South Mountaineer Volume 21, Issue 18

              Vol. 21 — No. 18
FEBRUARY 6, 1979
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Cagers Whip Bucknell, Rider
Easy Week For Mat Squad
Springfield,
Army Fall
One-sided triumphs over
Springfield, 36-6, and Army, 35-6,
last week allowed Lehigh
wrestlers to clinch their 27th consecutive winning season.
Coach Thad Turner's squad has
a 10-5 record with only meets
against Penn State and Syracuse
remaining.
The Engineers won 17 of 20
bouts during the week, losing at
heavyweight against Springfield
and at 167 and heavyweight at
Army, to bring their seasonal
totals to 84 victories, 60 losses and
six ties in 150 bouts.
NCAA champion Mark
Lieberman, of Allentown, Pa.,
who has been hampered by
illness for the last several weeks,
returned at 177 in the Springfield
meet and pinned Mike Ciarmiello
in 1:02. He wrestled at 190 in the
Army dual and flattened John
Hilliard in just 36 seconds.
He now has 35 career falls,
second only to Eddie
Eichelberger who holds the
Engineer record of 37 compiled
during regular-season, EIWA
and NCAA comeptition. He also is
working on a string of four pins in
a row and the mark is six, also
held by Eichelberger. Falls
against Penn State and Syracuse
will enable Lieberman to tie both
records.
Other double winners during
the week were freshman 126-
pounder Pete Schuyler of Bound
Brook, N.J., 150-pounder Greg
Cunningham of Livingston, N.J.,
and 158-pounder Bill Schneck of
Milford, Pa.
Several other Engineer
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LEHIGH36, SPRINGFIELD6
118—Bob Weaver, L, dec. Matt Hawes, 6-4.
126—Pete Schuyler, L, dec. Joe Arrante, 5-1.
134—Richie Earl, L, dec. Greg Georges, 4-3.
142—Dean Dilillo, L, dec. Bill Hillman, 12-8.
150—Greg   Cunningham,   L,   dec.   John
Scanlon, 16-5.
158—Bill Schneck, L, dec. Peter Smith, 9-0.
167—Tom Hensler, L, dec. Jose Febles, 15-3.
177—Mark   Lieberman,    L,    pinned   Mike
Ciarmiello, in 1.02.
190—Mike Brown, L, dec. Herb Alamed, 27-6.
Unl—Jeff    Blatnick,     S,     pinned    Jim
Karapelou, in 1.13.
Referee: Marty Strayer
LEHIGH 35, ARMY 6
118—Steve Bastianelli, L, dec. Mark Palzer,
23-4.
126—Pete Schuyler, L, dec. Tom Coleman, 7-
6.
134—Darryl Burley, L, won by default over
Vince Masi in 7 :17.
142—Denis Reed, L, dec. Dave McDonald,
23-7.
150—Greg    Cunningham,    L,    dec.    Jason
Ruston, 20-12.
158—Bill Schneck, L, dec. Mike Kavanaugh,
7-5.
167—Dave Hagg, A, dec. Tom Hensler, 8-5.
177—Jeff Turner, L, dec. Doug Graham, 7-3.
190—Mark    Lieberman,    L,    pinned    John
Hilliard in :36.
Unl—Steve Buck, A, dec. Jim Karapelou, 6-
2.
Referee—Pascal Perri
Bill Griffin Sets Fast Pace
During Conference Victories
(B&W Photo)
JEFF VANDEMARK (24), one of the key men in Lehigh's major upset
of Bucknell, collects a couple of points as Engineers pile up 18-point
margin of victory, 82-64, in Grace Hall.
AlumNotes
SATURDAY, FEB. 17
Central   Pa.   Lehigh   Club:
Special bus trip to last dual meet
in Grace Hall as Engineers host
Syracuse. Introduction of
champions prior to meet, Home
Club Grapple upper floor of
Grace Hall following meet. $6 bus
trip and sandwiches. $4 reserved
ticket for meet. $2.50 Home Club
Grapple IF majority wants to
stay for it. Otherwise return
immediately after meet. Bus will
leave from Harrisburg East
Mall. Reservations chairman
Scott Shearer, 121 Slover Road,
Mechanicsburg, Pa. phone 1-717-
766-5185.
TUESDAY, FEB. 20
Lehigh Club of Virginia:   Informal gathering 7:30 p.m. at the
home of Bill Smuck, 407 Beech-
Mark Withdraws
Mark Lieberman, Lehigh's 177-
pound national wrestling
champion, withdrew from
Tuesday night's NCAA East-West
all-star meet at Corvallis,
Oregon, because of illness.
He has been battling flu for
almost three weeks and is unable
to remain at 177 pounds under
those conditions.
wood Drive, Richmond, Va.,
phone 1-804-288-7635. Refreshments. Donation accepted.
Special guest head football coach
John Whitehead who'll review the
1978 season and offer a preview of
1979. Beechwood Drive is just
west of downtown Richmond off
West Patterson Ave. (Rt. 6).
TUESDAY, FEB. 20
Conn.   Valley    Lehigh   Club:
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A pair of 23-point outbursts by
senior guard Bill Griffin, of
Scotch Plains, N.J., paced
Lehigh's basketball team to
victories over Bucknell, 82-64,
and Rider, 74-68, last week as the
Engineers ran their winning
streak to three games.
Coach Brian Hill's charges
enjoyed one of the finest weeks in
recent years, beginning last
Wednesday when a highly-
favored Bucknell squad was
flattened in Grace Hall. Saturday
the Engineers moved to Trenton,
N.J., for their triumph over
Rider.
Bucknell, which came to
Bethlehem boasting triumphs
over St. Joseph's, Hofstra,
American and Drexel, and which
had been beaten by only one point
by LaSalle and nationally-ranked
Temple, found a sticky man-to-
749 To Tie
Bill Griffin's 46 points last week
boosted his career total to 1,162.
Only Engineers ahead of him
are Charlie Brown (1,311), Bob
Fortune (1,242) and NormBrandl
(1,231).
With at least eight games left,
possibly more depending upon
Lehigh's fortunes in ECC
playoffs, Griffin is only 149 points
away from Brown's No. 1 total.
LU'Sl.OOO-PT.MEN
Charlie Brown 1,311
Bob Fortune 1,242
NormBrandl 1,231
BILL GRIFFIN 1,162
Johnny Waters 1,099
Hank Wisniewski 1,084
Ray Green 1,072
Eddie Cahn  1,054
Wrestling On N J., Va. TV
New Jersey's network of four
public television stations is
showing Lehigh University
wrestling Saturday afternoons at
3 p.m. The Navy meet will be on
Feb. 10 followed by LSU Feb. 17,
Syracuse Feb. 24 and the EIWA
finals March 3. The EIWA action
will be at 2:30.
Stations on this network are in
Camden (WNJS), New Brunswick (WNJB), Trenton (WNJT)
and Montclair (WNJM). Last
Saturday they featured the
Lehigh-Pittsburgh meet.
WCVE-TV, of Richmond, Va.,
will show Lehigh wrestling for 10
consecutive weekends beginning
March 24, nine dual meets and
the EIWA finals, at 2 p.m.
Saturdays with repeats at 5 p.m.
Sundays.
Viewers in New Jersey and
Virginia are advised to check
their stations to verify these
times and dates.
Eighty-five channels in 16
states, the District of Columbia
and the Virgin Islands, are
featuring Lehigh wrestling this
season. Action is originated by
WLVT-TV, Channel 39 of the
Lehigh Valley, in conjunction
with the U.S. Army Reserve and
Lehigh's Office of Public Information.
man Lehigh defense too much to
handle.
Lehigh scratched its way to a
34-33 halftime lead, kept up a
winning pace at the start of the
second half and gradually built
up a stunning margin over the
taller Bisons by converting free
throws after forcing frequent
fouls.
It all made for a surprisingly
disappointing trip for a large and
boisterous delegation of Bucknell
fans which opened the game
wildly cheering the Bisons' every
move. The noise-makers, horns
and yelling didn't subside for a
long time but finally the visiting
rooters accepted the inevitable as
Lehigh simply refused to buckle
and Bucknell went down to a
totally-unexpected defeat.
Griffin pumped in his 23 points,
Kevin Riley of Philadelphia had
16, Paul Hanks of Warminster,
Pa., 15, Jeff Vandemark of Mah-
wah, N.J., nine along with eight
rebounds, and Brian Camperson
of Haddonfield, N.J., eight.
Bucknell made a couple of runs
at the Engineers in the second
half, once slicing its deficit to six,
but Vandemark and Riley
countered with big three-point
plays to keep things going in
Lehigh's favor. The Engineers
kept drawing fouls, as Bucknell
desperately tried to fight back,
and they converted 30 of 36
chances from the free throw line.
The Bisons returned to the
Lehigh Valley three days later
and hammered out a 74-68 victory
at Lafayette.
At Rider Griffin hit several
jumpers in the beginning of the
game to provide the Engineers
with a 14-6 lead at 15 minutes. But
Lehigh didn't score for the next
six minutes and Alberto Baptiste,
who scored 20 points, started
taking the ball inside and put
Rider up 16-14. Rider's forward
continued his inside job on the
Engineers until he stretched the
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BUCKNELL—Shehadi 0, Flannery 6,
Hepburn 10, Adkins 0, Schoeck 0, Leslie 13,
O'Brien2, Sigl 5, Klebanoff7, Barry 21, Page
0,  Knuth 0. Totals: 28 812 64.
LEHIGH—Griffin 23, Purcell 2, Epstein 0,
Unger6, Blue3, Camperson 8, Vandemark 9,
Coppola 0, Hanks 15, Riley 16, Hostyak 0.
Totals: 26 30-36 82.
Halftime:  Lehigh, 34-33.
Officials: Honzo and Ehret.
RIDER—Baptiste20, Posner 15, Higgins5,
Andrews 11, Weise 0, Kelley 2, Paige 1,
Speakman4, Madaio2, Rooney6, Flaherty 0.
Totals: 24 20 25 68.
LEHIGH—Griffin 23, Hanks 11, Riley 12,
Purcell 6, Blue 10, Vandemark 11, Cam-
person 2, Coppola 0. Totals: 22 31-45 74.
Halftime: Lehigh, 38-30.
Officials: Kleber. Miller and Lopes.