On this day 48 years ago, the wrestling squad won the Ivy League Championship. The win brought them their second title in three years, their seventh overall, and began a run of three straight championships between 1970 and 1972.

Here is the recap of the match from Newsday:

Stony Brook Ivy Champs

Ira Orchin of Poly Prep lost a 140-pound match–his first defeat in two years of wrestling–as Stony Brook edged Poly, 90-77, to win the Ivy Prep League Wrestling Championships at the Brooklyn school Saturday.

Doug Howard of Stony Brook was the 140-pounder who decisioned Orchin, 10-8. Other winners for Stony Brook included Norm Olley, 126 pounds; Bruce Councell, 133; and Rich Loos, 188.

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