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Dogs in costumes take over Knoxville for the 13th annual Mardi Growl ALLIE JUSTIS Staff Writer A marching band parading through the Old City, faces young and old grinning from ear to ear, and crowds packed onto narrow streets, all straining to get a peak. What sort of person or thing could be causing such a commotion?

Dogs. Dogs in costumes, that’s what.

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Saturday March 7, the Young-Williams Animal Center orchestrated its 13th annual Mardi Growl Parade and Festival presented by Merchants of Beer, where there was music, food trucks, contests, and naturally, dogs and people of all shapes and sizes.

Everywhere in downtown Knoxville from Krutch Park through Market Square was jammed packed with over 60 food truck and craft vendors as well as more than 15,000 Knoxville residents, all brought together for the annual Mardi Growl.

The whole event was the doing of one person: the Young-Williams development manager Grace Bennett. Bennett was the event coordinator for the Mardi Growl this year, which has been historically one of Young-Williams’ biggest fund raisers of the year, providing the shelter with much needed supplies.

Bennett went into great detail about just how important this event is for Young-Williams and how it allows t h e m to better service the Knoxville community as a whole.

“Whether you’re a walker, vendor or sponsor at Mardi Growl, you’re supporting the lifesaving efforts of young-Williams Animal Center. Mardi Growl is our largest event of the year, raising funds for programs that find homeless pets homes and allows us to be a resource to the community,” said Bennett.

“Mardi Growl also helps fund our low-cost spay and neuter programs. We know spaying/ neutering pets is not only important to the ending pet homeless, it also has health benefits for the pet. We make sure everybody, regardless of income, is able to get their pets spayed or neutered. In addition to the program this event supports, it also supports the pets in our care by providing food, water, shelter, and love.”

And to that end, the people of Knoxville were not shy with their support, because for every person lining the sidewalks of South Gay Street, there were hundreds more in the streets taking part in the parade that started off the festivities, all in support of their local animal shelter.

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Student Body President Natalie Campbell receives Torchbearer Award

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Natalie Campbell is a senior studying disability studies through the College Scholars Program and is currently SGA president.

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ABBY MADAN Staff Writer

Four years to make a difference; four years to create change; four years to inspire the next generation of Volunteers; four years to learn what it means to bear the torch.

Each year, select UT seniors are presented with the Torchbearer Award, which is considered to be the highest student honor at UT. The Torchbearer Award is given to seniors who have shown excellency in both academics and service. The award is focused on those who have shown a genuine care for others through their achievements.

Natalie Campbell, student body president and advocate for those with disabilities, came to college with a mission to follow her passions without fear. Campbell’s leadership capabilities and willingness to take every opportunity that came her way made her the perfect candidate for the Torchbearer award.

On Feb. 25, Campbell was surprised by Chancellor Donde Plowman at a Student Government Association event in the Student Union, where she was then awarded as a Torchbearer. Campbell was surrounded by her friends that have worked alongside her in student government as she was given balloons and more to commemorate her achievements.

Campbell explained why the award is so special to her.

“What I love about the Torchbearer award

is that it is presented to leaders at UT for being humble. The people that are awarded often do not expect to be recognized, but that’s something that makes it so special,” Campbell said.

The Torchbearer’s Creed, “One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light unto others,” was adopted 50 years ago and is represented on campus by the Torchbearer statue at Circle Park. This creed inspired the creation of the award to reward students who relay the light of the torchbearer to others throughout the community.

Campbell has worked in advocacy for years. She initiated the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign at her middle school and high school; the campaign aims to end the use of the R-word, which is often spoken as a slur toward those with disabilities.

Campbell was inspired to head this initiative locally in support of her younger sister, Olivia, who has Down syndrome. The Campbell sisters were brought up in a supportive household that encouraged this kind of advocacy.

“My mom taught me how to be a strong female leader. She made me believe I was capable of doing anything I wanted to do and took me seriously from a young age. She gave me the confidence I needed when I was younger to pursue my goals,” Campbell said.

Campbell’s work with people with disabilities inspired her to pursue a double major in Disability Studies, as part of the College Scholars Program, and Philosophy with a concentration in legal and political philosophy.

Campbell acknowledged that her achievements have been made possible with the support of many others, including her fellow SGA representatives and several UT faculty members.

“My (SGA) executive cabinet is the real torchbearer. Their work behind the scenes often goes unnoticed, but they continue to show care for the student body and genuinely care about the collective over praise for their work. UT’s faculty, specifically Dr. Adam Cureton, Dr. Andrew Seidler and Dr. Elizabeth MacTavish have all helped me to achieve my goals,” Campbell said.

Campbell was nominated for the award by the Director of the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships Andrew Seidler, and he explained his decision to recommend Campbell for the Honor.

“Natalie’s track record of leadership at UT is well-documented, but for me, what separates Natalie is the extraordinary advocacy work she has initiated alongside the disability community on campus, in Knoxville and across the state of Tennessee, and also the way she has infused her advocacy into her academic pursuits and vice versa,” Seidler said.

Seidler added that overall, Campbell is a fantastic leader in the Vol community, who is deserving of the great recognition she has received.

“It’s no wonder Natalie has garnered so many prestigious accolades, including as UT’s first-ever Mitchell Scholar. She’s just a special person and outstanding representative of our university,” Seidler said.

CITY NEWS STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Starting off the parade was none other than Smokey himself, followed by all sorts of people with their dogs wearing hats, capes, tutus and even the Mardi Gras beads as well.

One such person eagerly taking part in the parade was Diana Summers with her 8-year-old daughter Riley, as well as Riley’s best friend Ronny the great dane.

“Walking in that parade made my daughter Riley so happy,” said Summers. “And our dog Ronny was having a great time too. He loved the attention, and we loved supporting Young-Williams because they’re so good for the community. That’s actually where we got Ronny and several of our other dogs, so we love Young-Williams since they’ve done so much for us.”

Many like Summers love to take part in supporting their local animal shelters like Young-Williams because of how places such as these bring families together through the love of pets who want to be loved. Grace Bennett talked about why Mardi Growl has been able to bring together the Knoxville community for 13 years now, and why this event is so gratifying.

“The most gratifying part of this event for me personally, is to see the support that pours out from our community,” said Bennett.

“Over 15,000 people join us at Mardi Growl,

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 • The Daily Beacon helping us raise awareness of our programs and mission and the pet friendly businesses in Knoxville. Not only is this a fun event for those who attend, it’s a lot of fun for us as staff members too. Which makes it worth every second.”

Because of this continued outpouring of support from the Knoxville community, places like the Young-Williams shelter can thrive and provide important services for the people living here, and in turn be able to put on high quality events such as the Mardi Growl and other such fund raisers.

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Memphis-style chicken wings taking over Knoxville, one bite at a time JACOB BOUGHTER Contributor Chicken wings are an American classic and one of the most popular game day foods in the country. In 2020, an estimated 1.4 billion wings were eaten on Super Bowl Sunday alone. But what city has the best wings to offer?

Many would argue that Buffalo, New York, is the chicken wing capital of America. After all, it’s where buffalo wings were invented and got their name. Those from the South, however, know that a different city with a different style of wings destroys their Northern competition: Memphis.

Jeremy Donald knows this as well as anyone.

He worked at Crumpy’s Hot Wings in Memphis for close to ten years before coming to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee. But he couldn’t find anywhere in the Scruffy City with Southern, Memphis-style wings worthy of his time and money.

“When I got [to Knoxville], after going to all these different places and eating wings, it just wasn’t the same.” Donald said.

Donald began making his own wings to satisfy his cravings. Before long, Donald opened his own wing company called Nappy Wingz.

“Once I graduated, it came down to what I was going to do,” Donald said. “A buddy of mine Charles Mosley gave me $100, and he said, ‘I really think you got something going with your wings,’ so I turned $100 into $800 [with that batch] and since then, [Nappy Wingz] has been a thing.”

In doing so, he inadvertently started a revolution in Knoxville, dedicated to bringing authentic Memphis-style wings from one end of the state to the other.

“The flavor [of Memphis-style wings] is just different,” Donald said.

A year ago, entrepreneur Christopher ‘Moe’ Bright moved to Knoxville from Middle Tennessee. He started out catering food before buying his own restaurant space in Mechanicsville in November, giving Knoxville another Memphis-style wing restaurant to call its own: Moe Beez.

So what makes Memphis-style wings so different from Buffalo-style? Bright argues that both the preparation and flavor distinguish Memphis’s wings from the competition.

“When we started, no one here had the wings like we did,” Bright said. “We fry our wings naked and then toss them in our different flavors. No one offered that here in Knoxville.”

And while Bright is not originally from Memphis, his mentor Larry ‘Pops’ Adams taught him how to make wings and fish in Nashville.

“I made my own little twist with the Memphis game,” Bright said. “Because the Memphis wings had been around with the honey gold and the lemon pepper. … It was a great opportunity to bring that to Knoxville.”

Honey gold wings are a staple of the Memphis wing scene. Both Bright and Donald offer them on their menus and count them among their most popular flavors. It tastes unlike any other wing flavor in the country: a subtly sweet, tangy, savory sauce that needs to be tried to be understood.

“A lot of people are looking for my honey gold and honey hot,” Donald said.

Bright agrees and offers flavor combinations that build off the traditional honey gold.

“We have the signature honey gold, but I like to mix it up. I can make a hot honey gold, a lemon pepper honey gold, a ranch honey gold, a Knoxville hot honey gold, a Moe hot honey

gold,” he said. “I guess they call me a mixologist with that.”

Both Moe Beez and Nappy Wingz count one major demographic among their top customers: University of Tennessee athletes, who have a huge appetite for authentic Memphis wings.

“The [Tennessee football] team likes our wings,” Bright said. “I catered them the day after Thanksgiving, and it was big. So we did 3,500 wings for the team, and they ate them.

They ate them all. That was crazy.”

But it’s not just Tennessee students who love the Memphis-style wings spots popping up in Knoxville. The critics enjoy them as well.

In 2018, Donald and his Nappy Wingz team entered the Big Kahuna Wing Festival competition. Despite showing up to the contest with a broken fryer, Nappy Wingz won nearly all of the awards at the festival, including Champion.

“We were getting another 40-pound case of chicken every fifteen minutes,” Donald said, “just because our lines were that long, and we had that big of a demand.”

And now that Moe Beez has been up and running for a few months, Bright is excited to enter his first Big Kahuna competition in 2020 and make his mark on the Knoxville wing-eating community. Thanks to Bright and Donald, Memphis-style wings have finally made their mark in Knoxville.

“It’s a Southern thing. It’s a Tennessee thing. It’s a Memphis thing,” Bright said. “I think it’s going to be major here.”

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Enviro-Mental: The coronavirus and the environment

EMMA HEINS Columnist

Every time you look at the news, people seem to be talking about the coronavirus. Whether it be prevention tips, action plans of what to do when/if it spreads to your city or analyses of how various governments are handling it, every time I open the news, there’s another story.

Unfortunately for all of you I suppose, I am going to add to that frenzy of stories. However, I’m going to approach it in a different way that will hopefully make you think more.

I read an article from NASA a few days ago that was discussing COVID-19 in China and where it first popped up, but in relation to atmospheric gasses. Seemingly unrelated? Sure, but like many things in life, they are actually deeply connected.

In response to COVID-19, China shut down transportation in and out of Wuhan and many local businesses in order to try to prevent the disease from spreading. This is pretty standard practice actually — the less people that are traveling to and from the city as well as inside the city means you come in contact with less people, lowering your chance of getting the virus.

But with a population of 8.3 million people just in the city of Wuhan — roughly the same size as New York City — that is a lot of cars taken off the streets. Imagine walking through Times Square or across the Brooklyn Bridge and not seeing any cars or businesses open.

Spooky, right?

But thinking environmentally: just as it is in New York City, people out and about, driving cars and living their lives puts a lot of pollution into the atmosphere, so removing a lot of traffic and pollution from industry in Wuhan and across many other areas in China where they have implemented similar ‘self-quarantine’ protocols is radically affecting the atmosphere.

Imagine walking through Times Square or across the Brooklyn Bridge and not seeing any cars...

EMMA HEINS COLUMNIST

These pollution levels are not easy to change, which is how we can contextualize the size of the economic slowdown, to the point where we ought to be concerned. That level of a dip in an economy that is heavily production based is actually causing a physical and visible change in the air around them.

If you look at the pictures in the NASA article, it shows the size and density of large nitrogen dioxide clouds that are continually hanging over China. Using the same technology that they have in years past for consistency, you can see exactly how small the clouds have gotten in the major cities and how they have actually disappeared in more rural areas. After just a few months and without any new, formal climate change policies, there has been extensive and noticeable change in atmospheric quality.

But let’s clear up one thing quickly, I am

not arguing that COVID-19 is a good thing.

This change in air quality is coming at the expense of the unregulated sliding of the Chinese economy towards a recession and the health of 80,000 people in China alone. This disease, much like the flu (which is _statistically more deadly than COVID-19, will disproportionately affect older adults, young children and people with compromised immune systems. I am merely asking that people consider the unique ways in which the environment, human health and the economy are intertwined.

Much like the flu and sustainability, there are small things that you can do every day that make a big difference: wash your hands, skip meat once a week, try carpooling to class with your roommates and stay home if you’re not feeling well. If we all work on incorporating these things into our daily lives, I think we’d be surprised at how much better of a place the earth could be.

Emma Heins is a senior majoring in environmental studies. She can be reached at eheins@vols.utk.edu.

Columns and letters of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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SPORTS // BASKETBALL

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Vols looking to make run at SEC Tournament in Nashville RYAN SCHUMPERT Sports Editor

Tennessee travels to Nashville Thursday to compete in the SEC Tournament. The Vols went 9-9 record in conference play, earning the eight seed.

Tennessee earned a first round by avoiding Wednesday night’s 10/14 and 11/12 games.

Tennessee will begin play in Thursday’s first game at Bridgestone Arena, the Vols will take on ninth seeded Alabama.

Tennessee beat Alabama in its lone regular season matchup against the Crimson Tide, 69-68. Both Tennessee and Alabama were out key contributors in that game as the Vols were without Josiah-Jordan James and the Tide were without do it all forward Herb Jones.

“He’s a guy that I think any coach would love to coach,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “He’s going to do the dirty work. You have to admire the fact that he’s wearing a cast and shooting the ball like he is with one hand.”

The Vols dominated Alabama inside in the first contest, with John Fulkerson and Yves Pons combined for 36 points. Tennessee also dominated the glass without the Crimson

Tide’s leading rebounder. The Vols took advantage of Jones absence, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds.

Alabama has a strong backcourt including projected first round pick Kira Lewis. The sophomore point guard is averaging 18.5 points per game. Lewis two running mates in the backcourt are junior John Petty and Jaden Shackelford. Both average over 14 points per game, but Petty is coming off an injury and struggled in his first game back.

Led by their strong backcourt, the Crimson Tide shoot the most, and make the most, 3-pointers in the SEC at 30.9 and 10.8 respectively.

“You have to get out there and you have to extend it,” Barnes said. “They probably have shot more threes than anyone in the league.

They’ve got guys that can shoot it deep and then obviously you have to be subconscious of where different guys are on the floor. They spread you out.”

Alabama struggled down the stretch in conference play losing its last two games and three of their final four.

With a win on Thursday, the Vols will face No. 8 Kentucky in the quarterfinals. Tennessee and Kentucky split the regular season with Tennessee upsetting the Wildcats last week

in Lexington, where the Vols completed a 17-point second half comeback.

The quarterfinal matchup will be on Friday at 1 p.m. ET. Tennessee’s struggled to get consistent production from its bench this season and the Vols will need improved efforts from that group if they’re going to make a deep run in Nashville. Tennessee will be looking to become just the fifth team since the SEC expanded to 12 teams in 1992 to win four straight games to win the SEC Tournament.

“Right now, you either win or you go home, it’s pretty simple,” Barnes said. “We need those guys, and like I said, after every game you go through it, you second-guess yourself, you scrub it out any way you want to, and I just know that we need those guys going forward and I hope that they can understand the value of accepting the role that we need them to play.”

Tennessee is looking to end its long SEC Tournament drought as the Vols last title came in 1979. The Vols have made the championship game just four times sense their last title but have made the championship game each of the last two seasons.

Tennessee fell to Kentucky in 2018 before losing to Auburn in the 2019 title. The Vols will

Tennessee’s Yves Pons, #35, with the fade away against Auburn at Thompson Boling Arena on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Sydney Goodsell / Daily Beacon look to make another run back and it begins Thursday at 1 p.m. ET when Tennessee takes on ninth seeded Alabama. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.

Lady Vols SEC Tournament grades: Missouri and Kentucky BARRETT WALKER Staff Writer

The SEC Tournament started this past week and the Lady Vols earned a bye during the first round after finishing the regular season with a 20-9 record overall and a 9-6 record in the SEC. They awaited the winner of the Missouri/ Ole Miss match and ended up playing the Tigers. Tennessee was able to advance to the second round after beating Missouri, 64-51, but fell in the third against No. 16/18 Kentucky, 86-65.

Here’s how they graded out during the SEC Tournament.

Backcourt Jazmine Massengill struggled to get anything going during her playing time in the tournament.

Massengill shot 1 of 3 from the field, which was good for four points against Missouri. She recorded just one rebound, two assists, one block and one steal in 23 minutes.

The sophomore was able to rebound a little bit against Kentucky. During her 24 minutes of play, Massengill went 3 of 6 from the field, good for six points. She also tallied three rebounds, five assists, a block and three turnovers.

Teams were able to shut Massengill down

during the final few games of the regular season, and it continued into tournament play.

She wasn’t able to produce on the offensive end of the floor, and that lack of productivity spread into other areas of her game.

While Jordan Horston didn’t get the start, she totaled more minutes than her counterpart during the past two games, and outperformed Massengill in almost all aspects.

Against Missouri, Horston scored only six points on seven shots, but impacted the game in more ways. She finished with six boards, two assists, two blocks and three steals. The biggest highlight however, is her one turnover in 28 minutes.

Horston played even better against the Wildcats. The freshman dropped a career-high 24 points and even went 4-for-7 from behind the arc. She grabbed four rebounds and assisted on two buckets. She did however turn the ball over four times in 23 minutes.

Horston was playing better coming off the bench after she started to fizzle out during the season, so no one should be upset by her not starting. She easily picked up the offense during the Kentucky game where so many other players faded away.

Grade: BFrontcourt For the first time all season, Rennia Davis was human.

The Lady Vols captain took 14 shots against Missouri and scored just 15 points. She did finish with nine rebounds, but only recorded one assist, while also getting one block and a steal in 34 minutes.

Davis shot even worse against Kentucky by going 5 of 16 from the field for 14 points. This time she totaled just three rebounds, but did get four assists and two steals and also turned the ball over three times in 36 minutes.

Davis has been the stable leader for Tennessee throughout the entire season. She is the type of player that teammates rally behind; a player you give the ball to and say take me there. Unfortunately for the Lady Vols, she wasn’t able to pull it off this time.

Rae Burrell helped lead Tennessee to a win against Missouri but failed to make an impact in their final game against Kentucky.

Burrell had a game-high 16 points and four rebounds. She shot just 4 of 14 from the field, but made seven of 11 attempts at the charity stripe. She also turned the ball over just once in 34 minutes.

Against Kentucky, she put up nine shots and scored just four points. She also finished with just three rebounds, and one assist, while turning the ball over twice. Burrell played a total of 30 minutes in the final game.

Burrell proved to be Tennessee’s best player in the second round of the SEC Tournament, but disappeared in round three. This was a huge blow to the Lady Vols production, which

eventually led to them having an early exit.

Lou Brown shined in some moments but frustrated in others throughout the regular season and that trend continued into tournament play.

Brown didn’t score a point and went 0-for2 from the field against Missouri, but did finish with six rebounds. During the rest of her 27 minutes, she tallied one assist, one block and three turnovers.

Brown played better against Kentucky. In 30 minutes of play, Brown went a perfect 4-4 from the field, and 2-2 from behind the arc to give Tennessee 10 points. She even finished with a team-high seven rebounds. Brown also chipped in an assist and two blocks. However, the Aussie native finished with a team-high in turnovers as well, with five.

Brown was a non-factor in the Lady Vols game against Missouri, but played a major part in their game against Kentucky. When the lights shined brightest, she showed up and played like she should have been all season.

Tamari Key had a good showing in both games, but struggled to find some offensive consistency.

Key had eight points against the Tigers and shot 3 of 6 from the field in 14 minutes. She only finished with three rebounds and a block, along with a turnover.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, March 11, 2020

BASEBALL

Notebook: Vols drop first series of the year against Wright State BARRETT WALKER Staff Writer The No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers dropped their first series of the year after Sunday’s 6-3 loss to Wright State. Tennessee now stands at 14-2 overall this season, while Wright State improves to 5-9. Vols’ starter Chase Wallace took the loss (1-1), and Austin Cline (2-2) earned the win for Wright State.

“We talked about it on Friday night and asked why it took until the 8th inning to see some fight, and it was the same thing here today,” head coach Tony Vitello said. “I try and predict a little bit to see if we are gonna win or lose during pregame, and everyone showed up to the park with a

great attitude. Maybe I was fooled, or maybe they were overly positive.”

Late Inning Surge Tennessee was held to just four hits through the first six innings of the game. Cline, Wright State’s starter, threw five innings of three hit ball, which also included three strikeouts and just a walk.

The Vols finally broke through during the seventh inning versus relief pitcher Same Wirsing. Drew Gilbert led off for Tennessee and was hit by a pitch to put the leadoff runner on base.

Evan Russell hit into a fielder’s choice but was able to advance to second on an errant throw to first base.

Liam Spence reached on an infield hit to put

runners on first and third with one out. Max Ferguson hit the ball the other way for an RBI single.

Pinch hitter Zach Daniels followed that up with a ground out to short but drove in the Vols’ second run of the ball game.

“They started off really well in keeping us off balance with their offspeed,” Ferguson said.

“Today we just didn’t come out with the same aggressive mindset that we typically have, but credit to them, they did a good job.”

Tennessee went three-up, three-down in the eighth but was able to make some noise in the final inning.

Brock Nartker was pitching for the Raiders and started the inning off with a strikeout. Russell recorded his only hit of the game, a single to straight away center to give the Vols a baserunner. Nartker balked with Spence at the play to move the runner to second, and afterward, Spence hit a hot shot to short to put runners at the corners with one out.

Ferguson hit a tough grounder to short that resulted in a run and an error. Wright State was up 6-3, with runners at first and second, and just one out. That’s where the rally ended as Christian Scott struck out, and Jake Rucker popped out to end the game.

Bullpen Game Chase Wallace only lasted four innings out on the bump for the Vols, after giving up two runs on four hits. Vitello made the call to the bullpen for Gilbert who promptly gave up a two-run homerun. The next move was to freshman Koby Davidson.

The right-hander was unable to register an out and ended up loading the bases before giving up two runs which were attributed to Gilbert.

Kirby Connell became the fourth pitcher used by the Vols in the game and was able to get out of the sixth inning without being damaged further.

Rebecca Winiarski/ Daily Beacon

Nathan Lick / Daily Beacon He pitched in the seventh, where he faced the minimum and also recorded a strikeout.

“He is a stud,” Vitello said. “He’s a freshman, so you don’t want him to get too big of a head, but he’s always been a winner. I think he is really able to move the ball around as a pitcher, and I thought he was good. The last outing was really exciting because he wasn’t himself when he first came back, but now he is finding himself a little bit. He will be a factor for us, for sure.”

The other pitching brightspot for Tennessee was Elijah Pleasants. The towering righty gave the Vols two innings of work and surrendered just two hits, one walk and tallied two strikeouts during his outing.

Up Next Tennessee will take on ETSU on Tuesday before opening SEC play next weekend at South Carolina.

SOFTBALL

Lady Vols softball claims victory in Tennessee Invitational ANDREW WATERS Contributor

After a long Saturday, Tennessee showed up to Sherri Lee Parker Stadium ready to play in the finale of the Tennessee Invitational on Sunday. They took down Stanford 5-0 just after falling to the Cardinal 7-2 on Friday. The Lady Vols advanced to a record of 14-8, while Stanford fell to 22-4.

“I felt like we were definitely in that game Friday,” said co-head coach Karen Weekly. “I think our girls were pretty fired up to come out today and show that we were a different team than we were Friday.”

Tennessee was led by a dominant perfor-

mance in the circle by freshman Callie Turner.

She hurled the first complete game shutout of her young career, holding Stanford to only four hits. Turner struck out four Cardinal batters, needing only 82 pitches to complete the game.

“It was absolutely huge. She needed that,” Karen Weekly said. “[Turner] has done so much for us at this point in the season. So much that she didn’t expect to have to do, and we didn’t expect her to have to do.”

Offensively, the Lady Vols were led by sophomore Ally Shipman and senior Cailin Hannon.

Shipman tallied a career high four hits in only four at-bats, including a solo home run. She was on fire at the plate all weekend, going 1216 with six RBIs Hannon finished the day 2-4 with three RBIs. The Tennessee defense had one of its best

showings of the weekend, committing only one error. This was due to both the weak contact that Turner was allowing and some serious flashes of leather from the defense.

“It’s just about kids just wanting to make plays,” Karen Weekly said. “They ran down balls, and they weren’t going to be denied.”

As their coach pointed out, the Lady Vols made spectacular plays all day, including a catch by Hannon as she collided into the center field wall.

“It’s always an adrenaline rush when you make a catch like that,” Hannon said. “Those are the kinds of catches outfielders dream about and live for. When I saw it go up, I was really excited to make a play for it.”

Tennessee will now look forward to one more game at home this week against North

Carolina before it heads to College Station to take on Texas A&M to open SEC play. While conference play is always intense, coach Karen Weekly believes that the level of competition that the Lady Vols have been seeing has them ready.

“I think playing Stanford and North Carolina – those are SEC quality opponents,” Karen Weekly said “So, I think finishing the weekend with a team just like the teams we’re going to see in the SEC and feeling good about our performance is going to help us a lot.”

Tennessee will get a much-deserved day off on Monday, and will be back in action at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday night when it hosts North Carolina.