South Mountaineer Volume 34, Issue 17

              Volume 34, Number 17
January 28, 1992
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE
— Tickets lo llie 1992 Patriot League
Basketball Championship Tournament and
the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Association ChampionshipTournament are
on sale now al llic Lehigh University Ticker
Office. The Patriot League basketball
Tournament will be held March 6-10 with
llic climax coming Tuesday, March 10 with
the men's final, which will be televised on
ESPN. The EIWA Tournament will be held
the same weekend, March 6 and 7, al the
Palestra on the campus of the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For more
information on purchasing tickets to these
events, sec South Mountaineer Page 4.
SERGEI ON ESPN — Lehigh Assistant
Wrestling coach Sergei Beleglazov was
featured on ESPN's "The NCAA Today"
which aired January 14. Beleglazov, who
was llic first nalivc Soviet ever to coach in
the United Slates while retaining his Soviet
citizenship, has been a major influence in
llic Lehigh wrestling program since his
arrival Iwo years ago. The show is in it's
debut season and features college athletics.
HOT STREAK — Lehigh junior Hassan
Young, a iri-captain of the Engineers track
and field learn, is a perfect three for llircc in
indoor meets held al Rauch Field House
this season. His streak isn't just wins, though
— il is school records. Young first set llic
Lehigh record in the 440 with a time of
:49.9 at the Mid-Atlanlic TAC Meel
December 7. He ihcn set the school record
in the 220 with a lime of :22.96 al llie
second Mid-Atlantic TAC Meel January
11. Young completed the trio of records last
weekend when he won the 500 meters in a
record lime of 1:05.41 in Lehigh's wins
over Montclair and Binghamlon. That lime
also bettered the standard required for llic
IC4A Championships.
TRIPLE-TEAMED — Meel Dozie Mbonu,
Lehigh shining center, full-lime student
and father of a year-old daughter. Jusl how
docs he find time to do all three things and
do them well? See page 2.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Heavy, heavy fuel  3
Swim teams aiming for Patriot
League Championships  3
Winter sports results  4
Lafayette no match for Lehigh
Engineers move
into Patriot League
first place tie
By MARC GESUALDO '92
South Mountaineer Writer
Basketball fans on South Mountain
probably feel like they've been watching
a season-long episode of "To Tell The
Truth." So — will the real Lehigh
Engineers please step forward?
If Saturday night's 78-64 victory
over visiting Lafayette was any indication,
the Engineers have replaced the impostors
from early in the season and are back on
track for the coveted Patriot League
championship.
Coupled with last Wednesday's 106-
86 shellacking of Navy in Annapolis,
the win pushed the Engineers to 9-9
overall and 4-1 in the Patriot League,
tied for first with Holy Cross and Colgate.
"We went into tonight very relaxed,
mainly because it was at home," said
Lehigh forward Bob Krizansky. "We
always play well here."
Lehigh remained undefeated (6-0)
at Stabler Arena by opening the second
half with a 17-7 run to extend a seven-
point halftime lead to 52-35. Junior guard
Chuck Penn capped the spurt with a
layup for two of his 10 points.
The Engineers were led by preseason Patriot League Player of the Year
Krizansky, who collected 15 points, five
assists and five steals. Senior forward
Dozie Mbonu contributed to a balanced
Engineer attack with 13 points.
"I'm pleased with our team effort
tonight," Duke said. "I don't want Bobby
and Dozie to have to score 21 ...22 points
every night."
The Engineers had been much
maligned for their defense recently, as
they entered the Lafayette contest giving
up an average of 81 points per game. Yet
Lehigh held Lafayette to 43 percent
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shooting and forced 17 Leopard
turnovers which it
manufactured into 22 points.
"When we start our
offense off our defense, that's
Lehigh basketball," Krizansky
said.
That combination proved
effective at Navy also as the
Engineers withstood a 58-point
first-half performance which
saw the Midshipmen nail an
unbelievable ten of 18 three-
pointers. Lehigh trailed by two
points at the half but outscored
Navy, 50-28 in arguably its
best second half of the season.
Mbonu paced the
Engineers with 28 points in
that game while Krizansky
poured in 20 as Lehigh shot 54
percent from the field. Senior
forward Greg Berliner came
off the bench to chip in with a
career-high 13 points, while
connecting on three of four three-point
attempts.
"We played well in the second half
at Navy and this (the Lafayette game)
was a carryover," said Krizansky. "It's no
secret. We are a second half team."
The Engineers have now beaten their
rivals from Easton in five straight contests,
the first time that's happened since Lehigh
posted six straight wins from 1924-27.
The team has little time to celebrate,
though, as it has two important Patriot
League showdowns upcoming. Tomonow,
the Engineers travel to Lewisburg, Pa. to
take on Bucknell (3-2 in the league) at an
always ear-shattering Davis Gym.
Then it's back to Stabler next Saturday
at 3 p.m. for a potential first-place shootout
with the Holy Cross Crusaders, the team
that knocked Lehigh out of the Patriot
League tournament a year ago.
BIG GUNS
Teams with wrestlers ranked number one in
their wei
ght class by the 14-team EIWA:
School
#1'S
Wrestler
Syracuse
4
Drew Black (118);
Rich Santana (142);
Darrin Farrell (177);
Mark Kerr (190)
LEHIGH
2
Solomon Fleckman
(167); John Morris
(HWT)
Cornell
2
Mark Fergeson (134);
Jason Roach (158)
Navy
1
Mark Smith (126)
Brown
1
Earl Walker (150)
source: the EIWA
Engineers top Cadets
Fleckman, Morris secure win over #19 Army
By MATT WINKLER
Sports Information Assistant
West Point, NY — The Engineers got
their act back on track Saturday night,
upsetting 19th-ranked Army, 21-14,
before a rowdy houseful of Cadets at
Christl Arena.
The younger Engineers performed
admirably, taking the crowd out of the
match early, before turning over the
reins to the veterans to drive Lehigh
home to victory.
Tied at 14-14 entering the final
two  bouts,  seniors  Solomon  (Beau)
Fleckman and John Morris scored deciding
decisions, Morris's by a major, to earn
Lehigh (3-7,2-2) a key EIWA victory on
the road.
"The young guys wrestled great
tonight, "said Lehigh head coach Tom
Hutchinson, "and the older ones were
solid as usual."
In winning six of the last nine bouts,
including Steve Cassidy's draw at 150,
the Engineers essentially made up for a
loss at Syracuse the night before, 22-19,
to the defending EIWA champions.
In the Army match. Lehigh began
Please see "Cadets", Page 2
Two of the Patriot League's marquee players square off:
Lehigh's Bob Krizansky against Lafayette's Craig White.
-Photo by JOE RYAN
400 wins for Covert
Lehigh head men's and women's track and
field and men's cross country coach John Covert
picked up his 400th win at Lehigh Saturday as
his men's indoor track squad defeated Miilersville
and East Stroudsburg.
The men's team, paced by eight first place
finishes out of 17 events, won with a total of 100
points to Millersville's 45 and East Stroudsburg's
38. Cleveland McCray had another standout
performance for the Engineers, winning the 60
meter high hurdles in 7.6 and the triple jump
with a distance of 45'-0.5".
Other winners for the Lehigh men were
Jon Van Order in the 5000 meter (15:28.40),
Mike O'Hara in the high jump (6'-2"), Hassan
Young in the 400 meter (50.6), Tom Gilmore in
the 500 meter (1:07.80), Kevin Chapman and
Horace Hamm in the 60 meter (tie @ 6.4), Pat
Buddenbaum in the 1000 meter (2:32.8) and
Paul Hisem in the 3000 meter (8:43.9). Lehigh
also won the mile relay in 3:28.50. The men
improved to 4-0 in dual meet competition.
On the women's side, Miilersville wound
up claiming the win with a total of 61 points
while Lehigh and East Stroudsburg finished
with 59.
Jenny Lee was a double winner for the
Engineers, capturing firsts in the long jump
(17'-3") and the triple jump (34'-10.5"). Other
Lehigh winners included Bridget O'Connell in
the 60 meter high hurdles (8.9), Donna Riley in
the 400 meter (1:03.5), Denise Richards in the
800 meter (2:28.5) and Gretchen Repasky in the
1000 meter (3:15.6). Lehigh also won the two-
mile relay in 10:21 and the distance medley in
13:54.6. The women fell to 2-1-1 in dual meet
competition.
Covert's combined record now stands at
401-184-4.