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Driver sentenced on charges related to death of SIUC alumnus

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A Carbondale man was sentenced to prison Monday on one count of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol that involved the death of Matthew Dierker, according to Jackson County State’s Attorney Michael C. Carr.

Seth Loyd, 23, pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 18 and was sentenced Monday to 55 months in prison followed by two years of mandatory supervised release. Part of his sentence also requires he undergo substance/alcohol abuse treatment. The maximum penalty in Illinois for a single count of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol is 14 years in prison.

Friends of Dierker think the sentencing is lax.

“I don’t think it’s long enough,” said Justin Rosenfield, a close friend of Dierker’s. “Matt was a huge impact on this community.”

Loyd was dismissed from six other offenses: two counts of reckless homicide, one other count of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, one count of driving an uninsured motor vehicle, one count of use of an electronic communication device and one count of expired registration.

Dierker died Nov. 15, 2014 from injuries sustained the previous day in an incident near the intersection of Old Highway 13 and Bigler Road in Carbondale. Police found Dierker lying unconscious on the left side of the road.

Dierker, 33, had two undergraduate degrees from SIUC in anthropology and Spanish, and was pursuing a degree in nursing. Rosenfield said Dierker was an avid cyclist and musician, and that he had a positive life transformation just before he died by quitting drinking alcohol and being increasingly health-conscious.

Two witnesses told police they saw a 1997 Ford Escort weave from the center lane to the gravel shoulder, which then struck Dierker, who landed on the vehicle’s windshield. Another witness told officers she saw the vehicle swerve into the center of the road, correct itself, and then strike the victim, while she was traveling east on Old Highway 13.

At the scene, officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from Loyd’s breath and his bloodshot and glassy eyes, according to the press release. Loyd told officers he was guilty of a DUI, according to police.

Loyd also told officers that he was texting his mother when he struck the victim and did not see Dierker on his bike. He said he was drunk the night before and had begun drinking the morning of the incident.

Loyd’s blood alcohol content was .207 — more than twice the legal limit — according to a test by the Illinois State Police Crime Lab. Rosenfield said Dierker is remembered as a good-caring person who would do anything for his friends, and continues to inspire the people who knew him.

While he is upset about the sentencing, he is more upset the incident occurred in the first place. The loss of his friend, he said, cannot be quelled by any amount of time served by Loyd.

“He was worth way more than four years,” Rosenfield said.

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DPS releases annual Clery Act report Clery Act Statistics

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The SIU Department of Public Safety released the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2014 on Thursday.

The report is published every year in compliance with the Clery Act, a consumer protection law passed in 1990, which requires all universities to disclose statistics and policies pertaining to crime on and near campus.

There was an increase of reported rape incidences on campus from three in 2013 to 13 in 2014, according to the report.

SIUC police Lt. Ryan House said the statistical increase is because of a change in what is classified as a crime.

The government also recently broadened the definition of a reportable Clery offense to include dating violence, or violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, according to the Department of Public Safety website.

The report also shows a decrease in reported cases of domestic violence from 52 in 2013 to seven in 2014.

“I don’t have an explanation for [the change in reported numbers] other than education and awareness on campus,” House said.

The university and DPS offer multiple programs to promote safety on campus.

“Our goal is to end domestic violence, dating violence, sex offenses and all of our programs revolve around that,” House said.

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program that educates university students and employees on assault and violence. The program explains how to help someone in need.

“I think people are more willing to report, and I think the step-up program the university has implemented has really increased the reporting of both domestic violence and sex offenses,” House said.

Though the content of these programs is the same as last year, House said campus police are interacting more with students.

House said liquor consumption is often a contributing factor to incidences such as sex offenses and domestic violence.

For this reason, House said campus

police is emphasizing safe and legal alcohol consumption and possession.

“We’ve tried to enforce it more by issuing more citations rather than student rights and responsibilities referrals.”

Proof of this increased enforcement is evident in this year’s report; 2014 had a 79 percent increase in liquor and drug law violation arrests from 2013.

Liquor and drug law violation disciplinary referrals decreased by 33 percent.

The report also indicated an 54 percent increase in reported burglaries.

Though he does not have an explanation for the increase in reported burglaries, House said many thefts occur when car and dorm doors are left unlocked.

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South Carolina trying to emerge from flooding that has left 12 dead NOAH BIERMAN LOS ANGELES TIMES

Even South Carolina residents who had been through Hurricane Hugo a quarter century ago said they have never seen anything like this, the deadly torrents that have crumbled roads, submerged houses and cars and killed at least 12 people.

“They’re saying it’s a oncein-1,000-year rainstorm, and I’m inclined to believe it,” said Sean Brennan, a real estate broker who had just checked on a colleague’s house in the state’s capital city of Columbia.

“It looked like a river ran through it,” said Brennan.

Even though the house was built 4 feet above ground, the water had come up nearly 2 feet into the garage, he said.

The backyard was a lake.

Brennan was one of the few residents driving around Columbia on Monday, navigating detours among more than 550 roads and bridges that had been closed throughout the state. He said he believed 60 percent to 70 percent of his town’s residents would recover quickly. But others would suffer much longer.

“There are parts of Columbia, residential parts, that to look at the pictures is very reminiscent of what we saw in New Orleans 10 years ago or parts of the Midwest when the Mississippi overflowed,” he said.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday morning that one of the worst floods in the state’s history has forced emergency water and aerial rescues for more than 175 residents. Days of relentless rain that began Thursday peaked over the weekend, with some areas receiving more than a foot-and-a-half between Friday and Sunday.

“This is very real,” Haley said.

Even as some waters began receding and the forecast called for clearer skies, the governor pleaded with residents to remain in their homes, if they still had them. More than 900 people were camped out

in emergency shelters spread throughout the state.

“This is not the time to take pictures,” Haley said.

Local news reported harrowing rescue attempts, including a disabled person whose wheelchair had to be carried above several inches of water by four emergency workers. Some were not as lucky. Among the dead were others whose cars were overtaken by the floods; they could not escape.

Almost everyone was calling friends and relatives to check on them, or sharing news about the deceased on Facebook. Emergency workers, including thousands of National Guard troops, were knocking on doors.

Haley, like many trying to combat the storm, sounded emotionally exhausted during her Monday news conference.

She said she had made an unusual verbal request to declare a major emergency in her state and had just spoken with President Barack Obama, who “was extremely gracious and kind” in expressing condolences and offering to help.

Obama subsequently signed a disaster declaration.

Haley announced the state would begin setting up water distribution centers for 40,000 people who were without potable water. About 26,000 people lacked power.

One bright spot: All of the state’s hospitals were functioning, even as emergency workers had to spend the night ferrying drinking water to keep some open.

“We’re stronger today than we were yesterday,” Haley said.

Andrew Orrison, a forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the storm was finally petering out Monday afternoon, with only 1 or 2 inches of isolated rain yet to come.

He said the catastrophic rain was only indirectly affected

by Hurricane Joaquin, which had veered well off-shore. But some of the storm’s moisture was pulled west toward the

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“We’re going to be seeing conditions improve rather rapidly,” he said, predicting the mid-Atlantic region would be dry through the weekend.

Indeed, some areas were already recovering.

Charleston, the quaint tourist mecca that had been a ghost town on Saturday, was beginning to look almost normal again.

“We even have horse carriages out on the streets,” said Andrea Ham, front office manager at the Planter’s Inn.

Ham was more worried for others.

Eddie Putnam, a retired polyester plant supervisor, was just hoping the dam did not break on Forest Lake, a 276-acre body of water behind his house.

The top rail of his five-foot pier was already underwater.

His home, on a hill, would be safe. But those on the low side of the lake were looking at yards that were still 6 to 8 inches under water, he said.

He’s been fishing on the lake since he was 11, more than a half a century, and has never seen the water this high.

“We’ll never see this again in our lifetime,” he said. “I hope.”

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Like kids, schools and districts will be graded on a 100-point scale DIANE RADO | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Like students taking a traditional classroom test, schools and districts across Illinois will be evaluated on a 100-point scale and given labels such as “exemplar” for earning 90 to 100 points, or “unsatisfactory” with scores 59 and below.

In between will be schools rated “proficient” and “needs improvement,” all part of a new school rating system that follows in the footsteps of states that use A through F grades, one to five stars or other recognizable ways to convey the quality of schools to parents and the public.

Illinois’ rating system, recently signed into law and scheduled to launch at least partially this school year, may surprise some parents and taxpayers because it gives so little weight to how students perform.

Just 30 percent of a school or district’s score will relate to student achievement and academic progress, including how kids fare on state exams and how many graduate. That’s an unusually low percentage compared with what other states are doing, according to researchers and educators.

The remaining 70 percent of the score will be based on “professional practices” that help schools improve,

such as family involvement, decisionmaking that involves administrators, teachers and students, and school atmosphere, including whether kids feel safe and classrooms are clean, orderly and well equipped with learning materials.

Those elements drive student achievement and “lay the foundation for good success in any school,” said Superintendent Todd Koehl of southwest suburban Troy School District 30-C. Koehl was one of several administrators around the state who helped develop the new scoring system for schools.

He said the group settled on 30 percent for student achievement because that’s similar to the way educators are rated under a 2010 teacher evaluation law.

One of his district’s schools, Shorewood Elementary, held a “Family Education Night” last month for parents and elementary students, an event that helps cement bonds between schools, parents and communities. Families roamed the colorfully decorated halls and classrooms and learned all about what their kids do in class every day.

It’s those kind of activities that will take on new relevance under

what the new law calls a “balanced accountability” scoring system, one that doesn’t rely solely on test scores.

But whether the ratings ultimately represent a balanced view of schools will likely be a matter of debate.

Kathy Christie is a consultant and former vice president at the Education Commission of States, which tracks state policy around the country. She’s worked extensively on what states are doing when it comes to rating schools.

“I would say that is uncommon to have most components [in a school rating system] not be based on academic performance,” Christie said.

“It’s probably unusual to be less than 50 percent.”

Chicago Public Schools has been using a rating system largely built around academic measures and student progress, but it plans to review its system in light of several factors. For example, the new state rating system is expected to use scores from the new Common Core-based PARCC exams as part of its scoring, but CPS has used different tests.

Bob Schaeffer, spokesman for the FairTest organization that opposes overuse and misuse of testing, acknowledged that basing just 30 percent of a school’s score on student

performance is a “much smaller percentage” than what is being used in other states — but he said it’s a step in the right direction.

“Illinois policymakers are listening to the national movement which is calling for de-emphasizing test scores as a factor in evaluating schools,” Schaeffer said.

Giving less weight to test results comes at a time when exam scores are dropping both in Illinois and around the country as the more difficult Common Core exams push students to perform at a higher level to prepare for college and careers.

In Illinois, preliminary results released recently from last spring’s PARCC exams were dismal, showing that the vast majority of third-througheighth grade students and some high school students scored too low to be considered ready for the next grade level, let alone college and careers.

The new school rating system is the latest version of a plan to determine how Illinois schools should be judged.

In the recent past, Illinois proposed awarding stars to schools, like movies and restaurants get, as well as other approaches.

Those proposals were part of Illinois’ request to get out of key

elements of the federal No Child Left Behind law enacted in 2002, which led to most schools being labeled failures when too many children flunked state exams.

The negative labels stirred opposition from families, lawmakers and the Obama administration, which allowed states to come up with a multifaceted approach to rating schools, one that wouldn’t be based solely on a snapshot performance on state exam day.

A statewide group of top education organizations called Vision 20/20 worked on developing the new rating system, with several local superintendents participating, many of whom have seen test scores nosedive in their districts. The work led to legislation that was approved in the spring and signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner July 30.

The new law doesn’t fully mirror a rating system that the U.S. Department of Education approved earlier for Illinois, which focused predominantly on academic measures and not professional practices. That means the state may need to get permission from the Department of Education to proceed with the new rating system.

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Opinion

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Why my college cut tuition in half SHARON LATCHAW HIRSH | THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

The topic of college affordability has been in the spotlight recently, and with good reason. The price of college has increased 45 percent over the last decade, at the same time that household income has dropped by 7 percent. One of the fundamental problems confronting colleges and families is a tuition-pricing model that no longer works.

Last month, Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia announced it will reduce its tuition by 43 percent next year. In making that decision, Rosemont joined a small group of colleges across the nation that have reset their tuition in recent years.

For many of these colleges, the step has been driven by reasons largely practical: Research reveals that more than half of families eliminate a college from their search based on tuition price alone. It stands to reason that lowering the price will ensure that a college remains on the list of price-sensitive families.

But for Rosemont, the overriding reason for resetting our tuition transcended practicality. This current college tuition model is badly broken and serves no one well.

At the core of the issue is this little-understood fact: The tuition that colleges publish is nothing more than an artificial sticker price that most students do not pay.

Instead, colleges offer students discounts in the form of grants and scholarships that bring the sticker price down.

On top of that, this game gets played with mostly artificial money.

The average cost of tuition at a private, four-year college is now $31,320, according to a recent study by the National Association of College and University Business

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Officers. But the average discount from that published price is a whopping 48 percent. And nearly 90 percent of first-year college students pay a discounted tuition price.

Tuition continues to rise at most colleges, not just because of inflation, but in order to cover increasingly high discounts. Discounts, in the form of grants and scholarships, are used to attract students to attend a particular college. And, with the exception of endorsed scholarships, none of it involves real money.

How did we get here? Until the 1980s, the practice of discounting tuition was largely reserved for students in need. For families who earned less, financial aid from a college or university helped students afford higher education.

But then colleges discovered discounting could be used for another legitimate reason — to help institutions shape their classes. A need for a tuba player to round out a college’s marching band could often be solved by “sweetening the pot” with a $1,000 scholarship. That worked well until the following year, when the four other colleges that also needed that tuba player decided to up the ante and offer $2,000 to musically gifted students.

And so the merit-aid cycle began, leading us to a state that some have referred to as “an arms race.”

What most people do not understand is this “high price, high discount” model does not, for the most part, involve real money. The tuition sticker price keeps climbing — but primarily in order to allow colleges to increase the discounts they can offer to coveted students.

The result is an ever-escalating and eventually unsustainable cycle.

After several years of research and soul-searching,

Rosemont decided that we will no longer play this game.

Even though 80 percent of our institutional aid goes to students in need (the highest is 86 percent merit aid), we, too, had become trapped in this model of ever-rising tuition and discounts.

Instead, going forward, we will publish our true cost of tuition. We ran multiple financial scenarios until we found the tuition price that removed us from the game.

Moving from a “high price, high discount” model to a “low price, low discount” model means that the grants and scholarships offered as discounts will decline in proportion to the new price. Financial aid will still be available to students who qualify, but many will find that they won’t need as much to “close the gap” to $18,500 than they did when tuition was over $32,000.

In addition, we did more than reduce the published price; we reduced the actual cost of a Rosemont education so that every student will pay less next year than they did this year. This step promises to restore clarity to a system that has become increasingly complex and confusing. It will benefit all of us. Families will know, at the outset, what the actual cost of tuition will be. And we, as educators, will be freed up from fielding months of anxious calls about financial aid in order to talk about what really matters — the rich educational and life experience that awaits a new student at Rosemont.

We expect that more colleges will follow in Rosemont’s footsteps. While the decision to move to a true-tuition model may not be the right one for every school, we hope that it is one that stimulates conversation on other campuses and around family dinner tables across the nation.

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‘Tony Hawk’ flips players the bird AUSTIN MILLER | @AMILLER_DE

Tony Hawk has fallen and should not get up.

The Tony Hawk franchise used to be a pinnacle of gaming. Teens could not wait to get the latest game on their PlayStation, Nintendo 64, or even the Dreamcast, and fulfill their half-pipe fantasy.

But “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5” is just half-baked.

Everything about this game screams cheap cash grab. The visuals look great for an early Xbox 360 game, not for a game released in 2015. That is not to say a cartoon-like look cannot work because games such as “Borderlands” and “Sunset Overdrive” benefit greatly from that style.

But with “Pro Skater 5” it seems the aesthetic was chosen because it could be done quickly and cheaply. Footage from when the game was announced had more realistic — but still bad — graphics so they threw a coat of cheap paint onto an already mediocre product.

Numerous graphical hiccups and glitches further show this game was rushed. Videos of Tony Hawk skating through a wall or falling through the floor get everyone’s attention, and for good reason. Developers

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cannot expect to release a broken product for $60 and not have those issues plastered all over the Internet.

And do not even think about playing online. The basic gameplay throws random people into the same area to do monotonous tasks. All it adds is an even worse frame rate and constant barrage of idiots bumping into you, which the game rewards with a

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notification every time it happens.

Those glitches are just a rotten cherry on a sundae of garbage.

The terrible controls feel as old as Tony Hawk is now. Not to knock the Birdman, because he probably has a contract to appear in these games, but the controls feel like they were copied from a 2007 racing game. Using the Right Trigger to

accelerate, then A to jump and the bumper buttons to spin is so confusing; it makes my fingers anxious just thinking about it.

This game introduces a slam feature, which lets skaters come down to the ground with authority. I do not know why someone would ask for this feature, since it does not seem physically possible, but it is mapped to the same button as grind.

There were countless times where I tried to put together a trick combination, but instead of adding some cool rail grind, I just slammed to the ground and killed the momentum. A move designed to end some really cool combo is assigned to the same button as a move to continue tricks is just dumb. Why would any developer make a mistake like that?

This franchise used to have the same style and attitude of the skaters in the game. Players rebelled against the man by destroying objects of oppression with their tricks and spray-painting graffiti on billboards. Now they knock beach balls out of a pool and collect ice cream cones. Yes, those are real tasks in the game. This series has officially sold out.

I hope I never meet someone who bought this game because I could not properly apologize to them. The fact that this game is being sold for $60 is gross and those responsible should be ashamed.

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What happened to Eli Roth? The man went from being one of the best up-and-coming horror directors, to directing trash.

“The Green Inferno,” directed by Roth and starring Lorenza Izzo and Daryl Sabara, makes the worst horror films look good.

Just when I started to think pretentious filmmaking reached its peak, someone comes up and reminds me there is so much more ostentatiousness to go around.

This movie rivals some of the worst movies of the year. “The Green Inferno,” will be joining “50 Shades of Grey,” “Mortdecai” and “Pixels” as 2015 failures.

Roth, who is also one of the screenwriters, builds straw people through this film and lets them burn, thinking he has made great points.

An easy way to make a terrible film is forgetting good storytelling and character development, Roth does that. He instead pushes a message down viewer’s throats.

The worst part about this, is even the director cannot stick to his own logic. The whole movie is about social justice warriors and those who try and save the world behind a computer screen.

But those are not the characters Roth creates.

Some go to the Amazon for bad reasons, but for the most part, these are individuals who get away from Twitter, and go to help.

He affectively ruins any point he is trying to make in the first 30 minutes.

This movie is also poorly made. If the only

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Review, plan and organize to flourish this year. Discipline with writing projects pays nice dividends. New career opportunities arise after springtime, leading to a turning point in personal priorities. Complete old promises and invent possibilities. A peaceful phase

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Rediscover love.

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A seemingly great scheme looks blocked. Wait, and try later. Keep or change your promises.

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Some of the things you try won’t work.

Write up your conclusions. Quantify results in practical terms.

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Things get stirred up. Don’t push or be pushed. Physical challenges arise.

Gather advice and ponder it. An elder can show the way.

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56 Blowgun projectile 57 Swear to be true 58 Third-oldest U.S. university 59 Irascibility 60 Mattress choice 62 Good-sized backyard 63 Churn up 64 “Power Hits” series record label 67 Robert E. __

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Handle financial matters over the next few days.

Family money grows with attention.

Count wins and losses. Acknowledge your fears. Re-affirm a partnership.

Abandon preconceived notions.

Don’t fund a fantasy. Feed a secret rainy day fund.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- Hold on to your money. Let others help over the next two days. Consult a good strategist.

Consider upcoming choices. Build strength through meditation. Make connections and promises. Friends open new possibilities. Send press releases later.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- The pace quickens. Focus on your work today and tomorrow.

Expect some chaos, and even a change at the top. Challenge authority to get to the truth. Heed the voice of experience.

Get the family to help.

Sports

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015

Nose tackle out for season SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

Saluki football coach Dale Lennon announced Monday senior nose tackle TJ Beelen will miss the remainder of the season because of a knee injury that requires surgery.

Lennon did not go into further specifics on the injury.

Beelen had played every game

of the season before the Western Illinois game, and accumulated 10 tackles and one tackle for loss this year.

Beelen’s main role was the primary backup for fellow senior nose tackle Raysean Golden.

“Raysean and TJ were good complements to each other,” Lennon said.

Lennon said all the defensive linemen will now be flushed into the rotation.

On an updated depth chart, true freshman Nate Sylvester is now Golden’s backup, moving over from backup defensive end.

Sylvester registered his first career tackle against Western Illinois.

Redshirt freshman Jaylon

Graham now serves as backup defensive end.

As a fourth year senior, Beelen has one NCAA redshirt year left.

“We will either take a redshirt year for him or do a medical hardship,” Lennon said.

If granted the medical hardship, Beelen will retain his redshirt year.

Provided Photo : SIU Athletics

SIU volleyball knocks off No. 22 Missouri State EVAN JONES | @EvanJones_DE

Jordan Duncan | @jordanduncanDE Emma Williams, kicker for the Carbondale Community High School football team, practices Monday. Williams also plays for the Terriers’ soccer team in the spring. She said she is often responsible for farther kicks in soccer and that experience translates with her position in football. “The only big difference is the shape of the ball,” Williams said.

Carbondale senior kicking stereotypes THOMAS DONLEY | @tdonleyDE

Kenny Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall” has been an anthem for high school football players for the last five years. But it does not account for girls who might play football.

Emma Williams, a senior kicker at Carbondale Community High School, is the second girl ever to play for the Terriers.

She joined the team in the offseason after senior quarterback Michael Rochman, her lifelong friend, asked her on a whim to try out because the Terriers did not have a kicker.

“It was kind of a joke at first,” Rochman said. “She didn’t think she had much of a chance, but it was actually pretty impressive how well she was doing.”

Williams made a 40-yard field goal with coaches watching to earn a spot on the team.

In 2014, 1,565 of more than 1,085,000 high school football players nationwide were female, according to a survey conducted by the National Federation of High School Associations.

Coach Bryan Lee, who is in his first year at Carbondale, had high praise for Williams — the only girl he has coached.

“The fact that she has a different gene doesn’t make me look at her any differently,” Lee said. “She has all the values you look for. She’s where she’s supposed to be. She’s a good student. She’s a good athlete. She’s a good teammate. She’s cool under pressure.”

Although she spends most of her time at practice on a separate field with special teams coach Joe Bevis, Williams said she feels just as welcome on the football team as on the girls’ soccer team where she plays sweeper and is a captain.

Williams said she plans to play college soccer, but is undecided as to where. College football is also not out of the question.

“My mom has been thinking about that,” Williams said.

“And honestly, why not? It’s another opportunity. I’m not opposed to it.”

April Goss, a senior kicker at Kent State, became the second female to ever record a point in an FBS game this season.

If she was not playing football, Williams would be spending the fall on the Terrier golf team. She said football has helped with her stay in shape better than golf has.

Crowd support at football games was one of the biggest changes for Williams from other sports.

“The crowds are huge,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve ever played in front that big a crowd before. The first game was nerve-wracking, but it’s gotten better.”

Williams has made nine of 12 extra points this year, including all four of her attempts in her first game.

And as it is a unique situation for Williams, she is still humble with the opportunity.

“I’m just kicking extra points,” Williams said. “Just putting a point on the board.”

Missouri State volleyball knocked the Salukis out of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament last season, but the Dawgs got revenge.

SIU volleyball (12-6, 3-2) defeated No. 22 Missouri State (12-5, 3-1) for its first conference loss this season in five sets (22-25, 25-9, 23-25, 25-23, 15-8) Monday night at Davies Gymnasium.

Missouri State had a three-match winning streak before facing the Salukis.

After the Bears won the first set 25-22, the Salukis led the second set in its entirety en route to a 25-9 set win.

“After the second set we really beat them,” sophomore outside hitter Andrea Estrada said. “We can play like we did before and we need to come back with high energy.”

Missouri State tallied 37 attack errors, 11 of them coming in the second set. SIU hit for a .478 attack efficiency with one error in the set. They hit .266 as a team.

SIU coach Justin Ingram said he knew Missouri State would play better in the third set.

The Salukis hit for a .176 attack efficiency in the third set with six attack errors.

The Bears’ third set was its best statistically, hitting for a .282 attack efficiency.

Missouri State won the third set 23-25.

SIU rallied back to win the fourth set before clinching the victory in the fifth set.

Junior setter and hitter Meg Viggars recorded two service aces to help secure her team a victory in the set and match.

“Our service game is what dictated some easier opportunities for block and back row defense,” Ingram said.

Viggars led the Salukis with a .522 attack efficiency, 26 assists and three service aces.

Estrada finished as the Salukis’ leading hitter in the match with 17 kills on 43 attempts with seven errors. She also added 13 digs for the Saluki defense.

The Salukis avoided losing two matches in a row after their loss to Loyola on Saturday. SIU has yet to lose twice in a row this season.

“Anybody can beat anybody, you have to be on your top every night.”

Viggars said.

The Salukis play the Evansville Purple Aces (7-12, 1-4) at 6 p.m. Saturday in Evansville, Ind.

TJ Price | @TJPrice_DE Middle hitter McKenzie Dorris celebrates after a block during a match against Missouri State on Monday night. The Salukis won (22-25, 25-9, 23-25, 25-23, 15-8) in five sets.