South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 13

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Volume 35, Number 13
December 16, 1992
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
CRISTINO'S CROWNING GLORY   -
Senior wide receiver Jason Cristino has
added to his already-impressive list of
accomplishments from the 1992 football
season. The Bridgeport, Conn, native was
named to the ECAC's First Team after.
setting a Lehigh single-season record with
1,281 yards receiving. Crisiino was also
named to the All-Patriot League First
Team. His 319 yards receiving against
Lafayette established single-game Lehigh
and Patriot League records.
TOP OF THE LIST— Besides Jason
Cristino, five other Leliigli foolbalLteam
members were named to the All-Patriot
League first or second team. They were
center Chuck Endicott (first), guard Calvin
Hobbs (second), linebacker Kevin
Jefferson (second), free safety Adam
Ciperski (second) and punter Craig
Melograno (second). For more on fall
athletes' post-season honors, please see
page 2.
HIGH HONORS - Senior guard Chuck
Penn of the men's basketball team and
sophomore center Jean Klepczynski of
ttie women's basketball team were both
named to the Patriot League Honor Roll
for the week ending 12/6. Penn set career-
highs in points twice (28 vs. Drexel and 30
vs. Wagner) and has since broken that
career-high again with 32 points against
Harvard. The Allentown, Pa. native leads
the league in scoring at a 26.0 ppg clip.
Klepczynski scored a career-high 23 points
to go along with 10 rebounds in Lehigh's
opener against Hofstra and added an 18-
point, 14-rebound effort against Long
Island. The McLean, Va. native is third in
the Patriot League in rebounding (9.7 pg).
JINGLE BELLS—The South Mountaineer
will not be published for the next three
weeks, but the entire staff would like to
wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday
season. After a visit from Santa and ample
time to ring in the new year, the Mountaineer
will return on Jan. 19.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Hoopsters look to rebound .. 2
Fall awards winners 2
Women slowed by injuries ... 3
Super swimmers 3
Winter sports slate 4
Basketball stats 4
GUNNING FOR THE TOP
Lehigh currently stands in second place in the
Patriot League Presidents' Cup race. The cup is
awarded to the school with the highest point total
encompassing all sports. A look at the standings:
INSTITUTION                POINTS
COLGATE
. 3&5.v
LEHIGH
33.5
LAFAYETTE
32.5                        J
BUCKNELL
28.5
ARMY
24.5
HOLY CROSS
18             |
FORDHAM
16.5
NAVY
9|
Swim teams off to fabulous 4-0 start! ... see story on page 3
Lehigh grapplers enjoy successful week
Crown four champs at Sheridan Tournament; down Wilkes 24-9
By ERIN DAVISON
Sports Information Assistant
The Lehigh Engineers crowned four
individual champions in the 12th Annual
Sheridan Tournament at Stabler Center,
Saturday, December 5.
With the four champions, Lehigh
placed third (97) of 10 teams, with the
title going to 20th-ranked Bloomsburg
University (101). Fourteenth-ranked
Wisconsin took second (100), while
ninth-ranked North Carolina State came
in fourth (93), behind Lehigh.
Lehigh junior Tom Koch captured
first at 126 with a fall at 3:57, only his
third career fall. Koch's championship
victory over George Swann of Bucknell
was sweetened with revenge.
"I took fifth here last year and I just
didn't have a lot of confidence in
myself,"' Koch explained. "He (Swann)
beat me in a first-round match pretty
bad, by a major or something."
To advance to the championship
finals, Koch, who hails from local Saucon
Valley, faced former Nazareth High
School wrestler Ryan Nunamaker of
North Carolina State. Koch won the
match in overtime criteria, 1 -1.
One championship bout later, the
Engineers gained theirsecond individual
champion when junior John McCumber
took first at 134, decisioning Clayton
Grice of North Carolina State, 7-6.
Second-seeded McCumber scored
his winning points over top-seeded Grice
with a takedown during the final 59
seconds of the match.
Lehigh's third champion was junior
Steve Cassidy, who successfully
defended his crown by decisioning
Bloomsburg's Andy Fitzpatrick at 150
by a 7-4 margin.
Rick Hepp, Lehigh's sophomore
167-pounder, dominated his bracket by
pinning all three opponents he met. In
the championship bout, Hepp won by
fall in 4:19 over George Mason's Chuck
Moorer.
At 118, Morgan State's sole
champion was Dantae Smith, who
decisioned Pete Rinella from
Bloomsburg. Chad Bailey (Bloomsburg)
decisioned North Carolina State's Mark
Cesari to take the 142 crown, while Cory
Anderson, also of Bloomsburg,
decisioned Blayne Diacont (Duke) 2-1
at 158.
In the 177 bracket, Bobby Ferraro
(Bucknell) decisioned Wisconsin's Mike
Griswold 8-1 to take Bucknell's only
individual title. Keith Davison of
Wisconsin placed first at 190. decisioning
Dan Madson of North Carolina State. 8-
6.
Sylvester Terkay of North Carolina
State pinned Penn's Adam Green in 3:07 to
take the heavyweight title. Terkay. who is
ranked first in the nation, was named the
tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Lehigh head coach Tom Hutchinson
was pleased with his team's performance,
especially following a disappointing 25-18
dual loss to Seton Hall November 30.
"You know, when you lose one you
shouldn't lose, there are two ways you can
respond," Hutchinson said. "You can feel
sorry for yourself or you can kick back. The
kids kicked back."
The Engineers kept kicking back by
defeating Wilkes College in a December 9
road dual, 24-9.
Lehigh dropped only two matches, the
first and last. Only fellow Engineer freshmen
David Hardwick at 118 and Ron Edmund at
heavyweight were defeated. Hardwick was
decisioned by Chris Rickard 9-5. while
Edmund was pinned in 29 seconds by Heath
Fleisher.
Thematches in between were all Lehigh,
despite quite a bit of lineup shuffling.
With Wilkes on top 3-0 after the first
bout, Tom Koch came back to even the score
with a 5-2 decision over Delfino Ochoa.
Ochoa was the sole winner for Wilkes in a
Navy dual, which the Midshipmen won, 33-
j.
Lehigh played it safe and wrestled John
McCumber at 134,' who decisioned John
Klessinger 10-4 to lift the Engineers to a
three-point lead.
Chris O'Byrne stepped in at 142 and
topped Barry Van Scoten 7-5, while Steve
Cassidy upped his overall record to 12-1 with
a 4-2 decision over Ron Miller at 150.
In the 158-pound bout, Brian Cipollone
came up with a win against John Stout, 8-6,
rebounding from a fifth-place finish at the
Sheridan Tournament.
Junior Brian Strunck jumped up to 167
to wrestle Scott Stepe. easily decisioning
him 11-4. Charles Getz, recently returning
to action after an ankle bone chip sidelined
him at the start of the season, decisioned
George Gurdock 7-1 to win at 177.
Sophomore Mike Heydlauf. who
wrestled in place of Anthony Silimperi at
190, stole the bout from Aaron Wurster 1-0
in overtime.
The victory was even more important in
that Wilkes is a member of the EIWA. and it
will help boost the Engineers' seedings in the
EIWA Tournament.
"It was good to get the first win. especially
with the three-week break coming up,"
Hutchinson said. "This will give the kids
confidence heading into their next
tournament."
The Engineers now stand 1-1 overall. 1-
0 in the EIWA. The varsity wrestlers will
travel to the Midlands Tournament in Illinois,
while the junior varsity squad will return to
Wilkes for the Wilkes Open, both on
December 29-30.
The Engineers don't return to the Lehigh
valley until a January 23 quadrangular meet
with Rider, Carson Newman and Brown.
SHERIDAN TEAM SCORING -  1.
Bloomsburg, 101; 2. Wisconsin, 100: 3.
Lehigh, 97; 4. North Carolina State, 93; 5.
Bucknell, 68; 6. George Mason. 66.75: 7.
Pennsylvania, 58; 8. Morgan State. 45.50;
9. Duke, 37; 10. Old Dominion, 20.50.
OUTSTANDING   WRESTLER   -
Sylvester Terkay, North Carolina State.
MOST FALLS - 3, Rick Hepp, Lehigh.
Junior Tom Koch was one of four Lehigh champions at the 12th Annual Sheridan Tournament.
The 126-pounder also won his bout in Leh[gh's victory over Wilkes. _.   -pipto by Joe Ryan