South Mountaineer Volume 28, Issue 07

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OCTOBER 28. 19B*
BtTHLEHEM, PA.
Beattie, Banco Kick Hens
Gridders Edge Delaware
On llth-Hour Field Goal
(B&W Photo by BILL WILSON)
RUNNING BACK ROGER FAISON (25) takes a handoff from Marty Horn (7) and high steps into
the Delaware line. Faison spearheaded a strong Lehigh running attack which gained 156 yards
on the afternoon.
Varsity Sports Week
Four Straight for Soccer Team
The soccer team continued its
climb back to the .500 mark,
trimming ECC rival Towson
State, 1-0.
In other action, the field
hockey team tied Hofstra, 2-2,
and lost to Delaware, 4-0. The
women's cross country team
lost to West Chester and Delaware. In volleyball the spikers
downed Delaware, 3-1, and won
two and lost two at the LaSalle
tournament.
In a contest marred by
temper flare-ups, the Engineers
scored the game's only goal
after Towson goalie Chris Delpi
was issued a red card and
ejected from the game. Senior
Jeff Shiner (Landisville, Pa.)
converted on a penalty kick at
the 73:29 mark.
The win was the Engineers'
fourth straight, and»seottnd in
the ECC. With four games to
play the booters' record is 5-7-1
overall, 2-3 in the conference.
Eric Sejourne (Boca Raton,
Fla.) recorded his fourth
straight shutout in the goal for
Lehigh. Last week, Sejourne
was tabbed as the ECC Co-
Player of the Week for his
efforts against Rider and
Wilkes.
In the Hofstra field hockey
game, Engineer goals were
scored by sophomore Carla
Juliani (Collingswood, N.J.)
and freshman Jennifer McElw-
reath (Pompton Plains, N.J.).
Cheryl Miller (Cherry Hill,
N.J.) assisted on McElwreath's
goal. Goalie Patti Lee (Cran-
ford, N.J.) saved 19 shots.
The Blue Hens erupted for
four second half goals to give
Lehigh   its   first   conference
Local Stations Honored
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Radio station WGPA and television station WLVT, Channel
39, have been honorecfby the
Pennsylvania Association of
Broadcasters for their coverage
of Lehigh sports events.
The stations were* winners in
the association's Awards for
Excellence in Broadcasting
Competition. The presentations
were made at the PAB banquet,
Oct. 6 in Pittsburgh.
WGPA's owner and general
manager Hank Chadwick, and
his wife, Mary, accepted PAB's
award for the station's coverage of Lehigh football games.
Bill Zimpfer does play-by-play
on the broadcasts, John
Schweder the color analysis.
Bob Wolken is the producer.
WGPA, 1100 on the AM dial, is in
it§„fourth decade of broadcasting all Lehigh football games,
home and away.
Shel Siegel, president and
general manager of WLVT-TV,
accepted PAB's award for
Channel 39's coverage of the
EIWA wrestling tournament.
Siegel calls the bouts, with analysis by Larry Sheridan. Channel 39 has been bringing Lehigh
wrestling and the Easterns to
Lehigh Valley viewers for
nearly two decades.
defeat.
In a tri-meet held at Delaware, the lady harriers dropped
matches by scores of 16-47 to
Delaware, and 18-41 against
West Chester. Senior Susan
Kotek was the top finisher for
Lehigh, placing seventh
overall.
At the LaSalle tournament,
the volleyball team placed
second in its division by defeating Southern Connecticut and
LaSalle while losing to Drexel
and Delaware.
Lehigh 16,
LEHIGH 0     3     7     6    —16
Delaware 7     7     0     0—14
Attendance: 17,546
D—James 13 pass from Gannon (Gasson
kick), 3:48 left first.
D—Gannon 7 run (Gasson kick), 12:21 left
second.
L—Beattie 29 FG, 1:46 left second.
L—Faison 16 run, (Beattie kick), 12:19 left
third.
L-Beattie 27 FG, 13:39 left fourth.
L—Beattie 35 FG, 0:41 left fourth.
LU D
First Downs 20 24
by rush 11 16
by pass     8 7
by penalty    1 1
Rushing Attempts 35 55
Net Yds. Rushing 156 239
Net Yds. Passing 147 130
Passes Attemped 38 24
Passes Completed 14 13
Had Intercepted    2 1
Total Plays     73 79
Total Net Yards 303 369
Return Yards    62 24
Fumbles     1 2
Fumbles Lost    0 0
Penalties      5 4
By JOHN MISSIMER '85
For Lehigh's Michael Beattie
it was a day he'll always
remember.
For head coach Tubby Raymond and his Delaware team, it
was a day to forget.
Beattie, a sophomore from
Danbury, Conn, kicked three
field goals, including a 35-
yarder with 41 seconds remaining in the game to give Lehigh a
come-from-behind 16-14 victory
over Delaware.
Beattie was only one-half of
an Engineer kicking game that
stole the spotlight. The other
star was punter Steve Banco
(West Lawn, Pa.), who consistently sent the Blue Hens reeling
deep into their own territory.
Banco punted seven times for
an incredible 49.1 average.
Other bright spots for the
Engineers included the defense,
which was strengthened by the
return of Jim Rovito, and the
running of Roger Faison and
Marty Horn.
Faison, a senior from New
York, N.Y. playing in only the
second game of his varsity
career, carried the ball 12 times
for 65 yards and one touchdown,
all in the second half.
For the Blue Hens it was a
third straight frustrating defeat
at the hands of the Engineers. It
was the seventh time in the past
nine meetings that Lehigh has
beaten the Hens.
It didn't appear as though
Lehigh would have a chance
early in the game, as a fired-up
Delaware squad, determined to
atone for a 46-6 humbling last
season   in   Taylor   Stadium,
Delaware 14
Penalty Yards    50 42
Punts     7 9
Avg. Distance    49.1 34.4
Possession Time     26:48 33:12
3rd Down Conv    4-17 7-19
Sacks By     0-0 2-13
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Rushing  att net    avg td
Lehigh
Faison      12 65 5.4 1
Blum  13 62 4.7 0
Horn     7 47 6.7 0
Delaware
Singleton     16 90 5.6 0
Tolbert     18 62 3.6-0
Norris     11 49 4.4 0
Gannon     10 36 3.6 1
Passing att   com   int   yds   td
Lehigh
Horn 38    14 2      147   0
Delaware
Gannon 24    13 1      130    1
Receiving no yds avg td
Lehigh
Blum  4 41 10.2 0
Melton  3 37 12.3 0
Benn  2 29 14.5 0
Delaware
Tolbert  4 36 9.0 0
Christodulu  2 31 15.5 0
jumped out to a 14-0 lead.
On its first possession, Delaware drove to the Engineer 25,
but John Gasson's 42-yard field
goal attempt was wide to the
right.
Later in the quarter, Delaware took advantage of a bad
snap on a field goal try by
Lehigh to take over on its own
46. Seven plays later Ron James
hauled in a 13-yard Rich Gannon
pass all alone in the right flat for
a Blue Hen touchdown. Gasson
added the extra point and Delaware led 7-0.
Lehigh was again able to
drive into Blue Hen territory,
but this time the Engineers
were turned away when Matt
Haudenschield picked off a
Horn pass on the 18-yard line.
This interception led to the
second Hen touchdown, as Delaware drove 82 yards on 12 plays,
with Gannon scampering the
final seven for the score. Gasson
added the PAT and the score
was 14-0 with 12:21 to play in the
second quarter.
Sophomore cornerback Clifton Hubbard (Philadelphia,
Pa.) came out of nowhere to
pick off a Gannon pass and
return the ball 21 yards to the
Delaware 44 to set up Beattie's
first field goal. With only 1:46
before intermission Beattie
split the uprights from 29 yards
out to put the Engineers on the
board. Lehigh got the ball one
more time before heading into
the locker room, but Horn's
"hail mary" was plucked from
the air by Delaware's Phil
Altwell on the Engineer five to
end the half.
A determined Lehigh squad
emerged in the second half.
Mixing it up well, the offense
drove 79 yards to paydirt. Key
plays were runs of 13 and nine
yards by freshman tailback Lee
Blum (StatenIsland,N.Y.),and
Horn completions to tight end
Randy Miller (15 yards) and
Todd Melton (14). Horn also
demonstrated his ability to
scramble out of the pocket as he
rambled 10 yards to the Hen 30
during the drive.
Enter Faison, who has been
hampered by injuries throughout four years at Lehigh. Faison
sprinted 16 yards down the left
sideline for a touchdown to complete the drive. Beattie converted his 19th straight PAT of
the season to draw the
Engineers within striking
distance.
Now the defense and Banco
took over. In the second half,
Banco recorded punts of 52, 55,
51 and 61 yards. The high sailing
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