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Thursday, October 6, 2016
Volume 105, No. 33
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
WHAT’S INSIDE... Is the coveted college degree really worth it?
Man oh man, Moon River Music Festival in Memphis
Volleyball team falls to LSU in fifth set
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SASI hosts teach-in on race and privilege Ole Miss reports student death abroad LYNDY BERRYHILL
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Senior sociology and African -American studies major Dominique Garrett-Scott serves as the president of Students Against Social Injustice. SASI hosted what Scott called a “teach-in” on Wednesday evening on the Union
Plaza. The teach-in was a interactive session to promote discussion among students. The discussion focused on oppression, different types of privilege and how to work together to create change. More than 20 students attended.
“Collective liberation is all about solidarity,” Scott said. Scott said collective liberation involves recognizing that you have certain privileges that intersect with your marginalized identities and those can be utilized to
uplift and help your peers. “None of us live in a vacuum independent of one another,” Scott said. “Liberation is a group effort that requires everyone’s participation.”
22-year-old Ole Miss student’s death is currently under investigation after he died in China. Frank Anderson, a fifthyear senior and Chinese major, died Saturday, Oct. 1, in Shanghai. The Ole Miss Study Abroad office was unable to comment on the exact circumstances of Anderson’s death Wednesday evening. He was studying abroad with the Ole Miss Chinese Flagship program, but Anderson was also a Croft scholar and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Donald Dyer, chair of modern languages and co-director of the UM Chinese Language Flagship Program, said the department is heartbroken over the loss. “The entire Ole Miss
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Student withdraws from university after viral comments CLARA TURNAGE
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Student Jordan Samson withdrew from Ole Miss after apologizing for a Facebook comment that sparked controversy and a student protest in the Lyceum on Sept. 23. “I hope you can find forgiveness in your hearts for me,” Samson said in a statement from the university Wednesday. “I do not want this post to
define who I am.” Though Samson is withdrawing from the university as a student, he is not leaving campus, according to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brandi Hephner LaBanc. Samson will work with the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement in a practice called restorative justice. “We will be checking in with him weekly and then meeting
biweekly to keep up,” Hephner LaBanc said. “He’ll be in our community but not in classes.” The statement released by the university communications said Samson “will develop a plan that will provide him with learning opportunities and restorative justice activities.” Hephner LaBanc said Samson withdrew from the university voluntarily. “He agreed to all of this on his own. This was not a sanction the university gave him,”
Hephner LaBanc said. “I think it was a mutual conversation in getting to that point.” Around 8:30 Wednesday morning, Hephner LaBanc and other members of the university administration met with leaders of the UM NAACP. Makala McNeil, who was in the meeting, said the university wanted feedback on whether or not the revised statement the chancellor sent out on Sept. 23 was satisfactory. “They want to make this an
integrated part of students and administration working together,” McNeil said. “For us, we don’t want to have to do a sit-in and a protest every time this happens.” Rather, McNeil said she hopes that when students have issues on campus in the future, they will find administration open to feedback. William Winter Institute Academic Director Jennifer Stollman said the UM NAACP will
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OPINION
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COLUMN
A college education is not integral to future success
PATRICK WATERS
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One of the hallmarks of Bernie Sanders’ and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns in the past year has been the argument that college should be free (or nearly free) for every student. Student loan debts should be tossed to the side, and somehow the government could raise the
money to fund tuition-free college education. According to Clinton’s plan, “All remaining college debt will be forgiven after 20 years.” Of course, this plan is a pipe dream. But Clinton, Sanders and even Trump fail to address the overarching problem surrounding higher education. College is not for everyone. A four-year university is not for everyone. Not even community college is for every student. In past decades, a college education has been sold to the public as a ticket to the middle class and a propeller for higher salaries in the future by guidance counselors and educators across the country. College enrollment rates have increased dramatically since the year 1950, and in 2015, approximately 69 percent of high school graduates are attending a high-
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er education institution of some kind, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Graduation rates paint a different story. Only 61.2 percent of those who enroll in a four-year institution end up graduating, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. For some, financial issues force them to drop out. Other have adjustment problems or become too involved in the party scene and lose focus of their schoolwork. This means that almost 40 percent of students do not receive the coveted college degree and find that they wasted money and time on the endeavor in the first place. These students could have more success if they found vocational or training schools that met their needs, instead of being pressured by overzealous college counselors or admissions rep-
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resentatives to take a chance on places they should have never been in the first place. Luckily, there is a solution to this problem that works. High schools and community colleges have begun to make job training classes available to all students. The Department of Labor, other government agencies and trade unions have also joined the charge in making apprenticeship and workplace shadowing programs commonplace, which partner with employers that need skilled, young workers. These programs train needed skilled workers, preparing them for careers that do not require college but still provide a comfortable living. An average tool and die maker earns around $51,130 a year, while a computer programmer (who does not always need a college degree, but extensive training is required)
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earns an average of $84,360. This way, students who are not destined for graduating college can still receive job and skills training without the time and cost expense of a college education. With this in mind, it is the responsibility of school districts and accredited universities across the country to stop the mentality that going to college is the only way to work toward the middle class and live a prosperous adult life. With the help of our educational institutions, we can move past this disposition and ensure that all young people end up in the right place, whether that be on a college campus, a training program or directly in the workforce. Patrick Waters is a sophomore accounting major from St. Louis, Missouri.
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SAMSON
continued from page 1 also be involved in creating the curriculum for Samson’s involvement with the university for the remainder of the semester. “That program will be fashioned according to the goals and needs of Jordan Samson as well as the other campus stakeholders,” Stollman said. “That’s how restorative justice operates.” Late Sept. 22, Samson commented on another student’s Facebook post about riots in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Facebook comment said he had a “tree with room for all of them if you want to settle this Wild West style.” The comment led to a peaceful protest, where more than 100 students sat in and throughout the hallways around the Lyceum. The students protested both the comment Samson made as well as the way the university responded to it. After three hours of protesting, the leaders met with university administration and talked about what was wrong with the initial response of the university and what the admin-
SAMSON’S PUBLIC APOLOGY LETTER Dear Ole Miss Family, I am writing this a broken man and with much sadness in my heart. Recently, I made an offensive Facebook post. I give my most sincere apologies to each person and any group of people that I have offended. I am deeply sorry for my lapse of judgement. I hope that you can find forgiveness in your heart for me. I do not want this post to define who I am. I was raised in a great home where I was taught to love everyone. Again, I am deeply sorry and I hope you can forgive me. I love this university and I am going to use this moment to grow and better myself as well as the university.
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continued from page 1 community is heartbroken over the unexpected death of Frank Anderson, one of our finest and most dedicated students,” Dyer said. “We offer our deepest sympathy to Frank’s family, friends and fellow students.” Originally from Winter Park, Florida, Anderson was finishing his Capstone Year in China and was directly enrolled at Nanjing University.
Ole Miss officials are assisting members of Anderson’s family during this tragic time and will share details regarding arrangements and services as this information becomes available, according to the university.
The Daily Mississippian will continue to report on the story as it develops.
Jordan Samson
istration could do next. After the meeting, Hephner LaBanc said university met with Samson. “The first thing out of his mouth is that he wanted to apologize,” Hephner LaBanc said. “I’m not going to condone anything he said. It was absolutely inappropriate, absolutely racist and scary. But
he from the get-go had the approach of ‘I want to do the right thing, because I clearly didn’t do the right thing.’” The university’s full statement was released this morning.
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Students register, prepare for presidential election BRIAN ROMSKI
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For many students at Ole Miss, the 2016 presidential election will be the first time they are eligible to vote, but the window for registration is closing soon. Most students turn 18 their freshman year, but four years ago, those with November or December birthdays were left out of the 2012 election by days, if not weeks. Voters must be citizens and have registered at the County Clerk’s Office by the state’s deadline. The deadline is Oct. 8 in Mississippi for in-person and mail registration. “In the last presidential election, I turned 18 the day after the election, so I did not actually get to vote, but I made sure that as soon as the courthouse opened the next day, I went and registered,” Andy Shine, senior biology major, said. For Shine, growing up in a military household, he views voting as a privilege. “It is the duty of every American to participate in the democratic process,” Shine said. Shine is from Meridian and has been following the 2016 presidential election since the start of the primaries. He was able to watch the debate and listen to both candidates’ views on many issues. He is also supporting GOP candidate Donald Trump. “I just think that somebody needs to come make a change from the outside,” Shine said. “The political system, as well as Washington, has become ‘who can buy the most senators to make an effective policy.’ I feel Trump is an American and a selfmade man who made his own way... Hillary has been in the system too long to be given that much power.” For recently naturalized American citizen Viridiana Acosta, this upcoming election is very important to her as well as her faith. “Some of the things in this election have been influenced by my faith,” Acosta said. “The Catholic church has a lot of teachings and believes that you should vote for a candidate that follows the teaching of the church in such a way, especially the social issues ... For me, social issues are a big deal because the Catholic church has a stance on them, so voting for a candidate that is in line with these issues is very important to me.” Acosta was born in a tiny village in Mexico but came to the states at a young age with her family because of her father’s construction job. She
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graduated from Tupelo High School and from Ole Miss, becoming the first person in her family to do so. Two years ago, Acosta became a citizen of the United States. She works in Oxford at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. “I lived a big chunk of my life just hearing about the election but just thinking it was completely not in my control,” Acosta said. “Now that I can vote, it is kind of weird because I catch myself still in that mentality, but then I remember I can vote this time and I have a say in this.” In the year 2014, according to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, 654,949 people were naturalized in the United States. “It is important to me because both candidates have such strong stances on certain issues, because for me my faith is what guides me, so hopefully there will be a candidate that I will lean towards that will meet those demands,” Acosta said. Acosta is torn between some of the views of each candidate but is very strong in her faith to the Catholic Church. “Being Hispanic is also very important to me and is something that is hard just because there are certain things about one candidate
and the way they feel toward Hispanics but the other candidate doesn’t. Then there are some views I lean more toward with the other so it is kind of torn,” Acosta said. Although the only thing she can not do is be president of the United States, she is very excited to finally be an American citizen and to get out to the polls to cast her vote on Nov. 8. Lynecia Christion, an African-American student from Memphis, Tennessee, will also vote in this upcoming election for the first time. “The social problems and the racial profiling done by police officers and what the future president is going to do to try and change this issue is what is important to me because enough is enough,” Christion said. “All lives matter-- don’t get me wrong, but it seems as if it is just directed toward the African-American community.” Christion is still having a tough time deciding whom to vote for this election, even after the primaries and the first debate. “I really don’t know who to vote for. I would like to vote for Hillary, but I am not so much on the woman thing. Yes, a female could do it, but I wonder if a female could really handle it and could she
deal with problems without getting her feelings involved,” Christion said. “I am a woman and am very emotional at times. Women tend to be more emotionally attached to situations. But I am definitely not voting for Trump.” Christion said many of her friends and family are still unsure, even after the debate, of whom they would like to see in the White House for the next four to eight years. “No one really knows who to vote for because we want someone who can lead us and so far we have two children up on stage arguing,” Christion said. “During the debate they were just arguing why you should not vote for each other instead of giving reasons why you should vote for them.” Haley Minatel is also a first-time voter who missed the age cutoff in the 2012 election by two weeks. She is student at Ole Miss from South Bend, Indiana, and is an avid Trump supporter. “I am very worried about Hillary’s tax plans because that is going to take a lot of money out of our pay checks for the middle class and that’s not good. I think Trump knows how to create jobs and maintain the economy because he has done so with his own businesses,” Minatel said.
Minatel firmly believes Trump is a better candidate than Hillary and would like to see him in the White House for the next four years. “I am voting for Trump because I feel like he is just the better candidate. Hillary just has so much wrong with her, starting with Benghazi, her husband’s scandal, the emails, her lies, just all of that,” Minatel said. “If Trump wins, I believe the economy will get back on track.” “(Lester) Holt failed to ask Hillary about any of her major scandals and asked Trump a bunch of really tough questions about some of his controversies he has caused,” Minatel said. Minatel said she wants to make sure female voters are aware of who they are voting for and not just voting for a candidate based on his or her sex but encouraged them to go with the better candidate. “There are a lot of democratic females out there who don’t know about Clinton and choose to ignore the facts because they just want to have a woman in power in the White House,” Minatel said. “That seems to be the only factor females are focusing on and not who is an overall better candidate.”
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Moon River Music Festival this weekend
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This weekend marks the beginning of the third annual Moon River Music Festival, a newfound Memphis tradition meant to put The River City in the spotlight like never before. “I thought [the festival] would be a fun way to do two things. It could get our fans from all over the place to come to my hometown of Memphis, which I love, and I really want people to see
and enjoy it,” Drew Holcomb, headman for Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors as well as founder of Moon River, said. “Secondly, it allows me to gather bands that we love and gotten to know on the road and bring them all to share them with our fans.” Holcomb has always had an affinity for artist-organized festivals. He said he feels Moon River epitomizes what it means to have a truly cohesive and well curated festival for all of his fans. “We don’t try to do too much. It’s one stage, all day, one location, very intimate
and limited in size. I always want it to feel kind of like a reunion,” Holcomb said. “Because I hand-pick and curate all of the acts... It’s kind of a community of similar tastes. There are so many festivals where they just pick bands with no musical association to the next band. It just doesn’t feel right.” This year’s Moon River lineup includes acts such as Kris Allen, JOHNNYSWIM, The Oh Hellos, as well as Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors themselves. With a very clear folksy, acoustic theme throughout all of the artists playing, last year’s festival was proud to pull in the highest paid attendance of any event in Memphis’ historic Levitt Shell. “We were elated,” Holcomb said in regards to last
year’s record-breaking success. “We had such an incredible kind of groundswell of support for the festival. The Shell is a really special kind of venue. It probably was a top five night of my life professionally.”
Although the Moon River Music Festival has become a success on its own right, Holcomb emphasizes the event was born out of something much bigger than just a band curating a successful lineup. “Everybody’s home is special to them. I grew up in Memphis... it’s just a very important place to me. I wouldn’t
be making music if it wasn’t for playing shows at the P&H Cafe and at the Hi-Tone back in my early days,” Holcomb said. “It just has such a unique identity as a city, and honestly, I think it gets a little bit of a bad rap from people, and I think [that] is mostly unjustified.” “More than anything it’s just that we are getting people from all over the country to come to Memphis, a lot of them for the first time,” Holcomb said. “If I can be a part of exposing people to all the great things that are happening there, and the good people that call it home, I would consider that a great success.” Moon River Music Festival begins this Friday for those with special VIP tickets to the event. The general lineup of performances begins on Saturday. Tickets are on sale now at Moon River Festival’s website with prices ranging from $45-$250.
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A new look: Ole Miss basketball prepares for season BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com
Andy Kennedy called his 2016-17 team one of the most unusual groups he’s ever had, but that’s not a bad thing. The Rebels are a unique group. Only six of the 12 scholarship players had been with the program previously, and only five have played in a game. Ole Miss boasts players from five different countries as well. The number of newcomers would seem to hint at the Rebels’ youth, but that’s not necessarily the case either. Transfers Deandre Burnett and Cullen Neal are each 22 years old. The two, along with Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey and Rasheed Brooks, will provide a little bit of a different look for an Ole Miss back court looking to replace the likes of Stefan Moody.
Burnett transferred from Miami in 2015 and had to sit out last year. “He’s very anxious for his opportunity to get on the floor. He’s waited a time for this opportunity,” Kennedy said. “He is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever coached day in and day out.” Neal arrived in Oxford this past July by way of New Mexico State, where he averaged 12 points per game playing for his father. “I don’t pretend to think that this is like anything he’s been in the past because he was obviously in a different system playing for his father, so this is something completely new to him as well,” Kennedy said. Kennedy said he knows there will be a transition period for the two but is excited about what they bring to the table,
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including a veteran presence. It’s a diverse group in both skill set and background. “We’ve got a lot of different things going on. We are just trying to figure out who we are.” With Burnett, Kennedy has the aggressive scorer that seems to thrive in the offensive style Ole Miss runs. “He really can score at all three levels. He can make threes. I don’t want him to be a Marshall-Moody, that volume. But he’s a guy that’s going to make 60, 70, 80 threes. He can score the midrange, which I really think is his strength, and he’s strong enough to get to the basket and get to the free throw line,” Kennedy said. One constant is senior forward Sebastian Saiz. Kennedy said he didn’t know who he’d put in his starting lineup right now outside of the 6-foot-9-inch senior from Madrid, Spain. “He’s approaching this with a senior sense of urgency that you typically see, he and Rasheed (Brooks),” Kennedy said. “Sebas is one of my favorite guys here. His energy is always right. He’s very positive. He’s always going to put in his work, and he has really evolved offensively. He’s gotten stronger. He’s 6-foot-9, and what makes him incredible is wingspan.” Saiz overcame an eye injury last year that he called one of the scariest things he’s ever dealt with. He’s healthy now and says he’s added a perimeter element to his game that hasn’t been seen yet. “It’s a part of my game now, but it won’t define me. I know I am a tough guy that can get rebounds and putting everything together. But it gives me another weapon on the offensive side of the court,” Saiz said. Saiz has added another
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Sebastian Saiz recovers rebound during game last season against Northwestern State. dimension and has become more well-rounded offensively, which Kennedy said will make him the first option offensively. This isn’t the first time Kennedy has been tasked with making a lot of newcomers mesh, and it will be a work in progress. “Every group is different, and the makeup of each team is so different. Think about the makeup of this team. It is probably the most unusual collection of guys I’ve ever had,” Kennedy said. “There’s only one guy out of the 12 that has been in the program four years, and that is Sebas.”
Add in three freshmen, and it really is a diverse group made up of six guards and six forwards until freshman guard Breein Tyree is cleared from a knee injury. Kennedy has been experimenting with a number of different lineups and playing guys at different positions, something he feels will be beneficial in the end. The Rebels will begin this year with the luxury of playing in their $96.5 million home at The Pavilion with four straight home games beginning with Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 11.
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Quarterback Chad Kelly learns from mistakes on field SAM HARRES
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This year’s Chad Kelly is a different quarterback, mature and accountable, a player learning to refine his decisionmaking both in and out of the pocket. With last year’s defeat to Arkansas fresh in his mind, Kelly is taking personal responsibility for his team while learning from the mistakes that cost Ole Miss a potential spot in the 2015 Southeastern Conference Championship. “I missed on a Cali route. I missed on a glance, and I missed on a drag route coming across the field. If I hit three of those then I think we would have won the game and were probably in the SEC championship game. The game is a game of inches, and we’ve just got to keep on working,” Kelly said. Often criticized for throwing into coverage when under pressure, the senior from Buffalo, New York, insists that he’s working on making smarter, more conservative throws when the chips are down. “In practice, instead of throwing it 10 yards out and the guy’s sitting right there and just kind of lofting it, throw it 30 yards over his head and sail it out of bounds into the stands,” Kelly said. “I just got to keep on practicing that. That’s kind of who I am; I like slinging it around and sometimes that’ll get the best of me and the defense will make a good play on it. I just got to make sure if it’s not there to throw it away.” Part of the problem could stem from just how good the Ole Miss receiving corps is. Kelly has grown accustomed
to seeing his receivers make the kind of plays of which other receivers dream. Practicing day in and day out with nationally recognized players like Evan Engram, A.J. Brown and Damore’ea Stringfellow among others turns out to be quite the confidence booster. “I see those guys every single day make fantastic catches and do this and that. That’s where I get it in my head that, hey, they can make a play right here. Like I said, if it’s not there just throw it away. You’ve got to take everyday for what it’s worth and keep on getting better at it,” Kelly said. While Kelly’s ability to recognize his own weaknesses is invaluable, what makes Kelly such an elite college quarterback is the standard to which he holds himself. For Kelly, good just isn’t good enough. Last week against Memphis, he threw for 361 as the Rebels earned their third victory of the season. That, however, isn’t what Kelly focuses on. He is more concerned with the number of interceptions he threw than the number of touchdowns. “I think there was about three or four plays that I wish I could have had back. Coach Freeze was like, ‘Man, you could have had the post a couple times, three times,’ but we still completed all three balls to different guys and we got 15-20 yards and a first down,” Kelly said. “He’s happy and I’m taking what the defense gives me. The only thing he’s not happy with is me throwing it off my back foot in the red zone when we’re up by 30 points. I’m just going to keep on working. It’ll take time; it’s got to start at practice.”
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Quarterback Chad Kelly runs on an option play during Ole Miss’ win over Memphis on Saturday. Ole Miss and Arkansas won’t face off until next Saturday, which gives Kelly plenty of time to reflect and prepare for the battle. Kelly knows it won’t be easy: Arkansas has plenty of weapons that could hurt any team in the country, but the confidence he has in his team is hard to miss. “They’re a very good team. They do the same stuff they’ve been doing; that’s who they are. That’s what they do. They recruit well; they bring those guys along, and I think they’re big, physical, and can run a little bit,” Kelly said. “We’re going to have to play a really good game, a good, solid execution game, and just take care of the football, and we should win.”
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Volleyball loses early lead to LSU, falls in fifth set HALEY MYATT
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The Ole Miss volleyball team matchup against LSU Tigers did not end as planned, going into the full five sets. The Rebels started off the first and second set dominating the court. LSU then proceeded to win the next three and the match 3-2, Wednesday night at the Pavilion. Several attack errors caused LSU to give Ole Miss an early lead; furthermore, the Rebels took the first few sets with early momentum. Several notable players in the first and second half were senior setter Aubrey Edie and junior middle blocker Taylor Alexander. It appeared the Rebels had the game in the bag until things started to get sticky in the third quarter when LSU started to crawl back and take the leading score. Alexander’s service error gave LSU a 17-12 lead in set three. LSU was on a streak until freshman right-side hitter Emily Engelkins broke the streak and brought Ole Miss back to 19-13. Ole Miss continued to trail LSU and gave them their first win in the third set. Star players in the third
and fourth set include: Lexi Thompson and Kate Gibson both opposite hitters. Ole Miss continued to challenge LSU in the fourth and fifth set, battling serves and taking turns in the lead. Tied at 12 in set five, fans were biting their nails. Notable final stats from key players were: Gibson with 22 kills, Thompson with 14 kills and Alexander with 13 kills. Thompson said the game was a reality check. “They came in without an SEC win and we thought it would be easier than it was and we need to learn no matter what we need to come out and fight and look at all of our opponents equally,” Thompson said. Coach Steven McRoberts said he does not know what exactly his team can do to improve their game for the future. “I do not have any answer to that question, we played so good,” McRoberts said. “We just have to keep coming out and working hard and figure out why we can’t get any momentum that we were successful at doing in the first few sets.” Rebels will be back in action at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Pavilion against Texas A&M. Junior Lexi Thompson and an LSU player battle to get the ball over the net in Wednesday’s game.
PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS