1968 Team Photo Gallery
ANNVILLE, Pa. - The 1968 men's lacrosse team, which captured the MAC Championship just three years after the inception of the program, will be the 2009 LVC Athletic Hall of Fame Team of Honor. The team will be honored at the Hall of Fame banquet on Oct. 24 during Oktoberfest Weekend.
The 1968 team captured the program's only MAC and USILA Central Atlantic Conference championships that year, going 8-1 overall and winning the title with a dramatic 9-8 overtime win against Delaware. With no seniors on the team, LVC upset powerhouse programs like Villanova and Delaware, and also beat Michigan State in a pre-season scrimmage.
Every year, Lebanon Valley College honors a team at its Athletic Hall of Fame induction banquet to recognize a championship or other outstanding achievement. The 1968 squad is the first lacrosse team to be recognized by the Hall.
Behind the coaching of
Bill and
Bob McHenry, LVC was led by the scoring of
Jim Evans, who netted 22 goals and an assist, and
Tom Cestare, LVC's points leader with 13 goals and as many assists. A fantastic defense, led by goalie
Bill Zimmerman's 75 saves, also helped the Dutchmen outscore opponents nearly 3-to-1, with an average of 11.3 goals per game to opponents' 4.5.
After starting out 7-1 and looking at a chance for the title, the Dutchmen captured the championship on the final day of the season, scoring two overtime goals by Evans and
Gary Gunther and riding 23 saves by Zimmerman to beat Delaware for the pennant.
After the season, defenseman
Steve Brandsberg was named Honorable Mention All-America by the USILA, and Gunther and
Dennis Tulli were first-team all-MAC honorees.
Dennis Misal, the team MVP along with Cestare, also earned Penn-Del League honors.
1968 Team Roster
Bill Allen
Jerry Beardsley
Steve Brandsburg
Pete Brennan
Tom Cestare
Tom Corbett
Tony Demarco
Don Engle
Jim Evans
Tom Falato
Dave Feldman
Bob Gotwalt
Mike Gulli
Gary Gunther
Mike Hollen
Ed Thomas |
Jay Lawton
Craig Linebaugh
John Martancik
Dennis Misal
Bill Radice
Pat Rondeau
Gene Shaffer
Jerry Stauffer
Joe Torre
Dennis Tulli
Bob Walsh
Rich West
John Wise
Dave Wilbur
Bill Zimmerman
Carl Woehrle |
1968 Men's Lacrosse Results (8-1)
| 3/20/1968 |
Michigan State (scrim.) |
W 8-7 |
| 4/3/1968 |
at Muhlenberg |
W 14-2 |
| 4/6/1968 |
New York Maritime |
W 17-2 |
| 4/18/1968 |
at Lafayette |
W 17-4 |
| 4/20/1968 |
Franklin & Marshall |
W 8-4 |
| 4/23/1968 |
Villanova |
W 11-4 |
| 4/27/1968 |
Muhlenberg |
W 14-3 |
| 5/4/1968 |
Bucknell |
L 3-9 |
| 5/7/1968 |
at Dickinson |
W 9-5 |
| 5/11/1968 |
Delaware |
W 9-8 (ot)
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