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By Rob Dunavant The Student Government Association is working on a proposal that would raise student fees to construct a new recreational center. While the current University of Memphis recreational center has served students for over 30 years, SGA president Ricky Kirby believes that it is outdated and doesn’t offer its fullest potential of what students should be receiving in exchange for their current fees. “A lot of people are going to just see this as an increased fee,” Kirby said. “This is actually an answer to a lot of our woes.” The proposal would raise the debt service fee to between $80 and $110. If approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents, it will begin next fall. The SGA hasn’t reached out to donors or alumni for support, and Kirby believes that once they do, the new fees will be much lower than as outlined in the proposal. The fees and donations will make up the estimated $50 million to $55 million that it will take to build the facility. Kirby insists that raising fees for anything is almost always
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realized just how demanding it was physically. “People are not just throwing you money because you look good — like you see on TV,” Nagler said. “At first, I liked the attention I was receiving, but all of the dancing was very hard on my body.” While working as an exotic dancer, Nagler took a job
Ever wondered what types of wildlife can be found around the University of Memphis campus? There are more types of animals around the University than most people would think. Some of the students only focus on the fact that the University is an urban environment and fail to acknowledge the wildlife that may be lurking on campus. There are the common gray tree squirrels and chipmunks that are seen by many people, but there are also more obscure varmints on campus. Raccoons occasionally scamper across campus at night. “Raccoons are nocturnal, and if you see one during the day, it’s probably distempered,” said John Melton, University of Memphis pest control technician for the Physical Plant. By “distempered”, Melton means that the raccoons may be rabid and possibly aggressive. Opossums can also be seen strolling through the University at night, and some may even notice a red fox trotting through the area. Red-tailed hawks hover above the many school buildings in addition to falcons. When it is dark out, visitors or residents may catch glimpses of owls and bats flying. The college is also home to flying squirrels, geckos, voles, moles and rats. Occasionally, cranes will land in the area and rest. Sometimes, geese and ducks travel overhead, and they have to be removed if they land on campus. Some migrating birds flock in the sky during certain times of the year, but urbanization keeps many of them away. Pest control employees are only allowed to kill three species of local birds — European Starlings, sparrows and Rock doves. These
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SGA has started proposing the construction of a new campus recreational center. The current rec center is over crowed and does not have large enough facilities to accommodate the student body, according to the organization. a red flag in the minds of students, but it is important to understand that there is a crucial difference between paying
tuition and paying fees — and people often lump the two together. “This is a designated fee, and
you know exactly where it is gonna go,” Kirby said. “They go right back into student ser-
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Students strip through college By Margot Pera
news@dailyhelmsman.com It may be mind-boggling to some to imagine a student getting out of class in the afternoon, finishing homework in the evening and putting on lingerie to go to work in the late hours, but for some students, stripping can be a viable way to pay for school.
Although stripping can be a lucrative career for some, sometimes personal and professional lives collide in a catastrophic standstill. Ross Nagler, a current undergraduate student at the University of Memphis, was an exotic dancer at The Pony for six months while he attended Southwest Tennessee Community College. Nagler said he was nudged into the
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industry by an ex-girlfriend. “My ex was a stripper, and the opportunity presented itself to work just two nights a week,” Nagler said. “I didn’t have a job at the time, and working for only five hours to get $120 plus tips didn’t sound like that bad of an idea.” Nagler said he somewhat glamorized the lifestyle before he took the job, but after working there for a few weeks, he
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Crime Log October 22 - 29
ASSAULT
• An officer responded to an assault call at 2075 Highland St. The victim said that she had been involved in a domestic altercation with her ex-boyfriend at her apartment on the Park Avenue Campus. The suspect assaulted her, smashed her cell phone and took her house keys. Officers returned to the apartment with the victim, but the suspect was no longer on the scene. Maintenance was called to change the locks.
THEFT
• An officer responded to a theft from a call at McWherter Library. The victim said that he was
studying in the library and left his book unattended for a few minutes. When he returned, the book was gone.
• An officer responded to a theft from a call. The victim said that on Oct. 24 at 12:30 p.m., he was in the lobby of the UC. He said that he left his wallet in the pocket of his grey jacket on a couch while he went to the restroom. The victim said that when he returned a few minutes later, his wallet was his missing. He said that he replaced his student ID, and it has not been used. • An officer reported a theft from a building call at Richardson Towers. The victim said a former roommate was seen wearing two of the victim’s dresses. The victim confronted the suspect who denied taking the clothing. VANDALISM
• An officer responded to a vandalism call in the 400 block of Patterson Street, to the Living Learning Complex. The victim said that an unknown person(s) vandalized the victim’s vehicle on Alumni Avenue at the southeast corner of Mynders Hall across from the Administration Building.
• An officer responded to a theft from a motor vehicle after a report was filed at Police Services. The complainant said that he is a landscaper for U of M. The victim said on Oct. 23, he strapped down a red max blower in the bed of the truck, after landscaping around the ticket office near 633 Normal St. He said that he drove directly to the Physical Plant located at 3750 Desoto Ave. The victim said that he parked just inside the gate on the left-hand side and went inside the building to eat lunch. When he returned at 12:30 p.m., the blower was missing. The complainant said that the strap was hanging outside of the bed. He said that the truck bed is deep, and it was unlikely that it fell out.
• An officer responded to a vandalism call at 4158 S Buford Ellington Ave. at the Park Avenue Campus. The victim said on Oct. 24 between 6 and 8 p.m., an unknown suspect broke the glass out of the driver’s side door. The victim said nothing was taken. Another person said that he was flagged down and called dispatch to have an officer come to the scene and take a report.
restroom on the 1st floor of McWherter Library, when her student ID fell out of her pocket onto the floor. Before she could exit the stall, an unknown suspect picked up the ID. The victim then went to card source on the 5th floor of Wilder Tower to have her card canceled and get a new ID.
INTOXICATION
• An officer responded to a theft from a call at Wilder Tower. The victim said she was in the
SUSPICIOUS PERSON
• An officer reported a suspicious person call at Fogelman College of Business. Officers located a male sleeping inside the building. He was identified as Antonio Triplett, who was on trespass status. The defendant was issued a misdemeanor citation and advised to leave campus.
responded to an intoxicated individual at Wilder Tower. The suspect, Larry John• An officer reported a theft after a call from the Student Rec Center. The victim said he laid his •sonAnJr.,officer was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred and there was a strong smell of alcohol iPhone on the gym bleachers to play basketball. When he returned, his phone was gone.
• An officer reported a theft call at South Hall. The victim said that he parked and secured his
maroon Raleigh M-80 bike on the west side of South Hall on Oct. 28. On Oct. 29 around midnight, the victim noticed his bike was missing from the bike rack.
coming from him. Johnson was arrested for his own safety and transported to the Crisis Center. The defendant blew a .218 BAC at the Crisis Center. He is not a student and advised that he went to Wilder Tower to use the free phone in the lobby.
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waiting tables at Ruby Tuesday. Eventually, the unrestrained behaviors of his fellow dancers rubbed off on him. “I got into drugs real bad, mainly ecstasy and cocaine — basically, whatever I could get my hands on,” Nagler said. “It didn’t matter how much money I was making anymore, it all went to dope.” Emotionally, the life of parties and pills took its toll on Nagler. “I cheated on my girlfriend, even though I tried hard not to,” Nagler said. “I was geeked out all the time, sleeping with girls who were married, and I kept thinking, ‘Is this all there is?’” Nagler ended up dropping out of school shortly after and ended his stint as an exotic dancer. After much introspection and self-examination, Nagler changed his lifestyle and got off drugs. A decade later, Nagler said he has reflected on that part of his life and thinks about it differently. “I have come to value integrity and loyalty, and I do not think I could return to that industry, even if times were tough finan-
cially,” Nagler said. “I am hoping someone can learn from my story.” Nagler has two daughters and said he does not want them to follow in his footsteps. “I think the industry is more demeaning toward women — I wouldn’t want them involved,” Nagler said. “If they find out one day, I will just come clean and tell them the truth.” LaShondra Davis, a security guard at the University Club of Memphis, started dancing as a 19-year old at New York New York Gentlemen’s Club and Pure Passion in Memphis while enrolled in cosmetology school at New Wave Hair Design. Davis said during an average shift she would make around $600. “I went to school during the day and danced at night. The money was slow at first, but after I worked there a while it started coming in,” Davis said. “I eventually dropped out of school, because my boyfriend left me with all of the bills, and I could make ends meet stripping.” Davis said some common problems for the dancers were males trying to solicit sex from
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Tigers’ Ta es “Yes, we do. It’s too crowded. I would like to see an indoor track, so I wouldn’t have to train in the cold.” Chris Walker, Exercise science freshman
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are considered pests and wildlife management officials occasionally kill them. Gray squirrels, raccoons, and red-tailed hawks are the most abundant campus critters. Coyotes occasionally wander through the Park Avenue Campus at night. For those interested in snakes, there are some on campus during warmer months at the Park Avenue Campus. Some may find king snakes, earth snakes, rat snakes and garter snakes. “If you have a well-manicured area, you’re not going to see any snakes,” Melton said. Bats are usually not a problem for those living on campus. They can serve the vital purpose of ridding the area of mosquitoes. “Usually when we get calls about bats, they are in the Business & Economics Building, or people from Richardson Towers ask us to
“I don’t think we need a new one. We just need to add onto the weight room.”
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remove them from the lobby,” said John Farrell, landscape and pest control management director. Sometimes, they manage to find a way into the residence hall. However, most of the time, they stay in the lobby area until animal control comes to remove them. They normally tend to fly into the building through the front door, especially if it is left open. “Bats can be a problem when they have a home in buildings, and the space between buildings can make a perfect home for them,” Melton said. Rats and mice are generally not a problem at the school, but some of the buildings have them. Whenever anybody notices such a rodent, they should contact the head of pest control at the campus Physical Plant. They can carry diseases. Rats and mice are generally hungry, so they look for areas where people have left food laying about, so it may be wise to ensure that the rooms are free of open
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food. Some of the most exotic types of wildlife found on campus are Mediterranean geckos, small, spotted lizards that inhabit urban areas. Other exotic wildlife forms that have appeared around campus include farm animals and pets that escaped or were released by former owners. Roosters, goats and even pythons have been seen around town. “Wild dogs are normally only a problem when they get into groups of at least two or three other wild dogs. Then, they may target cats, small dogs and even young children,” Melton said. Farrell does not work with wildlife often. He removes unwanted insects, spiders and rodents from buildings. Out of the 300 acres of land the University covers, there are several thousand trees, which make an appropriate home for animals. There are plenty of things for the campus critters to eat, too.
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vices. It is never going to change, unlike tuition that can be moved around.” The fees are well worth what students will be getting in return, according to Kirby. The new recreational center is planned to be a state of the art facility that includes everything in the current building, while adding much more to a larger, more modern space. While the exact location of the new center has not been determined, Kirby intends on not affecting the students’ parking. Construction is planned to begin between the spring and fall of 2015, but students must pay fees for two years before it can occur. Students who graduate before the proposed center is completed will get free membership for the same amount of time they paid into the building of it. Prataj Ingram, the student services committee chair, has spent much of her time working at the center. According to her, while the center is functional, it isn’t
large enough to suit all of the students needs. “A big complaint from students is that there isn’t enough space,” Ingram said. “The racquetball courts are not up to date, and you still have to crawl under the door to get in. The cardio rooms are tightly packed. The space is just too small to help out the community.” For Ingram, one of the largest concerns is the lack of room for intramural sports. “The University wants to promote healthy living through the rec center, but we have two courts and those are split for basketball and intramural games,” she said. “Right now, we have intramural soccer and volleyball — so, for the whole University, there is only one court that they can use, and it’s usually taken up by something else.” Still, not every student is sold on the idea of demolishing the current recreational center to build a new one. Peter Armstrong, a sports exercise science major, doesn’t think there is a need to raise student fees to build a new recreational center when the current one is serving the job appropriately.
“If it has to do with making the campus grow, the rec is already packed,” he said. “If anything, there just need to be renovations. I don’t think its necessary to completely rebuild.” According to Kirby, with the cost it would take to successfully renovate the center, it makes more sense to build a new facility that can offer something to every student. With the new center, they plan to bring new weight lifting equipment in an area with more room to exercise and work out. The leisure space, a new aspect of the center, will create an atmosphere for students to relax. A swimming pool in the shape of a paw-print with hot tubs in the toes is among just a few of the ideas that may be included in the new area of the center. According to Kirby, the new proposal might make students uneasy, but the end result is a step in bettering campus life at the University. “The national trend is that people are flocking to recreational centers on college campuses,” he said. “We’re heading in the right direction with this University.”
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them and competition among dancers for clients inciting violence or upsetting customers. “Girls would see you making money and become jealous and want to fight you,” Davis said. “They would become very manipulative — if you were with a customer, and they saw him tip you a lot of money, they would wait until you got up to go the bathroom or leave, and start telling him things like, ‘she is dirty,’ or ‘she has a boyfriend,’ to convince him to get away from you.” Some of the clientele would see the fighting and become frustrated with the dancers and express their irritation by ripping up dollar bills and throwing them at the dancers, Davis said. Davis got a job at the club for a close friend and quickly saw a drastic change in her behavior. “She was quiet and sweet before dancing, but after she started dancing, she began drinking heavily and would fight someone at the drop of a hat,” Davis said. “One time, she was fighting with a girl, and the girl stabbed her — I think out of jealousy.” Davis had her share of violent escalations while working, but she never had any quarrels with her coworkers, she said. Some of the customers could become aggressive, especially after drinking. “One guy got so drunk one time, he reached in my g-string to tip me and ended up scratching my privates,” Davis said. “I ended up having to go to the hospital.” Davis said occasionally shootings would break out at the club but not while she was working. She said one dancer left with a client one night and was found dead the next day. Davis said the murder was never solved. Many of the dancers were in abusive relationships, and their boyfriends would demand they strip and then take the money they earned for themselves, Davis said. The men would lure the women into a relationship with promises of meeting all of their needs.
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“I knew one girl that was living from one hotel room to the next with her son each night,” Davis said. “It turns out, she was getting beat up at home and trying to get out of the situation.” Davis experienced a tragedy of her own — miscarrying while dancing pregnant. Due to the vigorous dance movements such as sliding up and down the pole, her baby separated from the placenta and died. “This was my second daughter to pass,” Davis said. “My first one died of natural causes.” Davis is currently pregnant with a boy. She said she hopes he never ends up attending a strip club. “If he finds out about my career, I am going to be honest — I made some bad choices, but honestly I had fun,” Davis said. “It is not somewhere I would want him to be — I would caution him against getting emotionally involved with a stripper.”
Although Davis and Nagler were able to get out of the industry by their own self-determination, others find it not so easy. “Most women who start out stripping through school do not end up finishing, they eventually just strip full-time,” said Carol Wiley, the director of A Way Out, a program started by the nonprofit organization Citizens for Community Values in an effort to help women exploited in the sex industry. “A good many of them become hooked on drugs or cannot — working the late hours — attend classes.” A Way Out was designed to help women involved in all areas of the sex industry, not just exotic dancing. To date, the program has helped over 500 women rehabilitate and restructure their lives. “We provide them with housing, help with medical expenses and offer intensive outpatient classes on addiction and life skills,” Wiley said. “Women can
attend the program for up to five years, which helps out if they want to attend college or something like cosmetology school.” Wiley said the program is very individualized, and some women stay for as little six months. Wiley said most women stay for at least two years to ensure they do not relapse on substances or return to the sex industry. “We allow women to stay for six months, but that is not the norm,” Wiley said. “The success rate is higher the longer you stay.” The women are assigned a mentor two months into the program. Most of the time, the mentors become life-long friends of their protégés. “These mentors are great for the girls to call if something bad happens, and they need advice,” Wiley said. A Way Out is a faith-based program — the majority of the classes and programs are based on biblical teachings. However,
Wiley said that the program does not require women to adopt the Christian faith. The only factor that could disqualify a woman from the program would be her financial needs exceeding the program’s budget. Wiley said if this happens, they will refer her to other programs that can assist, like The Exchange Club Family Center. Davis said it is important not to judge someone for choosing a career as an exotic dancer, because there are a number of confounding factors. “You do not know why people are stripping, maybe someone just graduated and can’t find a job, maybe the homeless shelter kicked them out or maybe they are sick of sitting at a minimumwage job for $7.50 an hour when they can make $300,” Davis said. “I did not let the industry change me, and I think it gets a bad reputation. I had fun dancing, it is just something I liked doing.”
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Homecoming parade moves off campus By Austin Reynolds
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The parade and football game are typically the highlights of homecoming week at the University of Memphis, and this year, the U of M Alumni Association is attempting to streamline the two events to create a better experience for all parties involved. The homecoming parade, traditionally held on the main campus during the week, is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Tobey Park. It will travel a new route that ends at Tiger Lane around noon,
where the individual floats will be judged. “It would be a good idea instead of having two separate events, to have them connecting,” said CJ Flournoy, a coordinator for the Alumni Association. Tiana Scott, treasurer of the Student Activities Council, said moving the parade will encourage more students to attend the game and said it is much more convenient to have the parade and the game on the same day at the same location, with tailgating in between. For those participating in the parade, check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. at Tobey Park, and parade
floats will line up on Flicker Street between the baseball and softball fields. There will be roughly eight to 10 floats in the parade and at least 45 participating student organizations, according to Flournoy. Upon arriving at Tiger Lane, both SAC and the Alumni Association will judge the floats. Following the judging, a short pep rally featuring the Mighty Sound of the South and the U of M cheer and dance teams will commence. Flournoy said the main purpose of the pep rally is to “just get the crowd pumped up.” The homecoming game is set
to kick off at 3:30 p.m. against the Football Championship Subdivision foe, the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks. The two teams squared off for the Tigers’ opening game last season. The Skyhawks won 20-17, scoring a go-ahead field goal with four seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. In previous years, the University’s homecoming week was earlier in the semester, but Associate Athletic Director Ron Mears said the athletic department, in conjunction with Student Affairs and the Alumni Association, found the later date worked better for students.
“September dates were too early for students, especially for groups finalizing their recruitment process,” Mears said. “With Cincinnati scheduled for midweek television, the only other October dates were for games against UCF, which Memphis played last year for homecoming, and SMU which fell during fall break.” While the homecoming game was previously played in October, Mears said the Tigers have played 21 November homecoming games in their history, the most recent of which being a Nov. 3, 2007 contest against East Carolina, which the Tigers lost 56-40.
D.C., allow same-sex marriage. The road to the Illinois vote was long with a stalled attempt earlier this year, something that frustrated activists in the state where Democrats lead the House, Senate and governor’s office. Chicago Democratic Rep. Greg Harris, who is the main sponsor, decided not to bring the bill for a vote in May because he said he simply didn’t have the support. Then the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to strike down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, something he said resonated with lawmakers. Backers also launched a furious campaign, hiring a union lobbyist, the former head of the Illinois Republican Party and field organizers statewide. “To treat all our citizens equally in the eyes of the law we must change this,” Harris said on the floor.
“Families have been kept apart.” Debate lasted more than two hours, and the final roll call was met with hearty cheers. Supporters’ speeches echoed themes of equality and civil rights with mentions of Obama, Martin Luther King Jr. and Matthew Shepard, a gay college student whose 1998 death sparked hate crime bills. Polls show support for gay marriage has surged since 1996, when Gallup found that 27 percent of Americans backed it. Now Gallup finds the majority support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. In Illinois, the measure had backing from both the state’s U.S. senators and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It also got a last-minute boost from longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan, who serves as chair of the
state’s Democratic Party. The Chicago Democrat said he used the “art of persuasion” to bring on more than five votes in the last week. “Today the Illinois House put our state on the right side of history,” Quinn said in a statement. “Illinois is a place that embraces all people and today, we are an example for the nation.” Obama praised the Illinois Legislature — where he once served as a state lawmaker — saying in a statement that the matter was conducted in a way that would recognize the importance of a “commitment to religious freedom.” However, opponents — including some of the most powerful religious leaders in Illinois — have said marriage should remain between a man and a woman. A group of Chicagoarea pastors vowed to line up primary
challengers against some lawmakers who voted yes. “This issue is not just about two adults and their emotional relational and financial commitment to another,” said Rep. Tom Morrison, a Palatine Republican. “Redefining marriage has far reaching implications in our society.” Three Republicans joined those voting in favor, including former House Minority Leader Tom Cross of Oswego who had not revealed how he’d vote ahead of Tuesday. The representative stepped down from his leadership position earlier this year and is seeking statewide office as treasurer. “For me, supporting marriage equality is not only the right decision, but also consistent with my belief in individual freedom, equality and limited government,” Cross said in a statement.
Illinois lawmakers vote to allow gay marriages By Kerry Lester and Sophia Tareen Assosiated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday positioned their state to become the largest in the heartland to allow gay marriage, finally pushing the measure through the House after months of arduous lobbying in President Barack Obama’s home state. Under the legalization measure, which the state House approved 61-54 before sending it on to the Senate for technical changes, gay weddings could be held in Illinois starting in June. The bill heads next to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has pledged to sign it, though it wasn’t immediately clear when. Fourteen states plus Washington
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Tournament time for Tiger soccer 8 • Wednesday, November 6, 2013
By Corey Carmichael
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The men and women’s soccer teams will play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament this weekend. Both teams will face opponents from The American that they lost to earlier in the season. The women’s team defeated Houston 6-0 on Nov. 1 and Louisville 2-1 on Nov. 3 and will play Rutgers University on Friday in Orlando in the semifinals. Memphis lost 3-2 to Rutgers on Oct. 4, but the Tigers have won six of the eight games since and outscored opponents 24-11. A big reason Memphis has scored well lately is in part due to strikers Christabel Oduro and Valerie Sanderson. The duo has combined for the last eight goals and for 16 of the last 24 Tiger goals dating back to the team’s loss in New Jersey. This week, the two were recognized for their play with National Player of the Week honors. Oduro, a senior, earned the award from CollegeSportsMadness.com, and Sanderson, a freshman, received two Player of the Week honors, one from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the second from TopDrawerSoccer. com. On the men’s team, redshirt senior Mark Sherrod and junior Fakhry Khulfan have scored six of the last seven goals and provided a lot of
offense for the team this season. Head coach Richie Grant said he can depend on these two in the tournament but a lot of their success has to do with teamwork. “Mark will have to be big down the stretch, and I’ve really been impressed with the contribution by Fakhry,” he said. “The team’s crossing has been excellent, that is why these guys are getting their goals.” Coming into the tournament, the Tigers won two of their last four games, including two close 2-1 losses against the University of Temple and Louisville. Their last match was the loss against Louisville on Oct.26. The team had two weeks to prepare for its tournament game against the University of Central Florida following the loss. “It was definitely a break for the team from the hard Wednesdayto-Saturday game schedule,” Grant said. “This break allowed us to heal for a week and to get some training in as well. We feel as though we are coming into this week’s match very well prepared.” Memphis played UCF this season on Oct. 9. This will be the fifth time the teams have played each other in the last three years. The Tigers lost three of those four matchups, including a 3-2 Conference USA postseason loss in overtime in 2011. Grant downplayed the history and said he thinks this will be a very different match. “It is definitely a reference point, and I’m glad we have film to study from them, but it was a while ago,” Grant said. “We thought our effort was there that game, and we did enough to win. It has encouraged us, and we have changed over the last month because of our strength of competition since. The experience of those tough games has made us better.” Both Memphis teams play in Orlando this weekend. The women play at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, and the men play at 1:30 on Saturday.
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Kingsbury High School graduate, Fakhry Khulfan, scored two goals in the last four games for the Tigers.