Seawolves entered their last regular season non-conference match with a record of 4-5 in non-conference matches, three of those losses being on the road. Coming off a tough stretch of games, where the Seawolves lost three out of four and tied one, the Seawolves looked to bounce back. They did just that with a big 3-0 win over Lehigh at Bethlehem, Pa.

The year was 1971 and the United States had been at war in Vietnam for the duration of the past decade. The draft was in full effect and able bodied young men over the age of 18 were enlisted into the U.S. military to serve in the war effort. Overseas, our soldiers, sailors and Marines were fighting a drawn out counter insurgency war against guerrilla fighters in the jungles of Vietnam.