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Volume 32, Number 13 December 6, 1989 Bethlehem, Pa. Engineers place 10th in Las Vegas By MIKE ALBRIGHT Sports Information Assistant LAS VEGAS — Junior Matt Ruppel won his third tournament title of the year last weekend, capturing the 190-pound crown at the Las Vegas Invitational at the Showboat Sports Pavillion. Ruppel (Deer Lodge, Mont.), along with place- winners Solomon Fleckman (Cape Coral, Fla.), third at 167, and Rick Hartman (Lakewood, Ohio), seventh at 126, helped Lehigh to a 10th place finish in the 42- team tournament. The Engineers scored 50.75 points. Arizona State captured the team title with 126.5 points, edging defending national champs Oklahoma State, which finished second with 122.75 points. Rounding out the top five were Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa State. Nationally, most wrestling experts keep an eye on the results of the Las Vegas Invitational because in each of the last three years, the winner of this tourney has gone on to win the NCAA Championship later that same season. In the finals. Ruppel took a 12-4 decision from Michigan's Fritz Lehrke, currently ranked fifth in the nation. Ruppel is ranked third and was the second seed in the tournament. He is 13-0 this season and has won the Central Jersey Open and the Mat-Town USA in addition to this weekend's crown. Ruppel led Lehrke 6-3 after two periods but wore Michigan wrestler down in the final period, scroing six points, including one for 1:19 of riding time he mostly accrued in the early periods. Soloman Fleckman works on a Penn opponent during the Mat-Town USA tournament two weeks ago. Fleckman captured that tourney's crown at 167 and then went on to take third in the Las Vegas Invitational. Following the win. Ruppel said it was the biggest tournament win of his collegiate career. "I felt like I wrestled very well. I've had problems with my confidence in the past." he said. "But this tournament helped me gain the confidence and show myslelf that I've got what it takes to be a (national) champ." Ruppel's closest bout came in the semi-finals where he had to hold off an attacking Chris Nelson for a 7-5 win. Heading into the final period, Ruppel was tied at 3-3 with Nelson until he registered an early escape. The score remained 4-3 until Ruppel took Nelson down with 19 seconds left. However, seven seconds later. Nelson, had scored a reversal. He allowed Ruppel to escape with seven seconds left and was attacking when the final buzzer sounded. Lehigh coach Tom Hutchinson said Ruppel. Fleckman and Hartman wrestled exceptionally well in the tournament. And while the team's showing may have a surprise to many. Hutchinson said he really had no expectations for the team entering the tournament. See WRESTLING page 3 Photography by YOUNG HONG Lehigh wins big over SMU Split games in California tourney By GLENN HOFMANN Sports Information Assistant PALO ALTO - A sun filled trip to California, the first by a Lehigh team since 1977, was made even sunnier on the court as the Engineer baksetball team pulled off a major upset in the consolation game of the Apple Invitational Tournament at ■ Stanford. Lehigh's 69-49 thrashing of the Mustangs brought the Engineers a third place finish, their first win of the season and renewed optimism heading into their final week of play before exams. '"We have some confidence now," head coach Dave Duke said. "We really played hard, especially Saturday night, and most importantly we shot the ball well from the outside." Lehigh put together two excellent halves of basketball for the first time this season and for the tournament the Engineers played three top-notch halves and one poor one—the poor showing after the intermission against Stanford which uirneu a two point halftime deficit into an 82-59 loss. Stanford would go on to win the tournament, beating Louisiana Tech in the championship game. Against SMU. Lehigh came out ready to play and their tough defensive pressure combined with excellent ball movement on offense confused Southern Methodist— resulting in a 13-point halftime lead and one which was as much as 22 points late in the game. ""I think we wanted the game more," junior Mike O'Hara (Springfield, Pa.) said. '"We rebounded much better than we have been and that was real important." The Mustangs did cut the Engineers lead to as few as eight points early in the second half hut Lehigh quickly countered with a Mike O'Hara (Springfield. Pa.) three pointer and a Bob Krizansky (Hazleton. Pa.) steal and jam—which effectively .sealed the game. Neal Fenton (Latrobe. Pa.) came off the bench for Lehigh and had his best game ever as an Engineer scoring 18 points, including four three pointers. The 18 points was also Fenton "s best while playing for the U.S. NaVal Academy. "Neal's a veh good shooter." Duke said. "Against SMU, he was given an opportunity and he capitalized." See MEN S BASKETBALL page 2
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Title | South Mountaineer Volume 32, Issue 13 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals; Campus Scenes; Lehigh University. Alumni Association; Campus environment |
Description | Reports on the past week's athletics news at Lehigh University. Published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year. |
Creator | Lehigh University. Alumni Association. Alumni Student Drants Committee |
Publisher | Lehigh University |
Date | 1989-12-06 |
Type | Text |
Format | newsletters |
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Extent | 4 pages |
Dimensions | 42 cm. x 28 cm. |
Identifier | SC LSer S726 V32 N13 |
Language | Eng |
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Title | [Front cover] |
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Identifier | SC LSer S726 V32 N13 001 |
Language | Eng |
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Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/385433 |
Full Text | Volume 32, Number 13 December 6, 1989 Bethlehem, Pa. Engineers place 10th in Las Vegas By MIKE ALBRIGHT Sports Information Assistant LAS VEGAS — Junior Matt Ruppel won his third tournament title of the year last weekend, capturing the 190-pound crown at the Las Vegas Invitational at the Showboat Sports Pavillion. Ruppel (Deer Lodge, Mont.), along with place- winners Solomon Fleckman (Cape Coral, Fla.), third at 167, and Rick Hartman (Lakewood, Ohio), seventh at 126, helped Lehigh to a 10th place finish in the 42- team tournament. The Engineers scored 50.75 points. Arizona State captured the team title with 126.5 points, edging defending national champs Oklahoma State, which finished second with 122.75 points. Rounding out the top five were Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa State. Nationally, most wrestling experts keep an eye on the results of the Las Vegas Invitational because in each of the last three years, the winner of this tourney has gone on to win the NCAA Championship later that same season. In the finals. Ruppel took a 12-4 decision from Michigan's Fritz Lehrke, currently ranked fifth in the nation. Ruppel is ranked third and was the second seed in the tournament. He is 13-0 this season and has won the Central Jersey Open and the Mat-Town USA in addition to this weekend's crown. Ruppel led Lehrke 6-3 after two periods but wore Michigan wrestler down in the final period, scroing six points, including one for 1:19 of riding time he mostly accrued in the early periods. Soloman Fleckman works on a Penn opponent during the Mat-Town USA tournament two weeks ago. Fleckman captured that tourney's crown at 167 and then went on to take third in the Las Vegas Invitational. Following the win. Ruppel said it was the biggest tournament win of his collegiate career. "I felt like I wrestled very well. I've had problems with my confidence in the past." he said. "But this tournament helped me gain the confidence and show myslelf that I've got what it takes to be a (national) champ." Ruppel's closest bout came in the semi-finals where he had to hold off an attacking Chris Nelson for a 7-5 win. Heading into the final period, Ruppel was tied at 3-3 with Nelson until he registered an early escape. The score remained 4-3 until Ruppel took Nelson down with 19 seconds left. However, seven seconds later. Nelson, had scored a reversal. He allowed Ruppel to escape with seven seconds left and was attacking when the final buzzer sounded. Lehigh coach Tom Hutchinson said Ruppel. Fleckman and Hartman wrestled exceptionally well in the tournament. And while the team's showing may have a surprise to many. Hutchinson said he really had no expectations for the team entering the tournament. See WRESTLING page 3 Photography by YOUNG HONG Lehigh wins big over SMU Split games in California tourney By GLENN HOFMANN Sports Information Assistant PALO ALTO - A sun filled trip to California, the first by a Lehigh team since 1977, was made even sunnier on the court as the Engineer baksetball team pulled off a major upset in the consolation game of the Apple Invitational Tournament at ■ Stanford. Lehigh's 69-49 thrashing of the Mustangs brought the Engineers a third place finish, their first win of the season and renewed optimism heading into their final week of play before exams. '"We have some confidence now," head coach Dave Duke said. "We really played hard, especially Saturday night, and most importantly we shot the ball well from the outside." Lehigh put together two excellent halves of basketball for the first time this season and for the tournament the Engineers played three top-notch halves and one poor one—the poor showing after the intermission against Stanford which uirneu a two point halftime deficit into an 82-59 loss. Stanford would go on to win the tournament, beating Louisiana Tech in the championship game. Against SMU. Lehigh came out ready to play and their tough defensive pressure combined with excellent ball movement on offense confused Southern Methodist— resulting in a 13-point halftime lead and one which was as much as 22 points late in the game. ""I think we wanted the game more," junior Mike O'Hara (Springfield, Pa.) said. '"We rebounded much better than we have been and that was real important." The Mustangs did cut the Engineers lead to as few as eight points early in the second half hut Lehigh quickly countered with a Mike O'Hara (Springfield. Pa.) three pointer and a Bob Krizansky (Hazleton. Pa.) steal and jam—which effectively .sealed the game. Neal Fenton (Latrobe. Pa.) came off the bench for Lehigh and had his best game ever as an Engineer scoring 18 points, including four three pointers. The 18 points was also Fenton "s best while playing for the U.S. NaVal Academy. "Neal's a veh good shooter." Duke said. "Against SMU, he was given an opportunity and he capitalized." See MEN S BASKETBALL page 2 |
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