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Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 13-No. 16
February 16, 1971
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Matmen Clinch Winning Season
Waters Hits 1,000 Mark
Helps Engineers Rip G-burg;
Greg Falkenbach Outstanding
Johnny Waters last weekend
became the fourth Lehigh basketball star to join the el^te 1,000
point club.
The senior captain from Potts -
ville, Pa., going into action with
980, garnered 10 at Bucknell
and 10 at Gettysburg.
He's now fourth on the
Engineers' all-time scoring list
behind Bob Fortune (1,242), Norm
Brandl (1,231) and Eddie Cahn
(1,054).
Lehigh started fast at Gettysburg and fashioned a 79-65
victory to snap an eight-game
losing streak. One night earlier
the Engineers had dropped a
60-50 decision at Bucknell.
""Earlier in the week, last
Tuesday, the Engineers dropped
a decision to Lafayette in Grace
Hall, 92-74. Greg Falkenbach
paced the losers with 21 points.
In a preliminary contest the
Lehigh freshmen were victorious, 91-70, as Dave Kramer
pumped in 32 tallies and Larry
Summer added 18.
Lafayette, leading the western
division of the Middle Atlantic
Conference, jumped aw?y to an
early lead and fought off several
Engineer rallies early in the
second   half.      Tracy   Tripucka
was   the   Leopard   leader   with
28 markers.
The varsity cagers (6-13) were
scheduled to host Rider on Monday night, play Wednesday at
Colgate  and entertain Delaware
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LEHIGH
Waters 5-0-0-10, Zelickson 7-1-2-15,
Wisniewski 6-5-9-17, Falkenbach 6-6-
7-18, Drew 6-1-2-13, D'Agosta 0-0-1-0,
K. Etra 1-2-4-4, R. Etra0-0-0-0, Bechtel
1-0-0-2.   Totals:   32-15-25-79.
GETTYSBURG
Bucher 7-4-5-18, Mason 2-4-4-8,
Thomas 0-0-0-0, Kershaw 9-1-1-19,
Nybert 5-0-0-10, Gongleski 1-1-1-3,
Strimple 0-0-0-0, Jann 1-1-1-3, Cramer
2-0-0-4, Upson 0-0-0-0. Totals: 2T-11-
12—65.
Halftime score:   Lehigh 43-31.
Officials:   Brunner and Cutko.
LEHIGH
Waters 6-1-1-13, Zelickson 7-3-3-17,
Wisniewski 1-0-0-2, Drew 2-0-0-4,
D'Agosta 3-3-5-9, K. Etra 2-0-1-4,
Falkenbach 7-7-8-21, R. Etra 1-0-0-2,
Bechtel  0-2-3-2.     Totals    29-16-21-74.
LAFAYETTE
Tripucka 10-8-12-28, Weaver 0-4-5-4,
Mover 9-1-2-19, Mottola 5-7-8-17,
Kocubinski 4-3-3-11, Rookstool 0-0-0-0,
Barkauskas 3-0-0-6, Rose 0-2-2-2,
Blase 0-3-5-3, Proce 0-0-1-0, Carrick
0-0-0-0, Guerra 1-0-0-2. Totals: 32-28-
38-92.
Surenian Bout
Ruled Draw
Greg Surenian, Lehigh lightweight wrestler who apparently
lost to EIWA champion Lew
Mason of Navy 5-4 on a penalty
point at the end of the bout, had
the setback removed from his
record'by referee Pascal Perri
two days after the meet.
Perri incorrectly penalized the
Engineer sophomore for unsportsmanlike conduct when he
threw his headgear toward the
Lehigh bench after battling Mason
to a 4-4 draw. The penalty, as
Perri determined later, should
have gone against the team.
Surenian gets his draw and the
meet score, instead of being
24-13 in Navy's favor, stands
at 23-14. Lehigh totaled 15-points
and had one deducted. Perri made
the decision voluntarily. No
protest had been lodged.
Coach's Comment
"We shot well at Gettysburg
and that has to be the answer.
When you're hitting consistently
from the floor you look good.
When the ball won't drop, well,
you're in trouble. Greg Falkenbach had two real fine games
over the weekend." . . . .Roy
Heckman, basketball.
Bob Lustica Saves Victories
Over Princeton, Army Grapplers
Sophomore heavyweight
wrestler Bob Lustica, of Lang-
horne, Pa., turned in two more
clutch performances last week
as the Engineers downed
Princeton, 17-16, and Army
18-14.
Lustica came from far behind
to earn a draw against Chuck
Dressel of the Tigers and save
that meet. He disposed of Dale
Morgan at West Point, N.Y., to
nail down another triumph.
In the team's first test of the
campaign, a 19-17 victory at
Lock Haven State, his decision
was the determining factor. The
transfer from Bucks County
Community College has been an
invaluable addition to the squad.
The triumphs gave Lehigh a
5-and-2 record in its first year
under Coach Thad Turner and
clinched a 19th straight winning
season for the Engineers who
haven't been below .500 since
1945. They finished 5-and-5 in
1952.
Meets remain at Penn State
Saturday, Feb. 20, and at home
against Rutgers one week later,
Feb. 27.
Turner, his lineup depleted by
injuries and illness, played
musical chairs at Army and came
up with all of the right moves.
His key maneuver concerned undefeated 167-pounder Steve
Shields whom he was determined
to use against football star Ray
Ritacco  of the  Cadets.  Shields
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planning to attend post-season
eastern and/or district collegiate
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No tickets will be on sale at
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The annual Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Assn.
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March 5-6 at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.
The first District II tournament
in which matmen will compete for
berths in the NCAA tourney two
weeks later, is scheduled for
March 12-13 at Princeton
University. The Nationals are
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beat Ritacco three times last
season, in dual competition, the
Easterns and the Nationals.
Roy Alitz of Army, forced to
put his man on the mat first
as the host coach, held Ritacco
out until the 190-pound class.
When he did send him into action
Shields was thrown in against him
and the Lehigh ace wrapped up
a decisive 4-1 victory.
This gave the Engineers their
first lead of the afternoon, 15-14,
with Lustica on deck to see that
it didn't slip away. Lustica took
charge of Morgan with a four-
point play in the opening period,
a takedown and predicament, and
moved to a 7-4 edge.
It was an uphill battle all the
way as Lehigh chopped down the
Cadets with three regulars out
of action. Randy Biggs, at 118,
bumped his head in practice late
in the week, was checked at
St. Luke's Hospital, and expected
to wrestle. He came up with
headaches on the trip, however,
and was held out as a precautionary measure. Greg Surenian, at
126, suited up but didn't compete
because of an arm injury
sustained in practice and aggravated in the Princeton dual. Scott
Christie, at 177, also was in
uniform but never got onto the
mat. He was battling a virus bug.
Hal Henkel replaced Biggs and
was beaten by Larry Baltezore,
9-2. Manager Arnie Bramow took
Surenian's place and went the
route against Jim McArdle,
although losing, 8-2. Greg
Karabin substituted for Christie,
at 167, and was defeated 9-3, by
Mark Grunseth, Dave Icenhower,
in action for the first time since
December when a dislocated
elbow sidelined him, returned at
14 2, only to be pinned by Bill
James in 3;49.
Six other Engineers took up the
slack, each producing a key
victory by decision as Lehigh
overcame an 11-3 deficit to get
the win.
Dave Waters edged Mike
McNulty 7-6 at 134 on the strength
of an escape early in the final
period. Herb Campbell whipped
Ed Hetrick 8-2 at 150 and Rick
Bacastow upset Bob Powers 4-2
at 158 with a strong performance.
Tom Hutchinson, who has been
competing at   190, turned up at
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Coach's Comment
"We wrestled well against
Princeton and Army, especially
at West Point where we had three
regulars out of the lineup. The
team's hanging in there, working
hard, and giving us strong efforts.
Against Army our men realized
we had lineup problems and had
no margin for error.".. . .Thad
Turner, wrestling.