man,
Jeff Vandemark (1977
through 1980). Norm
Brandl, the No. 4 shooter
was beyond reach with
1,231.
Ketcho, of Wood-Ridge,
N.J., had 339 points in 24
games prior to the
playoffs, averaging 14.1
per game. Collins held the
team  lead in  averages,
with a 14.5 mark. He had
334 points in 23 contests.
FRED KETCHO