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Lady Tigers make it five in a row Memphis women’s soccer survives double-overtime match against UTEP for fifth consecutive C-USA championship

Not even William Shakespeare could have written a drama like this. A week after finishing the regular season undefeated, the No. 4-ranked University of Memphis women’s soccer team took home their fifth straight Conference-USA tournament title, defeating the University of Texas-El Paso Miners in double-overtime Sunday, 2-1. But before that victory, The Lady Tigers made quick work of the East Carolina Pirates on Friday with a 3-0 trouncing. Seniors Lizzy Hildebrandt and Lizzy Simonin, along with sophomore Rasheeda Ansari, scored goals for the Lady Tigers. “They have evolved tremendously,” said head coach Brooks Monaghan. “It has been an honor to watch them not only evolve as players, but also as people. I can’t say enough about the character of this team.” Sunday’s match against the Miners proved to be a much stiffer test. Sophomore midfielder-forward Christabel Oduro, who was later named the tournament’s offensive MVP, put the Lady Tigers on the board first after racing down the field to the left side of the box. After gathering the pass from Hildebrandt, Oduro fired the shot into the back of the net for a 1-0 advantage and her team-leading 12th goal of the season. “It’s a great feeling,” Oduro said. “I really can’t even put it into words.”

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Shaving heads, saving children ‘Shavedown’ fundraiser, sponsored by Up ‘til Dawn, aims to raise more than $1,000 by putting participants’ locks on the chopping block BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter Volunteers at The University of Memphis are willing to take it all off for charity this month for the second annual Up ‘til Dawn Shavedown, where the participant who collects the most donations will have their head shaved in front members of the campus community. The Shavedown fundraising campaign kicked off Monday in The University Center, where Up ‘til Dawn volunteers set up tables that featured 20 jars with the faces of volunteers who are willing to be shaved for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The volunteer whose jar collects the most money will have their head shaved in the lobby of the Michael D. Rose Theater Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. Meanwhile, Up ‘til Dawn will collect donations in The UC lobby from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rico Doss, morale captain for Up ‘til Dawn, said that when the fundraiser started last year, there were only 12 participants, but they raised $400. This year, the Up ‘til Dawn crew

wants to raise $1,000. Doss said the idea came about while talking to other Up ‘til Dawn members about ways to raise money for St. Jude. “When you think about cancer patients, you think about how they go through chemotherapy, and the first thing they lose is their hair,” he said. “To do something like shave your head for the patients of St. Jude speaks to your character. It shows true grit and a true merit of your character.” Doss said recruiting people to be shaved was tough, but he admires every one of this year’s participants for being selfless enough to participate. Keilin Wells, a freshman and one of 20 men volunteering to be shaved, said he donated blood platelets to St. Jude once and that the Shavedown is another way for him to give back to the community. When he found out about the event, Wells had already missed the deadline and said he begged to participate. “I think there are a lot of hypocrites in the world,” he said. “People

say they want to help and want to improve the world, but few act on it.” He said that he would look like Dr. Evil from “Austin Powers” if he shaved his head, but that the cause is worth it. “I was in the military at one point, and I had to shave my head then,” he said. “I’m confident enough to know that I’m doing this for a higher purpose and not just my personal looks.” When Alexis Tate, freshman psychology major and table volunteer, heard about the Up ‘til Dawn Shavedown, she said she thought it was a joke. “I really didn’t understand what he meant by ‘shave down,’” she said. “I thought maybe it meant people could donate their hair.” After Doss explained, Tate said she thought it was a good idea and that the event could get a lot of attention. Students, she said, would want to see their peers get their heads shaved. “I’ve seen people do it on TV before, but I’ve never seen it in person,” she said. “I think students will take this as a good experience.”

Students urged to be cautious of cellphone thieves BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter University of Memphis Police Services has advised students, faculty and staff to be on the lookout for a possible con where two men are reportedly stealing cell phones just off campus. Six phones were stolen in the past seven weeks after unidentified men asked to borrow phones from victims, then drove away with them, according to Bruce Harber, director of police services. Harber said all of the stolen items are smart phones—four IPhones, one LG and one Samsung. Suspects were seen in six different cars on six different occasions including a blue, fourdoor compact car; a blue, older vehicle; a silver or yellow Honda or Toyota; a green, four-door 1990s Buick or Mercury; a dark, boxed vehicle; a light green Lincoln Towncar. “Someone will pull up to (victims) in a car or walk by a parked car and say ‘Can I borrow your phone? My phone is dead. I need to call someone in the dorms,’ and just leave with the phone,” Harber said. Anyone with information can call Police Services at 678-4357 or Memphis Police at 545-2677.

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Fogelman College of Business and Economics recognized in national publication’s ‘Top 100’ BY Timberly Moore News Reporter For the first time, U.S. News and World Report has ranked The University of Memphis’ Fogelman College of Business and Economics in the top 100 business schools. The school is ranked No. 97 out of 382 schools. Rajiv Grover, dean of Fogelman College of Business and Economics, said the ranking is an honor. “I got an email from Bobby King, and it was a pleasant surprise because we had done no marketing at all, so I was not expecting it,” he said. Grover has received awards for research, teaching and service to his profession, and has spent the last four years as dean working to bring FCBE to a higher level of prestige.

As his fifth year began, he set his sights higher. “If we can reach 75, I will start dancing,” he said. Grover said that 75th is the best The University can hope for because of the budget con-

to aim for 75th place in the rankings not only for the undergraduate program, but the MBA program as well. Aaron Michael, business graduate student, said the evolution of the business

growth is impressive and that he is going to tell everyone he knows about FCBE’s accomplishment. “I have friends that are looking for a business school so they may consider coming

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stay up at night worrying about the ranking, but we do stay up worrying about what we can improve on.” — Thomas Miller Associate dean for faculty and administration, Department of management straints and lack of strategic planning. “We have not done any marketing yet because we are waiting to solidify and stabilize our programs,” he said. Grover said that he is going

school has been nice to be a part of. “I am excited more than you know… I think it’s good that they are working on the school like that,” he said. Michael said that the

to school here now,” he said. Thomas Miller, associate dean for faculty and administration for the department of management, said that he is not focused on the award, but more on what it means.

“It’s more reputational than anything. We don’t stay up at night worrying about the ranking, but we do stay up worrying about what we can improve on,” he said. Miller said that they have not done a lot to get on the list, and they have just focused on supporting faculty and building up the students. “It doesn’t hurt to be ranked. This list is reinforcing us to do better in the future,” he said. Grover said that the attention to detail and the internal success of FCBE is what landed the college on the list. “I am working on educational content, placement of students, quality of recruiting, making students business ready, faculty research, student learning and management,” he said.

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raphy published last month. Jobs, who told biographer Walter Isaacson that he admired Zuckerberg for not selling his company, had dinner with Zuckerberg and acted as his mentor. At 27, Zuckerberg is one of the richest people in the U.S., according to Forbes, and is preparing to lead Facebook, which has 800 million users, for an initial public offering as early as next year. Zuckerberg and Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, said during the interview that Jobs did not propose that Apple buy Facebook. An IPO isn’t something Zuckerberg said he spends “a lot of time on a day-to-day basis thinking about.”

“We’ve made this implicit promise to our investors and to our employees that by compensating them with equity and by giving them equity, that at some point we’re going to make that equity worth something publicly and liquidly, in a liquid way,” he said. “Now, the promise isn’t that we’re going to do it on any kind of short-term time horizon. The promise is that we’re going to build this company so that it’s great over the long term, right. And that we’re always making these decisions for the long term, but at some point we’ll do that.” Zuckerberg told Rose he was trying to stay grounded: “I spend a lot of time just, you know, with my girlfriend and my dog.”

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Enters partnership with Vivid Entertainment BY NATHAN OLIVAREZGILES Los Angeles Times Vivid Entertainment is bringing porn to Google TV. The Los Angeles adult entertainment company launched its Vivid for Google TV channel on Monday as “the first TV app designed to make sexually explicit content available through the new Google TV set-top device.” It will be the first time that adult channels will be available on Google TV, although users can surf for anything on the Web through its built-in browser. Apple, one of Google’s biggest rivals, has had a long-standing policy of not allowing adult content on Apple TV, iTunes or the App Store for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. But Apple has made an exception for Playboy. Steven Hirsch, Vivid’s cofounder and co-chairman, said in a statement that the new Google TV channel is “a central part of our ‘making Vivid available everywhere’ concept, which gives fans unified access to our content through their personal computers, mobile devices, tablets, television sets and DVD players.” Hirsch also said that Vivid is looking to bring similar content to other Internet TV platforms, although he didn’t name others. Google TV has had a tough time catching on with consumers since its launch more than a year ago, and the online search giant is looking to reboot its efforts with a new platform based on its hugely successful Android operating system for phones and tablets. A Google spokesman said users will be able to block access to the channel through parental controls on the set-top box.

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Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson case BY VICTORIA KIm AND HARRIET RYAN Los Angeles Times Michael Jackson’s personal physician has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for causing the pop icon’s 2009 death by a powerful surgical anesthetic. The verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray comes after a jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about nine hours over two days. The 58-year-old cardiologist, who was charged with the lowest possible homicide offense, faces a maximum sentence of four years in state prison and a minimum sentence of probation. Murray now also faces the probable loss of his medical license. California authorities already suspended his right to practice, but medical boards in Nevada and Texas agreed to wait to evaluate licenses he holds in their states until after the criminal case. Over a four-week case, prosecutors painted Murray as a deceptive and incompetent doctor who abandoned his medical judgment in complying with Jackson’s request to be given a surgical anesthetic to put him to sleep. Witnesses testified to many egregious medical missteps — giving propofol in an unmonitored setting, fumbling at basic resuscitation, keeping no records — failures that experts said directly led to Jackson’s overdose death. As his famed patient stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest under the influence of propofol, jurors were told, the doctor chatted on the phone and sent and received email and text messages. And in the crucial moments after he discovered the singer had stopped breathing, he delayed calling for help and lied to para-

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Joe Jackson leaves the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on Nov. 7, after jurors found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his son, Michael Jackson. medics and emergency doctors, witnesses said. Central to the government’s case were the doctor’s own words from a police interview two days after Jackson’s death. In the 2 {-hour tape, Murray admitted to giving the singer the propofol — caving after Jackson repeatedly begged for it, he said — as well as two other drugs earlier in the day. Admissions in the interview were enough evidence enough of the doctor’s guilt, witnesses said. But the prosecution’s star witness also said levels of the drug found during an autopsy

showed Murray lied about how much propofol he administered. Dr. Steven Shafer, a renowned anesthesiologist and propofol expert, said the only plausible scenario was that Murray left a large drip of the anesthetic running into Jackson’s blood after he was dead. The doctor’s defense presented to jurors an alternate theory pointing the blame at Jackson himself. Under mounting pressure to perform and addicted to a painkiller that rendered him completely unable to sleep, the pop star swallowed a sedative

and injected himself with propofol — a mixture that killed him instantly, they contended. No defense witness, however, addressed head-on a point the prosecution’s medical experts repeatedly drove home: that even if Jackson died by his own hand, Murray was equally liable for leaving Jackson alone. Defense attorneys called to the stand former patients of Murray’s who countered the government’s portrayal, calling him a caring, skilled physician who treated low-income patients for free.

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14th Indie Memphis Film Festival draws crowds to indoor and outdoor Midtown venues over weekend BY CHRIS SHAW News Reporter While patrons of the 14th Annual Indie Memphis Film Festival passed through Overton Square over the weekend, they were greeted by abstract video installations, musical performances and psychedelic DJ mash-ups. Local artist and musician Natalie Hoffmann curated the weekend-long outdoor art exhibit, calling it “one bright spot surrounded by all of that dark abandoned space.” The outdoor video installations were screened in the recently closed Yosemite Sam’s on Cooper and Madison, and in the empty Crescent building across the street. Hoffmann said that organizers of the film festival secured the abandoned space for the video installations. “Erik Jambor, from Indie Memphis, made all of the connections for getting permission and access, and I just followed up with everyone he introduced me to,” she said. “I think the owners of the buildings saw it as a posi-

tive thing, so it wasn’t too hard to convince them.” Senior sculpture major Carly Greenwell said her 90-second video, which she described as an interpretation of a recurring dream she has, took three weeks to create. “The installation explored both external and internal identities and read like a dream in a non-narrative form,” she said. Greenwell’s short film aired each evening of the weekend alongside work by Hoffmann and local artist Adam Farmer. Local musician Michael Peery performed a guitar-driven performance entitled “Hail Gloria” on the second floor of Yosemite Sam’s on Thursday night while Farmer performed as DJ Culf Ghost on Saturday night. In addition to the outdoor art, there was an art space on the second floor of Playhouse on the Square, which included an amalgamation of three short films by University of Memphis art professor Coriana Close. Her video series, “And So On…,” featured shorts that have been shown in other galleries

around the country, including the Jones Hall Alumni Gallery on campus. Titled “39 Venus,” Close’s first short film featured footage from Salvador Dali’s performance at the 1939 World’s Fair. Her second short, “Horizon,” explored the tragedies of the Horizon oil spill by overlapping video of oil damage and images of jellyfish. “Oriana,” the final short, was dedicated to her grandmother, and images of sunrises and sunsets were edited together to form a moving tapestry of video. Close said she thought her audience enjoyed the screening. “People were really interested in the different uses of experimental video,” he said. “Everyone seemed engaged and excited about what we were doing to push the boundaries of video art.” Hoffmann said that she considered her first experience as a curator to be a success. “It wasn’t at all the way I imagined it. In a lot of ways, it was better than the picture I had in my head of how everything would turn out,” she said.

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Free exhibition looks to direct all eyes to U of M grad program BY TRACEY HARLOW News Reporter Five University of Memphis Masters of Fine Arts graduate students and alumni make up “Four Photographers and a Painter.” Erin Jennings, Memphis based photographer and University of Memphis alumna, has brought together four other female artists for the group’s exhibit at the Joysmith Gallery in Memphis’ South Main Art District. The free, ongoing exhibit opened Nov. 4 and will continue through Nov. 27. The exhibit will also be open during the next South Main Trolley Night, with artists in attendance to answer questions and discuss their pieces. Jennings said she hopes to “draw focus to the MFA program and establish a presence of U of M MFA students.” Her photographic work focuses on burlesque and drag. However, her images in this exhibition will display drag performers and will “negate straight photography, utilizing techniques that allow the performers’ image to embrace the multiplicity inherent to the complicated reality of drag.” “There is no specific theme to the exhibition. There is a wide variety of work. All the photographers shoot digital photos, and Christan

(Mitchell) has two watercolors and a pen and ink,” said Katie Maish, featured photographer and MFA student. Maish uses her photography to “subvert traditional classification systems in order to question the power we have in naming and categorizing things in our environment.” Painter Christan Mitchell is in her third year of the MFA program. “All of my pieces are about psychology and femininity,” she said. “I am always looking for places to display my work and obtain experience.” Her work is inspired from past personal work in the mental health field and scientific research. Mitchell said she is hoping for a good turnout. “We are in a good location with a wide variety for art lovers, faculty, and students. A lot of people can relate,” she said. MFA senior Candace Hitt’s photographs are shot in bodies of water to display the free form of the human body. “ I was raised around water and always swimming, so I was interested in shooting in the water. Then, I began shooting in the water with flashlights,” she said. The hours for the exhibit are Thursday, 5-8 p.m.; Friday, 6-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2-6 p.m.

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U.S. general in Afghanistan ousted after making remarks critical of Afghan leaders BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ Los Angeles Times A U.S. general responsible for training Afghanistan’s security forces has been relieved of his duties for criticizing Afghan President Hamid Karzai and saying the country’s leaders were “isolated from reality.” Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, deputy commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, made the comments in an interview posted Thursday on the website Politico. A day later, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, released a statement

saying Fuller had been relieved of his assignment. “These unfortunate comments are neither indicative of our current solid relationship with the government of Afghanistan, its leadership or our joint commitment to prevail here in Afghanistan,” Allen said in the statement. Interviewed while he was in Washington for a conference, Fuller lashed out over recent comments by Karzai that Afghanistan would stand by Pakistan if it were ever attacked by the United States. Karzai’s aides later claimed that the

Afghan leader’s remarks had been misinterpreted. Politico quoted Fuller as calling Karzai’s comments “erratic,” and said, “Why don’t you just poke me in the eye with a needle! You’ve got to be kidding me. I’m sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now you’re telling me, ‘I really don’t care?’ ... When they are going to have a presidential election, you hope they get a guy that’s more articulate in public.” Fuller also accused Afghan leaders of being oblivious to America’s economic plight. He said he recently told a group of Afghan generals, “’You guys

are isolated from reality.’ The reality is, the world economy is having some significant hiccups. The U.S. is in this (too). If you’re in a very poor country like Afghanistan, you think that America has roads paved in gold, everybody lives in Hollywood. They don’t understand the sacrifices that America is making to provide for their security.” Criticizing what he said were at times unreasonable demands made by Afghan leaders for assistance, Fuller said, “You can teach a man how to fish, or you can give them a fish. We’re giving them fish, while they’re

learning, and they want more fish! (They say,) ‘I like swordfish, how come you’re giving me cod?’ Guess what? Cod’s on the menu today.” In announcing Fuller’s ouster, Allen said, “The Afghan people are an honorable people, and comments such as these will not keep us from accomplishing our most critical and shared mission: bringing about a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan.” Fuller has been in the U.S. military for more than 30 years. It was not known whether he would be reassigned.

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CBS commentator Andy Rooney dies at age 92 BY Kate Gibson MarketWatch Andy Rooney, the curmudgeon who delivered more than 1,000 commentaries during a 33-year career on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” died Friday night, a little more than a month after retiring, CBS News said Saturday. Rooney, 92, who joined CBS News show “60 Minutes” in 1978, died in a hospital in New York City of complications after minor surgery, the news division of CBS said in a statement. “It’s hard to imagine not having Andy around. He loved his life and he lived it on his own terms. We will miss him very much,” Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” said in the statement.

Rooney delivered his 1,097th and final essay on “60 Minutes” on Oct. 2, telling viewers he would no longer appear regularly, CBS News said. Rooney worked for the network for more than 60 years, half of them behind the camera as a writer and producer, first for entertainment and then for news, CBS News said. Rooney described himself as never getting comfortable with the role of television personality, and instead preferred to be known as a writer, the statement added. CBS News first aired a Rooney-delivered commentary on July 2, 1978, in which he complained about tracking the number of deaths stemming from holiday-weekend car accidents, according to an accounting by the Associated Press. In

fact, July Fourth is “one of the safest weekends of the year to be going someplace,” the AP recounts him as saying. A native of Albany, N.Y., Rooney in his teens worked as a copy boy for the Albany Knickerbocker News. He was drafted into the Army while attending Colgate University, and was assigned to work for the GI newspaper Stars and Stripes, according to The Wall Street Journal. Marguerite Rooney, Rooney’s wife of 62 years, died in 2004, according to the AP. They had four children. They had homes in Norwalk, Conn., and upstate New York. Services will be private, Brian Rooney, Andy Rooney’s son and a longtime ABC News correspondent, said Saturday, according to the wire service.

A Weekly Devotional For You Moralistic Therapeutic Deism-2 Last time we considered this term “moralistic therapeutic deism” which according to research describes the religious views of many Americans. The terms describe a “god” who wants us to be somewhat moral, who exists but rarely intervenes in our lives. When he does intervene it is always to help us solve our problems, because he wants to help us in our goals to be happy and to feel good about ourselves. Most people who subscribe to all this also believe that “good” people, and that includes most normal people who are not sadistic monsters, go to heaven when they die. The authors who defined this concept write, “God is something like a combination Divine Butler and Cosmic Therapist: he is always on call, takes care of any problems that arise, professionally helps his people to feel better about themselves, and does not become too personally involved in the process.” Another commentator writes, “Indeed, the God of MTD sounds like the ‘cool parent’ teenagers adore.” There are grave theological problems with this “homemade” religion, which we will discuss later. However there are also serious practical problems with it. The religion that best undergirds a free republic is orthodox Christianity. Collin Hansen writes, “No merely civil religion alone can sustain a free republic.” Given the inherent sinfulness of human nature, a robust Christianity, with its promulgation of a Holy God, is best suited to prevent a society from degenerating into anarchy which is inevitably followed by tyranny.

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In this 1979 file photo, Andy Rooney strikes the erudite Everyman pose so familiar to viewers of the CBS News show ‘60 Minutes.’ Rooney died in a hospital in New York City of complications after minor surgery, the news division of CBS said in a statement.

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Women’s soccer team to face UT-Martin with 7-1 all-time series advantage BY ADAM DOUGLAS Sports Editor One day after winning their fifth straight Conference USA title, the undefeated and No. 4 ranked University of Memphis women’s soccer team (21-01) awaited their fate as they watched the 2011 NCAA women’s soccer tournament selection show. And once the show began, the Lady Tigers quickly found out where they were seeded and how the rest of the country felt about them being undefeated, receiving a regional No. 4 seeding. “When it comes to seeding, I felt like we were disrespected a little bit,” said head coach Brooks Monahgan. “But I really like our draw; and when you look at Florida State, who got the No. 1 seed in our region, I think on paper they drew a tougher draw than we did.” The Lady Tigers are appearing in their fifth straight NCAA Tournament, and their opponent in the first round will be a famil-

iar foe in Tennessee-Martin. The Tigers and Skyhawks have met eight previous times, with the Tigers holding a 7-1 advantage in the series. The two programs haven’t played each other since the 2007 season. Though the seeding wasn’t ideal for The U of M, players said they will make the most of it. “We came up with a good draw,” said senior defender Lizzy Simonin. “We feel very confident going into Saturday’s game and looking forward to getting that monkey off our back.” Simonin was referring to the Lady Tigers failure to advance past the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But having to host a couple of home games should give the Tigers an edge and help make a deep run in the tourney. “I think playing at home in the first round is massive,” Monaghan said. “Hopefully we can continue to have the support that we’ve had during the season, plus the conference tour-

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Above, The University of Memphis women’s soccer team anxiously awaits to hear its name announced as an automatic qualifier in the 2011 NCAA women’s soccer tournament. Below, the team reacts to the announcement of its pairing with UT-Martin in the first round.

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NCAA awards Lady Tigers No. 4 berth in tournament

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nament; especially the tournament final – the atmosphere was incredible, and the kids really feed off that.” Though the regular season went according to plan, the faces of the players, coaches and well-wishers after the brackets

were unveiled seemed to convey uncertainty about the Tigers position in the tournament. “I think (the seeding) kind of shocked everybody because we came up first, and it was like, ‘There we are,’” Monaghan said. “I don’t think it affects the girls

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at all – I know it doesn’t affect me. We’re just focused on who our next opponent will be.” The Lady Tigers will begin their quest for an NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex.

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Reeling Tigers look to refocus after bye week BY ADAm DOuGLAS Sports Editor A bye week was just what The University of Memphis Tigers football team (2-7, 1-4 in Conference USA) needed after a lopsided 41-0 loss at the hands of defending C-USA champion Central Florida. But the scheduling Gods dealt The U of M a bad hand, as the Tigers will play two games in the span of five days starting with this weekend’s annual “Battle for the Bones” tilt against rival UAB. What makes this matchup more intriguing is that the Tigers face their former head coach, Tommy West, now defensive coordinator for the Blazers. West led the Tigers to five bowl games in ten seasons. Second year head coach Larry Porter doesn’t think that particular plot line will affect the outcome of the game. “We haven’t talked about that in general as a team or anything,” Porter said at his weekly press luncheon. “But the best way for them to say thanks is to win.” The Tigers will be facing a Blazers team that has had similar struggles this season. They’re playing with a second-string quarterback, have had numerous injuries and countless setbacks – just like the Tigers. But despite their opponents’ troubles, Porter sees this game as a dangerous matchup, and one that can also be an opportunity for the Tigers to finish the season strong. “As you watch film on UAB, you see two different teams,” Porter said. “You see a team that is very capable and then you see a team that struggles. So we have to prepare for the best team.” The week off gave some ailing Tigers a chance to get healthy. The break also gave Porter and his coaching staff time to re-evaluate the season and figure out what works and what doesn’t work. Porter and company wasted no time trying to put the right players in the right situations in order for the team to be successful. “(The bye week) was very much needed for us to grow and heal and recharge both mentally and physically,” Porter said. “Our goal is to win November and finish strong. We kind of

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looked at it as well to see what plays were our best runs, our best passes to see how we can do those things out of different formations but continue to have the consistency and the productivity out of those plays.” This week’s game is also

from page 1 The Lady Tigers held a 1-0 lead until the 78th minute of the match. The Miner’s Tess Hall found teammate Brittany Kindzierski 12 yards from the goal. Kindzierski then fired the ball past senior goalkeeper Elise Kuhar-Pitters to even the score at 1-1 and send the game into overtime. “(Going into overtime), we just said we have come too far to not leave everything on the field,” said senior forward Melissa Smith. “We just told each other to believe in everyone and we will come out successful.” That belief paid off in the 103rd

minute when Oduro found freshman forward-midfielder Kaitlyn Atkins open in the center seven yards away from the net. Atkins wasted no time striking the ball past the Miner’s goalkeeper for the 2-1 win and the tournament title. “It was an awesome feeling scoring the game-winning goal,” Atkins said. “It was really a dream come true.” The Lady Tigers know that they have accomplished an amazing feat, but that they must shift their focus to the NCAA tournament. “It’s important that we regroup and put everything that has happened behind us,” Simonin said. “We’ve come so far to not make something great happen in this tournament.”

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