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CAMPUS Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson suggested policy changes regarding Sex Week in Wednesday’s Senate Education Committee Meeting.

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CITY Poets, writers, and performers from across Knoxville explored identity at “Knoxville Monologues.”

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United at the Rock event puts emphasis on diversity, inclusion at UT JAKE YODER Staff Writer

OPINIONS Columnist AJ Culpepper discusses false equivalencies es in Fault Lines.

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SPORTS The Vols bounced back from a loss to Kentucky with a win against Vanderbilt Tuesday evening.

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People from all walks of life came together this Wednesday for United at the Rock, an event which celebrated diversity, inclusion and love.

Last year, United at the Rock brought UT students, faculty and staff together to unite the community and show that love and acceptance is stronger than hate. This year, the event returned with the theme, “Remember. Serve. Celebrate.”

In 2018, UT was the center of multiple controversies involving racist, anti-Semitic messages on the Rock. In response to this, Leadership Studies, the Center for Leadership and Service, Faculty Senate, the Campus Ministers Council, the Student Government Association with support from UT Athletics, the Vice Chancellor for diversity and engagement and the School of Music came together to put on the 2nd annual United at the Rock.

“United at the Rock came out of a real desire to see (UT) be more welcoming … This is a moment where we can change things around here and really show what it means to be part of this community,” Misty Anderson, Faculty Senate president, said.

United at the Rock serves as an opportu-

nity to show that UT stands together against hate, and that no matter your race, sexuality or religion, you are accepted at UT. “United at the Rock is a show of display of this desire to let people know that you are welcome here and that this is who we are as a community,” Britton Sharp, president of the Campus Ministries Council, said.

“We are writing our own narrative for UT instead of letting it be controlled by outsiders who may be trying to high-jack it for their own purposes,” Sharp added.

United at the Rock is a show of display of this desire to let people know that you are welcome here and that this is who we are as a community.

BRITTON SHARP PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS MINISTIRES COUNCIL

The event featured painting the Rock, where attendees could paint their hand print on the rock in multiple colors, representing the diversity and inclusivity of UT’s community.

While the weather may have been gloomy and some would look at the rain as a deterrent that might ruin this event, the rain caused the hand prints to melt together, turning the Rock into a colorful mesh of everyone’s hand prints.

“I know that things have happened in the past, but today is a new day. I promise all of you that we will do what we can as an institution to support our students,” said Tyvi Small, Vice Chancellor for diversity and engagement.

“I stand with you, in front of you, and arm-in-arm with you to make sure that this is a place that is truly welcoming to all and hostile to none,” Small continued.

A volunteer fair was also held across the street from the Rock at the Student Health Center as a part of the event. The fair hosted different organizations in need of volunteers such as Avalon Hospice, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Bridge Refugee Services, Ladies of Charity and many more. The fair was an opportunity for the UT community to embody the school’s volunteer spirit and help organizations in need.

The event was capped off with closing remarks of hopes are prayers led by Sharp, and a performance of the song, “Draw the Circle Wide” by UT’s choral ensembles.

“Unity isn’t about sameness,” Anderson said, “It’s about making sure you are including.”

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Comptroller policy considerations look to distance UT from Sex Week, eliminate SPAC KYLIE HUBBARD Editor-in-Chief

Fourteen different policies could be considered in an effort to distance the university from Sex Week.

These policies were introduced by Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Justin P. Wilson, of the Office of Research and Education Accountability at Wednesday’s Senate Education Committee meeting.

Research was conducted last year through interviewing UT officials, interviewing other Tennessee public universities, reviewing around 400 pages of information and analyzing a timeline of events. Researchers did not attend Sex Week events, made no legal determinations and no recommendations.

Lauren Spires, legislative research analyst for the comptroller of the Treasury, lead the investigation and presented the findings in front of the committee.

Spires found that Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee (SEAT), the organization who puts on Sex Week, received the highest allocation of funds in the last four years. Her findings also revealed that SEAT along with four other student organizations received approximately half of the Student Programs and Services Fee for the last five years.

During the 2017-18 school year, SEAT received $28,390 in funding from the Student Programming Allocation Committee.

In order to protect students from funding events they do not support, a 2014 Tennessee Legislature request allows students to have two options for deciding how the university spends the money. Students who choose to opt in (option 1) allow the university to use the fee for student programming on campus, and, in turn, those students receive free access or discounted admission to all student programming such as Vol Night Long and guest speakers. Students who choose to opt out (option 2) tell the university to use the fee for initiatives and events that are not student-led.

Sex Week’s largest form of funding comes from the Student Programs and Services Fee allocated by SPAC. The next source is gift funds — donations from university patrons who have not requested a specific usage for their donations.

Sex Week’s final source of fundraising is sponsorships from outside donors.

Senator Mike Bell raised concerns about the lack of transparency with unrestricted gift donors, who donate their gift funds without designating a specific purpose. Bell also expressed concerns with the way unrestricted funds are dispersed as senior department heads choose whether to approve student funding requests.

“Some might question how SPAC determines which requests to deny or reduce when funding

runs out,” Spire responded.

Wilson also addressed the budget at UT Knoxville, citing the “tiny fraction” of the “billion buck” budget as a major topic that has been discussed and worked on for close to six years.

“Sex is part of life. There is not a single one of us here today who wold be here today ... if it weren’t for sex,” Wilson said. “It’s appropriate to study sex at a university.”

These studies, however, raise questions of “academic freedom and responsibility,” according to Wilson. With operations funded by the legislature occurring at UT, Wilson pledged to ensure that taxpayer dollars benefit citizens.

“As you consider this topic, you might consider what the chairman said last year, that human sexuality is a legitimate academic field of inquiry,” Wilson said. “It should be approached in a scholarly matter.”

Interim UT President Randy Boyd ‘thankful’ for report, announces adoption of four policies After the presentation of Spires and Wilson, Interim UT President Randy Boyd responded and addressed the policy recommendations.

“We want to be clear that the University of Tennessee does not condone or support the sensational and explicit programming that Sex Week has often provided,” Boyd said. “We believe that it has damaged the reputation and overshadowed the many achievements of our university.”

Boyd, however, felt confident in the ability of all parties to find a “win-win” outcome to the situation. “I’m hopeful that we can find a winwin where they have opportunity to lead and express themselves but in a way that provides valuable and needed help on very critical issues.”

Four policies, with the possibility of a fifth, will be immediately reviewed and discussed by the UT Board of Trustees during their next meeting on Friday, March 1. Policies include addressing potential biases (Comptroller Policy Consideration #7), adopting a more consistent and proactive communication strategy (Comptroller Policy Consideration #6), and publishing more information to remain transparent (Comptroller Policy Consideration #3).

In reaction to Comptroller Policy Consideration #8, Boyd said he will work with the Board of Trustees to make policy changes to change the future allocations of funding. “(We will work to) completely eliminate the Student Programming Allocation Committee, often referred to as SPAC,” Boyd said.

In addition these four considerations, the Board of Trustees will study a possibility of charging registered student organizations not funded by the student activity fee for using campus space (Comptroller Policy Consideration #10).

“We believe these actions will be effective,” Boyd said.

Boyd added that UT officials are in no way at-

Randy Boyd at an event during the gubernatorial race in the fall.

File / The Daily Beacon tempting to limit free speech.

“We believe in the right of free speech just as you do and we’ll support that right of our students,” Boyd said. “Thus, while we can encourage and redirect toward more desperately needed educational content, the students still can continue on their own to provide programming of their choosing.”

Interim Chancellor Wayne Davis responds to committee meeting Following the conclusion of the Senate Education Committee meeting, Davis emailed the campus community about his attendance to the meeting.

“Programming for students and the ability of our students to create and participate in registered student organizations is critical for our campus and something we feel strongly about offering,” Davis said. “The report gave us a number of things to consider, and we chose options for moving forward that preserve programming for students.”

Davis said UT administrators will look at other university student activity fee funding models and within the UT System with a goal of creating a new process for the fall semester. The programs scheduled for the spring semester will not affected.

With nearly 500 registered student organizations, Davis said they will work to enhance opportunities for students. “(Student organizations) enhance our community and provide opportunities for our students to learn, serve, and lead outside the classroom,” Davis said. “We look forward to continuing to work with these organizations and the students who run them.”

Campus News Editor Gabriela Szymanowska and City News Editor Val Lick contributed to this article.

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‘Knoxville Monologues’ explores diversity, identity ALEXANDRA DEMARCO Contributor

Poets, writers, and performers from across Knoxville explored identity tonight at “Knoxville Monologues.”

Sponsored by the Women’s Coordinating Council (WCC), a feminist student organization that is open to members of all genders, the event was created in hopes to share personal stories from Knoxville residents about their distinct experiences and perspectives.

Ezra Brown, a member of the WCC and co-chair of the event, explained that the WCC chose identity as the event’s focus after searching for a topic that would be more inclusive and representative than that of the Council’s past monologue event, which was titled “Vagina Monologues.”

“We went with identity and we meant that at any intersection—race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion. And we wanted pieces that were inspiring, uplifting,” Brown said.

The quaint, dimly lit coffeehouse provided a stage for the performances. As soft folk music murmured in the background, accompanied by the hum of coffee machines, speakers

performed pieces which investigated a diverse group of topics like sexuality, gender identification, and race.

The audience, seated in chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the stage, appeared deeply engaged with the speakers; at several moments during particularly emotional performances, one could glance in either direction to find audience members’ eyes welling over with tears.

However, the event was not without comic relief — including a moment from Brown’s own monologue.

“Tonight I realized that I don’t know how to snap,” Brown said after the performance of one rather serious poem. This remark was met with great laughter from the audience.

Whether performed in a melancholy or humorous tone, each piece read at Knoxville Monologues somehow tackled the broad topic of identity. Each performer interpreted the topic differently.

“I think identity truly is just the way we move within the socially constructed reality in which we exist,” Brown, who performed a piece written by Alexander Emery that told the story of life and aspirations for the future as a transgender man living in the modern age, said.

“We as humans have constructed ideas

Ezra Brown, a member of UT’s Women’s Coordinating Council, read a poem at the organization’s “Knoxville Monologues” event. Alexandra DeMarco / Contributor around gender and race, and while they are constructed, they have very real implications,” Brown added.

Emma Vieser, a UT student and fellow WCC member, performed a serious poem as well.

“Identity is who you are, so I feel like that in and of itself is important,” Vieser said after the performances. “To say who you are and be able to use words and tell people what that means I think is super important.”

Vieser attributes their creative inspiration to past classes and professors as well as their own experiences.

“A lot of it comes from my life; the poem I read was about me and my life,” Vieser said.

The event certainly demonstrated collective diversity and identity. The WCC hopes to play a large role in encouraging diversity at UT through artistic and thought-provoking events such as Knoxville Monologues.

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Beck Cultural Exchange Center plans book relaunch, Bijou event for 100th anniversary of Knoxville Race Riots BEN WINIGER Contributor

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Knoxville Race Riots, a tragic event that began with the attempted lynching of a prominent African-American citizen. To acknowledge the anniversary, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center is relaunching a local book and partnering with the formerly segregated Bijou Theatre for a Feb. 25th event.

The event, “The Heat of a Red Summer,” will celebrate the re-release of local historian Robert J. Booker’s book of the same name.

Booker, who grew up in a segregated Knoxville, is a long-time civil rights activist. He formerly served as Director of the Beck Cultural Center, and he made history by becoming the first African-American from Knoxville to serve in the Tennessee State Legislature.

Booker said that that he decided to stand up for civil rights after his time in the U.S Army.

“I grew up in this nonsense,” Booker said.

“I drank out of the water fountains. I used the separate bathrooms. I walked past the Bijou

(Theatre) entrance to go to the balcony. I put up with it for all of my young life! I got out of the army in 1957, and I experienced a freedom in the military I had never known. After that, I decided to do something about it.”

Booker also encouraged learning history, emphasizing the importance of understanding how race relations have progressed, and said that the Beck Center event and the reprint will encouraging looking at race relation from multiple perspectives.

Booker will briefly speak at the event to discuss the Knoxville Race Riots and his book, which tackles the difficult topic of racial violence and race riots.

The Red Summer was a period where occurrences of racial violence in America rose to unprecedented levels, and Beck Cultural Exchange Center executives hope that knowledge of the event will spark a new discussion about race relations.

Renee Kesler, the president and CEO of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, discussed the importance of remembering past events and ask how they impact the present day.

“History is about learning, and it’s about being better in the future. We revisit history

through a lens that requires that we begin to digest, so that we can truly have the takeaways for today. We’re revisiting one hundred years ago so that we can ask the question ‘Where are we one hundred years later after the Red Summer?’” Kesler said.

Kesler hopes the re-release of “The Heat of a Red Summer” will encourage further discussion about race relations.

“I think being able to re-release this book, which was out of print, is an opportunity for others who never got the chance to read the book to read, to dialogue and to, again, begin to have some great, in-depth conversations and find ways to make our world better.”

Kesler hopes that the event will encourage this discussion by introducing the Red Summer to a new generation. She said that, while the topic is uncomfortable, discussions like the upcoming event can facilitate growth.

“History isn’t terrible,” Kesler said. “There were some terrible things that happened, but it’s so important, and it’s a wonderful experience, to be able to look back and learn and to grow. None of that’s uncomfortable. What’s uncomfortable is some of the things that happened and having to revisit those.”

The Bijou is a popular performance venue in downtown Knoxville off of Gay Street.

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Honoring Knoxville’s Past: Diverse opportunities for historical learning GARETH FRYMIER Staff Writer

Knoxville has a rich and varied past — and it’s not alone. The city is located in a historically rich region of Appalachia and it is home to many organizations and societies dedicated to preserving the past. Here are a few ways you can take advantage of Knoxville’s rich selection of historical resources.

McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture No list of important museums around Knoxville would be complete without UT’s very own McClung Museum, which is located adjacent to the Communications Building at 1327 Circle Park Drive. The McClung Museum offers a wide catalog of historical artifacts with origins from Ancient Egypt to Native American cultures — and even prehistoric fossils.

In addition to its regular exhibits, the McClung Museum regularly plays host to special collections. Currently, the museum is showing an exhibit of art from India’s indigenous communities. Also, a selection of distinguished lecturers frequently hold

public talks at the museum, further widening Knoxville’s access to historical information.

The East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum Located in the heart of downtown Knoxville at 601 S Gay St., the East Tennessee Historical Society’s museum offers a unique and in-depth look on the history of the region. Admission for adults is only $5 normally but is free on Sundays. The Museum’s heart is its permanent collection, consisting of over 13,000 historically-important artifacts.

On top of this extensive collection, it also offers rotating featured exhibits in the Rogers-Claussen Features Gallery. The East Tennessee Historical Society presents talks and genealogical workshops on site in computer labs and lecture halls, making it an exceptional source for regional history.

Jack Neely and the Knoxville History Project Founded by Knoxville journalist and historian Jack Neely, the Knoxville History Project is an educational non-profit dedicated to the expansion and promotion of research on Knoxville’s rich historical

background. The Knoxville History Project is currently Knoxville’s only city-focused historical organization, though it covers neighborhoods all around the county in addition to Knoxville’s historic city center.

The next event that KHP will be offering will occur on Thursday, February 21st, at Maple Hall, and will be focused on a biography about Knoxville’s only United States Supreme Court Justice: Edward Terry. In addition to these talks, the Knoxville History Project hosts and sponsors a variety of events such as literary festivals and luncheons. Information about their programming and historical resources can be found at the Knoxville History Project’s website, as well as the Knoxville visitor’s center at 301 S Gay St.

The Beck Cultural Exchange Center The Beck is a non-profit museum dedicated to African-American history in Knoxville and East Tennessee in general. It is located just a few minutes from downtown Knoxville at 1927 Dandridge Ave., a renovated historical mansion. The Beck offers extensive artifacts and information about Knoxville’s past and present African-American residents, as well as a collection of local genealogical information and a small library.

McClung Museum opened its exhibit “For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights” on Aug. 31, 2018 and will last until Oct. 20, 2018.

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Fault Lines: Discussing false equivalencies in our campus environment

AJ CULPEPPER Columnist

Two weeks ago, I went through the first round of interviews for UT Housing’s RA position.

Individual interviews passed without event, and it was on to the group interviews. In the first half, in groups of four, we did a low-key activity where we planned a new residence hall for a specific population. The second half, however, was appropriately and necessarily weighty.

The interviewers — RAs and Housing staff — handed out laminated sheets of the Beacon article covering hate speech on campus. They tasked us with creating a residence hall floor program addressing the issue.

My group stressed mandatory attendance and a group discussion that would build off residents’ anonymous, written responses to the article and two neutral questions: 1.) How do you define hate speech?

2.) What do you think about the recent campus events?

While there were many better, more hardhitting ways to address the issue, our response outlined a basic stance in our campus and in our nation’s growing debate on what constitutes free speech.

After my group got done, other groups started their own presentations. While many of the approaches were good, I started noticing a deep misperception repeating over and over.

In their approach, individuals equated anger in response to racism with the anger that directed the attack in first place, stating variations of the “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” argument.

This equation is wrong and disturbing on both a small-scale and a large-scale. On the small-scale, it fails to accurately place blame and moral accountability. Being angry is not the transgression! The issue is when individuals degrade and threaten other individuals, as was the case with what anti-Semitic people wrote on the Rock.

Violence is never acceptable in response to speech, but equating indignant anger with rac-

ist anger does not hold the real perpetrators accountable. And if violence occurs, then two different crimes have occurred, irrespective of one other. It is important to recognize that just because two events are causally linked, doesn’t mean they are morally equivalent.

If a neo-Nazi screams a slur in your face and you punch him, he is still a neo-Nazi and also you have assaulted an individual. You have not risen to his level. You are not bad in the same sense that a neo-Nazi is bad, and drawing equivalence between two dissimilar bad actions demonstrates a deep misunderstanding.

On the large-scale, the implication is that racism and prejudice are the status quo, part and parcel of the world we occupy; that they are issues to be stomached but not confronted.

With this perspective, the burden of change and moral action falls on the victim and not the perpetrator. That is quite the role reversal, and one that we should disavow!

We are responsible for our speech and, as students, for each others’ ability to participate in our campus environment without fear or any limitation. This is true no matter the complicating factors associated with it.

Violence is never acceptable in response to speech, but equating indignant anger with racist anger does not hold the real perpetrators accountable.

AJ CULPEPPER COLUMNIST

We are also responsible for every act of free speech made in our sphere of influence. To put that more plainly, if I hear a conversation in my class, or any form of slur, it’s my responsibility to engage with that and to hold others accountable. If I don’t, I’m complicit.

It’s also important to acknowledge that we’re not always going to be able to maintain respectful, calm conversations. Underlying that, then, must be a deep commitment to each others’ well-being, the situation as it is and the problems as they are.

Discomfort is not a justification for disengagement.

Members of the Vol community painted over a hateful message on the Rock on Nov. 2, 2018.

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Notebook: Vols survive sloppy game against Vanderbilt BLAKE VON HAGEN Sports Editor

Coming off a blowout loss to Kentucky on Saturday at Rupp Arena, the No. 5 Tennessee basketball team was looking to bounce back against the worst team in the SEC on Tuesday.

Vanderbilt hardly obliged, as the Vols were forced into a close contest throughout, eventually pulling away for a 58-46 win against the Commodores.

Here are some takeaways from Tuesday’s game:

Rick Barnes said. “I thought we were tentative, because some of the things we wanted to correct, we over-did it tonight.”

In the second half, the Vols were 9 of 24 from the field. Tennessee shot 2 of 10 from 3-point range.

Vanderbilt was not much better, finishing with eight made shots on 34 attempts.

The Commodores were 2 of 11 from deep.

It was the lowest offensive point total for each team in a whole game this season.

“You go into games and you never know how you are going to shoot the ball,” Barnes said. “You want to shoot it well, but as long as you stay within the scouting report…

Overall we defended pretty well.”

Bad offense, sluggish second half

Turner bounces back in first half, struggles in second half

After having one of its worst offensive performances of the season at Rupp Arena, Tennessee followed it up with a 58-point showing at Thompson-Boling Arena on Tuesday.

The Vols shot 23 of 56 from the floor (41.1 percent), including a dismal 6 of 21 from 3-point land. Tennessee also turned the ball over 11 times.

“Sometimes you go through some shooting woes,” Tennessee head coach

Junior guard Lamonte Turner had one of his worst outings of the season against Kentucky on Saturday.

Turner finished the game 2 of 11 from the field and 0 of 7 from beyond the arc.

That was just the fourth time this season in which he failed to make a 3-pointer in a game that he played in.

On Tuesday, Turner quickly rid his mind of his performance against the Wildcats.

Jordan Bone #0, during game against Vanderbilt on Feb. 19, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

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Admiral Schofield, #5, during game against Vanderbilt on Feb. 19, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena. Connor Morss / Contributor In the first half, Turner drilled three 3-pointers en route to a team-high 10 points at the break. He also had five rebounds and an assist in the opening period.

“I just think going into the Kentucky game, I don’t think we competed enough,” Turner said. “Like coach said, we had a great practice after the Kentucky game… when we compete and focus on that, everything else takes care of itself.”

However, Turner finished the game with just 12 points on 4 of 12 shooting.

“Sometimes you have off nights and stuff like that,” Turner said. “It’s about how you bounce back.”

Next up Tennessee travels to LSU for a pivotal meeting with the Tigers on Saturday at noon ET. Both teams have just one loss in SEC play, meaning they are tied for the league lead. The Tigers are 12-1 at home this season.

Saturday’s contest at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center will be aired on ESPN. “I know they (LSU) are the best rebounding team in the league,” Turner said.

“I know they are big, long and athletic. I know it’s going to be a fight and I know we are going to be ready.”

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The Daily Beacon • Thursday, February 21, 2019

BASEBALL

Tennessee pitching dominates as the Vols jump out to fast start RYAN SCHUMPERT Staff Writer

Tennessee’s 18-0 win over Northern Kentucky on Tuesday was historic for the Vols.

It marked the first time in Tennessee baseball history that they had shut out four opponents in a row.

Head coach Tony Vitello knew that the Vols’ pitching would be improved in 2019.

The unit returned all eight pitchers who started in 2018, including a freshman AllAmerican in Sean Hunley.

“I think it needs to be and should be a strength,” Vitello said of the pitching prior to the season.

He wasn’t the only one who watched the Vols pitching and knew it would be a strength.

“At the beginning of the season, I was really bragging to everyone I talked to that our pitching staff was gonna be legit,” first baseman Luc Lipcius said. “I really wasn’t expecting it to be this legit, but it’s super

fun just to say we’ve shut out four teams in a row.”

Vitello believes the greatest strength of the pitching staff is something that hasn’t been truly tested yet: its depth.

“I think this success is going to be difficult to duplicate,” Vitello said after Sunday’s win over Appalachian State. “You can’t just throw up zeros every time. I think the best part of the pitching staff is something we haven’t really seen this weekend and it’s the depth. I think there are some good arms out there that only got one inning or didn’t even get to pitch.”

The Vols were able to work more arms on Tuesday in Tennessee’s blowout win. Five Vols pitched who hadn’t previously seen action. That group included two freshman in Camden Sewell and Tanner Kohlhepp.

The group held Northern Kentucky to five hits while striking out 11 batters. That improved Tennessee’s season numbers to 43 strikeouts and just 14 hits, which is a staggering number for even just four games.

“We’re working quick, throwing all pitch-

es for strikes, and just letting our defense work,” sophomore Sean Hunley said. “Our pitching staff is a lot better this year than it was last year and it’s showing.”

Among those with standout performances is veteran Garrett Stallings, who threw eight innings in the season opener, only allowing one hit while striking out eight batters.

Freshman Garrett Crochet threw four scoreless innings of relief on Saturday, striking out nine batters and allowing no hits in his college debut.

The level of competition rises to a new level this weekend as the Vols take on Indiana in a three-game series.

The Hoosiers are coming off of an NCAA Tournament appearance and went 2-1 at Memphis last weekend, scoring an average of five runs per game.

Tennessee will likely get scored on this weekend, and — while it doesn’t need to be perfect — this pitching staff will need to continue to be the strength of this team. If it can do so, Tennessee could see major improvements in year two under Vitello.

Sean Hunley, #32, pitches the game against Northern Kentucky on Feb. 19, 2019 at Lindsey-Nelson Stadium. Megan Albers / The Daily Beacon

BASKETBALL

Lady Vols look to continue climb against Texas A&M WILL BACKUS Asst. Sports Editor

This NCAA women’s basketball season has been comparable to a rollercoaster, and the Tennessee women’s basketball team has been at the front of the ride almost the entire time.

After starting the season at 10-1 — the peak — the team rapidly went into its first drop, losing six games in a row.

But like the famous amusement park mainstay, the Lady Vols appear to be ascending once more. Since that skid, they have gone 5-1 in the last six games, coming off of a big win against the Missouri Tigers in Columbia.

“These kids have been tested,” head coach Holly Warlick said after the win. “They’ve been called out. They’ve been put through the grind.

Our defense is so much better. We’ve got talent.

But at that stretch, talent wasn’t playing hard, and talent wasn’t getting it done.”

Now, with momentum back in their corner, they will hit the road for their fourth road game in the past five contests to face the 21st ranked Texas A&M Aggies, the team that currently occupies fourth place in the SEC standings.

The two teams have met only 12 times since the first matchup in 1997. Tennessee has won eight of those games, with all four losses in the series at the hands of current Aggies head coach Gary Blair.

The Lady Vols are 1-2 all time in College Sta-

tion, losing two straight while on the road. The two teams met twice last year, splitting wins in each game. The team that Tennessee will see this year is entirely different, however.

Texas A&M returns just one starter from the 2017-18 squad, but that one starter happens to be one of the best players in the nation.

Chennedy Carter, now in her sophomore season, resumed her role as a starting guard for her team.

Last season, she was named the unanimous National Freshman of the Year and made various All-American teams. She averaged 22.7 points per game and set the single game Aggie record in scoring with 46 points against Southern California.

This year, she leads all scorers in the SEC with 22.1 points per game. She has scored above 20 points in nine of the last 11 games.

“She can shoot the long-range three,” Warlick said. “She can get to the basket. She’s really crafty in going side-to-side and going forward. We just can’t foul her, we can’t give her uncontested shots, we can’t put her at the free throw line.”

Though Carter is the primary threat, the Aggies boast a very versatile offensive attack.

Three other players average in double-digits in the scoring category. Though they only score around 69 points per game, they hit on around 42 percent of their shots, the sixth best mark in the conference.

Their defense only allows opponents 59 points per game on 36 percent shooting. Texas

Rennia Davis, #0, during game against Auburn on Feb. 14, 2018 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon A&M also forces an average of 14 turnovers per game.

With the schedule winding down, the Lady Vols understand that every win — and loss — matters just a little bit more than normal.

Currently in seventh place in the SEC, they’re still not out of contention for a finish in the top four, affording them a bye in the first two rounds of the SEC Tournament.

Tennessee is still fighting for a spot in the NCAA Tournament, as well, listed most recent-

ly as one of the “last four teams in” by ESPN’s Charlie Creme.

“We’re just staying together and understanding that we have to win these next few games,” Rennia Davis said after the Auburn win. “But also not putting that pressure on ourselves, just coming out there and being able to play.”

Tip off is slated for 9:02 p.m. on Thursday night, with the game being broadcast on the SEC Network.