Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - Columns Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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Wrestling The Madison Grapplers completed their First varsity campaign This year. Coach Krufka had problems with inexperienced wrestlers but still managed To Finish with a winning record. The ouTsTanding performances of Vince Sica and Al Moder were chief1y responsible for The successful season. With The return of Vince and Al, in addie tion To Two improved wrestlers, Bob Schwartz and Jim Burke, next year promises To be even better. SCORES FDU OPP 23 ................ Brooklyn Poly .......................... 13 8 ................ Delaware Valley .................... 28 O ................ Wilkes College ........................ 34 18 ................ Hunter College ...................... 17 19 ................ Trenton State .......................... 13 19 ................ Marist College ........................ 15 Back row, left to right: V. Sica, N. Chabra, R. Rubin, M. Jury, J. Dunn. Middle row, left '0 right: P. Pfeffer, W. Godleski, A. Piazza, A. Modor, J. Veres. Front row, left to right: H. Young, R. Maloney, J. Burke, B. Schwartz. 135

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Cross Country 134 Under The TuTeIage of Coach John McLaren The MeT Harriers emerged from a winless season To obTain a respecTabIe 4-5-1 record. After a shaky sTarT, The MeTs, led by Captain Nick Kanellos, dug in Their spikes To emerge vic- Torious in four ouT of The lasT six meeTs. IT was on OcTober 24, 1964, aT Van CorTIand Park, N.Y.C., ThaT The Harriers obTained The firsT Madison-F. D. U. Cross CounTry vicTory. Dick Somerville, Charles Van Giezen, and George SmiTh crossed The line among The leaders To seT The sTage for our initial vicTory. Because our Team conTained many promising underclassmen, we are hopefully expecTing our Third campaign To be even more successful. Top lof', left to right: M. PoTTow, C. Van Giezen, G. SmiTh, T. Chmiel. Bottom Row, left to right: D. Somerville, N. Kanellos TCapTainT, M. Konz.

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Basketball Back row, left to right: Coach W. Raftery, L. Matzkin, R. Herford, E. Sluzis, W. Gazell, E. Horan. Front row, left to right: W. Wickis, G. Hecht lCaptainl, M. Borak, W. Babich, P. Coppola lManagerl. SCORES FDU OPP 51 ........ Jersey City State ................ 96 72 ........ Brooklyn College .............. 78 88 ........ New Haven College ........ 97 94 ........ Newark-Rutgers College 74 90 ........ Delaware Valley College 59 73 ........ Hunter College ................ 54 68 ........ Brooklyn Poly Inst. ............ 75 69 ........ Pace College .................... 79 62 ........ Quinnipiac College ............. 68 60 ........ Wilkes College ................ 61 61 ........ Newark College of Eng. 55 61 ........ Stonehill College .............. 55 72 ..... Bloomfield College ............ 81 97 ........ Nichols College ................ 69 66 ........ Stevens .............................. 55 75 ........ Pace College .................... 73 62 ........ Kings College .................... 73 90 ........ Marist ................................ 55 74 ........ Stony Brook State .............. 56 86 ........ E. Stroudsburg State .......... 90 67 ........ Trenton State ...................... 77 85 ........ South Hampton .................. 91 136 The 1964-65 season held many surprises for Coach Bill Raftery's club. When Ken Dunbar graduated last year the Mets lost an ace back- court man. The first of the pleasant surprises for Coach Raftery was the entrance of three top notch freshmen backcourt players. The trio consisted of Bill Wickis, Glen Martin, and Marc Borak. In addition, Rich Herford, a 6' 5 freshman, provided another pleasant surprise. Rich coupled with returning lettermen Gene Hecht and Lew Matzkin to give the Mets their board strength. Bill Wickis and Gene Hecht provided the scoring punch for the Mets. Wickis hit his high of 41 points against Nichols College. Hecht became the second Met player to ever hit 1000 points and also broke the all time scoring record. In addition, Hecht became the first player to grab 1000 rescues. Marc Borak and Lew Matzkin both averaged double Figures. Glen Martin provided the leadership ability as he became one of the best playmakers in the area. Returning lettermen Bill Gazell, Walt Babich, and El Sluzis also did a fine iob for the team. Sluzis was known for his timely foul shots.