South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 10

              Volume 35, Number 10
November 10, 1992
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
AMY'S AN ALL-STAR— Senior back
Amy Earley of the Lehigh field hockey
team has been selected to participate in the
1992 CFHCA Division I North-South
Senior All-Star Game. The game will
take place Sat., Nov. 21 at Virginia
Commonwealth University and features
top players from schools such as Brown,
Rutgers. Duke, Rider and Connecticut.
Earley, who scored a career-high eight
goals this season, is the first Engineer to
receive the honor in the history of the
Lehigh field hockey program.
SEMPTI HITS THE TRIFECTA— A
241-yard, three-touchdown performance
against Bucknell has earned junior
quarterback Scott Semptimphelter his
third Patriot League Offensive Player of
the Week award for the 1992 season. The
Florence, NJ native completed 13 of 20
passes in leading the Engineers to a 38-16
victory. He also received the honor after
leading Lehigh to a 31 -24 win over Brown
(10/17) and shared the honor following a
42-28 loss to Northeastern (10/10). In
addition, "Sempti" has appeared on the
ECAC Honor Roll five times this season.
ROCKIN' RAUCH & AMAZIN' GRACE
— The Lehigh volleyball team hosts
Princeton Tuesday night with a rare
opportunity at stake. The Engineers have a
perfect 8-0 record at home and will be
looking to complete their season with an
undefeated home mark. Lehigh is 4-0 at
Grace Hall and 4-0 at Rauch Field House.
TICKETS! — Season tickets are now on
sale for basketball and wrestling. A
reserved season ticket for wrestling is
priced at $50.00 and includes dual matches
against Iowa State, Army, Navy, two quad
meets and the Sheridan Tournament.
Basketball season tickets are priced at
$60.00 for the 13-game schedule. In
addition, a Saturday doubleheader plan
which includes four games costs $20.00.
Reduced faculty/staff prices are also
available. For more info, and to order
tickets call 7LU-GAME.	
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Back on the mat.. 2
Men's soccer bows out 3
Olympic sports roundup 3
Hall of Fame inductees 3
Olympic sports slate 4
Football cumulative stats 4
NATIONAL DOMINANCE
Another season of Lehigh wrestling begins this
weekend, and the Engineers will be looking o
add to their list of national champions. A look at
where Lehigh ranks with other powerhouses:
SCHOOL                  NATIONAL CHAMPS
OKLAHOMA STATE
110
OKLAHOMA
59
IOWA STATE
54
IOWA
48
LEHIGH                                  24
MICHIGAN STATE
23
NORTHERN IOWA
20
MICHIGAN
17
Lehigh runs rampant over Bison
Semptimphelter, special teams key 38-16 victory
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director
There would be no looking back
on critical mistakes or missed
opportunities for Lehigh this week as
the Engineers dominated Bucknell in a
38-16 victory at Goodman Stadium to
even their Patriot League record at 2-
2.
"It was just right," said head
coach Hank Small. "To get, in our last
home game, a victory and 2-2 in the
league."
"We haven't done nearly as well
as we thought we would this season,
but we finished up at home on a good
note," said senior guard Calvin Hobbs.
"The two games we'll remember most
this year are the Lehigh-Lafayette
game and our last home game."
Saturday's game was the result of
every area of the team performing
well.
Offensively, Patriot League
Player-of-the-Week Scott
Semptimphelter threw for 241 yards
and three touchdowns in just a little
over three quarters of action.
Sophomore tailback Jason
Mastropierro carried 24 times for 92
yards and junior Kevin Rubin caught
four passes for 99 yards.
Just as important was that the
offense showed some big-play
capability as Semptimphelter hit Rubin
on a 58-yard touchdown strike which
gave Lehigh a 31-9 lead late in the
third quarter. It also showed the ability
to score inside the 20-yard line as
Lehigh scored all four times inside, the
red zone. The most impressive
Engineer score was a one-yard pass
from Semptimphelter to Sean
McCarthy on fourth down with 6:13
left in the second quarter which gave
Lehigh a 17-3 lead.
"They had a game plan to take
Jason Cristino away from us,"
Semptimphelter said. "But you can't
double-team him because that leaves
three other guys open."
Defensively, the line played
maybe its best game of the year. Led
by junior Brett Almassy, who recorded
a game-high 13 tackles, the Engineer
defense held Bucknell to only nine
points prior to a late Bison score with
only :40 remaining.
"Speaking for all the
underclassmen, we dedicated this
game to the seniors," Almassy said.
"Before the game all the defensive
lineman got together and said we
wanted to prove that we could make
the big plays and I think we did that
today."
The whole defense made plays as
junior Kevin Jefferson had 11 tackles
and classmate Lance Haynes had six.
SEE YA!... Junior wide receiver Kevin Rubin waves bye-bye to the
Bucknell defense en route to a 58-yard TD reception.       -Photo by Joe Ryan
Speaking of making plays, on special
teams Lehigh's punt block team was again
exceptional as it blocked its fourth kick of
the season. Senior Ben Taylor blocked
Jason Fralick's punt on Bucknell's initial
drive of the third quarter and freshman
Tony Perilla ran it in from 22 yards out to
give the Engineers a 24-3 lead.
"That blocked punt was a major
reversal," Bison head coach Lou
Maranzana said. "It certainly changed the
complexion of the game."
Added Perilla, "When I first got it, I
thought I was going to trip. It felt good to
score."
It marked the second big play by the
special teams unit. Earlier in the game the
Bison bobbled a punt snap and senior
Adam Ciperski sacked punter David Todd
for a 16-yard loss to the Bison 29. That
play resulted in a 20-yard field goal by
freshman Byron Dyson.
Another positive sign was Lehigh's
ability to score in the third quarter. The
Engineers' 14 points in the third quarter
equalled their total for the entire year. The
38 points was the most the team's scored
since last year's 41 points at Bucknell.
So after some agonizing losses the last
two weeks, the Engineers finally put it all
together and showed how effective they
can be when mistakes are avoided.
EXTRA POINTS:
Semptimphelter is
now No. 6 in single
season completions
(200) and No. 7 in
yards
(2,545)...Senior
tailback Mark
Lookenbill may
apply for an extra
year of eligibility. In
order for this to
happen he would
need approval from
Lehigh, the Patriot
League and
NCAA...Double
digit scoring streak
now stands at 50
games...Mastropierro's
streak of consecutive
100 yard games
ended at
three...Jason Cristino
leads league in
receiving,
Semptimphelter
leads in passing
yards and junior
Craig Melograno
lead in
punting...Lehigh is
No. 5 nationally in
passing offense...
Lehigh is 2-0 when
senior Dave DiDomizio scores... Junior    ,
Dave Cecchini is No. 3 in Patriot League
receiving...Seniors Rocco Russomanno
and Mike Wetzel had interceptions vs.
Bucknell.
BUCKNELL       0 3 6 7     —16
LEHIGH 10 7        14 7    —38
LU — DiDomizio 13 pass from Sempti (Dyson kick)
LU - Dyson 20 FG
BU - Klingner 29 FG
LU - McCarthy 1 pass from Sempti (Dyson kick)
LU - Perilla 22 blocked punt return (Dyson kick)
BU - Anderson 10 pass from Glus (run failed)
LU - Rubin 58 pass from Sempti (Dyson kick)
LU - Mastropierro 1 run (Dyson kick)
BU - Walsh 1 run (Klingner kick)
TEAM STATS
BUCKNELL
LEHIGH
First Downs
21
21
Rushes-Yards
46-115
43-177
Yds. Passing
177
241
Passes C-A-l
21-35-2
13-22-1
Punts-Avg.
4-29.3
2-29.0
Penalties-Yds.
6-55
8-92
LEHIGH INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing — Mastropierro 24-92, Semptimphelter 8-
36, Overdorff 6-30, DiDomizio 4-18
Passing - Semptimphelter 13-20 for 241 yards
Receiving - Rubin 4-99-1, Cecchini 3-84, Cristino 3-
25, McCarthy 2-20-1, DiDomizio 1-13-1
Tackles - Almassy 13, Jefferson 11, Haynes 7,
Lawler 6, Yadush 6, West 4, Russomanno 4