South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 19

              Marshall
'MARSHALL' LAW -Head
swimming coach Chris
Marshall was named Patriot
League Coach of the Year for
men's swimming after his
team finished second at the
Patriot League championships
in Hamilton, N.Y. last week. The Engineer
men took first place in five different
individual events, with freshman Jeff Cline
and senior Andy Jones each taking two
events. Marshall also coached the women
to a fifth-place finish and led both squads to
6-3 marks during the dual meet season. For
a complete wrapup of the Patriot League
Swimming & Diving Championships,please
see page 3.
MEN'S LAX LOSES OPENER— The
men's lacrosse team kicked off the 1993
season with an 8-5 loss to nationally^
renowned Michigan State on Sunday in a-i
game played in Philadelphia. Vince Geppi
led the Engineer attack with a pair of goals
while Nick Serniuk, John Harter and Jeff
Jenkins each added one goal for Lehigh.
The squad will host Mt. St. Mary's on
Saturday at 2 p.m.
TOP PATRIOTS— The Patriot League
has announced its all-league teams for the
1992-93 basketball season, and several
Lehigh Engineers have received accolades.
On the men's side, senior guard Chuck
Penn (Allentown, Pa.) was named to the
All-League Second Team while freshman
guard Rashawne Glenn (Trenton. N.J.)
was named to the All-Rookie Team. Penn
led the league in scoring at a 22.0 ppg clip
while Glenn was the Engineers' thid-leading
scorer (9.4 ppg) and received Rookie of the
Week honors once. The Lehigh women,
meanwhile, placed freshman forward
Bridget Deakin (Danbury, Conn.) on the
All-Rookie Team. Deakin was named
Patriot League Rookie of the Week three
times this season and averaged 7.9 rebounds
per game. For a preview of the mens-and
women's Patriot League basketball
tournaments, please see page 2.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Men's   and   women's   hoops
tournament previews 2
Super Swimmers.'. 3
A day at the track 4
Patriot League tourney seeds 5
Winter sports slate 5
Engineers looking to send several grapplers to NCAAs
BEASTS OF THE EAST
As the EIWA Championships invade Stabler
Centerthis weekend, Lehigh is well ahead of the
field in terms of number of titles won over the
years. A look at the teams who have won
multiple titles.
SCHOOL                       TITLES WON
LEHIGH                                 26
Penn .
Cornell                              13
Navy
7
Pittsburgh                        3
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By ERIN DAVISON
Sports Information Assistant
The host Engineers will enter the
EIWA Championship Tournament with
at least three grapplers who should
qualify for the NCAA National
Championships.
Rick Hepp, currently ranked sixth
in the nation at 167, should earn a top
seed at Easterns. A sophomore, Hepp
has been ranked first in the conference
since his 6-4 decision over Navy's Jamie
Cummings in dual meet action January
30. Hepp is 17-1 in dual meets, 30-2
overall and undefeated vs. EIWA
opponents.
At 150, junior Steve Cassidy should
also garner a top seeding. Cassidy is
currently ranked ninth in the nation, but has
been ranked as high as fifth during the season.
Sporting an overall record of 26-5, Cassidy's
only EIWA loss was a close 3-2 decision to
Brown's Sepp Dobler in the prestigious
Midlands Tournament.
Junior 134-pounder John McCumber has
been impressive as the season progresse'd.
Finishing with a 17-12 record, McCumber
seems to be picking up momentum at the
right time of the season. McCumber narrowly
lost to Penn State's freshman sensation Cary
Kolat (10-9) and Army's Dave Warnick (7-
5). McCumber should earn a No. 3 seeding.
Tom Koch, Lehigh's junior 126-pounder,
has been struggling lately but may surprise
many at Easterns. A recent win over
Bloomsburg's All-American Brad Rozanski
may be the spark Koch needs for a good
tournament performance.
The 158 spot will be a toss-up between
sophomores Brian Cipollone (16-11 overall),
who has been out since February 7 with a
broken hand, and Brian Strunck, who has
compiled a 22-15 record wrestling at 150,
158 and 167.
Senior Sam Dollyhigh could be a big
surprise at 142. Dollyhigh missed a good
portion of the season with an ankle injury and
could be ready to take control at Easterns in
a wide-open weight class. Dollyhigh, 8-8
overall, recently defeated Army's Reyno
Arredondo (6-3) in dual action.
Although Lehigh is not considered a
contender for the team title, the Engineers
should have a few EIWA champions, which
will affect how favorites Cornell, Brown and
Navy will finish.
An EIWA weight-by-weight preview
By John J. Harmon, Editor
EIWA Newsletter
118 With David Sims out of the
lineup for the Big Red, Mike Mulrooney
appears to be a possible No. 1 seed.
Mulrooney was beaten 6-3 by Tim Queen
of Navy and 6-4 by Ed Moore of F&M,
who spent most of the season at 126.
Omar Powell of Rutgers beat Moore 7-5
while Moore beat Queen 5-2. Penn's
Gary Baker has beaten both Bove and
Powell, but lost to Moore. Cornell's
John Bove, who beat out Sims, has lost
to Gary Baker of Penn and freshman Jeff
Cervone of Syracuse by a point.
126 David Hirsch is the defending
champion and will get the top seed. He
is undefeated in EIWA competition,
including a 3-2 win over Willie
Carpenter. Fred Fabbrini was shut out
by Cornell's Roland Kays, 3-0, and
pinned by Carpenter, but has solid wins
over Lehigh's Tom Koch and Army's
Todd Nilson, plus a 3-2 squeaker over
Jeff Stepanic. Dave Gustovich lost to
Bryon Magill of F&M and was pinned
by Nilson, although injuries may have
been a factor. Carpenter has falls over
Fabbrini and Nilson, and decisions over
Koch and Penn'sBrian Eveleth.
134 Two-time defending champion
Mark Fergeson (30-3) of Cornell has
been ranked as high as first in the nation
and cannot be denied the No. 1 seed.
However, Dave Warnick is responsible
for one of his losses, besting Fergeson 4-
,3 in December. Fergeson avenged the
loss in the finals of the New York State
Invitational, winning 5-3. Warnick holds
the career and single-season Army
records for wins and falls. Aside from
Fergeson, Warnick's only close bout at
134 was with Lehigh's John McCumber
(7-5). McCumber has decisive wins over
Paul Collier of Brown and Ned Biehl of
Navy, winning 12-3 and 11-7,
respectively. Collier's only EIWA loss
was to McCumber, but he didn't face
Fergeson or Warnick.
142 This is a wide-open weight class
with no clear leader. The No. 1 seed will
probably be Navy's Nick Melfi, who has
wins over Brown's Jim Pedro and
Lehigh's Sam Dollyhigh. Cornell's Joel
Torretti doesn't have an EIWA loss at
142. including a 9-0 win over Gary
Hennigan of Army. Dollyhigh. who
missed part of the season with an injury,
has seen limited EIWA action..
150 This may be the toughest weight class
in the tournament on paper, but the wild card
is the injury factor. Brown's Sepp Dobler is
the defending champion and beat Steve
Cassidy 3-2 at the Midlands Tournament.
Dobler hasn't wrestled since having knee
surgery in January and will not be 100 percent.
Other than his bout with Dobler, Cassidy's
only close bout has been a tiebreaker win at
Lehigh's Rick Hepp will be one of the favorites at 167.
158 with Matt Marciniak. Jason Hawk of
Rutgers was an NCAA qualifier last year and
was one bout short of becoming an All-
American his freshman year. Hawk has been
on and off the injury list all season and like
Dobler, he is expected to be in the lineup at
something less than 100 percent. Hawk's
only EFvVA loss came at the hands of relatively
untested Mike Evans of Wilkes. Evans is 18-
1 on the season and has a decision over Chris
Saba of Syracuse. East Stroudsburg's Dave
DiSora made the cut from 158, where he was
ranked third most of the season, but is fighting
a skin infection that could keep him sidelined.
158 Joe Mocco of Brown is the defending
champion and is undefeated since returning
to action in January. Syracuse's Jamie St.
John is undefeated in EIWA competition as
well. His closest bout at 158 was with Navy's
Kipp Wahlgren which he won 3-2. Army's
Rob Harris will attempt to make the cut from
167. Lehigh will have either Brian Cipollone,
who has been out with a broken hand, or Brian
Strunck, who has compiled 22 wins this
season filling in anywhere from 150 to 167.
167 The top returnee at 167 is Navy's
Jamie Cummings. who was last year's
runnerup. He beat Rick Hepp in a dual meet
last season, but Hepp turned things around
this year, besting Cummings 6-4. Hepp, 30-
2 this season, also has a pin over Army's Rob
Harris. F&M's Vic Bernardino has wins
over Cummings, Harris and a 6-4 upset over
Brown's Chris Tokarski at 177. Army's
Simon Reese will drop from the tough 177
pound class. Steve Elicker is one of East
Stroudsburg's best wrestlers.
177 This is
another deep weight
class, but without the
injuries which have
plagued 150. Cornell's
Kyle Rackley is the
defending champion
and is 9-0 vs. EIWA
competition, including
victories over Navy's
Doug Zembiec and last
year's runnerup, Ethan
Bosch. Zembiec has
beaten Bosch and looks
ml like a future champion.
Army 'sT.J. Wright will
drop from 190, where
he was beaten by
Columbia'sNick
Szerlip and Navy's
Greg Wise. He owns
two wins this season
over Bosch, the second by fall.
190 Brown's Ted Casto is 18-1 on the
season, his only loss coming at heavyweight.
He's beaten all of the major contenders
except for Navy 'sTom Storey, who he hasn't
faced. Storey is also undefeated in the EIWA
and was last year's runnerup. Penn's Brian
Butler has beaten Brian Marcinek and Dave
Walton. His EIWA losses were to Casto and
Harvard's John Drosos, who's at 177.
Hwt The coaches should sell tickets to
the seeding meeting for the heavyweight
division. Princeton's Brandon Hornbeck has
beaten defending champion Dan Hicks of
Navy. Cornell's Bruce Morgan beat Hornbeck
and Penn's Adam Green, a two-time NCAA
qualifier, beat him. Morgan is undefeated in
EIWA competition, but has not faced Hicks.
Green has beaten Hornbeck and his only
EIWA loss was to Morgan. He may not get
the top seed, as he hasn't faced any other
potential top seeds. Freshman Heath Fleisher
of Wilkes should be watched carefully by
those who like falls. He is second in the
EIWA with 11 and may come out of the
tournament with a lot more respect than he
has going into it.
-Photo by Joe Ryan