South Mountaineer Volume 18, Issue 19

              Vol. 18 — No. 19
FEBRUARY 17, 1976
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Matmen Topple Penn State
Before 3,200 Fans, 24-17
First Time
Since 1968
Lehigh, only wrestling team in
the nation with two defending
NCAA champions on its roster,
had both of them in the lineup for
the first time last Saturday and
they contributed significantly to
a 24-17 victory over Penn State
before 3,200 fans at Grace Hall.
It was the Engineers' first
triumph over the Nittany mat-
men since 1968. Last year the
teams scrapped to a 16-16
stalemate at Rec Hall.
National 134-pound champion
Mike Frick, of Hamburg, N. J.,
moved to 150 for the meet and
manhandled rugged Bill
Vollrath, 14-3, completing a
string of four "must win" victories for Lehigh lightweights.
National 177-pound champion
Mike Lieberman, in his first meet
since Dec. 13, returned to action
at 190 and won a key bout against
Bill Bertrand, 8-4. Lieberman
had been idle since suffering a
neck injury in an auto accident
early in January.
Strategy called for Lehigh to
win from 126 through 150, and at
190 and heavyweight.
That's how coach Thad Turner
spotted his men, in the lighter
weights, and that's just how
things turned out.
Lance Leonhardt, at 126, put
Lehigh on the board with a 4-0
shutout of veteran Tom
Teagarden. Bob Sloand, of
Landing, N. J., followed at 134
with a big fall in 4:29 over Rich
Kepler. Unbeaten Tihamer Toth-
Fejel, of Cupertino, Calif., kept
things rolling with a 17-4 rout of
Denny Sciabica and Frick
disposed of Vollrath.
The four gave Lehigh 18 team
points, and an 18-5 lead, collecting a regular decision, a major
decision, a superior decision and
a fall.
State was favored in the next
three bouts and won as expected,
picking up a fall en route, and
slicing Lehigh's lead to 18-17.
Lieberman dusted off Bertrand
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118—Wayne   Packer   (PS),   dec.   Steve
Turgeon, 16-1.
126—Lance   Leonhardt   (L),   dec.   Tom
Teagarden, 4-0.
134—Bob Sloand (L), pinned Rich Kepler in
4:29.
142—Tihamer Toth-Fejel  (L), dec.  Denny
Sciabica, 17-4.
150—Mike Frick (L), dec. Bill Vollrath, 14-3.
158—Dave Becker (PS), dec. Jeff Duke, 9-6.
167—Jerry Villecco (PS), dec. Nils Deacon,
11-6.
177—Jerry White (PS), pinned Bill Amelio in
4:57,
190—Mike Lieberman  (L),  dec.   Bill   Bertrand, 6-4.
Hwt—Don McCorkel (L), dec. Brad Benson,
5-2.
Referee—Pascal Perri
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LUSkaters Retain Crown
Cagers Get 8th
Win, Lose Two
Lehigh cagers swamped
Muhlenberg, 97-61, and lost to
Lafayette, 99-79, and Delaware,
70-64, last week to bring their
season record to eight victories
and twelve defeats.
First-year coach Brian Hill was
honored by The Home Club, and
The Lehigh Club of Allentown,
prior to the Lafayette game. The
Engineers already are assured of
their best season since 1971-72
when they had a 10-14 mark.
Muhlenberg stayed with
Lehigh only for the first 12
minutes of play. The Engineers
than ran off a string of 15 straight
points for a 43-25 lead and took
complete command.
Charley Brown of Morristown,
N. J., paced Lehigh with 19
points. Ray Green, of
Washington, D. C, and Bill
Milligan, of Ramsey, N. J., had 14
apiece.
The 97-point total was Lehigh's
highest since an 111-64 rout of
Rochester late in the 1970-71
campaign.
Lafayette streaked to a 56-29
halftime lead as Lehigh shot only
17 per cent during the first 20
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MUHLENBERG
Shaffer 0-2-3—2, Kevitch 1-0-0—2, Campisl
2-0-0—4, Salo 4-1-3—9, Hay 4-0-0—8, Kern-
merer 5-4-5—14, SymondsO-2-4—2, Altemose
3-00—6, Freed 3-1-2—7, Schilling 2-3-4—7,
Bollard 0-0-0—0. Totals: 2413-21—61.
LEHIGH
Kobylenski 0-0-0—0, Clifford 1-0-0—2,
Zaiac 4-3-3—11, Packer 2-0-0—4, Belfieid 3-0-
0—6, Weaver 1-0-0—2, Griffin 2-5-5—9,
Milligan 7-0-1—14, Green 6-2-4—14, Cassidy
30-1—6, Brandenburg 3-2-2—8, Brown 9-1-2—
19, Kistler 1-0-0—2. Totals: 42-13-18—97.
Halftime: Lehigh 53-28.
Officials:  Ruffino and Hannan.
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LAFAYETTE
Bannon 3-0-0—6, Lundy 2-6-7—10, Geosits
000—0, Mosenson 0-1-3—1, Tripucka 10-10-
12—30, Kavanaugh 0-0-0—0, Bellamy 8-0-0—
16, Shevell 0-0-0—0, Goodman 0-5-6—5, Low 1-
4-4—6, Ness 3-5-6—11, Grundberg 7-0-0—14.
Totals:  34-31-38—99.
LEHIGH
Clifford 3-2-2—8, Zaiac 2-0-0—4, Packer 2-
0-2—4, Belfieid 1-0-0—2, Weaver 0-0-0—0,
Belfieid 1-0-0—2, Weaver 0-0-0—0, Griffin 3-4-
6—10, Milligan 2-5-7—9, Green 4-6-10—14,
Brandenburg 6-2-3—14, Brown 5-4-5—14.
Totals:  28-23-34—79.
Halftime: Lafayette 5629.
Officials: Glass and Heebner.
LEHIGH
Clifford 5-2-3—12, Packer 1-0-0—2, Belfieid
2-0-O—4, Griffin 5-2-3—12, Milligan 2-5-7—9,
Green 6-4-6—16, Kistler 0-12—1, Brown 3-2-
4—8. Totals:  24-16-25—64.
DELAWARE
Fisher 0-1-2—1, Mancini 6-2-2—14, Gibson
10-0-0—20, Gallagher 1-1-4—3, Downey 2-2-
2—6, Schlachter 4-0-0—8, Cook 8-2-4—18.
Totals: 31-8-14—70.
Halftime: Delaware 29-26.
Officials: Hess and Atwood.
LU Women
Split Pair
Lehigh raced out to a 28-12
halftime lead and substituted
freely throughout the game to
register an easy 59-26 win over
visiting Cedar Crest in women's
basketball.
Sue Sacks led the way with 15
points and 10 rebounds and Sue
Woytkewicz and Andie Altman
each contributed eight points for
the Engineers. Patty Garnish
also handed out nine assists.
Lehigh shot 25-for-66 from the
floor while Cedar Crest managed
just 13-for-50 from the field.
The second half scoring of Sue
Longenbill and accurate foul
shooting carried Lafayette to a
68-59 victory over Lehigh.
Cathy Hanlon (22 points) and
Mary Beth Schmoyer (17) led
Lafayette while Sachs had 14 and
Altman 12 for Lehigh.
Villanova
Defeated
Lehigh's surging hockey team,
after losing a game 7-5 at
Amherst, won 5-4 at Fairfield and
then ripped off two victories over
Villanova, 10-3 and 2-1, and
another over West Chester, 6-3.
The Villanova triumphs clinched first place once again for the
Engineer skaters in the Middle
Atlantic League.
LEHIGH    1    2    2—5
AMHERST   1    4   2—7
Goals:Amherst — Vincent 3, Greer 2,
Borek 2; Lehigh — Oliwa, Cummings,
Rinaldi, Goldstein, Radford.
LEHIGH 1    3    1—5
FAIRFIELD 0    2    2—4
Goals: Lehigh — Oliwa 2, Marfone,
Hopkins, Radford; Fairfield—Bowler 2,
Flanagan, Cohan.
LEHIGH 3    3    4—10
VILLANOVA   1    0    2—3
Lehigh goals: Goldstein 2, Oliwa 2, Marsh
2, Dale, Cillo, Langley, Radford.
Assists: Dale 3, Rinaldi, 2, Cummings,
Benoit, Goldstein; Marsh, Cillo, Bechtel.
Villanova goals: Hoffend, Perrone, Smyly.
Assists: South, Bell Perrone.
LEHIGH    1    1    0—2
VILLANOVA   0    1    0—1
Lehigh goals: Dale, Oliwa.
Assists: Oliwa, Benoit, Hopkins.
Villanova goals: Scarfone.
Assists: Lucca.
LEHIGH 0    3    3—6
WESTCHESTER 1    2    0—3
Lehigh goals: Oliwa 2, Radford 2, Goldstein, Dean, Marfone. Assists: Benoit 3, Dale
2, Marsh 2, Oliwa, Cilo, Marfone, Hopkins.
West Chester goals: Hensil 2, B. Landrum.
Assists: Hensil, D. Landrum, Wright, Todd,
Champion.