October 10, 2019

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GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

VOLUME 94, ISSUE 7

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AN ACADEMIC GUIDE TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

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FIRST SUNBELT

State of the University address

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Owner Name: Lorenzo Respress Construction management major

UPB: Movie - The Lion King

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Join UPB with a showing of The Lion King! This event is free and open to the public. Students, please bring your Eagle ID! Friday, October 11 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Russell Union Theatre

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Soccer- Eagles vs Georgia State

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The Eagles will be battling the Panthers at Eagle Field. You do not want to miss the rivalry match up! Come out and support!

Sunday, October 13 at 1 p.m.

Eagle Field

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Latinx Dance Lessons

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A local area network gaming event which will be hosting gaming tournaments, board games, guitar hero, and other activities! There will be pizza, snacks and drinks available for purchase at this event.

Friday, October 11 at 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

IT Building | Second Floor

Fun Latinx Dance lessons facilitated by student groups!

Monday, October 14 at 6 p.m.

Williams Center | Multipurpose Room

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Students came out on Friday and Saturday night to cheer on senior Ryan Tuten and the rest of the Women’s Volleyball team at Hanner Fieldhouse. Last Saturday’s game was their annual ‘Dig Pink’ match supporting the fight against breast cancer.

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Opinions

KYLE CLARK Sophomore Writing Major

The protests in Hong Kong began back in March.

They all started over a proposed bill that would allow mainland China to extradite Hong Kong citizens to the mainland for trial.

This not only would undercut the autonomous governing of Hong Kong, but would have potentially allowed for political opponents of China in Hong Kong to be taken to the mainland.

Citizens of Hong Kong have been protesting ever since. And, even with the bill having been withdrawn in September, the strife is far from over. Pro-democracy protesters have been labeled as thugs and criminals by the Chinese government, and China is willing

KAITLIN SELLS Junior Psychology major

In the beginning of the season, redshirt-junior Shai Werts was injured, throwing redshirt-freshman Justin Tomlin onto the field and in the starting position for two games.

Discluding the LSU game, both quarterbacks have played and started in two full games with each collecting a loss and a win. With the return of Werts, many questioned if Tomlin was going to see much playing time since he had found success on

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to do just about anything to push their narrative.

Luckily for China, they have willing and able allies in American companies such as the NBA and Blizzard Entertainment.

Daryl Morey, the general manager for the Houston Rockets, only shared seven words on Twitter Oct. 4, “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.” A tweet Morey quickly deleted.

Things quickly spiraled for the NBA. Sponsors paused deals, games were pulled from airing schedules, a lot of money was being sucked out by the vacuum of outrage.

And the NBA reacted quickly.

Their reaction was to condemn Morey, make it very clear his opinions do not reflect the NBA, and, to top it all off, praised the culture of China.

A few days later, as if not to be

outdone, video game company Blizzard Entertainment, also dipped into the discourse.

Chung Ng Wai, a professional Hearthstone player, dressed in goggles and a gas mask in a post match interview on a Blizzard stream. His look mirrored the protesters and his words, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” echoed their sentiments.

Blizzard, another American company, quickly took back his prize money, banned him from tournament play for a year, and fired the two commentators who had interviewed him. Even though the commentators had not even asked about Hong Kong during the protests.

What do these incidents have in common, outside of the disregard for free speech and expression?

Both the NBA and Blizzard have a lot of money in China. In

particular, both companies have sizable deals with the Chinese megacompany Tencent. Angering China would mean jeopardizing these lucrative deals, so both companies were quick to punish and push aside pro-protester opinions in an effort to appeal to China.

And this, in essence, isn’t anything new. Entertainment companies often tweak releases or products to better sell in China given just how lucrative the market is. But this time it’s not just tweaking content, it’s outright censorship of players and managers. The practice isn’t illegal, both the NBA and Blizzard are private companies and can dictate what speech is protected in house, but it paints a bleak picture.

At what point is money worth sacrificing not just free speech, but playing into the disinformation

campaign of the Chinese government? China wants people to think the Hong Kong protests are violent riots from bad actors instead of a pro-democracy populous standing up against the grip of China’s rule.

And, as long as companies like the NBA and Blizzard are desperate for Tencent’s money, they’ll help silence anybody who goes against the pro-China image.

And in turn Tencent will keep their lucrative deals and their contracts and their sponsorships, and everybody wins. Except for, of course, the people of Hong Kong, free speech and human rights.

American businesses are willingly being bullied by a foreign power that has no direct control over them.

But hey, at least China pays well, right?

the field.

That question was answered

by Head Coach Chad Lunsford in a press conference, where he made clear that Werts is the starter and there are no plans to rotate the two.

“Justin’s now gotten some serious experience of being able to play, but before we played [Louisiana], Shai only played 17 snaps on the season,” Lunsford said in a press conference after the UL game. “When we got him into the game last week, it’s almost like starting over. I think it’s important that we get Shai going. Shai is a starter, so we’re going to play him. Right now, there’s no talk of playing both of them.”

While Lunsford is set on his decision, it still raises the question of why. Why won’t they play someone who showcases skill on the offensive end of the ball, especially when the Eagle offense is struggling?

What is the harm of putting him in?

Tomlin performed well in the two games he started, leading the Eagles to their first win of the season and almost had an upset over Minnesota. The redshirt-freshman also showed impressive statistics in his short-term starting position, rushing for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Tomlin also is a skilled passer, something Werts seems to struggle with. Tomlin

threw for 162 yards this season with a long of 45-yards.

Tomlin performed well in the role of quarterback for the Eagles. He played with confidence and was not hesitant on the ball. With Tomlin’s impressive performance, the question arose of what would happen once Werts returned.

Many thought there would be some dual quarterback action like we saw with Favian Upshaw and Kevin Ellison a few seasons back, but Lunsford has stuck to Werts.

When he returned to the field Werts struggled against Louisiana, completing only 36 passing yards and 93 rushing yards. Werts semi got back into

the groove of things in their last game against South Alabama, but still struggled with his passing game as he almost threw four interceptions. He ran for 102 yards and passed for 78 against the USA, but also fell victim to three sacks.

It’s apparent that Werts’ strong suit is his running game, and it’s apparent that Tomlin has a stronger passing game.

So again it raises the questionwhy don’t you play both? The GS offense has been struggling this season, why wouldn’t DeBesse consider all his options to run the best offense?

Why waste a year of Tomlin’s eligibility? Why not both?

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Statesboro mayor Johnathan McCollar gave the opening address at the gathering.

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Jon Ossoff, Democratic candidate for the 6 House District in the 2017 special election, now making a run for Senate, spoke on corruption in our political system in his address to the gathering.

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According to Atlanta Magazine, Clarkston is considered “the most diverse square mile in America” and “the Ellis Island of the South,” under Ted Terry’s leadership

SENATORIAL RACE

JON OSSOFF, MAYOR TED TERRY MAKE APPEARANCES ON GEORGIA SOUTHERN CAMPUS AHEAD OF SENATORIAL RACE

BY NATHAN WOODRUFF The George-Anne staff

STATESBORO — The Bulloch County Democratic Party hosted several senatorial candidates running against David Perdue in 2020 in the Williams Center multipurpose room on Friday night.

Johnathan McCollar, the mayor of Statesboro, said in his opening address that citizens should be involved in the political process by not only voting, but by being active attendees of local political meetings.

“Once you vote, show back up at the city council meetings, the county commission meetings, the board of education meetings,” McCollar said. “Let those individuals know that that you’re going to hold their feet to the fire, it’s our responsibility as a whole to make sure we leave the communities that we call home better for those that come after us.”

Ted Terry, mayor of Clarkston, Georgia and senatorial candidate, said in an interview that he was in favor of cancelling student debt, especially to alleviate the burden for people who have chosen to go into public service, health care and education.

“There are a lot of people out there who have undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees,

and because they have chosen to go into public service and healthcare, education, other jobs that maybe don’t have as high of income as other degrees, they are looking at fifteen to twenty year paybacks,” Terry said. “That’s stymying a lot of freedoms for a lot of college graduates… so the basic policy I am supporting is a cancellation of as much if not all student debt.”

Terry also said that the decriminalization of marijuana, and the rehabilitation of offenders had been successful in Clarkston.

“When we decriminalized marijuana possession it allowed our officers to focus more on community policing, and honestly stopping real crime,” Terry said.

Terry said that ending the war on drugs and changing the way the justice system handles offenders were some solutions.

“We need to look at ending the war on drugs, and recognize that when we look at drug addiction, whether it’s marijuana cannabis or opioids, drug addiction is a public health problem not to be solved by punitive criminal measures,” Terry said. “It comes down to investment in early childhood education and access to wages that are living wages, and also recognizing that if we really wanted to end

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the prison pipeline we have to turn jails and prisons into truly rehabilitative systems.”

Ted Terry has served as the mayor of Clarkston since January of 2014. He was elected with 53% of the vote, and at the time was the youngest mayor in the town’s 135 year history.

Teresa Tomlinson, the two term mayor of Columbus, Georgia, appeared through a video address to speak to attendees.

“If you invest in me, if you invest in this great campaign that we have, finally we are going to be able to deliver Georgia for the Democrats,” Tomlinson said in the video.

“We are going to be adding to all that we did in 2018 to finally cross the finish line and bring this victory for the Democratic Party.”

Jon Ossoff, Democratic candidate for the 6 House District in the 2017 special election, now making a run for Senate, spoke on corruption in our political system in his address to the gathering.

“The corruption in our own society and in our own politics is right in front of our eyes,” Ossoff said. “When Congress refuses to crack down on price gouging by pharmaceutical companies because of the financial influence of that industry, that is corruption. When Congress

guts the Affordable Care Act, and destroys consumer protections for people with pre-existing conditions because of the power of the insurance industry, that is corruption.”

Ossoff also said that the failure by Congress to pass background checks on firearms was corruption.

“When 90% of Americans support a simple universal background check to buy a gun, and Congress refuses to act because they are afraid of the NRA and its financial power, that is corruption,” Ossoff said.

Ossoff talked in a post-speech interview about a statewide voter registration drive with Congressman John Lewis to build upon and join the work that Stacey Abrams and the New Georgia project have been doing to get Georgians registered to vote.

Ossoff also said that universal background checks and limiting access to “militarystyle assault rifles” would help curb gun violence in Georgia.

“Most Georgians and most Americans believe that absent some specific need, and a high qualification, assault weapons, semi-automatic rifles, derived from modern military technology should not be available to the general public,” Ossoff said. “This is common sense non-controversial gun safety legislation.”

Ossoff also said that he believed in tuition-free public college, community college, and trade school.

“We have to end this student debt crisis,” Ossoff said. “We have to achieve 100% debtfree public college, community college and trade school.”

For those who have already accrued massive student loan debt, that keeps y’all lying awake at night, that keeps us from investing in our business, in a home, some combination of caps on rates and forgiveness should be blended to relieve this burden.”

When talking about the rates that credit bureaus offer on student debt, Ossoff said that transparency and reform was required.

“I support reforming the laws that regulate credit bureaus, these entities have too much power over our lives. It’s very similar to what’s happening in China with the social credit system,” Ossoff said. “A secret formula that a few companies control that determine whether we buy a home or whether we can afford starting a family, whether we can invest in our business. It’s too much power, it’s not transparent enough and it doesn’t serve us as individuals that want to build lives that are meaningful, prosperous and secure.”

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TICKETS, PERMITS AND SPACES

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DIRECTOR OF PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION GIVES INSIGHT INTO THE PARKING SITUATION AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN

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Derrick Davis, the director of Georgia Southern Parking and Transportation, shares additional information and future plans regarding parking and the shuttle system.

BY SARAH SMITH The George-Anne staff

STATESBORO — The Office of Parking and Transportation is aware of questions and concerns from students, faculty and staff and is trying its best to work with the people of Georgia Southern University, according to Derrick Davis, GS’ Director of Parking and Transportation.

There are two different permits available for students, either commuter or resident. Residents have assigned parking spots, while

commuters can choose which lot to pay for.

Statesboro permits are $160 while Armstrong permits are $50. When the merger happened, there was discussion of making both campus permits $100. The decision was made to keep the prices where they were. Faculty permits are $100 across the board.

The differences in prices relies on convenience more than size, according to Davis. A waiting list for parking permits is available.

“In lot 42, the biggest number

I saw was 755 people on the waiting list,” Davis said. “But 42, it’ll only accommodate 850 cars…there’s a there’s a good chance number 755 will not get a permit this year.”

Lot 42 is the lot behind the nursing building, near the military science building off of Old Register Road.

Davis recognizes the convenience issue within parking, lack of lots and the loss of space due to new buildings on campus.

“The bad thing is that big new science building they’re

putting up, we’ve lost three 300 spaces with that,” Davis said.

“There really won’t be much parking for that particular building.”

The Vice President of Business of Finance is the person that Parking and Transportation needs the approval of to make further improvements, according to Davis.

Parking and Transportation checks the inventory of each lot every week and if there are available spots, people will be able to access those.

All commuter parking lots are available to park in without a permit after 4 p.m.

“We definitely work with students. We have an appeals committee that looks at all the citations and then make the determination whether we should grant a citation or we should deny the citation,” Davis said.

Most citations are $30 but time zone, known as 30 minute parking, citations are only $20. Any citation price can be lessened if paid within seven days, according to Davis.

After three citations are given and not paid, students are then eligible have a boot placed on their vehicle with a fee of $50.

An alternative to purchasing a parking permit is the shuttle system available on campus.

Three routes are available and parking is free at the stadium to

all riders.

“We are trying to keep people safe and that’s why we have the buses on campus,” Davis said.

Students rode the bus 1.5 million times last year, according to Davis.

The Blue Route runs on Lanier Drive residents, stops at the University Store and stops twice on Forest Drive.

The Gold Route makes stops at the University Store, the RAC and both stops on Forest Drive. The Sweetheart Shuttle Route serves the stadium stop, College of Education circle and Sweetheart Circle from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays.

Every bus runs between every five to seven minutes while the Sweetheart Shuttle Route may be more like 10 to 15 minutes, according to Davis.

“We try to accommodate the students if there’s any kind of problems. If your car’s not working, we will work with you,” Davis said. “We don’t want to impede your education. If you want to purchase a permit, then you need to go and pay for all your citations for your new permit.”

Passiogo! is an app that students can use to track each GS bus route in real time.

Parking permits for the upcoming year go on sale on April 10.

UNIVERSITY VALUES FIVE PILLARS, SIX VALUES OF THE UNIVERSITY FEATURED IN MARRERO’S STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

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The six values of the university according to Marrero are integrity, innovation, openness and inclusion, collaboration, sustainability and excellence.

BY DAVON JOHNSON The George-Anne staff

STATESBORO — Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero gave his State of the University address at the Student Government Association meeting last Wednesday.

The President of the university was able to speak to students on the ways GS can help make their experience the best it can be.

“The process of the strategic plan started last academic year when we asked what will be the direction of this institution,”

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GS President Kyle Marrero said. “With that framework we are able to take it to the next level and put more around it in terms of our objectives, actions and values of who we are and the way we behave as an institution.”

The six values of the university according to Marrero are integrity, innovation, openness and inclusion, collaboration, sustainability and excellence. The five pillars that were announced were student success, teaching and research, inclusive excellence, operational efficiency of sustainability and community partnership.

With the third pillar being inclusive excellence, Marrero sees the Three Campuses, One Heartbeat study by Damon A. Williams to be a mirror of how the university can improve.

“It provides a roadmap for us with seven recommendations

in which we’re following,” Marrero said. “[Students] are the most important aspect.”

The president has met with the Student Advisory Council twice to discuss diversity and inclusion on campus and has meetings planned for the future with them.

“We all have a purpose and that is the transformational power of education,” Marrero said. “And that purpose, at least when we just want transformational power of education, is that belief that we have a higher calling and opportunity.”

Provost Carl Reiber, Ph.D., announced several new programs, including three new engineering programs. The regional academic programs are supposed to take advantage of an expanding GS, and to have students job-ready when they graduate, according to Reiber.

“We span a larger swath of the state. So we want to make sure that we capture the needs of Savannah, the needs of Bulloch County, the needs of Liberty and beyond,” Reiber said. “One of the big advantages of being a student at Georgia Southern University is that our employers tell us that [students] are job-ready when you graduate. That’s tremendous.”

Engagement and structured academic affairs with the needs of the future will prepare students for the future, according to Reiber.

“We have worked very hard with the deans, chairs and faculty on student success, scholarships to make sure what [students] do here at Georgia Southern transcends out into the broader communities that we serve,” Reiber said.

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Baylor Bumford sets new school record in first sun belt win

BY CHUCK PAGGETT The George-Anne staff

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Baylor Bumford (13) set a new school record for single game blocks against Troy on Friday.

The Georgia Southern women’s volleyball team won their first conference game of the season 3-1 over Troy on Friday, Oct. 4.

The Eagles dropped the first set 25-20, but won three consecutive sets for the home victory at Hanner Fieldhouse.

Sophomore Baylor Bumford set the defensive tone for the evening setting a school record for single-game blocks with 15.

After jumping to a 19-9 lead in the second set, the Eagles steered clear of a comeback push by Troy off strong defense late in the set to bring the match to a 1-1 tie.

The Eagles then took the third set 25-18 and staved off another push by Troy early in the fourth set to boost a comeback of their own down 20-16.

Sophomore Maddie Bryant logged 14 kills and 11 digs, while junior Landon Jones recorded 23 digs and

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sophomore Madison Brown notched 36 assists and nine digs.

GS recorded 20 blocks as a team, just four shy of setting another school record in four sets for the evening. “[P]art of our game plan was to commit to them and 20 blocks as a team in four sets really shows that the game plan was executed well,” Head Coach Chad Willis said in a press release.

The win set the Eagles record at home to 3-1 and 6-8 overall with the bulk of the conference schedule still ahead.

The Eagles had lost four consecutive matches heading into the contest with Troy, so the victory comes just in time for a team looking to reverse momentum.

“Hats off to our kids,” Willis said. “We talk about putting yourself back in the middle of the ring, and just keep punching and fighting and clawing, and they did that.”

Men’s soccer departs South Carolina with a 1-1 draw I thought we came to ‘The Graveyard’ and played fantastically well” JOHN MURPHY

Georgia Southern University Soccer Coach

BY CHUCK PAGGETT The George-Anne staff

The Georgia Southern men’s soccer team played South Carolina to a draw Tuesday night in Columbia.

The match result brings the Eagles record to 5-5-1 as the team enters Sun Belt conference play in five of the remaining six regular season games.

Sophomore Adam Davie scored the lone goal, his teamleading seventh of the season for the Eagles off of a misplay by the Gamecocks goalkeeper early in the match.

A ball strike by South Carolina’s goalie struck Davie in the head and ricocheted into the net to put the Eagles on the board at minute 13.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jose Eduardo Bomfim got the start and notched five saves, but the tying goal by the Gamecocks came late in the match to force overtime.

South Carolina tallied their lone goal of the game with just 43 seconds remaining in play off of a cross that found Gamecocks CJ Mitchell-Smith who then found the back of the net.

Neither team could find a goal to swing their fate in the overtime period, as both squads ended with 16 shots in the 1-1 decision.

“I thought we came to ‘The Graveyard’ and played fantastically well,” Head Coach John Murphy said in a press release. “We created multiple chances, but I think the inability to score the second goal when we were on top was the thing that hurt us because they came back, as you expect them to do, and they created chances.”

The Eagles next match comes against in-state and conference rival Georgia State on Saturday in Atlanta at 7 p.m.

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The team played South Carolina in the last non-conference game of the season.

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Sun belt championship rematch: georgia state vs. Georgia Southern Is it

GEORGIA

SOUTHERN? No, blue and red

Yes

Do you see True Blue and gold?

I don’t see any colors

Yes

I don’t see any words

Yes

No, I see a panther

Do you see an actual eagle?

I don’t see any mascots

Yes

No, “Panthers”

Do you see the word “Eagles?”

No, Atlanta

Are they from Statesboro, Ga.?

I didn’t bother checking Google

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

EAGLES

YOU’RE A MORON

GEORGIA S TAT E

PANTHERS

BY AMANDA ARNOLD The George-Anne staff

It’s that time of year again.

The infamous Georgia State and Georgia Southern rivalry is already well-known, but for the GS soccer teams, this year is different.

In the Sun Belt Tournament last season, GS and GSU met on Eagle Field. It was an exciting game for fans but a disappointing loss for the men’s soccer team.

The game was the first time that both teams had come this far in the conference, and the Panthers took the lead in the first half.

The game came down to the wire and in the last fifteen minutes of play, GS scored two goals to take the lead. A Panther penalty kick during minute 75 tied the game and two more unanswered goals gave them the conference champion title.

There are two Eagles from last season’s All-Tournament team on this year’s roster, with junior midfielder Aldair Cortes and sophomore defender Gonzalo Talavera.

At the time, Head Coach John Murphy praised the team for even making it to the championship game because the team was so young.

“We don’t make excuses, but we have the youngest team in the league,” he said.

“We’ve been regularly starting

seven to eight freshmen and sophomores every game... It’s tough to lose to them on our home field, but the future is very bright for our program right now, we’re going to continue to move forward.”

Now, the team is ready for revenge. GS holds a 5-51 record walking into GSU’s home, and have been working on staying consistent.

GSU is 6-1-3 and undefeated at home. Junior forward Aris Briggs leads the Panthers with nine goals and 25 shots.

The team returns the majority of the same roster from last season, and has outscored their opponents in the second half.

Starting redshirt junior goalkeeper Paul Tyson has notched 30 saves so far this season.

GSU leads the overall record 4-2 against GS, and is coming off of a loss on Tuesday at Lipscomb. GS played USC on Tuesday, which resulted in a draw.

Head Coach John Murphy believes that the draw forced the team to grow and prepare for what will be a tough game.

“You don’t need a reason to get up for that game,” he said.

“The fact that we played them in the final last year just adds to it. These are the games you want to play in as a player and these are the games you want to coach in as a coach.”

WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING UP AND PLAYING AN EXCELLENT TEAM THAT OBVIOUSLY IS HAVING ANOTHER FANTASTIC SEASON. IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME TO WATCH” John Murphy

Head Coach of Georgia Southern men’s soccer team

The women’s soccer team has an entirely new coaching staff and has high hopes for rivalry game GS sits at 4-6-1 and 1-2-1 in conference play, before playing South Alabama and GSU this weekend. This will be the first time that Head Coach Josh Moffet has been a part of the rivalry and he has prepared the team just like they have prepared for every other game.

“When your closest rivals come to town, you can throw the records and history out of the window because anything can happen in these games,” he said. “Yes... you have to show heart, fight and desire - you must come out on top in all aspects of the game. There’s no doubt that we’re expecting a tough game, both teams are

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fighting to put points on the board to secure a playoff spot, but also to win the points for the SouthernState Rivalry Series.”

GSU holds a 4-6-2 record and, similarly, a 1-2-1 conference record. The team is led by Spain native freshman forward Jimena Cabrero who has three goals on the season and has the highest shot percentage on the roster.

Redshirt sophomore Kendra Clarke has notched 31 saves during her nine games of work and has allowed 12 goals.

The men’s team will play on Saturday at 7 p.m. on the road and the women’s team will play on Eagle Field on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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If you don’t look forward to these games you’re in the wrong profession” Josh Moffet

Interim Head Coach of Georgia Southern women’s soccer team

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Karinshak has seen action in eight games.

BY AMANDA ARNOLD The George-Anne staff

Lauren Karinshak comes from a musical family where everyone is really close. As she got older and started getting more serious with soccer.

Karinshak didn’t really start playing soccer until high school, after years of playing volleyball and, uniquely, ice hockey.

One of the highlights of her life is when she went to Nationals with her club volleyball team. Though they lost to Hawaii, the experience was amazing for her since it was her first year on the team.

After this loss, she picked up soccer and committed all of her time to it with help from her father.

“My dad actually played soccer in college,” she said.

“He played at USC, he was an outside back and he really, really enjoyed it so he pushed me to play.”

She started goalkeeping her freshman year after previously playing striker. She appreciates when coaches are tough on her

because she learns the most when she’s under pressure “I had a goalkeeper coach that played at the national level,” she said. “It was really intense, he didn’t treat me like a girl...It kind of built me as a player. He really taught me just the basics of goalkeeping which is really, really important.”

She admits that being a goalkeeper can be boring at times, but that just means that the defense is doing their job. She believes that staying focused on the game is the most important part of the job and where some fall short.

Like several other GS athletes, GS was one of the first schools to reach out to her. She fell in love with the campus and the location.

“Georgia Southern was actually the first school that recruited me,” she said. “You go to big camps...and they never really look at you unless they’re talking to you. The National Guard was putting on this one camp...so I went and Georgia Southern was the first school to approach me which was really, really cool.”

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Her grandfather lives 45 minutes away from campus, so she frequently travels back and forth during her free time.

Karinshak had a highly decorated high school career complete with two state championships and three region titles.

She made a strong transition to college in her freshman campaign, where she appeared in every game. Her sophomore year, she accumulated 74 saves and finished with an 8-2 record.

This season, she is on track to surpass these numbers as she already sits at 32.

Karinshak is grateful that Interim Head Coach Josh Moffet has taken over the program her senior year.

“We’ve had really good teams for the past three years... but Josh brings in a really, really good vibes,” she said.

“He helps us in soccer and outside of soccer. We really, really have the potential to win conference and everybody sees that and it’s just so exciting. It’s my senior year and I want to get the ring.”

Former Georgia Southern running back Matt Breida had an explosive night Monday in the NFL against the Cleveland Browns, where he opened the game with an 83-yard touchdown run in the first offensive play of the night.

The 49ers were able to carry that momentum from Breida’s record-breaking run and continue to dominate the Browns and come out with a 31-3 win.

Breida was a strong force on the 49ers offense Monday night as he averaged 10.3 yards on 11 carries for the night, rushing for

a total of 114 yards. The former Eagle also logged his first rushing touchdown of the 2019 season, with his 83-yard touchdown run.

Breida has proven to be an adequate player in the NFL, rushing for 340 yards so far in the regular 2019 season, averaging 6.5 yards per carry. He’s logged one rushing touchdown and one receiving. He’s also proven to be a fan favorite, as Breida was trending on twitter after his explosive touchdown run.

Breida will be back in action with the rest of the 49ers Sunday, taking on the Los Angeles Rams at 4:05 p.m.

montae glenn shines in pro career debut

BY AMANDA ARNOLD The George-Anne staff

Former Georgia Southern forward Montae Glenn has not had the stereotypical post-grad life. He has begun his professional basketball career overseas in the LatvianEstonian Basketball League, after leaving a dent in the GS basketball stat books.

After graduation, he stayed in Statesboro and put his computer science degree to use while completing an eight-week internship with TechSavvy.

Glenn has always remained focused, on and off the court, and he wanted to make sure that he takes advantage of his education. Though his collegiate basketball career came to a close when the team was eliminated from the Sun Belt Tournament in March, he continued to keep himself in tip-top shape.

At the beginning of September, Glenn reported to training camp in Estonia to begin his professional career.

His contract will last six to eight months before he figures

out what his next steps will be.

“My ultimate goal is to just go as far as the game will take me,” he said. “I’m just learning and I am learning a lot from this Experience like how clubs operate & coaches of clubs. I am also learning different schemes of offense [and] defense that I am quite new to.”

The 6-foot-8 athlete has had to adjust to playing overseas, specifically because the playing style is a lot rougher. Coming from the NCAA where fouls are given out with ease, he has more freedom now to play the way he feels will make the team successful.

Glenn has been named a starter for the Utilitas Rapla KK team and he is the only American on the roster, with the rest of his teammates being Estonian.

Though there is an obvious language barrier, everyone around him speaks English as their second language.

On the court, they all speak the language of basketball, as there is great chemistry in

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the locker room. In the season opening victory, he scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

“I felt good about my performance,” he said. “I just have to keep working day-by-day and not become complacent.”

During his time at GS, Glenn finished as the best rebounder in school history and shot 62 percent from the field, which is the second-highest percentage in GS history.

“Montae Glenn was a four year starter,” GS Head Coach Mark Byington said. “Montae put himself in an unbelievable position to where he turned down some major business world jobs that most college kids would kill to have the opportunity [for]. Next thing you know, this...came and he lands himself in a really good pro opportunity.”

Rapla KK has a newly built arena, completed in 2010, and the team finished 21-17 last season. This will be the first season under New Head Coach Toomas Annuk.

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Glenn graduated from Georgia Southern in 2018.

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