Lehigh led a tight team race during the first day of the 101st Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships (EIWA) at Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.    Lehigh had 61.5 points, six team points ahead of Cornell in second place with 55.5 points. There is a real tight battle for third, with host Navy just one-half point ahead of archrival Army, 45 points to 44.5 points    This is one of the strongest qualifying events for the NCAA Div. I Championships and the action was intense from the opening whistle.    Going into the semifinals, Lehigh had eight athletes left in the "winner's bracket," Cornell has seven, and Army and Navy have five each.    "We don't talk the team race with the guys once it starts," said Lehigh coach Greg Strobel. "We came in as three-point underdogs to Cornell. We aren't focusing on the team race. I want the individuals to get the job done, and then the team takes care of itself."    "It is tight," said Cornell coach Rob Koll. "It is going to be emotional tomorrow. It is still in our hands. It would be nice if we could get some help from other teams, though."    There were a few upsets in the opening round, including one that may play a factor in the overall team race.    At 184 pounds, unseeded Brian LaMay of Lehigh upset No. 4 Dorian Heist of Brown, 6-3. LaMay was a backup 165-pounder behind NCAA champion Troy Letters, and jumped up two weight classes to win a wrestle-off for the spot on the Mountain Hawk team. The ability of LeMay to score some team points for Lehigh could make a difference if the final team race is very close.    Another upset in the first round came at 165 pounds, where unseeded Charlie Wiggins of Princeton pinned No. 5 Matt Veres of Franklin and Marshall in 6:44.     Other seeds to lose opening bouts were:     No. 8 Ryan McCallum of East Stroudsburg, who lost to Rich Gebauer of Franklin and Marshall at 133 pounds   No. 8 Sean McCracken of East Stroudsburg, who lost to Justin Barent of Columbia at 184 pounds   No. 8 Leo Saniuk of Brown, who lost to Ken Stiles of Rutgers at 197 pounds   No.  8 Adam LoPiccolo of American, who lost to Lee Beane of Brown at 285 pounds    The first session also featured a historic match, as Princeton's Audrey Pang became the first woman to compete in the 101 years of this tournament.  In the first round at 125 pounds, Pang was pinned by No. 5 seed Mason Lenhard of Penn, a past EIWA champion. Lenhard scored a number of takedowns before locking up Pang on the mat, and securing a first-period fall.    After the first round, Columbia led the tournament with 15 points, followed by Lehigh with 11 points, Army with 10 points and both Cornell and Navy with 8.5 points. This was more of an indication of which teams had the most byes, rather than overall performance. Lehigh had three pins in the session, the most of any team in the tournament.    "You win it in the trenches with unseeded guys and you win it with bonus points," said Strobel. "We went out in the first round and got bonus points. It may be the difference right now. LeMay beating the No. 4 seed was big.  We were a little disappointed he lost to the No. 5 seed in the semis, but those things happen. He is competing up two weights. The goal now is for him to place."    As is usually the case at this tournament, the quarterfinals is a very important round in sorting out the team race. This is where the favored teams must wrestle to seed, in order to keep their edge over the rest of the field.    Early on, a pair of No. 4 seeds were defeated by No. 5 seeds. At 125 pounds, No. 5 Mason Lenhard edged No. 4 Jeff Schell of Brown. At the next weight, No. 5 Tony Severo of Army stopped No. 4 Jeff Eveleth of Penn.    Cornell had a chance for a mild upset at 141 pounds, when No. 5 freshman Jordan Leen led No. 4 Patrick Simpson of Army, 2-1 after the first period. Leen chose the top in the second period. Simpson reached back, grabbed Leen's head, and stacked him up, scoring a defensive fall from the bottom.     At the next weight, Lehigh earned a mild upset, as No. 5 Matt Anderson defeated No. 4 Mark Smith of East Stroudsburg, 5-0 at 149 pounds.  Cornell then scored a bigger upset at 165 pounds, when No. 6 Joey Hooker edged No. 3 Chad Marzec of Army, 4-2.    In the battle for third place between archrivals Army and Navy, an upset in the quarterfinals could help determine the final outcome. No. 6 Todd Wisman of Army put No. 3 Thayer Paxton of Navy onto his back late in the match, and the third period ended tied at 10-10. In the sudden death overtime, Wisman scored a controversial takedown during a scramble for the winning points in a 12-10 v ictory.    The score after the quarterfinals had Lehigh in first with 60 points, Cornell in second with 54 points, Army in third with 42 points and host Navy in fourth with 38.5 points.    Four of the wrestlers in the tournament hold No. 1 rankings nationally, and easily moved through the first day: Travis Lee of Cornell at 133 pounds, Dustin Manotti of Cornell at 149 pounds, Troy Letters of Lehigh at 165 pounds and Jon Trenge of Lehigh at 197 pounds.    Some additional sorting of the team race happened in the first consolation rounds. After the consolations ended for the day,Lehigh had maintained its six point lead over Cornell. The Navy vs. Army war was just 1/2 point.    "Today, the guys who were supposed to win for us won, and we lost those we were supposed to lose," said Lehigh's Strobel. "Tomorrow's first round is critical. But then again, it could go down to the final matches. It is good for wrestling when it is this close."    "We lost some real tight ones today," said Cornell's Koll. "We lost one in overtime and we got pinned in the neutral position. We had the ability to win those matches."    "It makes it a lot easier with more guys in the semis," said Koll of Lehigh's edge after day one. "Lehigh has gotten fortunate. If you are in the semis, you are guaranteed a place finish. At this point, every placement is huge. It would be nice if we could get some help from some other teams."    Koll points to the two head-to-head matches against Lehigh in the semifinals Saturday morning.   At 149 pounds, No. 1. Dustin Manotti of Cornell faces No. 5. Matt Anderson of Lehigh. At 174 pounds, No. 2. Travis Frick of Lehigh draws No. 3. Joe Mazzurco of Cornell.    "We have them head-on at 174 pounds," said Koll. "It is a huge match, with two All-American caliber kids. We have them twice tomorrow. If we win them both, maybe we won't need help from other teams."     EIWA semifinals pairings    125 pounds  No. 1 Robbie Preston, Harvard, vs. No. 5. Mason Lenhard, Penn  No. 2. Mike Mormile, Cornell vs. No. 3. Jeff Sato, Columbia    133 pounds   No. 1. Travis Lee, Cornell vs. No. 5. Tony Severo, Army  No. 2. Matt Ciasulli, Lehigh vs. No. 3. Sam Gray, Navy    141 pounds  No. 1. Cory Cooperman, Lehigh vs. No. 4. Patrick Simpson, Army  No. 2. Nate Gulosh, Navy vs. No. 3. Doug McGraw, Penn    149 pounds  No. 1. Dustin Manotti, Cornell vs. No. 5. Matt Anderson, Lehigh  No. 2. Philip Simpson, Army vs. No. 3. John Cox, Navy    157 pounds  No. 1. Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov, American vs. No. 4. Devin Mesanko, Columbia  No. 2. Derek Zinck, Lehigh vs. No. 3. Mike Parziale, F&M    165 pounds  No. 1. Troy Letters, Lehigh vs. No. 4. Craig Dziewiatkowski, Navy  No. 2. Matt Palmer, Columbia vs. No. 6. Joey Hooker, Cornell    174 pounds  No. 1. Andy Roy, Rutgers vs. No. 4. Daniel Waters, American  No. 2. Travis Frick, Lehigh vs. No. 3. Joe Mazzurco, Cornell    184 pounds  No. 1. Tyler Baier, Cornell vs. No. 5. Chris Ressa, Rutgers  No. 2. Josh Glenn, American vs. No. 3. Luke Calvert, Army    197 pounds  No. 1. Jon Trenge, Lehigh vs. No. 4. Jake Butler, Princeton  No. 2. Jerry Rinaldi, Cornell vs. No. 6. Todd Wisman, Army    285 pounds  No. 1. Matt Feast, Penn vs. No. 4. Paul Weibel, Lehigh  No. 2. Bode Ogunwole Harvard vs. No. 3. Tanner Garrett, Navy    Team Standings after day one  1. Lehigh, 61,5  2. Cornell, 55.5  3. Navy, 45  4. Army, 44.5  5. Columbia, 38.5  6. Penn, 35.5  7. Ameri