Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck - Cygnus Yearbook (Teaneck, NJ)

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The Basketball team concluded what many feel was a rather disappointing season. Although there was a certain amount of disappointment involved in the failure to retain the Tri-State league crown, we cannot and should not be especially critical of the results. The final record, a respectable 12 and 10, certainly belongs on the plus side of the ledger, especially when we consider some of the powerhouse teams that were faced. Playing teams like N.Y.U., Georgetown, Seton Hall and others certainly are a mark of superiority no matter what the outcome. The rise of F.D.U. basketball toward national ranking can not continue unless we are willing to play the tough teams, and expect to lose occasionally. Although this year's schedule was the toughest ever faced by the Knights, Coach Holub still managed to move a few notches up on the most winningest coaches list by sur- passing, midway in season, the 200 lifetime victory mark. Another high point of the season came when a new team high in total points and field goals was reached in the Hunter game. The 109 to 49 victory just topped the old record of 107 to 49 set against Newark Rutgers, in 1961. Field goals were upped by one from 48 to 49. .' '. v y a 'e . - . . ,, :aXuL.-..LLJI $.44me1. s. . 166 Individual season honors in the statistic department went to three seniors. Lou Ravettine was the season high scorer with 158 field goals and 63 free throws for a total of 384 points. He averaged 17.5 per game. Brenden Barba was second with 99 field goals and 68 free throws for 266 points or an average of 12.7 per game. John Porada captured the rebounding honors. His total was 193 for a 9.2 per game average. Ravettine retrieved 145 erred shots for a 6.6 game average and Barba a 141 total for a 6.7 game average. Highest point output for a single game was also garnered by Ravettine. He scored 42 points against Upsala. Barba had the highest output in free throws for a single game with 15 in the Fairfield contest. The mighty midgets, Ken Avia and Dan Rosen also deserve special mention for their aggressive ball-hawking and play-making successes throughout the entire season. Rosen, who returns next year along with Walt Berwick, Paul Rothenfiller and freshman standout Bob Rennie, ought to insure another winning season and a possible regaining of the Tri-State title. Barba snags a rebound B ' 1.7 A l

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From September to November Walt Marusn's fall cindermen had a tough season. Highlighting the season was a victory over St. John's and a near miss at the school record by Captain John Vida of Rutherford. in the Metropolitan Championships. Our 4-4 record included victories over CCNY, Montclair State, Kings Point and St. Johns. Our losses came at the hands of NYU, a triangle meet against Seton Hall and Princeton and another against Army and Providence. Our final loss was in a quadrangle meet with Manhattan, Iona, and Providence. Van Courtlandt Park in the Bronx was the scene of the maiority of these races and also the scene of the CTC championships on November 16. Fairleigh was the defending champion, but fell behind and lost to strong Iona and CCNY teams to place a well fought, but unglorious third. Ed Suhrich, a promising runner and next years team captain, placed 10th in this race and should improve over the coming year. Five of the six men running on our cross country team were from the Teaneck campus. They include Richard D'Aleo, a senior; Ron Grippenburg and Ed Suhrich, iuniors; Mike Attina and Al Graf, sapho- mores. Grippenburg and Suhrich are two runners that performed well all season and should be even better this fall, but we need at least eight men running to give this squad a chance. This shorthandedness may be overcome by two promising freshmen, Bill Blanchfield and Pat Haney, but D'Aleo and Vida, two of our top runners for many years won't be with us in '64. The competition was extremely tough, but a 4-4 record does not achieve the full import of how these runners pushed themselves to the brink of exhaustion during this three month period. John Vida '63 Captain 16.3

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