South Mountaineer Volume 23, Issue 24

              Vol. 23 — No. 24
APRIL 7, 1981
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Spring Roundup
29-16 Start For Lehigh Squads
LEHIGH award-winners, seated from left, include Jeff Campisi, Kevin Riley, Paul Hanks and
Tom Pauley. Standing are head coach Brian Hill, left, and Joe Workman, head of an alumni
committee which honored the Engineer cage squad.
Alumni Fete Cagers
Individual awards were
made, honorary co-captains for
the recently-completed season
announced, and a 1981-82 captain named as the Lehigh men's
basketball squad and coaching
staff were feted at a recognition
banquet tendered by alumni at
The Bethlehem Club Apr. 5.
Charlie Blue, a junior from
East Orange, N.J., was picked
to captain the Engineers next
winter. Seniors Kevin Riley of
Philadelphia, Pa., and Paul
Hanks of Warminster, Pa.,
were the choices for 1980-81 captains. Game captains were featured last season.
The 1980-81 squad had a 14-
and-12 record, a victory total
topped only once in Engineer
cage history, while posting the
school's first winning campaign
on the hardwood since 1968. The
1917 quintet was 15-and-4.
Individual awards went to
Riley (Most Valuable Player),
sophomore Tom Pauley of
Phoenixville, Pa. (Most
Improved), and to senior guard
Jeff Campisi of Essex Fells,
N.J., and Hanks (Unsung
Hero).
Riley led the Engineers in
scoring with a 12.9 point average and was a close second to
Hanks in rebounding with a 6.2
mark against 6.3 for his teammate from Warminster. Blue
was the No. 2 scorer with an 11.4
average. Riley had the team's
biggest basket of the year, a
buzzer-beater which provided a
late 63-62 victory at Bucknell
and clinched a winning
campaign.
Joe Workman headed the
alumni group which tendered
CHARLIE BLUE
the dinner and he served as
master of ceremoies. Among
the other speakers were Bill
Leckonby, Lehigh's director of
athletics, and Brian Hill, the
team's head coach. Assistant
coaches Frank Sullivan and Sal
Mentesana were introduced.
Team Posted 14-12 Mark
Lehigh basketball fans are
toasting a squad which posted
more victories in 1981 than any
Engineer quintet since 1917.
Lehigh was 14-12, a figure
which constituted the school's
first winning campaign in 13
years.
The Little Miracle of Stabler
Center, accomplished under the
direction of head coach Brian
Hill, has lifted the Engineers up
among the contenders for
turnabout-of-the-year honors.
In 1980, with virtually the same
personnel, Lehigh was 5-20.
That's a 17-game swing, nine
more triumphs and eight less
losses than one year ago, and
not many teams can show that
gain.
"It's a definite tribute to the
way our team worked this winter," says Hill, "especially the
seniors who have put so much
into the program. I'm very glad
they were able to go out as
winners. They deserved it."
Sixty-four years ago the 1917
Engineers were 15-4, under
coach Roy Geary, and that's the
Lehigh record for most basketball victories in a single season.
The high water mark for triumphs since that time, until
1981, was 13 and that winning
campaign in 1968 found the
Engineers with a 12-11 total
under coach Roy Heckman.
Pete Carril, a Bethlehem,
Pa., native who coached the
Engineers for one season (1967)
before moving along to his current post at Princeton, had an
11-12 finish. Tom Pugliese succeeded Heckman in 1973 and
was followed, in turn, by Hill in
1976. The Engineers of 1975 had
a 1-23 record.
Track and Field, Women's
Tennis, Golf Early Leaders
Track and field (5-0),
women's tennis (4-0) and golf
(2-0) are early pace-setters
among Lehigh's spring sports
squads.
Also above .500 are baseball
(8-6), men's tennis (5-4) and
women's lacrosse (2-1). Men's
lacrosse is 2-3 and women's soft-
ball 1-2.
The overall total shows 29 victories and 16 losses in the first 45
appearances for Engineer
spring squads.
Women's Tennis
Members of the unbeaten Lehigh women's
tennis team, after making
Ursinus their fourth victim of the young season,
5-2, fared well in the Phila.
Assn. of Intercollegiate
Athletics for Women tournament at West Chester
State.
Elise Braceras tied for
first in No. 1 singles,
Kathy Connors was third
in No. 2 and Betsy Farb
second in No 3.
Julia Kim and Caren
Low won the No. 2 doubles
division with Jane Schwit-
ter and Elizabeth Bate-
sole third in No. 1.
Golf
Lehigh golfers, after having a
match against Pennsylvania
rained out, added the Quakers
to   a   regular   date   against
Muhlenberg and came away
with a pair of triumphs.
The Engineers totaled 405 at
Saucon Valley Country Club
against 411 for the Quakers and
431 for the Mules.
Bob Beck and Dave Shillaber
paced Lehigh with 77s while
Tim Burns had 80, Ray Anderson 84 and Rick Moore 87.
Track and Field
Lehigh trackmen, in their
first home appearance of the
season, accumulated 166 points
to turn back five opponents in a
spring invitational meet at the
Saucon Fields.
Kutztown State was runnerup
with 125 points followed by Indiana State, Pa., 116, East
Stroudsburg, 83, Trenton State,
69, and Bloomsburg State, 55.
It was a well-balanced event
with each team winning at least
a pair of the 20 events. Lehigh
and Kutztown grabbed five
apiece with Dave Melone
(hammer), Rusty Fulford (long
jump), Larry Mercadante (triple jump), Tom Campbell
(5,000) taking individual firsts
for the Engineers. Fulford
joined Phil Harris, Wes Whitley
and Tom Whelan to win the 1,600
relay.
Men's Tennis
Men's tennis, which split six
decisions on a spring vacation
training trip, made its northern
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Inv. Track Summary
400 meter relay—1. Kutztown (Bernie
Nowotarski, Mark Kinuard. Jeff Brantley,
Derrick Brown: 2. Trenton St.; 3. East
Stroudsburg; 4. Lehigh; 5. Indiana. Time
:42.8.
10,000—1. RichGorica (K); 2. Jerry Sproul
(I); 3. Steve Gilliland (I); 4. Dave Down (K);
5. Bill Davis (L); 6. Tony Mahon (E). Time:
31:59.8.
Hammer throw—1. Dave Melone (L); 2.
Greg Menio (L); 3. Scott Reynolds (L); 4.
Ray Distasio (B); 5. Eric Fenwar (B); 6.
Hugh Gortier (L). Distance: 44.48 meters.
Long jump—1. Rusty Fulford (L); 2. Dan
Hatton (K); 3. Steve Morocco (I); 4. Weyman
Mathis (K); 5. Bill Grenger (T); 6. Jeff
Sherer (K). Distance: 6.83 meters.
3,000 steeple chase—1. Ken Rolek (E); 2.
Bob Heller (K); 3. Jim Devlin (I); 4. Vince
Loiccono (T); 5. Jim Hardt (1); 6. Paul
Bukowski (L). Time: 9:47.8.
110 high hurdles—1. Mark Rasmauskes
(I); 2. Kevin Sweeney (K); 3. Rich Torbik
(E); 4. Wes Whitley (L): 5. Gary Isenick (I);
6. Swayne Gilchrist (E). Time : 14.5.
100 dash—1. Brown (K); 2. Nowotarski
(K); 3. Ron Maugeri (T); 4. Tom Casperson
(T); 5. Mike Tricoski (B); 6. Harry Henderson (I). Time : 10.5.
Shot put—1. Kim Miller (T); 2. Ron Kane
(I); 3. Distasio (B): 4. John Ward (E); 5.
Gortier (L); 6. Derrick Frazier (T). Distance: 14.63 meters.
Triple jump—1. Larry Mercandante (L); 2.
Fulford (L); 3. Dave Stork (L); 4. Brantley
(K); 5. Sherer (K); 6. Mathis (K). Distance:
15.14 meters.
1,500—1. John Feeley (B); 2. John Bayliss
(T); 3. Steve Goldcamp (I); 4. Bob Feeley
(B); 5. Lou DiBridge (I); 6. John Sullivan
(L). Time: 3:58.2.
400—1. Tony Recher (E); 2. Mark Holmes
(L): 3. Tom Whelan (L); 4. Pat Simonson (I);
5. Kevin Anderson (B): 6. John Siket (L).
Time :49.3.
Javelin—1. Tracy Hosier (T): 2. Rick
Cetlin (L); 3. Ton Nikles (L); 4. Ray Matus
(K); 5. John Sysio (T); 6. Greg Wolf (I). Distance: 62.44 meters.
800—1. (Tie) Todd Phillippi (I) and John
Brant (I); 3. Tom O'Shea (L); 4. DaveHines
(L); 5. Bob Stewart (I); 6. Joe Martin iE).
Time: 1:59.5.
High jump—1. Mike Wenrick (B); 2. Bob
LaFrankie (L); 3. John Hinks (B): 4. Gilchrist (E); 5. JoeCibot (K); 6. Todd Brobst (E).
Height: 6-feet, 6-inches.
Pole vault—1. Leo Hastings (E): 2. (Tie)
Bob Nabholz (L) and Rudy Tomaselli (E); 4.
Steve Brookbank (I); 5. Doug Fero (E); 6. Ed
Riley (E). Height: 13-feet, 6-inehes.
400 intermediate hurdles—1. Tony Sabb
(E); 2. Whitley (L): 3. Bob Bell (I); 4. Sweeney (K); 5. Mark Dice (T); 6. Torbik (E).
Time : 55.7.
200-1. Brown (K); 2. Maugeri (T); 3. Phil
Harris (L); 4. Tricoski (B): 5. Tony Sante-
niello (K); 6. Henderson (I). Time :23.2.
5,000—1. Tom Campbell (L); 2. BobStana-
baek (E); 3. Chuck Grose (E); 4. Bruce
Flynn (L): 5. Bill Glasbreener (K); 6. Rick
Guastadisegni (K).Time: 15:32.6.
Discus—1. Dave Lerner (I); 2. Mike Riley
(K); 3. Distasio (B); 4. Kane (I); 5. Russ
Johnson (K); 6. Reynolds (L). Distance:
44.76 meters.
1,600 relay—1. Lehigh (Harris, Whitley,
Whelan, Fulford); 2. Indiana: 3. East
Stroudsburg: 4. Trenton; 5. Kutztown. Time:
3:26.3.