South Mountaineer Volume 28, Issue 06

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Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 28—No. 6
OCTOBER 21, 1985
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Wildcats Outrun Gridders
UNH Rushes For 406 Yds.,
Holds Off Late LU Rally
(Photo by BERNHARD J. SUESS)
THE ENGINEER DEFENSE, pictured in action on opening day against Indiana, came up witn
several big plays against UNH. But the Wildcat running game proved too much for the
Brown and White.
Varsity Sports Week
Booters Win Third Straight
After an early season slump
the soccer team has begun to
catch fire, capturing 1-0 victories last week over ECC rival
Rider and Wilkes.
In other action, the field
hockey team was defeated by
Pennsylvania, 3-1, and by Colgate, 2-1, before bouncing back
with an impressive 2-0 victory
over Vermont. The volleyball
team defeated LaSalle in three
straight games. The men harriers dropped matches to West
Chester and Kutztown.
In improving its record to 4-7-
1, the soccer team exhibited
strong defense with just enough
offense.
Against Rider, the booters
battled to a scoreless tie after 90
minutes of play. In overtime
freshman Paul Thorsen (Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.) scored on an
assist from senior Alex Tosi
(Landsdale, N.J.). The win was
the first in the conference for
the Engineers.
Against Wilkes the Engineers,
dominated play, but couldn't
find the net until in the last three
minutes. Senior Chris Tihanksy
(Bethlehem, Pa.) took a Mike
Holding (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
pass and put the ball in the net.
Sophomore   goalie   Eric
Sejourne (Boca Raton, Fla.)
hasn't allowed a goal in three
games.
The field hockey team took
some time off from ECC opponents and found out that life outside the conference can be
tough.
Senior Kathy Hynes (Lake
Grove, N.Y.) managed the only
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By JOHN MISSIMER '85
Despite a gallant Engineer
second-half comeback, the University of New Hampshire
wouldn't fold, as the Wildcats
ground out a 31-17 victory.
In capturing its fifth straight
victory of the season since an
opening day defeat by
Lafayette, UNH amassed 406
yards rushing. The total was 49
yards more than the previous
five opponents combined had
gained against Lehigh. And,
most of the yardage came after
All-America tailback Andre
Garron (who scored 5 touchdowns two years ago against
Lehigh) was forced to leave the
contest early in the second
quarter.
Although the Engineer
defense was battered throughout the contest, the unit came
alive at crucial times to make
the big plays and keep the
Brown & White in the game.
After Lehigh kicked off to
UNH to open the game, the
Wildcats drove to the Engineer
24. The defense held, and Eric
Facey split the uprights for a
42-yard field goal.
Lehigh's offense couldn't get
anything going and Steve Banco
(West Lawn, Pa.) uncorked a
beautiful 56-yard punt that sent
UNH back to its own 34.
On the next play Banco (7
punts for a 46.8 avg.) intercepted Wildcat quarterback
Rich Byrne on the Engineer 47.
Marty Horn (Short Hills,
N.J.) connected with Rennie
Benn (Short Hills, N.J.) for a
UNH 31, Lehigh 17
Leeman Inducted Into Hall
Former wrestling mentor
Gerry Leeman was honored
October 12 when he was
inducted into the University of
Northern Iowa's Athletic Hall of
Fame.
Leeman, who guided the
Engineer matmen to 18 winning
seasons in 18 years at the helm,
won a national title in 1946 while
wrestling for the Panthers. He
went on to capture a silver
medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
While at Lehigh, Leeman
compiled an impressive 161-38-4
dual meet record. His teams
won six EIWA tournaments and
• earned a dozen top-10 NCAA finishes. The Osage, Iowa, native
GERRY LEEMAN
coached six Lehigh men to nine
NCAA titles and 23 wrestlers to
37 EIWA crowns.
LEHIGH 0      0      3    14    —17
New Hampshire     3     7   14     7   —31
Attendance: 6,535
NH—Facey 42 FG. 11:13 left tirst.
NH—Mathews 10 pass from Byrne (Facey
kick) 1:54 left, second.
L—Beattie 27 FG, 8:19 left third.
NH—Byrne 1   run (Facey kick), 4:15 left
third.
NH—Perry 31  run (Facey kick), 1:57 left
third.
L—Melton 14 pass from Horn (pass failed),
14:11 left fourth.
L—Blum 6 run (Melton pass from Horn),
10:32 left fourth.
NH—Perry  1   run (Facey kick), 4:26 left
fourth.
LU NH
First Downs 17 31
by rush    3 25
by pass   13 4
by penalty     1 2
Rushing Attempts 25 72
Net Yds. Rushing    48 406
Net Yds. Passing 255 100
' Passes Attemped 38 16
Passes Completed  19 7
Had Intercepted     1 2
Total Plays     63 88
Total Net Yards 303 506
Return Yards    23 27
Fumbles     5 1
Fumbles Lost     1 0
Penalties      5 8
Penalty Yards    40 79
Punts      7 3
Avg. Distance    46.8 42.3
Possession Time     22:31 37:29
3rd Down Conv     3-14 8-16
Sacks By   1-4 2-7
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Rushing  att net    avg td
Lehigh
Blum     17 50 2.9 1
New Hampshire
Perry    23 136 5.9 2
Shriner     18 99 5.5 0
Byrne     15 85 5.6 1
Garron     14 73 5.2 0
Passing att   com   int   yds   td
Lehigh
Horn 38    19 1      255    1
New Hampshire
Byrne 16     7 2      100    1
Receiving no yds avg   td
Lehigh
Benn    5 105 21.0   0
Melton      5 72 14.4    1
New Hampshire
Farrell     3 65 21.6    6
17-yard gain to move the Engineers into UNH territory, but
Horn's pass to Peter Schreck
(West Lawn, Pa.) came up one
yard short of a first down and.
Lehigh turned the ball over to
New Hampshire on the 23.
The Wildcats continued to
move the ball well, but the Engineer defense, led by Mike
Muchowski (Florence, N.J.),
toughened up inside the 20-yard
line and pressured Facey into
missing field goal attempts of 47
and 25 yards. Muchowski delivered the blow on Garron which
sent the tailback to the hospital
to check for internal injuries.
New Hampshire marched
deep into Lehigh territory late
in the second quarter. With 1:54
remaining before intermission
Byrne tossed 10 yards to Glenn
Mathews for a score, giving the
Wildcats a 10-0 advantage at the
half.
When the Engineer offense
stalled after moving the ball to
the UNH 49 on the initial possession of the second half, Banco
found the coffin corner, punting
the ball out of bounds on the
three. New Hampshire couldn't
get out of the hole and was
forced to punt from deep in its
own end zone.
Lehigh took over on the UNH
25, but couldn't find paydirt.
Michael Beattie (Danbury,
Conn.) was called upon to boot a
27-yard field goal.
Wildcat Scott Perry then took
over where Garron had stopped
and began to run wild through
the Lehigh defense. Along with
fullback Mike Shriner, Perry
led his team to the Engineer 1
where Byrne plunged through
the line to increase the lead to
17-3.
Shreck fumbled on Lehigh's
next possession, and Perry
ripped through the line for a 31-
yard touchdown romp that gave
the Wildcats a 24-3 advantage at
the end of the third quarter.
Suddenly the Engineer
offense came to life, and for the
first time in 14 quarters an opponent scored a touchdown on the
New Hampshire defense. Todd
Melton (Berlin, N.J.) hauled in
a 14-yard Horn pass with 14:11
remaining in the game.
Although the two-point conversion failed, it was obvious that
Lehigh felt that it was back in
the game.
UNH started to drive on its
next possession, but junior Bob
Fithian (Aston, Pa.) made a
pretty interception of a Byrne
pass to give Lehigh the ball with
11:31 left.
A pass to Benn for 49 yards,
and a quickie over the middle
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