UT students stand against anti-abortion protesters on Ped Walkway. Matthew Young • The Daily Beacon
Roommates find way to hide pro-life display Chris Salvemini Staff Writer
Two UT roommates decided to protest the graphic pro-life display on Ped Walkway Tuesday, April 4, by exchanging traditional signs for PVC pipes and tarps. “We decided to make some signs, some tarps, just to cover up some of the hateful — and even inappropriate and obscene — signs that we’re seeing right here,” Indigo Jones, a senior in psychology, said. “So far it’s been pretty effective. We’ve gotten some people out here that just support the cause. They make their own signs on cardboard or they help us hold up these four signs. We can’t hold them all.” Jones and his roommate, Henry Gertsen, were protesting an organization called the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP), which compares abortion to genocides throughout history. The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR), a non-profit group known for its many pro-life advo-
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cacy efforts, presented the GAP display, which included images of aborted fetuses. According to the CBR’s website, the display is meant to educate students and the public about abortion in ways that traditional media and college faculty do not. The GAP presentation was also displayed the day before, on Monday, April 3. Since Jones and Gertsen were unaware of the display appearing, however, they did not protest it that first day, but instead gathered the materials and painted large hearts on the tarps in order to protest the display on Tuesday. “We do not protect things like random acts that have potential harm, like yelling fire in a crowded movie theater. This protest is causing some people harm, which is something that I take offense to. A couple of friends, who have had abortions, walked by this display and said that they’ve been rendered unable to work for a few hours or a day because of all the psychological trauma of getting these obscene images brought back to their mind,” Jones said. “Free speech is protected from govern-
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ment intervention, and we are not a government agency, or anything like that. We are not receiving any funding from the government though UT.” Other students joined Gertsen and Jones throughout the day. Some students traded GAP flyers for Sex Week schedules, and police officers stayed around the display in case either group became violent. Despite the friction, the roommates said they planned to stay on Ped Walkway for as long as possible without missing class and to protest until the GAP display is taken down at the end of the day. “We’re not even disagreeing with things like abortion. This is just about hiding these graphic, offensive images. Think about it like this, to see a rated-R movie you have to show your ID. I don’t even think a Quentin Tarantino movie would use these images,” Gertsen, a junior in mechanical engineering, said. “Right now, it is resist, resist, resist.” Tuesday is expected to be the last day the GAP presentation was displayed on campus
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into its eastern waters Wednesday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, amid worries the North might conduct banned nuclear or rocket tests ahead of the first summit between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week. The U.S. Pacific Command said it detected and tracked what it assessed as North Korean missile launched from land near the eastern coastal city of Sinpo. A U.S. statement said initial assessments indicate the type of missile was a KN-15 medium-range ballistic missile. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile flew about 60 kilometers (37 miles). The KN-15 missile reportedly refers to what North Korea calls the solid-fuel “Pukguksong-2. The use of solid-fuel missiles is a worrying development because the fuel already being inside the rocket shortens launch preparation times and make it harder for outsiders to detect
what’s happening before liftoff. When North Korea test-fired this missile in February, South Korean officials said it flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) before landing in international waters. It wasn’t immediately known if the much shorter distance of Wednesday’s flight meant a failed launch. Ralph Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum CSIS think tank in Honolulu, said he was expecting North Korea would do something to coincide with the Trump-Xi summit, perhaps conduct a nuclear test. The missile launch may be a precursor, with more to come as the summit starts later this week, Cossa said. “I’ve joked before that they don’t mind being hated but they definitely hate to be ignored,” Cossa said. Recent outside satellite imagery show possible preparations for a new nuclear test at the North’s main nuclear test site, such as communication cables used to initiate a test and collect data being already laid. North Korea’s state media has also said the world will soon witness what it calls “eventful successes” the country achieves in the space development. Washington, Seoul and others call the
North’s space program a cover for its long-range missile development program. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the country lodged a strong protest over the launch. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged the launch in a statement but said the U.S. had spoken enough about North Korea and would not comment further. Analysts says North might time nuclear and long-range rocket tests to the April 15 birthday of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, the late grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea is pushing hard to upgrade its weapons systems to cope with what it calls U.S. hostility. Many weapons experts say the North could have a functioning nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. within a few years. North Korea carried out two nuclear tests last year. The North’s latest missile launch also came as it is responding annual military drills between the United States and South Korea with weapons tests and harsh rhetoric. North Korea sees the drills as an invasion rehearsal.
ARTS&CULTURE
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Artist turns storms, struggle into relatable art
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With her art-weaving themes of African culture and spirituality, Alison Saar explores narratives of both the concepts she’s personally experienced and the narratives of others. Saar creates stories out of sculpture, painting and installation art. Her primary field is sculpture, which reflects themes of the earth and human relation to it. Saar’s sculptures define her as an artist. Her work is crafted with dark colors and natural imagery such as roots, branches and clay. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of two different kinds of artists: her mother, Betye Saar, who was involved in the 1970s Black Arts Movement, and her father, Richard Saar, a former Coast Guard combat artist. Growing up in a household full of the arts, Saar was naturally encouraged to pursue them herself, exploring themes of gender, race, racism and religion. Saar said one of the most memorable comments regarding her work came from a friend and curator from Mali who said her work was “the thread that led to the world.” “I thought it was such an elegant expression
of what artists, including literary, performing and visual artists, inspire in our work,” Saar said. “Not so much as to change minds, but to bring our audience to a place where they ordinarily may not go to and perhaps in time lead them to a more compassionate view the world.” Saar’s newest gallery “Breach” turns the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 into mixed-media sculptures and paintings. Saar gained inspiration from watching the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and relating it to the 1927 narrative. This twisting of past stories with the present is what brings life to “Breach.” “I feel it is always important to keep an eye on the past, especially when it so often cycles back to the present,” Saar said. “The exhibition ‘Breach’ is a perfect metaphor for our current political climate. It seems the levees have been broken and our country is being flooded with sexist and racist sentiments. In this exhibition, I hope to expose how bigoted policies have served to weigh down people of color and how, as we witnessed in Katrina and everyday on our streets, those ideas are still very much alive. “I also wanted to express how — with strength and spirit — we can overcome the obstacles placed in our path, not only to survive but to persevere and transcend.” Of all the sculptures and paintings in “Breach,” one 13-foot sculpture stands out in both size and
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Alison Saar’s “Breach” will be featured at the UT Downtown Gallery, with a gallery opening on April 5. Courtesy of The Contemporary Museum in how it encompasses the theme. “She is a true balancing act holding five times her volume on her head,” Saar said of the piece. “Her burden is comprised of common found objects, old trunks, washtubs, books, chairs and other things one might salvage from one’s home in the face of a disaster. She holds her simple belongings with such strength and determina-
tion, that these objects become precious cargo.” Saar will give a lecture on her art and specifically on “Breach” in the Art & Architecture building in room 109 on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Saar’s work has been featured in galleries all over the globe over her decades of artistic work. Breach” will be featured at the UT Downtown Gallery, opening on April 5.
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Sex Week hosts lecture on abortions in Tennessee Natalie McQuilkin Contributor
A Sex Week lecture on abortion in Tennessee and the controversies surrounding the topic was held in HSS on Tuesday, April 4, at 11:30 a.m. Max Carwile, an East Tennessee organizer and coordinator for Planned Parenthood’s Tennessee Stories Project, presented the lecture, which started with an interactive true-or-false game where participants had to decide whether blurbs of information were true or just common myths. For example, Carwile displayed one fact according to the Guttmacher Institute’s website, “60 percent of abortions are obtained by women in their 20s, 59 percent of abortions are obtained by women with children, and 49 percent of abortion patients live below the federal poverty level,” to provide perspective on the scope of abortion. The lecture not only dealt with abortion nationwide but focused on abortions in Tennessee as well. Carwile discussed how state-wide legal restrictions on abortions and abortion clinics directly affect and restrict access to safe
Max Carwile delivers an educational discussion on abortion for UT’s Sex Week. Matthew Young • The Daily Beacon abortions. Carwile said that a lack of abortion clinics and the stigma that surrounds abortions creates social, economic, legal and health barriers. According to Carwile, 96 percent of Tennessee’s counties do not have abortion clinics, and 63
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percent of Tennessee women live in the counties that do not have abortion clinics. Tennessee also enforces a 48-hour waiting period before a woman can receive an abortion. Since Tennessee high schools are not able to extensively discuss abortion,
Carwile alluded that education is a vital aspect in normalizing abortion. “You should know what someone actually goes through when learning about abortion,” Carwile said. Alayna Cameron, junior in biological sciences, said she attended the lecture because of its ability to discuss abortion openly. “On campus right now, they’ve got a huge anti-choice fortress set-up on Ped Walkway,” Cameron said. “I really wanted to attend an event that would discuss abortion openly — but also accurately — from people who have actually had experiences in abortion and have worked in abortion clinics, so there is an accurate perspective as to how abortions work versus these people on Ped Walkway that don’t have any real experience with that.” Other students also expressed their belief that lectures like Carwile’s, and others that Sex Week provides, have the ability to impact and educate others. “I hope it brings attention to sex and sex education that people weren’t given access to in high school,” Camryn Rutherford, freshman in history, said. “Sex Week brings attention to things like contraceptives, which is the easiest way to lower abortion rates, and that’s what people want.”
Researcher to be honored for work after wildfires Charles Miller
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Coy Blair and his research partner Jessica Giacomini will discuss their work tracking black bears affected by the Gatlinburg wildfires at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Howard Baker Center. The event will be hosted by honors society Phi Kappa Phi. At the event, Blair will receive the Phi Kappa Phi Featured Graduate Student Award, which honors students who have done significant research. He joined the organization last fall and will also receive a monetary gift along with the award. “The impetus behind this award was to provide recognition of the fantastic work and research the graduate student members of Phi Kappa Phi do through a monetary award and also to provide a professionalization opportunity for our
(We) wanted to host something meaningful across campus that fit within the society’s motto: ‘Let the love of learning rule humanity.’” Tristan Hightower, senior in political science
graduate students,” Virginia Stormer, the organization’s treasurer, said. Blair is a curator of the Appalachian Bear Rescue, a group that studies black bears and aims to stop human-bear conflicts in the Smoky Mountains. The organization worked with the UT Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries and
Great Smoky Mountain National Park in tracking the bears. It was important to Phi Kappa Phi to give the award to someone whose work had a local impact. With the overall damage to Gatlinburg locals and the environment still under assessment, the organization saw Blair’s project as rel-
evant and worthy. “(We) wanted to host something meaningful across campus that fit within the society’s motto: ‘Let the love of learning rule humanity,’” Tristan Hightower, senior in political science and vice president of the organization, said. “In order to accomplish this, we looked to create an event that could be attended and enjoyed by all, would inform the audience and would raise awareness about something in the world around us.” Traditionally, tracking bears before and after wildfires is difficult, as accurately tracking them would require the bears to already be collared. However, Blair had already done this, giving him the opportunity to study the bears. Blair’s lecture will cover the Appalachian Bear Rescue’s response within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as around Gatlinburg, Townsend and other urban areas surrounding the park.
SPORTS
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Coaching staff gathers chemistry as spring practice continues Trenton Duffer
Sports Editor Don’t tell new defensive line coach Brady Hoke’s wife, but his favorite moment of the day is when he gets to have team meetings at 2:30 p.m. and take the field. “That’s the funnest part of the day,” Hoke said. “My wife Laura doesn’t like that I say that, but it’s the funnest part of the day. Even as a head coach, I always coached a (specific) position. So I love it.” Hoke may be new to Tennessee, but he’s no stranger to the spotlight. From 2011-2014, Hoke was head coach at Michigan University where he led the Wolverines to an 11-2 record and a Sugar Bowl win in his first season. Although the glitz and glamour of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is in his rearview mirror, Hoke nonetheless has a bright group of defensive linemen at his disposal. Kahlil McKenzie, Kendal Vickers, Shy Tuttle, Quay Picou and Jonathan Kongbo are just a handful of defensive players who are ready to do all of Hoke’s dirty work in the trenches. “They may not think it because they get a lot of reps, but I think it’s a great situation for them,” Hoke said. “The one thing is we’ve got to
better run defense. That’s a big part of what we do drill-wise and what we do every day. We had a couple of really good pass rushers a year ago. We’ve got to keep developing ways to see where we evolve as a unit. “But we’ve got to stop the run and be physical up-front.” Hoke was announced as Tennessee’s new defensive line coach and associate head coach on Feb. 7, 2017. He was one of the six changes to the Tennessee coaching staff after head coach Butch Jones assured a staff shakeup after last season’s disappointing 8-4 season. And so far, Jones loves the changes he’s made and said the new group “meshes together” really well. “I’ve been really pleased,” Jones said. “They’ve (the new coaches) brought a whole new energy and a little bit of a different perspective … The chemistry has really been remarkable over a short period of time as a coaching staff, and that’s very important because it trickles down to the players. “I think our players feel it, and we’re getting better every day because our coaches have pushed them.” Bituli evolving as potential defensive spark: If someone were to ask Daniel Bituli
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what his favorite position on the field to play was, the sophomore linebacker would laugh and reply with his spot on the special teams unit. “I was able to hit a lot on special teams,” Bituli said. “That’s what I love to do. Whatever I have to do to help the team.” Bituli’s motto seemed to be “doing whatever to help the team” after Tuesday’s practice. With his first year at Tennessee in the books, the Antioch, Tennessee, native could provide a hardhitting spark on not only the special teams unit but with the linebackers at well. And according to Bituli, it all starts in the work out room with new strength and conditioning coach Rock Gullickson. “Y’all know that Rock is here. He’s getting me stronger and faster,” Bituli said. “I’m just applying that to the field … I’m much stronger and faster, so that definitely helps with it.” Being a force on the special teams unit isn’t the only thing that Bituli looks to shine in, though. Bituli is listed on the roster as a linebacker, and according to him, he’s been in getting reps at the Mike linebacker spot. That’s a spot that is currently held by Darrin Kirkland Jr., and Bituli said he has learned a lot from not only Kirkland, but from former linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin.
“I’ve learned a lot from Reeves-Maybin,” Bituli said. “He never complained. He just got out here, worked hard and that’s how I want to play. Whatever task I’m given, I’m going to do. No complaints. “Like I said, whatever the team wants, I’m going to do it.” Although listed as 6-foot-3, 235 pounds on the UT roster, Bituli told reporters on Tuesday that his weight has been “on-and-off” over the past few months and that he’s currently around the 245-255 pound range. Last season, Bituli saw the field in nine of the 13 games the Vols played. He recorded nine total tackles, seven of those solo, and saw a career high five tackles against Vanderbilt. However, the Vols will need more on and off the field from Bituli this year. After losing several leaders from last year’s team, Bituli will have to work on more of a vocal role to lead this defense. But he’s ready for it. “(The coaching staff) definitely want me to be vocal this year,” Bituli said. “It’s hard coming in as a freshman and speaking to these older guys … But going into my sophomore year, I definitely want to take more of a leadership role, a verbal role, influencing my guys to make plays and influencing myself to make plays.”
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Women’s golf claims middle of pack Tough final round leaves Vols in bunker Staff Report finish at Clemson Invitational Staff Report
As the saying goes, there is a calm before any storm. The same could be said for the Tennessee women’s golf team following their latest tournament appearance at the Clemson Invitational. After a rough start during the first round, one in which Tennessee shot 14-over 302, the Volunteers fought back in rounds two and three, logging a solid 1-under-par performance over the stretch of the final two days of the tournament. The Vols would move up six spots overall during that span and, spurred by strong efforts from seniors Hannah Pietila and Lucia Polo on Sunday, finished with a 1-over 289 with a 54-hole total of 877, good for seventh place. Both Pietila and Polo were stellar on the final day, combining for 11 birdies while registering rounds of 2-under-par. The senior tandem finished tied for 35th place overall while shooting a total of 5-over 227. Not only were Pietila and Polo impressive, but juniors Blakesly Warren and Anna
Newell helped round out UT’s scoring as well. Warren finished with the third-best score in round three, a 2-over 74, and shot 7-over during the course of three days, good for 41st place. Newell would go on to shoot 75 (+3) in round three, finishing with a 54-hole total of 218. The Tampa, Florida, native and WGCA First Team All-American tied for 22nd place, her seventh top-25 finish this season. Freshman Michaela Williams carded a 79 during the final round, finishing with an overall score of 11-over 227. Senior Teleri Hughes participated as an individual, tying for 71st place overall after shooting 81 in round three. The No. 6-ranked Florida State Seminoles would go on to claim the tournament championship, posting a 3-under 285 in the final round and finishing with score of 10-under. Florida State’s no. 19-ranked Matilda Castren took home medalist honors, carding an overall score of 9-under. Tennessee will return to action on April 21 in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Southeastern Conference Championship.
The Tennessee men’s golf team was tied for 10th with a score of 3-under before the beginning of the third round of the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club in Georgia on Sunday, April 2. However, the Vols posted a final-round score of 7-over 295, which forced them down into a 12thplace finish at the event. The team’s final-round score was its worst of the tournament, and the Vols were one of the six teams in the 15-team field to finish the tournament over par. Tennessee actually had most of their success on par 3s and par 5s, racking up a combined 22-under on par 5s and 8-over on par 3s, which ended up being the third-best total of any team in the field. However, par 4s were the Vols’ worst nightmares. Tennessee shot a combined 34-over on par 4 holes throughout the tournament. This put them as the second-worst of any team in the field with Mercer being one spot below the Vols at 41-over on such holes. Despite having the fourth-most birdies in the tournament with 58, the Vols had the fewest amount of pars with 145. Tennessee junior Lorenzo Scalise led the Vols with a final score of 3-under 213. Scalise’s final score was tied for 19th among all individuals in
the tournament. The weekend featured 14 birdies for Scalise. Freshman Nolan Ray also did well with a final score at 2-under 214. Ray finished strong with his last round at 2-under 70 which propelled him from 39th place to his final position of 25th. He posted 13 birdies over the duration of the tournament and tied for the best finish on par 5 holes with a combined 9-under. Senior Juan Carlos Serrano finished with a final score at 216 or even-par. The score put him tied for 35th on the tournament. Like Scalise, Serrano tallied 14 birdies over the tournament. Freshman players Jake Meenhorst and Rhys Nevin rounded out the Vols, scoring finishing 73rd and 75th, respectively. Central Florida claimed the title, finishing first at 28-under 836, Wake Forest followed with a score of 24-under 840 and New Mexico placed third at 21-under 843. Illinois’ Dylan Meyer finished with the best individual score of the tournament at 11-under 205. Wake Forest’s Will Zalatoris and UCF’s Bobby Bai tied for second at 10-under 206. Zalatoris and Meyer were ranked 4th and 19th in Golfweek’s Top 50 players. Tennessee will compete next in the SEC Championship on April 21 in St. Simons, Georgia. The tournament will be held at the Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course and last until April 24.
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OPINIONS
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Guns, ‘implicit threat’ on campus Long, long ago and far away, I was teaching at a Canadian university, not long after the École Polytechnique masscre in Montreal. We were reading the Roman historian Tacitus, who believed that subversive elements were destroying the mos maiorum, the moral fiber of Republican Rome. Tacitus has the best bad girls and boys: the nymphomanic Messalina, who divorces her husband Claudius by marrying her boyfriend during a bacchanalia, Aggripina, who tries to dominate her son Nero, the dominus, and Nero himself, who, dressed as a bride, marries his boyfriend on a public stage. Tacitus implies that they consumate their marriage. Many classes have a student who tries to dominate discussion and leaves little room for the other students to express their own analysis of the work. I had one recently that argued that Tacitus was not interested in women or gender; rather, that he was interested in war.
There is a lot of warfare in the “Annales� (in which women and gender have a prominent role), but this student insisted on his vision of Tacitus, even after I asked the other students what they thought. I struggled to keep the discussion balanced, but most of the students in this class were reluctant to speak. One of the students lingered after the final exam to say that she worried that if anyone were to pull out a gun and shoot his fellow students, it would be this one. Fast forward 10 years, I was teaching a firstyear seminar at a large, conservative, Catholic university, not far from Philadelphia. We were reading the Booker-prize nominated novel “Regeneration,� in which women and gender also have significant roles and which my students loved. The day after the Columbine massacre, my 17- and 18-year-old students came to class shell shocked. No discussion happened that morning.
Colleges and universities should not just be safe spaces, but places to be supportive of open discourse on divisive issues. They should be places to learn to be civil and respectful of other people’s positions. Even in the absence of a physical weapon, the mental image of a gun shut down the debate, becoming a threat to the First Amendment at the very place that it should be the most protected. Guns on campus, whether concealed or openly carried, are an implicit threat. The knowledge that even 10 percent of students, faculty and staff are carrying weapons is enough to stifle the freedom of discussion. The university is the temple of the First Amendment and the place where it must be preserved. Maura Lafferty is an associate professor in classics. She can be reached at mlaffert@ utk.edu
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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, April 5, 2017
SOFTBALL
Vols win 11th straight in run-rule fashion Taylor Crombie Staff Writer
No. 17 Tennessee wrapped up a 10-game homestand with a 10-1 run-rule victory over Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday night, April 4, and extended their win streak to 11 games. The Volunteers (32-5) took a dominant 6-0 lead in the first inning, beginning with sophomore Brooke Vines hitting a two-run home run to right center. Sophomore Aubrey Leach got things started with a leadoff single, then Vines extended her career-high hit streak to 11 games with her tworun blast. In addition to the hit streak, Vines has had at least one RBI in all but one of Tennessee’s last 11 games with 28 total in that stretch.
She is not trying to do anything special at the plate, though. Keeping a simple approach has paid off in a huge way for her. “I’m just going up there, seeing the ball well and trying to have good at-bats,” Vines said. Junior Meghan Gregg followed up the home run with a single up the middle; then senior Megan Geer walked and freshman Chelsea Seggern was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. The redshirt freshman drew another walk to force a run home and give the Volunteers a 3-0 lead. Junior Scarlet McSwain doubled to center to drive in two more runs. Then freshman Abby Lockman laid down a sacrifice bunt to put Tennessee up 6-0 at the end of the first inning. The Vols were able to pick up three more runs
between the second and third innings but were unable to pick up momentum quite the way they did in the first inning. “They got out to an early start; and we kind of took our foot off the pedal there, but we finished strong,” Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. Heading into bottom of the fourth inning, the Volunteers led 9-1. With the run-rule victory within reach, starters were substituted to give bench players the chance to bat. Sophomore Haley Bearden doubled deep to left center, then senior Kassidy Gallo walked to put to runners on with one out. Freshman Jenna Holcomb reached first on a fly ball that dropped in shallow left, then advanced on a fielding error while Bearden scored to give the Vols their 10-1
final score. “They went up there and did some good things, but I think we’re a team that’s got some depth,” Weekly said. “Every time we get a chance to play these players, we want to do it and let them play, because they certainly work hard and it’s all about the team.” Sophomore Matty Moss got the start Tuesday night, allowing only one run with four strikeouts before being replaced in the fourth inning by freshman Caylan Arnold. Arnold only allowed one hit while striking out three through the final two innings. Tennessee will hit the road this weekend and resume SEC play in a three-game series against No. 20 Kentucky. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday night at 6 p.m. in Lexington, Kentucky.
BASEBALL
Vols get walks, still fall 7-4 to Middle Tennessee Tyler Wombles Copy Editor
Middle Tennessee’s pitchers had to work for their win on Tuesday night. During the Volunteer baseball team’s matchup against the Blue Raiders on Tuesday, April 4, the Vols notched nine total walks, loading the count and forcing the man on the mound to throw a lot of pitches before finally getting on base. Three of those walks were recorded by freshman Pete Derkay. But, it wasn’t enough for Tennessee to leave Lindsey Nelson Stadium with the win, falling 7-4 to the Blue Raiders. “I just don’t think that we have enough guys that are stepping up in the moment,” head coach Dave Serrano said. “This game can be cruel. You can take a great at-bat, you can sting a ball and not have success and be rewarded for it. But
we’re not doing even that enough.” The Vols struck first during the bottom of the first inning when Jeff Moberg batted in Jay Charleston on a groundout. But, just as Tennessee made a crack in Middle Tennessee’s foundation, the Blue Raiders burst a hole into the Vols. The Blue Raiders had already put up one run in the second inning when Brad Jarreau hit a bases-loaded triple to put Middle Tennessee ahead 4-1. “Guys are going to make physical mistakes, and we did,” Serrano said. “But, it shouldn’t result in a six-run inning … We’re not picking up each other, whether it’s on defense, on the mound or at home plate. We give them one opportunity, and they put a six spot on the board. “They gave us many opportunities … and we don’t take advantage of that.” The Blue Raiders notched two more runs in the inning before the Vols were finally able to
gain the necessary three outs. Tennessee scored two runs in the bottom of the second, making the score 6-3. One of the scores was an RBI by junior catcher Benito Santiago; the other, also an RBI, came off of a 13-pitch at-bat from senior shortstop Max Bartlett. Neither team recorded any runs from the third to seventh innings, but Middle Tennessee notched a score in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout. The Vols returned the favor in the bottom of the inning, scoring a run with a walk by freshman outfielder Justin Ammons with the bases loaded. Tennessee was unable to rally for a late comeback, though, and the ninth inning concluded with a score of 7-4 Middle Tennessee. The Vols totaled 32 at-bats, with all four runs being counted as RBI’s. The team ended with five hits. Tennessee utilized six pitchers against the Blue Raiders. Zach Warren got the start and the
loss, pitching 1.1 innings and giving up five hits and four earned runs. Will Neely, Eric Freeman, Daniel Vasquez, Andrew Schultz and Jon Lipinski also took the mound for the Vols. The staff gave up eight hits in total and recorded three strikeouts. The loss puts Tennessee at 15-11 on the season, with the Vols having dropped six of their last eight games. The Vols will travel to Gainesville on Friday to take on the Florida Gators in an attempt to improve upon their 1-8 SEC record. Freeman said that the team is in need of selfreflection in order to be successful against the highly-ranked Gators. “It’s going to take some guys looking themselves in the mirror and wanting to come to the ballpark every day to win,” Freeman said. “I don’t think we’re always doing that, and I think it’s showing in our results because we’re getting beat in games that we shouldn’t be getting beat by.”