South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 14

              LEHIGHLIGHTS
A PATRIOTIC UPDATE - Since the last
publication of the South Mountaineer,
several Engineer hoopsters have received
honors from the Patriot League. In men's
action, senior guard Chuck Penn was
named Patriot League Player of the Week
for the week ending 12/13. In that same
week, freshman forward Maurice Hallet
was named Patriot League Rookie of the
Week. On the women's side, freshman
guard Jessica Mudry also received Rookie
of the Week honors for that week.
THE 1,000-POINT JACKPOT— Senior
guard Chuck Penn scored the 1,000th point
of his collegiate career when he hit a short
jumper early in the second half of the
Engineers' game at Villanova 12/28. The
Allentown, Pa. native becomes the 18th
Lehigh men's basketball player to achieve
that honor and the fourth in the last three
years, along with Mike O'Hara, Bob
Krizansky and Dozie Mbonu.
"POLL" POSITIONS - The latest EIWA
rankings show six Lehigh wrestlers in the
conference's top five. Junior Tom Koch is
fifth at 126 pounds, junior John McCumber
is fourth al 134 and sophomore Brian
Cippolone ranks fourth at 158. Three of the
six are ranked second -junior Steve Cassidy
at 150, senior Sam Dollyhigh at 142 and
sophomore Rick Hepp at 167. The Engineers
are ranked fourth as a team in the EIWA
behind Navy, Cornell and Brown.
HIGH FLYIN'— Two Lehigh men's track
athletes qualified for the IC4A Indoor Track
Championships after Saturday's TAC
Development Meet at Rauch Field House.
Cleveland McCrayjumpedapersonal best
23 feet, 9 inches in the men's long jump to
advance to the IC4A Tourney. He also
placed first in the 55-meter hurdles,
finishing in 7.75 seconds, and barely missed
the cutoff to advance. Hassan Young,
running in the men's 400-meter dash,
qualified for the tourney in 49.38 seconds.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Hoopsters providing thrills ..2
Big Al shows soft touch 2
Women's woes continue 3
Bombin' Bedics 3
Winter sports slate 4
Basketball stats 4
BUZZER BEATERS
Lehigh's heart-stopping victories over Yale and
Columbia last week marked the seventh time in
the last two years that an Engineer basketball
game has been decided at the buzzer. A look at
how Lehigh has fared in those contests.
OPPONENT
SCORE
COLUMBIA (1/11/93)
80-79 W
YALE (1/9/93)
54-53 W
BUCKNELL {2/22/92}
94-95 L
FORDHAM (1/15/92)
FORDHAM (2/8/91)
73-76 L.
LU sports hotline keeps Engineer fans up-to-date ... see page 3
Grapplers down nationally-ranked Clemson
Hepp named EIWA's Most Outstanding Wrestler at Challenge
By ERIN DAVISON
Sports Information Assistant
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Sophomore Rick
Hepp continued to prove he is one of the
top wrestlers in the country no matter
what weight he wrestles at. Ranked sixth
nationally at 167 lbs., Hepp moved up to
177 at Sunday's ACC-EIWA Challenge
and added three more pins for a perfect
7-0 dual meet record. He was also
unanimously picked by the coaches as
the Most Outstanding EIWA wrestler.
Lehigh, ranked fourth in the EIWA,
faced three ACC schools, defeating
nationally-ranked Clemson (29-9), but
losing to defending ACC champions
North Carolina (21-14) and a tough
Maryland squad (21-14). Lehigh's dual
meet record now stands at 4-5.
"This is the kind of team I thought
we'd have coming into the season," said
head coach Tom Hutchinson. "I think
we're capable of beating almost anyone
on a good day and losing to almost
anyone on a bad day."
Freshman Jason Kutz, who has
been rehabilitating from elbow
surgery, made his first appearance of
the season at 118 pounds. Kutz
dropped his first match to North
Carolina's Jeff Vasquez 17-10, but
shook off the first-match jitters and
pinned Clemson's James Jones in 5:09.
Freshman David Hardwick lost his
only bout of the day by a technical fall
(18-2; 4:22) to Maryland's tenth-
ranked David Land.
Jun ior Tom Koch went 2-1 on the
day, losing a close match to Clemson' s
Sam Henson 3-1. Henson is ranked
third in the nation at 118 pounds.
Koch won his remaining two matches
by decisioning Jared Ezzel (North
Carolina) 5-3 in overtime and Jim
Guzzio (Maryland) 10-8.
Juniors John McCumber and Toby
Fagan each saw action at 134.
McCumber split his two matches,
1992-93 Individual Records —
losing to top-ranked T.J. Jaworsky of North
Carolina and decisioning Chris Moreno of
Maryland 15-3. Fagan decisioned Clemson's
Marcus Pollick 10-2 in his only bout.
Senior Sam Dollyhigh struggled at 142;
dropping a 14-7 decision to Dave Leonardis
(North Carolina) and a 12-7 decision to Keith
Burgess (Maryland). Chris O'Byrne also had
trouble at 142, losing a 3-2 decision to Mike
Mammon of Clemson.
In the 150-pound class, junior Steve
Cassidy, ranked tenth in the nation, was
surprised by Maryland's Steve Woods who
decisioned him 3-1 in overtime. Cassidy
decisioned North Carolina's Reid Monaghan
(17-6) and Clemson's Mike Miller (12-3) to
finish 2-1 on the day.
Junior Brian Strunck took over at 167
pounds in all three matches for the Engineers.
Strunck lost a technical fall to North Carolina's
David Reynolds (20-4; 4:24), but bounced
back to decision Tommy Stafford {Clemson
and Mike Von Oss (Maryland), 4-1 and 6-2,
respectively.
Hepp, who has wrestled all but two of his
seven dual bouts at 177, decisioned North
Carolina's David Reynolds (16-2), Clemson's
Tim Morrissey (7-6) and Maryland's Marc
Papa (12-0).
Charles Getz, a junior, earned the first
win by fall of his collegiate career over
Clemson's Scott Engel, pinning him in 3:41.
Getz dropped his other bout of the day to
North Carolina's Damon Michelsen 5-1.
Classmate Anthony Silimperi lost his only
match to Kevin Brown of Maryland 11-0.
At heavyweight, sophomore Jon Rose
and freshman Ron Edmund both saw action.
Edmund won his only bout, decisioning Brent
Ingram of Clemson 8-2. Rose went 0-2,
losing to Rick Hall (North Carolina) 3-2 and
Bill Ferencz (Maryland) 2-5.
MAT NOTES - Hepp became first LU
wrestler since Darryl Burley to reach
Midlands finals (12/29-30) and is now 18-1
against NCAA-eligible wrestlers...Engineers
took-two of three matches at Michigan quad
(119), defeating Ferris State 25-15 and Morgan
State 31-15 before losing to Michigan, 36-
11. Lehigh hosts Rider, Carson Newman and
Brown on Saturday at Stabler.
Sophomore Rick Hepp was the unanimous choice as the EIWA's Most Outstanding Wrestler at
Sunday's ACC-EIWA Challenge at the Palestra in Philadelphia. -Photo by Joe Ryan
ARMY (2/5/91) 58-56 W
HOLY CROSS (2/2/91) 98-95 W
wt
Name
Overall
Duals
Wt
118
Ed Beil
1-3
0-0
158
118
Jason Kutz
1-1
1-1
158
118
David Hardwick
1-14
0-7
158
118
Westy Feinman
0-4
0-0
158
118
B.J. Maffucci
0-5
0-0
158
118
Brian Fischenich
0-1
0-0
158
126
Doug Borse
2-7
0-0
167
126
Tom Koch
14-5
7-2
167
126
Rob Sweigart
1-6
0-0
167
134
John McCumber
14-7
5-2
177
134
Jung Lee
0-1
0-0
190
134
Ed Andres
4-5
0-0
190
134
Toby Fagan
7-6
2-0
190
142
Chris O'Byrne
10-7
2-2
190
142
Sam Dollyhigh
6-5
2-3
Hwt
142
Tim Dougherty
2-3 (0-2 UA)
0-0
Hwt
142
Nick D'Anna
0-2
0-0
Hwt
142
Tom Fitzpatrick
1-2
0-0
Hwt
150
Steve Cassidy
20-4
8-1
Name
Overall
Duals
Brian Strunck
17-10
4-3
Kyle Severson
3-4
0-0
Brian Cipollone
16-10
5-4
Brian Eisenberg
0-2
0-0
Glen Ryen
0-2
0-0
Cory Brechbill
4-3
0-0
Rick Hepp
20-3
7-0
Brian Booze
1-5
0-0
Grant LaRouche
0-4
0-0
Charlie Getz
4-10
3-4
Ryan Hammersmith
2-2
0-0
Andy Fitz
11-1(UA)
0-0
Anthony Silimperi
0-7
0-2
Mike Heydlauf
4-8
1-3
Chris French
0-2
0-0
Jon Rose
3-11 (2-6 UA)
1-5
Ron Edmund
5-10
1-2
Bret Almassy
0-2
0-0