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ed by the dynamic spiritual leadership of Coach Bob Bonheim the Flames Matmen capped a very successful season with an upset win over Virginia Tech. That meet put the National Champions final record at 12-1 in dual meets for the season Coach Bonheim credited the victory to two breaks "We won by forfeit at 126 lbs.,and then Tech's coach misjudged our heavyweight by sending their Number 2 man against Rueben Escobedo." Escobedo's pin won the match, the first team win ever against VPI

In the thirteen dual meets, LBC competed against nine DivisonI schools, losing only to Southern Conference power, Appalachian State, who went on to take second intheir conference. LBC defeated allfour of the "Big Five" Universities in Virginia that they wrestled against.

Coach Bonheim stated that VPI and VMI were the toughest matches with James Madison and George Mason "...somewhat easierthan expected." He concluded, "When you consider that only four lettermen returned from last year's championship squad, we've had a surprisingly successful season."