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

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BOTTOM ROW: Robert Rennie, Daniel Rosen, Robert Jensen, Wolf Coach Holub, Paul RothenbiHer, John Cilo, John McGoey, James Berwick, Michae! Morello, and Michael Patterson. TOP ROW: Graham,AssisfontCooch Marfin,Manager Cislok. varsity basketball 91

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xi- I : It .4 . v-zx'8 TOP ROW: Ron Griepenburg, Mike Fraysee, Coach Walter Morusyn, AI Grot, and Charlie McNerney. BOTTOM ROW: Ken Dolecki, Bob Nelson, Ed Schurich, and Pat Honey. The Knight harriers suffered through a losing season this year. Coach Walter Morusyn went into the season with pes- simism after losing three cindermen for academic reasons. This calamity forced him to draft quarter milers Carl Bach- mann and Bob Nelson, and half milers Ken Dolecki and Charlie McNerney in an attempt to bolster his skeleton crew. Ron Griepenburg and AI Grat led the cindermen through the roughest competition ever encountered by a Fairleigh Dickinson squad. The Marusyn men proved to be little match for such powers as Army, Seton Hall, Georgetown, St. John's, Manhattan and Iona. The other stalwart horriers in- cluded Captain Ed Schurich, Pot Honey, and Mike Fraysee. Next year's outlook seems better due to a Fine record waged by the Yearling squad. They completed their winning season by placing sixth in the Metropolitan Championships and fifth in the IC4A Championships. NYU, Rutgers, St. John's, Montclair State, CCNY, and Queens fell in dual com- petition with the freshman harriers. John Sinsimer broke a number of freshmen records in leading them to victory. The other superb hill and dalers included Bob Wright, Joe Koziupa, Ed Schopperth, Bob Epstein, Dan Meehon and Ver- non Johnson. FDU 19 7O 28 31 8O 45 41 50 84 9O cross country Montclair State 38 Army 24 Rutgers Queens 27 CCNY 24 Georgetown 15 Seton Hall Kings Point 15 St. John's 18 Manhattan 15 Iona 22 NYU 48 48 39

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This was indeed a transitionai year on the basketball scene at Fairleigh Dickinson University. At the beginning of the season the outlook was dismal, but as time progressed the team developed. Coach Dick Holub, Knight mentor for sixteen years, was handed his fourth losing season in his long tenure at the University. He now owns a career record of 218 victories and 157 losses and has given the F.D.U. team a prominent standing in Eastern basketball. Although a 9-15 record is hard to grasp, one must con- sider that the F.D.U. cagers gave their best against the roughest opposition ever encountered by a Fairleigh Dickin- son basketball team. It was nip and tuck for the First ha1f of the season. In tri-state league play, the Knights succumbed in closely fought contests, completing the league circuit with a disappointing 2-5 mark. The team earned victories over the University of Bridgeport and the City College of New York. During the Christmas holiday the Knights engaged in the Winged Foot Holiday Tournament at the New York Ath- letic Club, placing second. Walt Berwick led the Knights in many encounters. This senior from Upper Darby, Pa., was elected to the All-East college division squad. Walt led the team as its highest scorer; Paul Rothenbiller, the Knight giant at 6'4 , was the leading rebounder. Danny Rosen, a scrappy iunior acted as the quarterback of the Knight squad in directing its many plays. Mike Patterson came alive in the second half of the season to pull the Knights over the line to victory many times. He will return next year along with Bob Rennie, Den- nis Curren, John Bubb, John McGoey, and Jim Graham. FDU 78 Wagner 85 81 Montclair State 65 60 Susquehanna University 73 50 L.I.U. 54 61 Manhattan 76 63 Hofstra University 68 6O N.Y.U. 75 69 University of Baltimore 62 72 Belmont Abbey 71 76 NYAC 87 67 Seton Hall University 90 71 American University 85 84 Pratt Institute 55 60 Fairfield University 69 59 Northeastern University 72 66 Iona 69 62 St. Peter's 71 61 C.C.N.Y. 58 67 Adelphi University 69 97 University of Bridgeport 77 70 C. W. Post 65 77 N.Y.A.C. 64 71 Yeshiva University 61 49 Rider 66 91 Georgetown University 70 91 Upsala 70 92