South Mountaineer Volume 36, Issue 10

              Volume 36, Number 10
Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHLIGHTS
PATRIOT ALL-STARS — Lehigh
University placed four runners on ihe 1993
All-Patriot League cross country team.
including three women. Seniors Gretchen
Repasky and Tina Altro were first-team
selections as was sophomore Sue Allex.
The lone mcn"s runner lo make llie team
was senior Kevin Murphy. Repasky
finished her Patriot League career with a
secon'd-plaee finish in the league
championship's last Saturday. Altro finished
filth and Allex sixth in the women's contest.
Murphy, who has been among llie top Lehigh
runners all season, finished in seventh place.
The top 10 female and male finishers al last
weekend's championships., held al
Lafayette, received All-Patriot League
status. As a team. Lehigh finished second in
the women's race and third in the men's
race. In addition, senior captain Scott
Chambers was selected to the All-Patriot
League First Team for men's soccer.
HOT TICKETS—Tickets are now on sale
for llie 1993 NCAA Division I Cross
Country Championships lo be held at
Lehigh University's Goodman Campus
course on November 22. Tickets are $5.00
per person and include admission lo the
men's I OK and women's 5K championship
races as well as parking. The men's race
will begin al 11:()() a.m.. with the women's
race following al 12:15 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at Lehigh's Taylor Gym ticket
office from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. For more
information call 7LU-GAME. This marks
the third time that Lehigh has hosted the
NCAA Cross Country Championships, wilh
1979 and 1983 being the otheryears. Tickets
are also on sale for this weekend's Patriot
League volleyball championships to be
held in Taylor Gym and Grace Hall. The
opening rounds will lake place on Saturday
starting at 9 a.m. with the consolation finals
and championship finals set for Sunday
starling al 10 a.m. Tickets are $3 for a full-
day session and can be purchased ahead of
lime al llie ticket office or on ihe day of the
eyent
INSIDE the Mountaineer
PL volleyball preview 2
1993-94 wrestling preview .... 3
1993-94 swimming preview .. 4
Olympic sports roundup 4
Football statistics 5
Olympic sports slate 5
DID YOU KNOW?
4 of this year's 10
Iacocca Scholars are student-
athletes. They are:
* Janice Riley (softball)
* Tammy Levine (soccer)
* Rick Hepp (wrestling)
* Brian Strunk (wrestling)
The Iacocca scholars program
recognizes students with clear
potential for leadership in
areas that enhance fci-fl
national competitiveness. |Jf|*
Too little, too late for Lehigh
Fourth-quarter rally falls short as Bucknell prevails, 32-27
By GLENN HOFMANN
Sports Information Director
There would be no last minute
heroics in Lewisburg on Saturday.
Scott Semptimphelter and Dave
Cecchini did connect on two late
scoring plays, but it wasn't enough as
Bucknell defeated Lehigh 32-27 to
put a big blemish oil what was turning
into a very exciting season.
The loss, coupled with
Lafayette's win over Holy Cross left
the Engineers in atie for second place
in the Patriot League with Bucknell.
Each team is 3-1 and trails Lafayette
(3-0-1) by one-half game with one
game left. Bucknell finishes
November 20th at Colgate and of
course Lehigh and Lafayette battle
for the 129th time at Goodman
Stadium the same day. Still, with a
win over Lafayette the Engineers will
gain at least a share of the league title.
A Lehigh win coupled with a Bucknel I
loss would give Lehigh the title
outright.
None of the above will matter
however if certain disturbing trends
continue.
As has been the case in almost every
game this season the Lehigh offensive
and defensive lines were dominated at
the line of scrimmage. The Bison gained
498 yards of offense including 220 on
the ground.
Once again the secondary was picked
apart as Bison quarterbacks Rob Glus
and Travis Kopp threw for 278 yards.
Once again Lehisih was unable to
musterany type of rushing attack, gaining
just 42 yards on the ground.
And finally Semptimphelter had very
little time to throw the ball as he was sacked
four times and pressured on numerous other
LEHIGH
BUCKNELL
14
12
—27
—32
LEH — Dyson 36 FG
BUCK - Bernardini 22 pass from Glus (kick failed)
BUCK - Garner 35 pass from Glus (Miller kick(
LEH - Dyson 20 FG
LEH - Lookenbill 2 run (Dyson kick)
BUCK - Garner 3 pass from Glus (Miller kick)
BUCK -- McHugh 1 run (pass failed)
BUCK -- McHugh 1 run (pass failed)
LEH - Cecchini 23 pass from Semptimphelter (pass good)
LEH — Cecchini 22 pass from Semptimphelter (pass failed)
TEAM STATS
LEHIGH
BUCKNELL
First Downs
20
23
Rushes-Yards
28-46
53-220
Yds. Passing
310
278
Passes C-A-l
23-38-2
15-30-2
Punts-Avg.
4-42.3
5-29.0
Penalties-Yds.
7-76
7-74
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing — LEH: Lookenbill 14-43-1, Semptimphelter 14-3
BUCK: Lemon 28-163, Svendsen 9-36
Passing — LEH: Semptimphelter23-38for310-yards, 2TD, 2 INT
BUCK: Glus 13-25 for 246 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Receiving — LEH: Cecchini 13-225-2, Rubin 3-15
BUCK: Garner 5-114-2, Gentile 3-76
Tackles--LEH: Mack 12, Perilla 12, Jefferson 11, Haynes 10
BUCK: Crudup 9, Strickland 9, Jessup 6
Dave Cecchini: 13 catches for 225 yards.
-Photo by Joe Ryan
occasions.
Lehigh has been able to overcome these
deficiencies often this year, but against a
Bucknell learn which four weeks ago was I-
5 they couldn't.
"Offensively this was our poorest effort
up front all season." said head coach Hank
Small. "We couldn't get a running game
going today. They ran the ball well enough to
win and made the big pass plays."
"I look al the big pass plays they bad and
our inability to get the ball in the endzone in
the    first    half   as    the
difference."
The day started off simple
enough as Lehigh marched
clown the field on the
opening possession, but
Mark Lookenbill fumbled
at the Bison 13-yard line.
Four plays later Lehigh got
the ball back at the Bison
39-yard line, but could only
manage a 36-yard field goal
by Byron Dyson, the longest
of his career.
Bucknell scored twice to
take a 13-6 halftime lead.
Lehigh tied it at 13 on a
Lookenbill two-yard run in
the third quarter, but the
Bison exploded for three
unanswered touchdowns to
take a 32-13 lead with 4:36
left. Semptimphelter hit
Cecchini for touchdowns of
23 and 22 yards to make the
score closer than the szame
really was.
"This is a horrible feeling." Cecchini
said afterwards. "I hale losing anytime, but
when you're going for a championship..."
EXTRA P()INTS:The leaguechampionship
is based on a point system (2 pts. for a win l
for a lie and 0 for a loss). Head-to-head
meetings tire not counted in a lie-breaking
situation...Cecchini needs just three TD
passes to set a single season school record
and nine receptions to set a single season
receptions record...Cecchini hail a personal
best and third best receiving total in school
history (225 yards land has now caught lllor
more catches four times this
season...Semptimphellor is nt)w third in single
season TD passes with 24...Bucknell marked
■31st time in 51 games thai Lehigh quarterback
has thrown for over 300 yards.
The coming of Idaho
If one thing sluck out when this year's
football schedule was released il was litis
weekend's game. The opponent wasn't from lite
east, in fact il was a team that many people
probably didn't even know existed.
But mention llie University ofldaho Vandals
lo I-AA football coaches and a look of fear
grows on iheir face. The Vandals area member
of llic Big Sky Conference and since 19X2 have
won five league championships and made eight
NCAA I-AA appearances. In fact, the Vandals
have enjoyed I 1 straight winning seasons.
So why are they on the Lehigh schedule?
"The opportunity to schedule a team like
Idaho will allow us lo measure where our
program is against one of ihe best teams al our
level in the country." Director of Athletics Joe
Sierreti explained. "Jusl as importantly it will
give our kids an excellent educational
opportunity.;"
The opportunity lo schedule Idaho came
about when the Yankee Conference expanded
last year. Among the teams thai joined were
William & Mary and Northeastern, two schools
traditionally on the Leliigli schedule. This
presented three open dales on the Lehigh
schedule. Sterrett was able lo pickup Delaware
and Hol'stra. bui still there was llie November
13th open date.
'•We looked al I over the country for a game
againsi a I-AA opponent." Sierreti said. When
we gol lo the Big Sky Conference they had two
schools which had domed stadiums. That gave
us ihe chance to avoid being hurl by lite weather.
Idaho became attractive because of their well
known offense, which is similar to ours."
While there has been some concern over
the timing of the game, with Lafayette jusl one
week later, Sierreti points out "You can gel hurl
in any game." Lafayette has nopicnic themselves
as they will play on artificial turf at Army.
The team will leave on Friday morning
from ABE Airport on a Delia Chartered flight
and fly into Spokane. Washington before
embarking on (he 90 minute bus ride lo Moscow.
Idaho. Lehigh will return home on Sunday.
Idahoplays in the 16.000seal Kihbic Dome.
The game will be televised live al 4:00 P.M.
(ET) by WFMZ-TV and can be seen on satellite
(KU Band, SBS 6. Transponder 1).