Jarrett Guarantano, #2, during the game against UMass at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 23, 2017. Adrien Terricabras / The Daily Beacon
Guarantano to start as Vols face South Carolina Tyler Wombles
Sports Editor
On Saturday, two second-year quarterbacks will take the field for their respective teams at Neyland Stadium, differing vastly in experience despite their similarities in eligibility. Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced on Tuesday that redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano will start for the Vols against South Carolina, who in turn will start sophomore Jake Bentley. The contest will mark Guarantano’s first career start after serving as the backup to junior Quinten Dormady for the first five games of the season. Dormady completed 76 of his 137 passes for 925 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions before being benched for Guarantano. “Jarrett Guarantano will be the starter,” Jones said during media availability on Wednesday. “Jarrett’s worked very hard and he’ll have that opportunity on Saturday.” Guarantano has appeared in three contests for Tennessee so far this season, completing 12 of 24 pass attempts for 54 yards and one touch-
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down. He entered the Georgia game in relief of Dormady after the Vols’ offense failed to gain momentum, but failed to revitalize Tennessee’s scoring attack. “Each game is different in and of itself,” Jones said. “It’s more so that we just felt Jarrett earned the opportunity. We need to score points in this conference. It’s going to take points to win and it’s no reflection on Quinten… “Quinten has done some good things, but you’re always looking for what you feel gives you the best opportunity to win the football game.” Any offensive momentum will be welcome to a Tennessee squad that has struggled on that side of the ball this season. The Vols have scored a combined 17 points in their last two contests, which include a 41-0 home loss to the Georgia Bulldogs. But Jones’ team isn’t just keying on improving its offense. The Vols are also focused on halting the play of Bentley, who has thrown for 1,456 yards, 12 touchdowns and just four interceptions on the year. “Offensively, it all starts with the quarterback, (Jake) Bentley,” Jones said. “He really does a good job of managing the game. You can tell that
he’s their leader, he’s in control.” The Gamecocks are 4-2 on the season, having defeated North Carolina State, Missouri, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas while falling to Kentucky and Texas A&M. Redshirt sophomore running back Ty’Son Williams leads South Carolina in rushing with 281 total yards. The Sumter, S.C., native has scored a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown on the year. The Gamecocks lost star wide receiver Deebo Samuel for the season after the redshirt junior broke his leg in South Carolina’s 23-13 victory over Kentucky. The Vols will instead look to defend sophomore Bryan Edwards, who leads South Carolina in receiving yards with 357, and freshman OrTre Smith, who has notched three touchdown catches. Defensively, sophomore T.J. Brunson is first on South Carolina’s roster with 49 total tackles, followed by redshirt senior Skai Moore and senior Chris Lammons with 42 and 37, respectively. The Gamecocks have grabbed six interceptions this season, with two coming from Moore. He has returned those picks for 51 yards and
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one touchdown. “Obviously, they have a very active defense,” Tennessee senior offensive lineman Brett Kendrick said. “Skai Moore is probably one of the best linebackers in the SEC, so we have a lot of respect for him. “They scored three times on defense last week (against Arkansas), so we have to take care of the ball.” Tennessee offensive coordinator Larry Scott is familiar with Moore and the impact that he can have on a game. “I know Skai personally,” Scott said. “I know Skai very well being out of south Florida. He’s a mature player…He plays fast, he plays physical, he’s a smart player.” A win against the Gamecocks would give Tennessee its first SEC win of the year. The Vols are 0-2 in conference play currently, having fallen to SEC-East rivals Florida and Georgia. Conversely, a win for South Carolina would notch the Gamecocks a 3-2 conference record, putting the team above .500 in SEC play. Saturday’s contest is set to kick off at 12 p.m. It will mark Tennessee’s fourth home game of the year and the third straight for the Vols.
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Puerto Rican students feel effects of hurricane Kylie Hubbard
Asst. News Editor Amidst a host of exams, assignments and projects, five UT students have even more to worry about. Daniel Merced, Kanisha Jimenez, Zue Webster Alvarez, Nidia Alvarez Hidalgo and Carolina Pons-Martinez are at UT while their families are in Puerto Rico. They are attempting the difficult task of dealing with the effects of Hurricane Maria while also being students. On Sept. 20, 14 days after being spared by Hurricane Irma, the island was hit by the center of Category 5 storm Maria for more than 30 hours. According to the National Hurricane Center’s website, a Category 5 storm is the strongest type of hurricane, based on its high winds and potential for catastrophic damage. Maria struck the island, and it was the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico since 1928. Hidalgo, first-year veterinary student from San Juan, said that while all the island was affected, some areas were more affected than others. Luckily, her house was not damaged, and her family is safe. “My house is still standing, even though all of our front and back yards are gone,” Hidalgo said. “Currently, my family (mom, dad, sister and grandmother) has no electricity, water or signal, so I haven’t had the opportunity to hear from them as much.” When Maria first hit Puerto Rico, Hidalgo was worried about her family, but she reached them soon after it hit. “Thankfully, the day after the hurricane, my
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a little “bitIt’sdiffibeen cult because my life and my heart are in Puerto Rico. It’s hard to know that they are going through a bad time, and I’m here in Tennessee.” Kanisha Jimenez, senior in sociology
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parents’ home phone was still working, and I was able to make sure they were doing okay and how bad the damages were,” Hidalgo said. “About four days after the hurricane, all communication with my family was down, which was torture. About a week later, they gained signal while online to get food and were able to call me.” Hidalgo plans to visit her family and should be returning home for the winter holiday in December. While Hidalgo said she hopes it will be better, she admitted “it will never be the same.” “Being away from my family has affected me a lot, since I know I can’t really do anything to help my home from so far away,” Hidalgo said. “The only thing I can do is donate money or pray that things will be better in the future.” Pons-Martinez, second-year graduate student in violin performance from Ponce, felt similarly to Hidalgo. Pons-Martinez said that her visit home for the holidays will look different than it has before. “When I come back, like at Christmas, I know that everything’s going to be difficult and different, but we’re going to be alright,” PonsMartinez said. When the hurricane first hit the island, PonsMartinez was worried. She reached her family a week after landfall and found them all safe, but she said the time after the hurricane was still difficult. “It was really difficult because I feel like I need to be with them, but at the same time I was calm because I knew that they were okay,” Pons-Martinez said. Alvarez, fourth-year veterinary student from Carolina, said that her home suffered little overall damage but that the front and back porches were damaged. She has not spoken to her mom, dad or sisters in 19 days but has received word from friends that her mom is okay.
As an island student, Alvarez spent her first three years studying at St. George University in Grenada, but she came to UT in June of this year. Though Alvarez has been worried about her family, she still remembers to try to get through her daily life. “I have been trying my best to keep moving forward and functioning in clinics and everyday life, but it’s so hard. Trying to focus now always goes together with that thought in the back of your mind,” Alvarez said. “Are they really okay? What do they need? Will they call me today?” Alvarez was recently on the island, when Irma barely missed it, so she does not have a vacation planned to visit home until March. According to Alvarez, the airport was badly damaged and is not in the best shape for visitors. Jimenez, senior in sociology and UT volleyball player from Toa Baja, has not spoken to her parents very much either; she has only succeeded in reaching her mother and father a few times. She knows that they are safe and helping others but that they only have water and power in temporary bursts. “I’m very lucky that (my) family is okay, because many people lost their homes and everything they used to have, and that’s very sad,” Jimenez said. “My parents are police officers, and they are working very hard to help all those people who need help in different areas of Puerto Rico.” Although she knows her family is safe, Jimenez said it is difficult being away from her family. “It’s been a little bit difficult because my life and my heart are in Puerto Rico. It’s hard to know that they are going through a bad time, and I’m here in Tennessee,” Jimenez said.
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However, Jimenez sees herself visiting home for winter break. Merced, second year Ph.D student in electrical engineering from Caguas, said that he waits for his family to communicate with him but that he knows the only damage his family suffered was on his grandmother’s roof. Merced does not think he will make it home soon, but he knows that his family, along with
It’s been tough “being away from home.The one thing I can’t complain of is lack of support from my new UT family.” Nidia Alvarez Hidalgo, veterinary student
Thursday, October 12, 2017 • The Daily Beacon the rest of the islanders, can overcome the damage. “This is not the first hurricane that has gone through Puerto Rico, and hurricane season is still not over,” Merced said. “The people are strong, and they are recovering from this as they can.” All of the students mentioned that their UT families have given them strength. Jimenez mentioned she has received support from all aspects of her campus life. “I am so happy with all the support from my friends, teammates, coaches and professors,” Jimenez said. “I am so glad to have them in my life because they are always there for me, especially in moments like this.” Alvarez received support from those outside of UT, extending to people who merely knew she was from Puerto Rico. “From faculty, classmates and even clients who knew I was from Puerto Rico, they have been asking me about my family,” Alvarez said. “It’s been tough being away from home. The one thing I can’t complain of is lack of support from my new UT family.” Hidalgo also said her classmates have been big supporters for her. “My classmates have been very supportive and are always asking me if my family is okay and what they can do to help, which is amazing because many people don’t even know the tragedy that happened in Puerto Rico or how bad it actually is,” Hidalgo said. Puerto Ricans of UT and the Knox County
community as a whole have joined together in a relief effort, dubbed “East Tennessee for Puerto Rico,” which hopes to garner support from the counties surrounding Knox County. UT alumnus Loida Valezquez helped to start the group. Material donations were collected on Oct. 7, and a money fund has been started, which currently does not have a deadline. Valezquez, a native of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, said it was easy to help because although she has found a home in Knoxville, she will always consider the island her home. “Life in a small town in Puerto Rico gives you a strong sense of community. People know each other, are aware of each other’s needs and try to help as much as they can,” Valezquez said. “My heart is in Puerto Rico; Knoxville is my home. And the response we are receiving in these awful times of need is overwhelming.” Remote Area Medical reached out to the group and picked up the collected items on Oct. 9 to take to the island. One group of music students has offered to play a benefit concert, and more collection events will be announced as Puerto Rico moves further into the recovery process. UT students are encouraged to help. “Some UT students are already involved, and we hope to recruit more as East Tennessee for Puerto Rico continues to assess and plan new, different projects,” Valezquez said. At any rate, Hidalgo said that anything will help. She knows that Puerto Rico will come back from the tragedy.
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Nidia Alvarez is one of the students affected by Hurricane Maria. Courtesy of Nidia Alvarez
“Puerto Ricans are very optimistic, strong and resilient,” Hidalgo said. “Everyone is helping in their own way and trying to rebuild our amazing island.”
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ARTS&CULTURE
The Daily Beacon • Thursday, October 12, 2017
Stephen King teams up with son in ‘Sleeping Beauties’ Eric Bailes
Staff Writer In 2009, Stephen King released “Under the Dome,” a tale about a small town in Maine thrust into a strange and extraordinary dilemma: The town was suddenly trapped by an invisible, impermeable dome. Featuring a large cast of characters in an unbelievable situation, King’s story provided a stellar look into human nature. Now King has teamed up with his son, novelist Owen King, for a return to small-town storytelling with their latest book, “Sleeping Beauties.” This book takes place in Dooling, West Virginia, a small town in Appalachia whose primary employer is a women’s prison. Life is normal for those in the fictionalized city until, one day, women fail to wake up when they go to sleep. Instead, they become covered in cocoon-like wrappings. If the wrapping is removed or violated, they wake up and become savage and stunningly violent. However, when they sleep, they transport to another place — a place that is better than the world they came from. While the sleeping disease, named “Aurora” after the princess from “Sleeping Beauty,” has affected the entire world, the novel looks at how Dooling is affected specifically. This is due to the arrival of the mysterious Evie Black, an anomaly due to her immunity to Aurora. As more women fall asleep and more people find out about Evie, the men in Dooling are divided, as some want to save her while some want to kill her. In a suddenly all-male world, violence reigns supreme. In “Sleeping Beauties,” the plot primarily portrays the male population as a whole as violent. For instance, a large portion of the women in the book are inmates at the prison whose lives have all been affected by toxic men. Throughout the book, the men are surrounded by this notion of violence, whether that be by the past coming back to haunt them or by lighting the cocoons on fire just for fun. The ultimate question of the novel examines what men would do if all women disappeared but they perhaps had a chance to bring them back. On the other hand, the place the women go to — called Our Place — is identical to the world they left behind, except it is somewhere in a future in which buildings have started to deteriorate and time moves at a faster rate. Though it is supposed to be a better place for the women, it breaks the flow of the story. While the men are acting all “Lord of the Flies”-esque, the women act as though nothing is wrong; apart from a few conflicts here and there, everything is fine.
Eric Bailes / The Daily Beacon With a gigantic cast of characters, it does take some time to remember who is who, which women are awake or sleeping and what everyone’s motivations are. The story is prefaced by a list of the 70-strong characters, a large part of whom are insignificant. But the characters that do play a big part in the novel are given wonderful characterization, perhaps the best of which belongs to the enigmatic Evie. At many points, I was perplexed as to who the antagonist was supposed to be. With everyone having different motivations, it is hard to pinpoint who the primary antagonist is. This works to the benefit of the novel, as you are forced to put yourself in their shoes and see what you would do in their situation. By the end of the novel, some might tire of the social messages and motives that the book conveys. The Kings do not attempt to hide their opinions; however, one could argue that this plays out in the conclusion itself. Either way, it is relevant to modern-day social commentary. While the concept of the novel is excellent — more or less a twist on “Lord of the Flies”— the plot almost just strolls along at times. Though there is a major sense of urgency as women struggle to stay awake, there is not much else to it. I am willing to say that the Kings telegraphed the ending early on, and I was correct when I made my own predictions about the ending. Despite my critiques, I loved the novel. Stephen and Owen forego the horror genre that Stephen is known for and instead produce a tale that provides a glimpse at how two sexes interact with each other, even in the absence of each another. This collaboration with his son showcases how Stephen’s talent for writing and storytelling runs in the family.
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Open Chord’s poetry slam shares woots and woes
Noé Monárrez
Contributor Open Chord may appear inconspicuous; an older-fashioned letterboard outside announces the night’s poetry slam rather than a modern, digital sign. Yet as you step into the building, the dim lighting and soothing alternative music set the scene for a traditional “spoken word” type of setting much like those popularized in movies. The open bar to the side establishes an adult atmosphere, but the rest of the venue creates a youthful ambiance that invokes the “hip culture” of today’s society. Courageous — the host — strutted on the stage with a smile and a buzzing energy about him. Using the reverb and echo settings on the mic, he infused energy into the air by calling for everyone to cheer and whoop, hyping the audience up before they began. After he cracked a few jokes to loosen the nerves and tension in the room, the performers lined up behind him. A handful of servers carried out food and drinks tranquilly; rather than the hustle and bustle of a traditional hole-in-the-wall, the employees established a calm and soothing eating environment. The opening act, Rogue the Poet, performed two pieces. Her first was about breaking out from society’s norms and not conforming to society’s expectations. Her second piece, though, was much more adult-oriented, appealing to the more explicit parts of audiences’ imaginations with numerous euphemisms and humorous rhymes. She moved with sass and confidence, starting the night off with happiness and smiles all around. However, the next few poets who performed after Rogue had darker themes, covering topics such as self-harm, loneliness, depression and heartbreak. Yet in between the dark poems and tense moments in the room, Courageous came on stage and re-energized the crowd. From cracking
jokes about politics and his past to continue playing with the microphone settings, Courageous repeatedly lightened the mood, a fact evidenced by the sound of people clapping and cheering over and over for him. The most emphasis was placed on the featured performer of the night: The Realest Person. A former UT student hailing from Nashville, The Realest Person garnered the most cheers from Courageous and the other employees. Performing more than seven different pieces, she incorporated more songs and instruments, such as bongos, into her performances. She began by beatboxing her first piece, she rapped the second, and she performed her next couple of poems in “spoken word” style. With her spoken word performances, she added bongos, creating more of a traditional African feel and occasionally crossing over into Caribbean highlights. She covered topics like self-love and unapologetic confidence, and she spoke a powerful piece about hypocrisy and bigotry. Performing a vulnerable piece dedicated to her mother for disowning her, The Realest Person showed her sensitivity to the audience in a way not previously seen, instantly hushing everyone present. Regardless, she still managed to complete her set of poetry happily, rapping the final piece, “Feel Good,” with a friend in an effort to rejuvenate the crowd and restore the high spirits. After The Realest Person, only a handful of performers went up, and their poetry ranged from satirizing white male privilege to joking about Coke versus Pepsi. Until the night’s end, Courageous beatboxed the audience’s stress away to help them relax for the night, stating at one point that “poetry is therapy.” With a diverse set of performers, the show managed to cover many important topics — from politics to heartbreak; self-harm to self-love; and from breaking out against society’s standards to being boxed in by parents’ homophobic labels.
The feature performer, The Realest Person, showcased a variety of pieces during the event. Noé Monárrez / The Daily Beacon
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OPINIONS
The Daily Beacon • Thursday, October 12, 2017
All in a Tweet
“I cannot support Donald Trump … Mr. Trump’s relentless focus is on dividing Americans and on tearing down, rather than building back up, this glorious nation.” That’s not a quote from some Democrat. Not even a blue dog like Jim Webb or someone who never gave a damn like Joe Lieberman. That’s a quote from Ben Sasse, currently the Republican junior senator from Nebraska. He said that statement in February 2016 and has been relentlessly critical of Trump on Twitter ever since. According to FiveThirtyEight, Sasse has voted in line with Trump’s wishes 91 percent of the time as of today. As someone who is widely noted for his commitment to civic education and regular bipartisan order, Senator Sasse made no negative statements against the shadowed process that produced five healthcare bills designed to take away health insurance for millions in order to achieve a rhetorical goal. He voted for every single effort. “Your words are dividing Americans, not healing them,” Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said of the President after the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville that left one counter-protester dead. Graham has been a critic of Trump before he was even the president of the United States, having briefly run in the 2016 Republican primary. He then followed his candidacy
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Being Asian isn’t sexy Elizabeth Mulhearn Devil’s Advocate
It is a well-known fact that minorities face discrimination in our society. With the prevalence of systemic racism in the U.S. today, it is only natural that minorities get the short end of the stick in television as well. I’ll remind you of some great moments in television’s history. A top-rated show in 1951, “I Love Lucy” featured the “highest profile Latino” Desi Arnaz in a lead role, and it also starred a female comedian, Lucille Ball. In November 1968, the first interracial kiss premiered on the sci-fi hit “Star Trek: The Original Series.” “The Cosby Show” premiered in 1983 and became the most popular sitcom of its time despite its showcasing a successful, upper-middle class black family. But despite these known achievements of “diversity” in programming, there is still a glaring lack of minorities represented on screen: One of the most blatant of these omissions is Asian-Americans. In January 2017, Steve Harvey was joking about the topic of dating between Asian men and women of other races: “‘Excuse me, do you like Asian men?’ ‘No … I don’t even like Chinese food, boy. It don’t stay with you no time. I don’t eat what I can’t pronounce.’” The emasculation of Asian men is nothing new in show business. George Takei has mentioned such issues on his Facebook page. “We so rarely see Asian male romantic leads or Asian male sex symbols,” Takei wrote in one of his posts.
with regular digs on Twitter. “Half of what Trump does is not okay,” Graham said in June 2017. According to FiveThirtyEight, Graham has voted with Trump 90 percent of the time. Graham was also one of the leading co-sponsors of the GrahamCassidy healthcare bill, created in back rooms and designed to drop a bomb into the middle of the current insurance market that, upon detonation, would blow up the health insurance coverage of over 20 million people. He regularly lied about what his bill did, even going so far as to debate a certain Vermont senator on live television and be shown the figurative door. “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning,” Bob Corker, senator from our great state of Tennessee, said. He tweeted that out Sunday morning in response to our president waking up and deciding to angrily tweet about how Corker recently decided not to run for re-election in 2018. Corker has attempted to maintain a healthy distance from Trump for much of the latter’s time in politics. Despite rumors back in 2016 that Trump would pick Corker as his running mate, then secretary of state, then other cabinet positions, they’ve never amounted to anything more than rumors.
Takei — known for his role in “Star Trek” — knows firsthand the effects of the racism spouted by Harvey. Raised during World War ll, Takei was imprisoned in the Japanese internment camps along with 120,000 other Japanese-Americans. During the beginning of his acting career, Takei was denied roles and confined to stereotypical Asian roles of nerds and villains. Not much has changed in the last 40 years. Take the CBS show “Two Broke Girls,” for example: the nerdy, undateable friend Han Lee is obsessed with Harry Potter and has the thickest accent. Guess who this character is played by? An Asian man. The comedy of many programs plays into humor similar to that used in the dark Jim Crow era of film. Remember the portrayal of black men in Disney’s 1946 “Song of the South” or even the 1989 movie “Major League?” These movies are rightfully criticized for their blatant stereotypically racist scripts, but similar humor and storylines for such characters are appearing now. But for some reason, this is being largely ignored. Asians are the punchlines. They are seen as foreigners unable to assimilate into our white-bread culture. Tiger moms and non-sexual communists are the roles available for Asian actors, who already make up only five percent of speaking roles. Further showcasing the disparities, the 1.3 percent that make up
According to FiveThirtyEight, Corker has voted in line with Trump 87.5 percent of the time. This was a 400-word exercise in the uselessness of Twitter. I love a good dunking as much as the next guy. I even tweeted out that Corker’s comment was “the best burn I’ve ever seen from a Republican.” But I have seen so many dunks. I have watched Ben Sasse heroically type out 140 characters of defiance and then spend three “yes” votes wiping away all of that effort. I have seen Graham curse and tear into our mad online president while apologizing for him on CNN the very next day. I have watched hundreds of Republicans announce, so bravely, that they could not support a man who condoned sexual assault and then seen them bend back down the moment a letter from James Comey put a chink in Hillary Clinton’s armor. Stop listening to them. They are pointless. Their posturing is a sham. Until senators discover that their most powerful endorsement rests in their lecterns instead of their phones, pay them no mind. Because even if they all get 280 characters in the next few weeks, we will just have double the bullcrap in the same pointless pen. Jarrod Nelson is a senior in public relations and can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu
leading roles are underpaid when compared to their white counterparts. CBS’s revamp of “Hawaii Five-0” came under fire in July when two Asian actors quit. These two actors claimed that they were being paid less than their white coworkers and were unable to negotiate for raises or vacation time. To make matters even more suspect, CBS claimed that the offers given to actors Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park were “generous,” but this is questionable since they were apparently not generous enough to keep the two most successful actors on the show. Shows such as “Black-ish,” “Fresh off the Boat,” “Empire” and “Jane the Virgin” have reached peak popularity because of their representations of minorities. These shows specifically address modern problems in minority communities and present realistic and developed characters. The problem lies in the fact that these gains are not wide-reaching. Minorities are still underrepresented across the industry and are too often portrayed via caricatures and stereotypes. And this goes beyond the given examples of Asian-Americans. Native Americans, Latinos and African Americans all face denigrating portrayal and insensitive appropriation. The whitewashing of the entertainment industry is not a social justice warrior facade; this is reality. In our multiethnic society, we need more than white actors on our television screens.
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PUZZLES&GAMES
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SPORTS
The Daily Beacon • Thursday, October 12, 2017
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Lady Vols tennis preparing for regional championships Staff Report
The Tennessee Lady Vols tennis team will gear up for the Ohio Valley Regional Championships this weekend after having a long two week break since their last competition. In their last outing, freshman Tenika McGiffin came up big for the Lady Vols. McGriffin went undefeated in her singles matches, winning the flight 8 singles title in the Debbie Southern Fall Classic. Tennessee head coach Alison Ojeda was proud of her winning the flight title and mentioned that if history was an indicator, her performance could lead to future AllAmerican honors. “Pretty much, more than 50 percent of the players that won that tournament, regardless of what flight they’re in, have at some point become an All-American here,” Ojeda said. In terms of team dynamics, the Lady Vols are excited to play. Having just had a freshman come in and win a flight, the team maintains the same goals and motivation. However, Ojeda says that there is a new kind of excitement surrounding the team. While the women’s team played well in the Furman classic at the end of September,
they have had nearly two weeks of no competition. Due to new NCAA rules, the team was not able to meet over fall break. In her second season as the head coach, this has become one of Ojeda’s biggest challenges. “That presents a challenge in terms of accountability … but if anything, I think these past few days actually allowed their bodies to rest,” Ojeda said. Redshirt sophomore Gabby Schuck and sophomore Johanna Silva are two other players to watch. Schuck took a secondplace finish in Flight 6 of the singles draw at Furman in September, and Silva should provide the team with another strong key contributor after nabbing third in singles at Furman and maintaining a good summer regimen. “She (Silva) worked her tail off all last spring and summer,” Ojeda said. “She’s really focused and understanding how to make the most out of her game right now.” For doubles play, Sadie Hammond and Schuck will be in tandem this weekend. Schuck won her last doubles match with Ariadna Riley, and Ojeda sees big things coming out of Hammond and Schuck this weekend. “I wouldn’t be surprised if those guys made a huge run in the tournament in doubles; they know they have a good opportunity in front of them,” Ojeda said.
FILE - Saddie Hammond and Gabby Schuck during their doubles match against Georgia at Barksdale Stadium on Apr. 1, 2017. Adrien Terricabras, File / The Daily Beacon This weekend’s regional championship tournament is set up in brackets, with the top-ranked players receiving a bye in the first day of play. Tennessee will begin play Thursday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Matchups will be taking place all day
from Thursday until Monday, with Monday being the final round of play. The winner of the tournament will receive a bid into the national event, which will be held in Palm Springs, California.
FOOTBALL
Tatum, offensive line becoming settled as season continues Tyler Wombles
Sports Editor Marcus Tatum isn’t comfortable. And he doesn’t want to be. The sophomore offensive lineman has found his niche as Tennessee’s starting right tackle after the first five games of the season, but don’t expect him to become complacent in the role. “I still feel like I am (competing) all the time,” Tatum said during media availability Tuesday. “We always feel like we’re competing in practice no matter what. Never just feeling too comfortable in a spot.” The Ormond Beach, Florida, native was ranked as a four-star prospect by ESPN and Scout and a three-star prospect by 24/7 Sports and Rivals during high school. He played in just two games last season for the Vols, coming off the bench against Tennessee Tech and Alabama.
Tatum started in Tennessee’s 42-41 overtime victory over Georgia Tech and 41-0 loss to Georgia this season and now appears to be set as a full-time starter for the time being. A potential reason for Tatum’s promotion to starting right tackle can be found in Tennessee’s weight room. Listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 281 pounds, Tatum has worked at improving his size and strength in order to compete against other SEC players. “I’ve improved a lot (from last year) in my strength and just confidence in the strength,” Tatum said. “Just being able to do techniques that everybody else can do.” Although the Vols’ offensive line has allowed just five sacks on the season, which averages to one sack per game, Tennessee’s offense hasn’t been able to gain momentum, having scored just 17 points combined in its last two contests. And it isn’t for lack of changes on the offensive front. Head coach Butch Jones has utilized
multiple different lineups for Tennessee’s offensive line this season, but the Vols’ shifting offensive line appears to have now settled down to five players. “That lineup coming out of it, where we had Brett (Kendrick) at guard and then Tatum at tackle, we thought right now, with overall health and where we are, is probably the best lineup we can put out that we think will give us a chance to have some success,” offensive coordinator Larry Scott said Monday. Tatum is confident in the unit’s ability to improve and become a formidable force during the remainder of the year. According to him, the versatility of the unit could be a difference-maker for Tennessee’s struggling offense. “I feel like we’re going to have continuity no matter what because we’re closer than people think,” Tatum said. “We’re all interchangeable. We all practice everywhere, so I feel like we were good before, but now it’s just going to solidify to get more comfort-
able with everybody else and see the same look over and over.” That commitment to continuity isn’t lost on Tatum’s head coach, either. Jones reiterated the need for it in regard to Tennessee’s offense on Monday, stating that every member of the offense has to work together in order for the unit to succeed. “I think it’s all 11 individuals working collectively as one,” Jones said. “When you go back and watch the video, it is when nine individuals do the right thing, 10 individuals do the right thing. That’s why it’s the greatest team sport going. “All 11 individuals have to be together as one.” Tennessee has had time to work on its offensive continuity, as the team did not play on Saturday due to a bye week. If the group, specifically the offensive line, does improve throughout the rest of the season, do not expect Tatum to become immune to competition and other pressures, though. He doesn’t want to be comfortable.