South Mountaineer Volume 35, Issue 17

              LEHIGHLIGHTS
AN ALL-STAR  PERFORMANCE    -
Lehigh junior Steve Cassidy came through
with a gutty performance last Monday night
at the NWCA All-Star Classic al Stabler
Center. The event featured the top two
wrestlers in the nation at each weight class,
but Iowa's Terry Steiner (ranked #1 at 150)
was unable to attend due to illness. Cassidy,
who was selected to replace Steiner just a
few days before the meel. lost a close 6-4
decision to Penn State's Troy Sunderland.
Cassidy scored the first two points of the
bout on a takedown before Sunderland
reeled off five straight points to take a lead
he wouldn't relinquish. Due to his
performance, Cassidy moved up to #9 in
the national rankings as determined by
Amateur Wrestling News. The two wrestlers
will likely square off again in this Saturday's
dual meet at Penn State.
PENN PLUCKS PATRIOT HONORS—
Senior guard Chuck Penn was named to
the Patriot League Honor Roll for the
weekending 1/31 after averaging 19.0 ppg
in two games. It marked the third
consecutive week thai Penn has made the
honor roll, and he has also copped one
Player of the Week honor this season. The
Allentown, Pa. nalivc is leading Ihe league"
in scoring at 22.0 ppg and had his fourth
30+-point performance of the year on
Saturday, when he poured in 32 points
against Navy.
THE MILLION DOLLAR SHOT - One
lucky Lehigh Engineer fan could be a whole
lot richer on the night of February 20th. At
the Lehigh-Bucknell basketball game that
evening, one contestant will have the
opportunity to win<$ 1,000,000 in the Dick
Milham Chrysler Plymouth Million
Dollar Milhamania shot. The contestant,
who will have one opportunity to make a
shot from three-quarters court, will be drawn
at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 in a live broadcast
on WZZO 95.1 FM radio. To enter this
contest, contestants must fill out an entry
blank at Dick Milham Chrysler Plymouth
in Bethlehem.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Koch working 'overtime' 2
Ivan the Great 2
Dominatin' Deakin 3
Jumpin' Jenny 3
Winter sports slate 4
Basketball stats 4
SUPER SWIMMERS
Of the seven schools whose men'sand women's
swim teams participate in the Patriot League,
Lehigh sports the best overall record heading into
this weekend's league championships. A look at
the combined mark of each school:
SCHOOL      MEN
WOMEN   OVERALL
LEHIGH        6-3
6-3
12-6
Fordham      4-3
li
10-5
8-3
•-12-9
Bucknell       3-6
8-2
11-8
Colgate         6-0
4-5
m-:itmsm
Lafayette      6-4
3-7
9-11
Holy Cross   5-6
4-7
9-13
Two out of three ain't bad
Wrestlers down Drexel and California (Pa.), fall to Syracuse
By ERIN DAVISON
Sports Information Assistant
The Lehigh grapplers took two out
of three matches in their second
quadrangular meet of the year at Stabler
Center on Sunday. The Engineers, now
7-10 overall and 1 -3 in the EIWA, crushed
Drexel 33-3 and California University
(Pa.) 30-8. but dropped their conference
match with Syracuse, 26-10.
Rick Hepp upped his overall record
to 27-1 and remained a perfect 15-0 in
duals. Hepp and Ron Edmund,were the
only winners in Friday night's 37-9 loss
to fowa State, Edmund taking a forfeit at
heavyweight. Hepp, going 3-0 on the
day, defeated Syracuse's Seamus Lyman
(13-5), recorded his seventh pin of the
season against Drexel's Colby Barth in
6:34 and took a forfeit against California.
The Engineers ended up shuffling
the lineup due to the absence of Sam
Dollyhigh at 142 and Charlie Getz at
Dllyhigh?
and Getz sprained his1 shoulder, both in
the Iowa State thatch.
The new faces in the lineup against
Drexel all scored victories. Jung Lee
won by technical fall over Peter Kade,
and Brian Booze decisioned Adam
Hockenberry 5-3. Chri s O' By rne stepped
in for Dollyhigh and decisioned Greg
Rosenbaum 8-4, while Anthony Silimperi
notched his first victory of the season
over Rosario LoBrulto (5-3).
Booze and O'Byrne also had wins
against California, along with Toby
Fagan, who stepped in at 150 with a 13-
12 decision over Bob Burmeister. Ryan
Hammersmith and Ron Edmund came up
with decisions at 190 and heavyweight.
Lehigh head coach Tom Hutchinson
was pleased with his young squad's depth.
"This showed that we have more depth
than in other years." Hutchinson said.
However, the Syracuse match ended up
being a battle of roster depth and the
Orangemen held out longer than Lehigh.
"They have people out of the lineup and
we have people out of the lineup," Syracuse
head coach Ed Carlin explained. "This is the
time of year we start losing people."
The Orangemen took the first two bouts,
including Tom Koch's loss to Fred Fabbrini
(12-5). John McCumber came up with a 7-4
decision over Jeff Duque at 134.
O'Byrne lost a 10-4 decision to Jamie
Kyriazis and Steve Cassidy, who looked
tough at 150 after missing the Iowa State
meet, decisioned Chris Saba 6-2.
Strunck and Booze were both decisioned
;pp notched anoiiierwiTiTorceTTrp~
at 177. Syracuse ended the meet by winning
the last two. matches. Hammersmith was
pinned by Ethan Bosch in 2:14 and Edmund
was decisioned by Mark Bateman 8-2.
"When you've got too many question
mark weights," Hutchinson said, "you lose."
Syracuse left the Lehigh Valley with
three wins and an 8-3 overall record, while
California went winless on the day, falling to
3-15-1 on the season. Drexel returned to
Philadelphia with a 6-8 record.
Lehigh will face Penn State Saturday at
State College. The Nittany Lions are ranked
#1 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News.
Wt    Name
Overall
Duals
118   Jason Kutz
2-6
2-6
118   Ed Beil
1-3
0-0
118   David Hardwick
1-16
0-9
118   Westy Feinman
0-4
0-0
118   B.J. Maffucci
0-5
0-0
118   Brian Fischenich
0-1
0-0
126   Doug Borse
1-7, (2-7)*
0-0
126   Tom Koch
17-9
9-6
126   Rob Sweigart
3-7
1-1
134   John McCumber
17-9(18-9)'
9-4
134   Jung Lee
1-2
1-1
134   Ed Andres
4-4 (5-5)'
0-0
134   Toby Fagan
9-6
4-0
42/50 Chris O'Byrne
13-9
5-4
142   Sam Dollyhigh "
7-7
3-5
142   Tim Dougherty (UA)
2-2, (2-3)'
0-0
142   Nick D'Anna
0-2
0-0
142   Tom Fitzpatrick
1-1,(1-2)*
0-0
150   Steve Cassidy
24-4. (25-5)'
13-2
158/67Brian Strunck
21-14
9-6
158   Kyle Severson
3-4
0-0
158   Brian Cipollone
16-11,(16-12)'
6-5
158   Brian Eisenberg
0-2
0-0
158   Glen Ryen
2-3, (2-4)'
0-0
158   Cory Brechbill
4-4, (5-4)'
0-1
167/77Rick Hepp
28-1,(29-3)'
15-0
167   Brian Booze
3-5, (3-6)'
2-1
167   Grant LaRouche
0-4
0-0
177/90Charlie Getz
5-13
4-7
190   Ryan Hammersmith
3-5
1-3
190   Andy Fitz (UA)
1.1-1 (UA)
0-0
190   Anthony Silimperi
1-8
1-3
190   Mike Heydlauf
4-8
1-3
Hwt   Chris French
0-1.(0-2)'
3-13, (3-14)'
0-0
Hwt   Jon Rose
1-8
Hwt   Ron Edmund
9-11,(9-12)*
4-4
Steve Cassidy had a perfect day during Lehigh's
quad meet on Sunday. -Photo by Joe Ryan
Swimmers set sights on Patriot League championships
By MARC GESUALDO
South Mountaineer Editor
Themen'sandwomen'sswimteams'
may think about adopting Bachman-
Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen
Nothin' Yet" as their theme song.
And why shouldn't they?
After the regular season ended with
a couple of solid showings at Bucknell,
head coach Chris Marshall has to feel his
teams' best efforts are yet to come. The
men beat the Bison, 138-106, while the
women swam well in losing, 130-104, to
a Patriot League powerhouse.
The performances left both squads
with 6-3 records and reestablished Lehigh
as one of the teams to watch at next
week's Patriot League Championships
at Colgate. And if the regular season is an
accurate gauge, the Engineers will be
making plenty of noise.
"Both teams swam fast against
Bucknell but most importantly, they
swam tough," Marshall said. "Bucknell
was really up for this meet but we stayed
tough throughout both meets."
Freshman Jeff Cline was one of the
key factors in the men's triumph, as he
took first place in the 500 free and 1000 free.
Andy Jones continued to dominate with a win
in the 200 breast, and the 400 medley relay
team of Jones, Vince Tsai, Matt Goodrich
and Hunter Simpson also emerged victorious.
But the turning point of the meet was
when Lehigh swept the diving events. Chuck
Donaldson and Kevin Murphy finished one-
two in the one-meter dive, with Donaldson
setting a school record. That was followed up
by Murphy's victory in the three-meter dive
in which he, too, set a school record.
"That was the key for us because we
Jaime Burrough won the 200 breaststroke on
Saturday against Bucknell.   -Photo by Joe Ryan
didn't expect to be sodominant in the diving,"
Marshall said. "They really came through for
us when we needed it and gave us a big lead."
Individual winners for the women's
squad were Angela Palma in the three-meter
dive, Jaime Burrough in the 200 breaststroke
and the 400 free relay team of Theresa Doyle,
Darryl Smith, Stephanie Martyak and
Catherine McGuckin. Palma set a school
record in her first-place finish.
"Bucknell had a lot of big guns up front
but they also had strong depth," Marshall
said. "Our team swam well, but we just ran
into a real well-balanced team."
The Engineers have the luxury of a 10-
day rest period before the Patriot League
Championships start. The key for Lehigh
will be to maintain the same level of
confidence that's carried the squad through
one of its finest seasons in history.
"We've trained hard all year and we
know the physical capability is there,"
Marshall said. "The fact that we swam tough
against Bucknell is a great sign because it
translates into mental toughness."
And should that mental toughness be on
display next week in Hamilton, N.Y., it may
wind up sinking several Patriot League foes.