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Matmen Drop Three Weekend Matches

By Tom Bell
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

LANCASTER, Pa. - The
Cavaliers found the going rough in a
weekend quadrangular meet here,
as they lost to host Franklin and
Marshall, William and Mary, and
Harvard.

A poor first round Friday night
led to the losses, as the team won
only one of ten matches. In the
other two rounds the Cavaliers were
10-8-2 overall.

The losses to William and Mary
and Franklin and Marshall were
close, while Harvard easily won,
23-8. W&M prevailed 17-15, while
F&M won 17-14.

Cavalier head coach George
Edwards "was pleased with the
performance" of his team,
particularly with a number of
inexperienced wrestlers on the team
because many of last year's regulars
have chosen not to wrestle this
season.

Jack Johndrow, a 126-pounder,
and 190-pounder Kevin Michaels
came in for special praise from Mr.
Edwards, particularly Michaels who
beat F&M's John Stevenson, last
year's Eastern Conference
runner-up, and "probably the best
kid in the tournament," according
to Mr. Edwards.

Heavyweights John Eckert and
Fred Kaspick also came in for
special praise, as they volunteered
to make the trip when the team was
short of wrestlers. Neither had been
on the team before, and Kaspick
plans to stay out. He will probably
help fill the hole at 177 pounds.

Johndrow had the best
individual record among the
Cavaliers as he won both of the
matches he wrestled, Co-captain
John Pegues was second with a
2-0-1 record at 150 pounds. Also
sporting winning records for the
weekend were Michaels and
134-pounder John Pitas who were
both 2-1.

The losses bring the Cavaliers to
a 2-3 record in dual meet
competition, as they opened with
easy wins over VMI and VCI.

Only the state tournament in
Norfolk this weekend remains in
pre-Christmas action for the
Cavaliers. The state tourney should
turn out to be a battle between
Virginia and William and Mary, who
won the unofficial team title last
season.