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EXCITING TRAVEL Although his team finished the sea- Stagg, meanwhile. went 13,4 in the son with a 5·8 dual meet record and 134 pound division, and pinned six op- came in tenth in the Middle Atlantic ponents while surrenduring none. "In Conference tournament, you won't hear his four years here, he's come a long WMC wrestling coach Sam Case com- way," said Case of the co-captain, who plaining. was fourth in the MAC tourney. "We wrestled the way we were sup- Aside from Sohn, the only other sen- posed to," the veteran coach said, citing ior was Craig Freeman, who compiled a his team's 105 takedowns compared to 4·8 record in the 126 pound class 85 for the opposition. Case was also "Craig Freeman is a real scholar of pleased with the small number of rever wresulnq," said Case. "He was in a sets his team gave up tough weight class this year" "I thought it was a very fine season," Two freshmen also showed well for Case said. "We overcame a lot of adver- the Terrors, Glen Yurcisin went 7·3 in sity." The adversity included a small the 150 pound division, including a squad, a key injury, and rough schedul- string of seven straight wins. Lee ing. Meyers, wrestling at 177 pounds, put Scheduling problems were the result together a 9·7·1 record, and took sixth at of a January term visit to several Euro· the MAC tournament. pean nations. When the team returned During the January visit to Europe, to American mats in early February, the team visited England, the Nether' WMC Opponent they faced six teams in four days. They lands, Denmark and Sweden, where 52 Loyola 0 also got saddled with another Division I they beat three local clubs. Throughout 3 James Madison 42 opponent, George Mason University, the trip, they stayed with other wres- 18 Towson State 28 when host George Washington Universi· tiers, saw international competition up 16 Gettysburg 22 ty decided to add another team to its' close, and got to see a part of European 29 Moravian 15 schedule. The 1980·81 slate included cultures. 27 Johns Hopkins 18 one Division II and four Division I 25 Lebanon Valley 23 . schools, which was very ambitious for a 40 Fairleigh Dickinson- Division III school Madison As for the squad size, at the beginning 18 Ursinus 26 of the season, there were only 12 wres- 20 York College 31 tiers for 10 weight classes, which made 3 Delaware Valley 46 for some tired Terror wrestlers in trl- and 18 George Mason 40 quad·meets. Case lost two wrestlers and 20 George Washington 35 eventually picked up another to finish the season with an II man roster The key loss was senior co-captain Vince Bohn. Bohn suffered a shoulder injury and completed only five matches. He finished with a 3·2 record, and out- pinned his opponents, 2·0. Case did find a bright side to the prob lem of having a small roster. "I would have liked to have a bigger squad." he said, "but smallness allowed us to pro- gress. They all gal mat time." .'Our seniors did a job for us," the coach continued, painting to Garry Col bert and Keith Stagg. Colbert, in the 158 pound weight class, compiled a 14·3,1 record, including a 1·1 record at the NCAA Division III championships in Cleveland, and third place in the MAC tournament. It was just the fifth year of competative wrestling for Colbert, who wrestled one year in high school. 123