South Mountaineer Volume 22, Issue 16

              Vol. 22 — No. 16
JANUARY 15, 1980
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Sports Review of 1979
Stabler Center Opening Highlighted
Year; Lieberman Top Individual
14 of22LU Teams Above .500;
Lipkin Was 'Winningest'Coach
Iowa Teams
Jolt Lehigh
In last season's NCAA
wrestling Nationals it was Iowa,
Iowa State and Lehigh, in that
order, when the final points were
totaled.
Last weekend it was more of
the same as the Engineers
journeyed into the midlands after
warming up with a 47-2 rout of
Southern Illinois at Carbondale,
111.
On Friday Iowa State hosted
Lehigh and registered a 31-11
triumph. Iowa got its chance just
24 hours later and also defeated
the Engineers, 35-6.
Coach Thad Turner's squad
took an undefeated record, and
four unbeaten regulars, across
the Iowa state line. All four
regulars, along with the team,
suffered their first losses of the
campaign.
NCAA champion Darryl
Burley, of Pemberton, N.J., won
at 134 against Randy Conrad of
Iowa State, 20-9, but lost to Randy
Lewis of Iowa, 8-4. Burley is now
8-1.
Freshman sensation Rich
Santoro, of Bethlehem, Pa.,
dropped his first collegiate
decision to Mike Picozzi of Iowa
State, 15-13, and then was pinned
by Dan Glenn of Iowa in 4:59
after gaining a 7-3 lead. His
record now is 7-2.
Colin Kilrain of Braintree,
Mass., at 177, was an 8-4 victor
over Dave Allen of Iowa State but
bowed to Ed Banach of Iowa, 21-
6.
Mike Brown, of Bethlehem,
Pa., reversed the pattern. He
suffered an 11-7 loss to Mike
Mann of Iowa State before
bouncing back to whip Lou
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Cagers Miss
Vandemark
Lehigh's basketball team
dropped a pair of decisions last
week but, even more costly, the
Engineers lost the services of
their premier forward—Jeff
Vandemark—for an indefinite
period.
Vandemark, of Mahwah, N.J.,
severely injured an ankle during
an 81-63 setback at Rutgers.
Two nights later, his leg in a
cast, he watched as Lehigh
bowed to East Stroudsburg State
at the Stabler Athletic and Convocation Center, 66-62.
Vandemark didn't suffer any
broken bones in the Rutgers
mishap but there was ligament
damage and the Engineers are
without their leading scorer and
rebounder.
Coach Brian Hill's squad
battled East Stroudsburg on even
terms for a half, despite Van-
demark's absence, and even
vaulted into a 54-44 lead in the
second half before yielding as the
visitors went into a full-court
press and raced from behind to
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Wrestling Summaries
IOWA ST. 31, LEHIGH 11
118—Mike Picozzi, IS, dec. Rich Santoro, 15-
13.
126—Steve Carr, IS, dec. Steve Bastianelli,
18-7.
134—Darryl Burley, L, dec. Randy Conrad,
20-9.
142—Dave Brown, IS, dec. Richie Earl, 20-5.
150—Nate Carr, IS, dec. Tom Bold, 21-11.
158—Jim Reilly, L, dec. Murray Crews, 11-5.
167—Perry   Hummel,    IS,    pinned    Kevin
Mulligan in 6:27.
177—Colin Kilrain, L, dec. Dave Allen, 8-4.
190—Mike Mann, IS, dec. Mike Brown, 11-7.
Unl—Dave  Osenbaugh,   IS,   pinned   Drew
Keiser in 7:48.
LEHIGH 47, SOUTHERN ILL. 2
118—Rich Santoro, L, dec. Mike Delligatti,
10-4.
, 126—Steve Bastianelli, L, dec. Tom Dlllick,
12-4.
134—Darryl Burley, L, dec. Dan Davies, 29-
2.
142—Richie Earl, L, dec. Jack Wolfer, 18-4.
150—Tom Bold, L, dec. Gus Kallai, 17-7.
158—Jim  Reilly,  L,  pinned  Eric  Jones  in
6:55.
167—Kevin Mulligan,  L,  and  Jeff  Walker
drew, 1-1.
177—Colin Kilrain, L, pinned Brad Cast in
6:21.
190—Mike Brown, L, won by forfeit.
Unl—Drew Keiser, L, won by forfeit.
IOWA35, LEHIGH6
118—Dan Glenn, I, pinned Rich Santoro in
4:59.
126—Steve Bastianelli, L, dec. Tim Riley, 10-
5.
134—Randy Lewis, I, dec. Darryl Burley, 8-4.
142—Len Zaleski, I, dec. Richie Earl, 18-6.
150—King Mueller, I, dec. Tom Bold, 20-14.
158—Mark Stevenson, I, dec. Jim Reilly, 8-2.
167—Doug Anderson, I, dec. Kevin Mulligan,
14-4.
177—Ed Banach, I, dec. Colin Kilrain, 21-6.
190—Mike Brown, L, dec. Lou Banach, 10-3.
Unl—Dean Finney, I, pinned Drew Keiser in
3:02.
Wrestling and basketball
competition moved into the
Stabler Athletic and Convocation
Center last Dec. 1, the same day
formal dedication ceremonies
were held at the new $3.7-million
facility, and this was the major
sports story of 1979 for followers
of Lehigh University.
Use of the building, designed to
seat 6,000 spectators, marked the
start of a new era of Lehigh
athletics and overshadowed other
significant achievements on the
part of Engineer individuals and
teams.
Among students participating
in athletics Mark Lieberman, of
Allentown, Pa., dominated the
field individually with his
brilliance on the wrestling mats.
Two members of the staff, Coach
Thad Turner in wrestling and
Coach John Whitehead in football, were honored as Coach-of-
the-Year in their respective
sports.
There was a stunning loss, too,
one which saddened the
University family and its neighbors. John Steckbeck, professor
emeritus of physical education
and a beloved figure on campus,
died suddenly of a heart attack
almost a month to the day after
he had been honored by more
than 400 friends at a retirement
dinner in Stabler Center.
Teams were generally successful.
Of 22 varsity squads there were
14 winners and eight below .500
showing a cumulative total of 197
victories, 145 defeats and seven
ties for a .576 winning percentage. This was slightly better
than 1978 when there also were 14
winning squads with totals of 176-
132-5 and a .571 mark.
Football and wrestling teams
were prominent nationally. The
gridders, participating in 1-AA,
had a 10-3 season in which they
went all the way to the national
championship finals before losing
and finishing No. 2 to Eastern
Kentucky.
The wrestlers, in Div. 1, totaled
a school record 69% points during
the NCAA tournament to place
third nationally behind winner
Iowa and runnerup Iowa State.
Darryl Burley (134 pounds)
became the first freshman in the
nation to win an NCAA title since
1973, Lieberman (177) claimed a
second NCAA crown and Mike
Brown, at 190, placed second at teams.   Rifle,   coached  for  the
his weight. Turner's team had a final   year   by   ROTC   Master
12-5 dual season and won a record Sergeant Joe Kress who has since
22nd EIWA tourney title. retired   from   the   Army   and
Collegiate   wrestling   mentors become   a   staff   member   at
voted Turner Coach -of-the-Year, Stabler Center, was 12-0. Indoor
only the second time this honor track, directed by John Covert,
has    gone    to    an     eastern produced a 7-0 record,
representative.      The      earlier Along with wrestling, football,
recipient was Ed Peery of the rifle and indoor track, winning
Naval Academy. records  were posted  in  men's
ABC-TV,   and   the   Chevrolet swimming, women's basketball,
Division of General Motors, voted women's and men's tennis, men's
Whitehead Coach-of-the-Year in and women's lacrosse, golf, track
1-AA football, the second time in and field, and women's volleyball
three years this high honor went and field hockey,
to the Lehigh mentor. In 1977 he Barbara     Lipkin,     assistant
was  Div.   II   Coach-of-the-Year director for  women's  athletics
after   guiding   Lehigh   to   the and coach of women's volleyball
national title in that division. and tennis, was the "winningest"
Offensive tackle Dave Melone mentor on campus. Her volley-
made first-team All-America ball team was 24-8 and the tennis
units as selected by Associated squad finished 12-2 for an overall
Press and Kodak, and linebacker mark of 36-10.
Jim McCormick also was on the Lieberman's domination of the
Kodak team. sports scene,  individually, was
There   were   two   undefeated almost beyond description.
He racked up his second NCAA
winter 1978-79             w  l  t    p.c. cr0wn, became the first star in 70
Indoortrack 7     0   0     1,000 '         .                  u. uttitA ««
wrestling 12   5 o     .706 years to win a fourth EIWA title
Men's swimming                    7     3   0       .700 anfJ   on]y  tne   seCond   in   history,
Women's basketball 10     8   0       .555 '         ,,                    ,     ,
ice hockey 9  io o     .474 and became the only student ever
women's swimming s   7 i     .417 to win  fjve major awards  at
Men's basketball 8    18   0       .308 J
squash 3  u o     .176 annual Student Recognition Day
ceremonies in May.
SPRING    1979
Rifie 12   o o   1,000 During SRD flagpole festivities
women's tennis              12   2  o     .857 he accepted the  Lehigh Home
Women's lacrosse 8     2   0       .800 _,    ,              •     „■       _        -Z           .       ,
coif..., ii    6 o     .647 Club   and   George   Feuerbach
Mens tennis                   8   5 o     .615 memorial trophies as the most
Track and field 6     4   0       .600 .   .        ,.                       ,              r    ,,
Mens lacrosse 7   so     .583 outstanding   member   of   the
women's softbaii 6   e o     .429 varsity wrestling team, and the
Baseball  11    17    0       .393 .,   ,      „...-,        J.     ,      ,. .         ,
Alpha Phi Omega student trophy
FALL "" for service to the University.
w^en'svoiieybaii::.:::::^   I I    j% At   the   evening   banquet   he
women's field hockey       10   6 4    ,625 received   the  first   Hall   Foun-
S0*:::::::::::::1 11  :™ dation T^phyas the most outstanding athlete of the senior
T0TAL w     L T  PC class, and the Bosey Reiter Cup
197  us 7  .576 (Continued on Page 2)
Reserved Seats Gone
All reserved seat tickets have
been sold for a doubleheader at
the Stabler Athletic and Convocation Center Saturday, Jan.
26, featuring Lehigh against Penn
State in wrestling and against
Lafayette in basketball.
Craig Anderson, business
manager and ticket manager at
the University, announces that
approximately 1,000 general
admission ticket will be on sale
11:30 a.m. that day at the Center,
one hour before a junior varsity
wrestling meet opens the
program.
Remaining space will be used
by Lehigh students, faculty and
staff gaining admission through
their ED cards.
Lehigh and Penn State junior
varsity wrestling will be followed
by the varsity meet at 2 p.m.,
varsity basketball against
Lafayette at 4 p.m. and JV
basketball against Lafayette at 6
p.m. General admission tickets
will cost $2.50.