South Mountaineer Volume 16, Issue 02

              Vol. 16 — No. 2
SEPTEMBER 18, 1973
BETHLEHEM, PA.
LU Overcomes 20-0 Deficit
To Edge Connecticut, 22-20
Cage Coach
Counts On
Newcomers
Tom Pugliese, in his first
season as Lehigh head basketball
coach last winter, produced an
exciting squad which finished
only 8-17 in the record book but
attracted quite a bit of interest.
The Engineers were particularly impressive late in the
schedule as they picked up
Pugliese's style of play and
chased a few heavily-favored
rivals right down to the wire.
Now, however, he must replace
his two best men of that quintet-
center Henry Wisniewski and
playmaking guard Terry Martin—and that won't be easy, at
least early in the campaign.
Returning lettermen are forwards Dave Rubenzahl and Hal
Lambert, and guards Norm
Liedtke, George Belfield and
Gene Brown. Gone, with
Wisniewski and Martin, are Dick
Zelickson and Bob D'Agosta.
Pugliese admittedly will put a
lot of emphasis on freshmen
during the 1973-74 season. Two or
three of them could be early
starters.
' 'We have to look to the future,''
he says, "while trying to stay
competitive during a rebuilding
process. It won't be easy but we
have some frosh who look like
definite prospects."
His freshman hopefuls are led
by 6-6 Charlie Brown of
Morristown, N.J., 6-1 Steve
Zambo of Woodbridge, N.J., 6-1
Fran Lynam of Havertown, Pa.,
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DEFENSIVE END Bob Von Bergen (83) of Lehigh sets his sights on Connecticut fullback Eric
Torkelson in first quarter of thriller at Storrs. Engineers halted this thrust but Huskies built up 20-0
lead before eventually losing to Lehigh in second half, 22-20.
Freshman9s Clutch FG
Gives Engineers Victory
TOM PUGLIESE
An incredible second half
comeback, climaxed by a winning field goal by freshman
Bruce Crystal with only 1:09
remaining in the game, enabled
Lehigh footballers to outscore
Connecticut last Saturday before
10,089 fans on the losers' field, 22-
20.
The Uconns, playing very well
and taking advantage of every
break, rolled up a stunning 20-0
advantage before the halftime
intermission. Hopes of an
Engineer victory, bright at the
outset, were faded almost to the
point of vanishing.
That was before Lehigh's
brilliant quarterback, Kim
McQuilken, moved into his
groove and left the Huskies
wondering what team had been
sent out against them beginning
with the third quarter. There
certainly was no resemblance to
the squad which could do nothing
right in the first half.
Suddenly McQuilken was
finding his targets—Bill Schlegel,
Bob   Handschue   and   Norm
Liedtke, primarily—and a romp
for the Uconns turned into a
bitter setback.
Rutgers Here
Saturday
Lehigh makes its home
football debut Saturday,
entertaining Rutgers in
Taylor Stadium at 1:30
p.m., and one of the largest
crowds of the season is
expected.
It will be the first game
of the year for the Scarlet
and the third for the
Engineers who have
defeated Hofstra, 49-0, and
Connecticut, 22-20.
Lehigh Home Club is
planning a post-game
reception in Rath bone Hall,
adjacent to the stadium,
with alumni and friends
invited. R. D. Gredys is
chairman.
Larry Naviaux, making his
debut as Husky coach, summed it
up this way in a post-game press
conference: "We were beaten by
a well-drilled, mature group of
people. I tried to convince my
team at halftime that 20 points
wouldn't be enough to win against
a team with a passer like
McQuilken.
He's uncanny when he starts
hitting and there isn't much you
can do to stop him. He has a great
arm, the knack of scrambling
enough to keep a defense off
balance, a knowledge of where
his receivers are all the time, and
poise that you can't believe. He
refuses to rattle."
Connecticut came out
swinging, right from the opening
kickoff, and pretty well
dominated the first two quarters.
Over that period McQuilken
could complete only five of 13
passes, for 36 yards. He also was
intercepted twice, one of them
resulting in a 26-yard touchdown
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11 Veterans
Will Report
In Wrestling
Eleven lettermen, including
the six most successful men last
winter, return to Lehigh's
wrestling lineup for the 1973-74
season which opens at home Dec.
1 against Wilkes College.
Coach Thad Turner, preparing
for his fourth season at the helm,
expects to bolster this experienced group with a promising
array of freshmen.
Pacing the Engineers will be
EIWA champions Mike Frick and
Tom Sculley, and Terry SeStito,
fifth in the Nationals last winter
and a two-time EIWA runnerup.
DeStito and Sculley are co-
captains.
In dual meets, eastern and
national tournaments last winter
Sculley compiled a 21-5-1 record.
Frick was 19-3 and DeStito 17-8-4.
Frick is expected to wrestle at 126
this season with Sculley at 134
and DeStito at 167 and-or 177.
Other returning lettermen, and
their 1972-73 marks, include Kim
Hagedorn 16-8-1, Mike Lieberman 14-8, Glenn Grant 5-5, Marty
Lynn 2-3, Dan Santoro 4-6-1,
George Barkanic 12-9-2, and two
youngsters who lettered earlier
but were inactive last season,
Jim Richie and Jeff Duke.
Barkanic, a surprisingly effective heavyweight last winter,
expects to join the squad at midterm following academic makeup
work.
Turner's     impressive-looking
frosh group includes PIAA state
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THAD TURNER