South Mountaineer Volume 28, Issue 15

              Women's Streak at Seven
Vol. 28—No. 15
JANUARY 14, 1986
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Men Cagers Tame Leopards
Extend Win Skein To Six
Before Bowing To Fairfield
'(Photo by BERNHARD J. SUESS)
ALL-AMERICAN PAUL DIEKEL working over Tim Mondale of Oregon State in the finals
of the Sheridan Tournament. Diekel decisioned NCAA 190-pound champion Dan Chaid,
2-1, during Engineers mid-western swing.
Diekel Downs NCAA Champion
By JOHN MISSIMER '85
In terms of wins and losses the
wrestling team's annual midw-
estern swing can hardly be
labeled successful.
But when one looks at the purpose of taking on such national
powerhouses as Iowa, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in a
three-day period, the venture
gave the Engineers an idea of
the competition they will face in
the NCAA tournament.
The highlight was Paul Dickers (Whitehall, N.Y.) 2-1 victory over Oklahoma's NCAA
champion Dan Chaid. Making
the win even sweeter for Diekel
was the fact that the Engineer-
captain spent a year and half
wrestling at Oklahoma before
transferring east to Bethlehem.
While Diekel defeated Chaid,
he lost to the man that the
Sooner beat in last year's NCAA
final. Iowa's Duane Goldman, a
three-time NCAA runner-up,
used four stalling points ajjd a
"questionable" takedown to
post a 7-2 decision.
Diekel concluded his trip by
hammering Oklahoma State's
Mike Farrell, 12-3. Diekel's
record is 14-1.
Lehigh's other All-American,
142-pounder Peter Yozzo (Sayville, N.Y.), also had a successful trip despite dropping a 15-11
decision to Iowa's Kevin
Dresser. Victimized by some
tough stalling calls, Yozzo
couldn't overcome the Hawkeye
after jumping to a 5-4 lead after
the first period.
In a 21-21 draw with Pittsburgh, Yozzo survived a scare
from Panther freshman Pat
Santoro. Santoro, whose father
Dick and brother Rich were
EIWA champions at Lehigh,
took Yozzo down in the first
period, and the two see-sawed
back and forth until Santoro was
called for stalling with less than
a minute remaining in the third
period to make the score 8-7 in
favor of Yozzo. Yozzo thwarted
a last-ditch takedown attempt
by Santoro to hang on for the
victory.
In Oklahoma, Yozzo wrestled
extremely well in dismantling
Oklahoma's Keith Wilson, 14-6,
and   then   hammering   All-
American Luke Skove of Oklahoma State, 14-5.
Junior 177-pounder Eyvind
Boyesen (Kempton, Pa.) also
performed well in the Sooner
State, losing to NCAA champion
Melvin Douglas, 7-2, before
fighting back to defeat Oklahoma State's Chuck Kearney, 4-
3. Douglas, a fifth-year senior,
originally ruled ineligible this
year, was wrestling his first
bout of the season after gaining
permission from the NCAA.
Boyesen also managed to
squeak past Pitt's Mike Tongel,
5-4.
Junior Jim Frick (Columbia,
N.J.)   atoned for a tough trip
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By JOHN MISSIMER '85
The men's basketball team
dismantled archrival Lafayette, 82-72, to post its sixth
straight win, most for an Engineer contingent since 1969-70,
before falling victim to Fairfield by 71-68 in a non-league tilt.
Lehigh jumped on top early
against the Leopards behind 14
first-half points by All-
American Daren Queenan
(Norristown, Pa.). The Engineers trailed only once, 4-3, in
the half, and opened up 12 point
leads twice. Lafayette couldn't
get on track at all, and the
Brown & White enjoyed a big
advantage on the boards.
Center Don Henderson (North
Huntingdon, Pa.) and forward
Bill Cheslock (Hicksville, N.Y.)
also played major roles in the
first stanza, pumping in eight
points apiece.
The Leopards refused to fold.
Behind some incredibly hot
shooting by Ron Reynolds (30
points), the 'Pards slowly
whittled the Engineer lead.
After Reynolds sank the first
end of a one-and-one, the score
stood at 66-64 in favor of Lehigh.
The Leopards' Gary Bennett
was then hit with a technical
foul, and the Engineers took
advantage to blow the game
open.
Queenan squirmed his way
through the lane and hit an
inside jumper. The 6-4'/2 sky-
walker was fouled on the play,
and went to the line to attempt
the three-point play. He missed
the free-throw, but sophomore
Tim   Russell   grabbed   the
rebound and was subsequently
fouled by Bennett.
Bennett objected too much for
official John Bonder and was
called for a technical foul. Russell sank both ends of a one-and-
one, and senior co-captain
Michael Androlewicz made the
technical, and Lehigh led, 71-64,
with 5:56 to play.
That series of events broke
the Leopards' backs. The
Brown & White held Lafayette
off to post its second ECC
victory.
Queenan led Engineer scorers with 24 points, while
Androlewicz   had   16.   Other
Steward, Feeley Lead Women
While the spotlight has been
*focused mainly on the streaking
men's   basketball   team,   the
I
women have quietly assembled
a string of their own. With
impressive victories last week
over St. Francis and East Coast
Conference rival Drexel, Muf fet
McGraw's squad has won seven
in a row to improve its record to
9-2.
The last time the women
tasted defeat was back on Dec.
4, when they dropped an 81-60
decision to nationally ranked St.
Joseph's.
While they had little trouble in
handling St. Francis. 89-60, the
women struggled to defeat
Drexel, 72-66. Making the vic
tory even sweeter was the fact
that the Dragons handed last
year's ECC champion, Lafayette, a 77-58 drubbing earlier in
the week.
Behind some excellent outside shooting by senior co-
captain Liz Feeley (Worcester,
Mass.), the Engineers opened
up a 29-19 lead over Drexel with
5:13 to play in the first half.
But three quick baskets drew
the Dragons to within 29-25.
Sophomore Mary Kush (Prin-
gle, Pa.), making her first
appearance since being sidelined with a stress fracture in
the opening game, canned two
free throws to make the score
31-25, before Drexel ran off six
straight points to take a 32-31
lead.
After the teams traded
bskets, sophomore Laurel
Casten (Wexford, Pa.) scored
on a rebound with one second
left to give the Engineers a 35-34
lead at the intermission.
Seniors Shawn Steward
(Columbus, Ohio) and Cathy
Engelbert (Collingswood. N.J.)
helped Lehigh break the game
open in the opening minutes of
the second half. Using their
quickness and tenacious
defense, the Brown & White ran
off eight unanswered point in an
18-9 spurt which put the Engineers on top, 53-43.
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MIKE ANDROLEWICZ
Lehigh players in double figures
were Cheslock (12), Russell
(10), Henderson (10),andsenior
Vernon Doswell (Somerset,
N.J.) who also had ten.
Queenan also had a magnifi-
cient game on the boards, hauling down a game-high 12
rebounds. Cheslock grabbed
seven caroms.
Despite playing in front of the
largest turn-out of the year in
Stabler,   the   Engineers  just'
couldn't   overcome  the  taller
Fairfield squad.
Lehigh held an 8-6 advantage
in the early going, but the Stags
ran off nine straight to go up 15-
9.
Fairfield increased its lead to
25-11. but behind some tough
outside shooting by Cheslock.
the Brown & White pulled to
within five, 33-28. at the half.
The Engineers surged back,
with Doswell's layup at 15:46
making it 40-38, but Fairfield
scored 10 unanswered points in
the next five minutes to open up
a 50-38 lead.
Showing a lot of heart, the
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