Sideline*, Jan. 8,1976-19 Wrestlers split matches with Sisneros cracks 1,000- barrier by Chuck Cavalaris Also, the shellacking administer- Georgia Auburn Sports Editor ed by the Tigers was the worst Tim Sisneros has joined the absorbed by Earle as an MTSU by Jay Colley immortals of Middle coach. Splitting a pair of matches with Tennessee history. Freddie Allen Making what many considered SEC powerhouses Georgia and isn't far behind. Tim probably the most abrupt tum-around in Auburn, the MTSU wrestling team wishes he had waited a game to Classic memory, Middle Tennessee is preparing for a match Friday at 5 shatter the 1,000 point barrier, tagged an Indiana-like Army team p.m. with Georgia Tech at Murphy though. with a 78-71 setback. . It came at Athens College. The Cadets played a physical The Blue Raider grapplers, MTSU sputtered and coughed, game. All they lacked were under the guidance of Coach amid yet another change in player tomahawks and warpaint. But the Gordon Connell. dropped a 23-15 personnel, and finally wheezed as a rugged play didn't stop Sisneros as decision to the University of last second shot bounced off the he scored 26 points and nabbed a Georgia before tagging Auburn Athens rim. record setting 18 rebounds. with a 25-19 setback Saturday at The scoreboard in the tiny Sisneros won a berth on the Murphy Center. gymnasium said the Raiders had All-Tournament team with Army's Georgia handed Auburn a 26-20 won 65-63. But everyone there joining the MTSU greats Gary Winton, Tree Rollins of seemed to disagree. So did Jimmy loss to complete the three-way Clemson and the Vol's Ernie Earle. meet. After sitting out a transfer year, G run field and . ''I was very pleased with the "It was our worst game of the Julius Brown, a 6-3 jumping jack After a three-day layoff, Mercer outcome of the meet. I am season. Athens controlled the from Lulu, Ga.. also made his University invaded Murphy Center extremely happy to have a 5-4 tempo, outplayed and outhustled debut. with a quality team. MTSU jumped record at this point in the season," us. Actually, I thought they In many ways, though, the fiasco to a 42-33 halftime lead, but won Connell said yesterday. deserved to win the game,'' he said in Athens was indicative of the the game at the stripe. Georgia opened quickly against after MTSU upped its record to 7-2. turbulent times encountered by the Both clubs hit 33 field goals, but the Raiders with the 'Dogs Ken Lewis Mack was the only Raider team over the holiday vacation. the Raiders hit 17-23 charity tosses Carmichael winning by decision singled out for praise by Earle. He The rock bottom came with an shared high point honors with to Mercer's six of eight. over Mike Osborne, 9-3. 82-46 thrashing at the hands of Pat Simpson followed with a Sisneros. Both had 19. It put Clemson in the Vol Classic. That California State breezed-in on victory by forfeit and Tommy Smith Sisneros ninth on the all-time was a record setting loss. Dec. 29 and came tantalizingly scoring chart with 1,001 points. close to stopping the current home decisioned Georgia standout Matt It gave MTSU the undesirable win streak by MTSU. Martin 7-2. Forget the redshirt rumors about feat of achieving the most lopsided Georgia managed back-to-back Sleepy Taylor. Playing with a brace loss in Vol Classic history. That Sisneros erupted for 20 of his 25 decisions over David Scott and on his knee Taylor scored 10 points, covers ten years and some 40 points in the second half to ensure Mike Kuziola, 10-6 and 7-4, before including eight in the first half. games. the win by the final score of 69-64. Kyle Smith dropped Dan Hovey 8-6. - The only Raider win in the 167-pound and up classes came when Mike Hooker slipped past Tony Turkett. Rick Romano followed a forfeit by Love tap. MTSU with a 11-5 win over Pat Simpson in the 126-pound class. From one beer lover to another. Middle Tennessee then reeled off four straight victories. Tommy Smith won by forfeit and David Scott was victorious against Steve Monteith 12-5. Mike "Superstar'* Kuziola supplied the only MTSU pin in the tourney against Chuck Decker. Kyle Smith supplied the fourth straight win by dealing John Moore a 12-1 setback. Auburn followed with three wins, but had to foreit in the heavyweight class to place the final score at 25-19 with the Raiders on top. After emphasizing the growth in confidence and maturity on his squad, Connell voiced the wish to have a good turnout at the matches by the student body.

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