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Fitz and The Tantrums to headline this year’s Volapalooza Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor Fitz and The Tantrums, a Californiabased indie rock band, will be headlining this year’s Volapalooza with special guests The Dirty Guv’nahs and The Delta Saints.

The event will be held at ThompsonBoling Arena on Friday, April 25, the last day of classes for UT. The lineup was released Friday night at Campus Entertainment Board’s Vol Night Long: The Royal Treatment.

The reveal included a live acoustic set from Knoxville roots band The Dirty Guv’nahs, who also attended UT and said they are excited to play an event they attended as undergraduates.

“I actually did go to Volapalooza when Ben Folds was there,” James Trimble, lead singer, said. “It’s really cool to be a part of it. I went to undergrad here, grad school here and then we left and became a band. This will be our largest venue yet.”

Also playing at Bonnaroo this year, Fitz and The Tantrums, said being the

headliner is definitely a plus.

“We didn’t know who the headliner was and we got even more excited when we found out who it was,” Cozmo Holloway of The Dirty Guv’nahs said. “It was an extended Christmas present.”

Students at VNL had a variety of reactions to the lineup reveal, ranging from pumped to disappointed.

“I’m really excited for Fitz and The Tantrums,” Helen Holzapfel, freshman in child and family studies, said. “I think the thing is, the lineup really is

underground music, a lot of it isn’t popular. But I think a lot of them would be surprised. I think if you’re a fan of music, you’ll have a great time at this concert, whether you like the band or not, or whether you know the band or not.”

Blake Roller, junior in journalism and electronic media and political science, said he wished UT would bring in more well-known bands.

“This is the third year I’ve not known any of these performers,” Roller said. “I wish we had bigger performers

that all students know. ETSU gets people like Jordin Sparks and Carrie Underwood and then we get people I’ve never heard of.”

Volapalooza, funded by student fees, is a part of the Central Programming Council and is planned by the Volapalooza Event Planners, a committee with a maximum of 21 students.

Anna Walsh, committee chair, said she aims to create an event with large appeal and high-quality acts.

See VOLAPALOOZA on Page 5

SEE Senior Day ‘statement’ Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

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Ace Miller Tourney: 13 champs get belts, SAE wins frat competition NEWS >>pg. 2

ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Vols take back state, build momentum in emphatic win over Vandy

Senior Meighan Simmons, center, grins with her teammates during the Senior Day presentation before UT’s game against the No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday. The Vols beat the Gamecocks, 73-61.

Lady Vols finish season strong with 73-61 win over No. 4 South Carolina Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor As she stepped onto centercourt, Meighan Simmons was greeted by a standing ovation from the 14,072 Tennessee fans who came to honor the Cibolo, Texas, native on her Senior Day. At that moment, Simmons was the star, with every pair of eyes in Thompson-Boling Arena on her.

Once the Lady Vols controlled the opening tip, however, Isabelle

Harrison stole the show.

The junior center fired the opening blow and never looked back as her dominating performance surged No. 10 Tennessee past the No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks, 73-61.

“I thought we played smart and got the ball inside,” UT head coach Holly Warlick said.

“Isabelle Harrison was just outstanding – and so was Bashaara (Graves). I thought we took good shots and we got them the ball.”

Harrison set the tone early

by scoring the first six points of the ballgame, and 10 of the Lady Vols’ first 12 points.

The Nashville, Tenn., native finished with a game-high 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting and corralled 15 rebounds, surpassing Candace Parker for second place all-time for most doubledoubles by a junior in UT history with her 15th such performance.

“She is very mobile and she’s pretty deceptive,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said about Harrison. “I thought she

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SPORTS >>pg. 7

Simmons’ Senior Day performance puts final touches on illustrious Volunteer career SPORTS >>pg. 8

played with a certain will to win and if you don’t come to match that, you are going to have a tough night, and that is what happened to our bigs and our team overall.”

For Harrison, that will to win was due to her trying to give Simmons, who scored 16 points, a perfect send-off.

“I was really focused on this game, one, because I wanted to play hard for Meighan – it being her senior night – and we had to protect our house,” Harrison

said. “That was on our scouting report before the game. I think we did a good job of that.”

The battle between the two top 10 opponents was a physical one, as both teams attacked the rim and combined to score 80 points in the paint.

To keep up with South Carolina’s intensity, Tennessee turned to pressuring the ball at half-court, choosing to play the press instead of its typical zone defense.

See GAME RECAP on Page 8

Knoxville Fashion Week Outdoor Program provides students features new, edgy styles Hayley Brundige • The Daily Beacon

Andrew Ripp!

Judah & the Lion!

Catch up on the acts you missed

Winter is coming.

Or at least it was at Knoxville Fashion Week’s Grand Finale Runway Show.

For her collection for this year’s event, Alexis Montclaire, lead fabricator of Shattered Stitch Cosplay took inspiration from HBO’s hit television series “Game of Thrones,” based off the book series of the same name.

“There is so much ornate fashion work that goes on for that show’s costuming department – there was absolutely no shortage of inspiration to be had,” Chattanooga resident Montclaire said. “There’s just not enough hours in the day sometimes to pay homage to something as amazing as the visuals from ‘Game of Thrones’ with the proper respect to all the talented hands that work on their costuming.”

See FASHION WEEK on Page 3

The fourth annual Knoxville Fashion Week took place from Feb. 26 to March 1. This year’s Grand Finale event was held at the Holiday Inn at World’s Fair Park.

journey to stars Kevin Ridder Copy Editor The Knoxville night sky is breathtaking. Or, it would be, if people could see it.

Due to light pollution, much of the grandeur is not visible. Thus, the University of Tennessee Outdoor Program began holding stargazing hikes twice a semester last year.

Julianna Burchett, junior in environmental science and one of the trip leaders for the stargazing hike, said these are some of the most popular activities offered by UTOP. “Our first stargazing hike was a year ago, started by one of our trip leaders who worked with NASA,” Burchett said. “These are

definitely one of our most popular trips; we had six people on our waiting list for this trip.”

Nine students and two trip leaders were on the trip, with everybody filtering into the UTOP office in TRECS around 6 p.m.

Making sure everybody had all of the required paperwork filled out and had paid the $5 fee, the trip leaders handed out headlamps and sleeping pads to lay on. Once everyone had arrived, all of the students piled into a red UT van and started the drive.

Soon, everybody in the van was conversing and laughing with one another, exchanging stories and experiences from their hometowns.

See STARGAZING on Page 2

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Monday, March 3, 2014 Editor-in-Chief R.J. Vogt

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ACE MILLER MEMORIAL BOXING TOURNAMENT Stefan Hatfield • The Daily Beacon

The 2014 installent of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s signature philanthropy event drew the traditional crowds to Knoxville over the weekend.

Organizer Holt Edwards declined to disclose the total amount raised, but said “it was our largest tournament ever.” Elliot Watson, black shorts and shirt, celebrates with his Sigma In 2013, the tourna- Alpha Epsilon brothers after beating Ryan Vernich of Phi Sigma in what was later ruled “The Fight of The Night” at the ment raised more Kappa Jacobs Center on Saturday. Watson was awarded his third than $100,000. consecutive title belt, making him the only Hall of Fame initiate

In Case You Missed It: The Academy Awards generated quite the buzz during the hour leading up to the show – we selected our favorite Oscar tweets from the UT community.

continued from Page 1 Near the end of the twohour drive to Max Patch, North Carolina, the van drove partway up the small mountain to a small clearing. Everybody stepped out, slightly disoriented by the bumpy roads and pressure changes.

One look up at the sky, and they were left speechless. Sitting at 4,629 feet, Max Patch allows a full 360-degree view of the night sky. With no light pollution, everything the atmosphere would allow shined down to the group.

After standing in awe for a few moments, the gear was grabbed and the hike to the top started.

At the top of this particular mountain, the forest gives way to a soft grassland area. Hiking up the steep grade, the group reached the top. Save for another group camping out a few hundred yards away, these 11 UT students, so used to being surrounded by 20,000 of their peers, were completely alone.

Looking off into the distance, the twinkling lights of faraway cities were visible.

And the Champions are...

Everybody set out their mats in the soft grass and lay down to soak in as much as they could.

Constellations were clearly visible, including several invisible from Knoxville. Shooting stars streaked across the sky several times a minute. The wind had picked up at the top of the mountain; laying down, it flowed over the body, creating a very serene experience. It felt as if the entire world were still, the troubles and tribulations of the past few months insignificant.

As the group observed the night sky, more conversation arose. Kayla Howley, freshmen in pre-pharmacy, took long exposure shots of the stars. Aravinda Srinivasan, graduate student in mechanical engineering, relayed some of his experiences with UTOP. “I try to go on as many as I can,” Srinivasan said. “Last semester, I missed less than half a dozen. If I am just in my office all day, I would become insane. The UTOP guys and girls are really good people; I just like to hang out with really good people. For example, I was really bad when I kayaked for the first time.

“The troop leader tied a string

around my kayak and helped lead me so I didn’t get stranded. They never complained once, and now I can kayak a lot better.”

Once the group had begun to get chilly, the trip leaders produced a camping stove and heated up water for hot chocolate, tea and spiced cider. Everybody got a mugful and warmed up.

After observing the sky one more time, everyone packed up and began the hike back down to the van around 10 p.m. Most of the students slept on the twohour drive back to campus. Once the group arrived back at the Outdoor Center, everybody filled out trip evaluation forms and returned the gear.

“UTOP really does have a lot to offer,” Burchett said. “There are almost 40 events occurring this semester alone. UTOP has been around for over 10 years; our anniversary was last August.

It really puts things in perspective; we started out so small, and we’ve grown so much larger.

“I never thought I’d be working for UTOP when I went on my first trip. It’s made my college experience very unique and interesting.”

SAE won the most fights, and Phi Sig had the most champion boxers (3).

Featherweight – Henley Baugh Lightweight – Joseph Yarbrough Junior Welterweight – Eric Wurster Welterweight – Trenton Elsten (2nd belt) Junior Middleweight – Elliot Watson (3rd belt)* Middleweight – Corbin Felts Junior Light Heavyweight A – Lake Kirby (2nd belt) Junior Light Heavyweight B – Mitchell Sexton Light Heavyweight A – Brian Davis Light Heavyweight B – Michael Heller Cruiserweight – Joe Shapiro (2nd belt) Heavyweight – Tyler Ragsdale Super Heavyweight – Mike O’Neil

*Inducted into the Hall of Fame

STARGAZING

from this year’s Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament.

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ARTS & CULTURE FASHION WEEK continued from Page 1 Hosted by Gage Talent, Knoxville Fashion Week is an annual event, taking place the first weekend of March.

This year was the event’s fourth anniversary and featured various events over the span of four days.

In addition to Shattered Stitch Cosplay, also closing this year’s Knoxville Fashion Week were designers KRISTI, Royal Peasantry and design duo Kelly Jones & Diane Corey.

“My whole experience with the event is nothing but positive,” Montclaire said via email. “I was shocked to be chosen and am so grateful for the opportunity; it could’ve been completely horrible and I’d still have been on cloud nine.

But since it wasn’t horrible … it was just that much better.

“From my position, it was extremely professional, all the models and make up and hair artists were perfection, and it went off without a hitch.”

Gift & Gourmet Interiors in Bearden hosted the kick off event for the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, beginning the festivities on Feb. 26. The next night featured the accessories showcase and the emerging designer runway at Market Square’s Latitude 35. Friday night

at The Relix Theatre there was the swimwear, men’s and accessories show. The Grand Finale event took place the evening of March 1 at the Holiday Inn at World’s Fair Park, which also featured the children’s runway event and the teen runway earlier in the day.

Brianna Blount, Oneida High School junior and model signed to Gage Talent, became the face of Knoxville Fashion Week this year, the third in her career. She walked in the Grand Finale event.

“Over the years, the shows get better and there are more people involved,” Blount said after the show.

“I think this year is the biggest year ever.”

Rebecca Fechino, sophomore in public relations, attended the event for the first time and said she was “delightfully surprised.”

“I was expecting prom dresses; it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting,” Fechino said. “It was cool; it made me feel really classy that I was here.”

Sophomore in kinesiology Samantha Riccardi said her expectations were fulfilled, even though some of the designs were not her style.

“I was expecting a lot of local designers displaying their outfits and that’s what I saw,” Riccardi said. “It is definitely what I expected. I enjoyed it, I wouldn’t wear everything in the shows, but I enjoyed a majority of

the lines.”

Compared to previous years, Blount said this year’s event gathered a much larger group of people.

Fechino had the same feelings.

“I didn’t think it was advertised very well until I got a ticket for it,” Fechino said. “I didn’t think many people here would be interested in it.”

Blount, who juggles school, dance and modeling, said she struggles with deciding what her priorities are but admitted she enjoys participating in Knoxville Fashion Week as an alternative way of self-expression.

“I really like it; you feel like you’re on top … and trying to establish to others what the new fashion and style is,” Blount said. “It’s just a moment for you to show your personality in a different way instead of talking.”

After every look from each collection walked the runway, the models walked down the runway again with the designers who created the clothes they wore. Montclaire said besides walking with her models, her favorite part of the event was “the vibe.”

“Everyone was helping everyone else, designers interacting and sharing information, my models all sitting together watching “Game of Thrones” on Amazon while we waited to get them all dressed,” Montclaire said.

“It felt like a very fashionable little family Saturday night.”

Alexis Montclaire, lead fabricator of Shattered Stitch Cosplay, showcased a collection for Knoxville Fashion Week inspired by the book and TV series “Game of Thrones.”

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croark4@utk.edu • All Photos Courtesty of Hayley Brundige

Monday, March 3, 2014

Knoxville Fashion Week took place over the span of four days, from Feb. 26 to March 1, featuring events ranging from a swimwear collection to an Emerging Designer Runway.

The Grand Finale event for Knoxville Fashion Week featured four collections, including Shattered Stitch Cosplay, pictured above, KRISTI, Royal Peasantry and design duo Kelly Jones and Diane Corey.

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A hipster goes to Boxing, reluctantly enjoys herself Staff Column by

Hanna Lustig

It is 7:45 p.m. and the line outside Jacobs’ Center isn’t even a line anymore. It’s a swaying mob of students, huddled for warmth. Only the smokers and the police stand apart, pensive – they’re preparing for the three-hour onslaught to come. Already, the ground is littered with lost belongings: empty bottles, a single pearl earring, a tube of lip gloss, a lanyard. But I only glimpse the debris for a moment. As the doors mercifully open, I am whisked inside by a surge of ecstatic Greeks.

It is my first Boxing Weekend.

Tonight, the Center is Dante’s Inferno. At its core lies the ring itself. Beyond that, there is only a dense wilderness of fans pushing and falling and bumping into each other. An announcer says – well, something. I’m not sure, but the muffled intonations sound like the Pledge of Allegiance.

He could have been free-style rapping, and I wouldn’t have known. The crowd is that thick and that loud.

Then, the first two boxers emerge, ascending to the platform. Unceremoniously, the match begins.

And, unceremoniously, I am swallowed whole. I cannot look away.

Here’s the thing: I am not a violent person. In fact, I’m a Quaker. I don’t go for action movies or athlete bio-pics. I’ve never seen “Rocky.” I don’t advocate sports that potentially cause brain damage. I don’t believe in glorifying bodily harm. I thought I objected to boxing – I thought it was gruesome and degrading.

And it sort of was. I watched a heavy glove sink into a 20-year-old’s thin, angular face. I witnessed that glove connect, leaving behind a bruised, crooked mess. I saw another kid hold onto his opponent, so exhausted his breath came only in short, forceful gasps. I watched bony arms soar toward vulnerable chins in perfect uppercuts. I watched fists draw blood. I saw fear and loathing and exhilaration and joy pass across the faces of every fighter. I observed dirty fights and clean, elegant matches. I watched winners celebrate victory, hands held aloft. I watched losers exit the ring, dismayed.

But I won’t pretend the energy wasn’t infectious. I genuinely enjoyed Boxing Weekend, in spite of myself. Maybe it was the allure of the repugnant, or my buried, primal love of bloody sport. Reluctantly, I had a great time. That is the shameful, unadorned truth.

So call this a hipster’s ode to Boxing Weekend.

To the fighters I spoke to before the tournament – you were among the nicest people I’ve ever interviewed. I hope you weren’t hurt too badly and you indulged in some Chipotle on Sunday.

To the organizers who run themselves ragged for an event they love – great work. I was incredibly impressed. To the ladies from Golden Gloves – thank you for the bread you gave me to feed the ducks in the pond outside your gym. I think they really enjoyed your leftover hot dog buns.

Boxing Weekend, you’re alright. I might even volunteer to see you again next year, if you’ll have me. I’ve even come up with a moral justification to tell my disdainful hipster friends. “Boxing is a surrogate for violence,” I’ll proudly state. I went to the tournament on principle.

Frankly, that’s a bullshit excuse. But I’m not sure I care. I’ll probably go back either way.

Hanna Lustig is a sophomore in College Scholars. She can be reached hlustig@utk.edu.

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Campus life, consent and why we really need to ‘talk about’ Sex Week Struggling to be Heard by

Andrea Richardson “Let’s talk about it” — is the rallying cry of the organizers of Sex Week. If you’ve not heard it — and I really can’t see how you haven’t if you attend this university — you know that it’s a week long affair whose goal is to raise sexual awareness and empowerment.

Sex Week has a diverse host of events, including an aphrodisiac cooking class, a gender theory workshop and a discussion about politics and policy in Tennessee.

Each event is set to bring about positive change and awareness. Yet, Tennessee’s House of Representatives passed a resolution by majority vote condemning Sex Week and calling it an “atrocious event.”

Forgive me, but I don’t see how an event that promotes women’s reproductive health, LGBTQ awareness and safe, consensual sex could ever be described as “atrocious.”

Nevertheless, our glorious state leaders have made their disapproval clear. It’s a shame really, because there needs to be more events like this across the state. Every week should be Sex Week.

Our state has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates and one of the highest rape

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that one in five women face sexual assault or attempted sexual assault while in college.

I believe that the number could actually be higher, as sexual assault largely goes unreported.

I think the biggest issues people have with Sex Week stem from ignorance of the reality of the event and its goals.

Coincidentally, ignorance is the reason we need Sex Week in the first place.

The discussion of sex in our society is generally riddled with inaccuracies that harm everyone. The media and religious extremism has distorted sex. Additionally, we live in a national culture that stigmatizes sex and makes us uncomfortable talking about it, yet injects it into almost every aspect of our society.

In order to make our state — and our nation — a better one in regards to reproductive and sexual health, teen pregnancy, LGBTQ awareness and sexual assault, we must have an informed conversation.

Abstinence-only education fails. Ignoring the unavoidable reality of sex and calling it “atrocious” is not only ineffectual but also damaging. Self-loathing, even. We all know how we got here.

Sex Week aims to promote an important conversation, and it’d be great if our state leaders would recognize that.

We’ve got to talk about it, folks.

Andrea Richardson is a sophomore in anthropology. She can be reached at aricha43@utk.edu.

You’re the author of your life, so tell that story well School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry It is another dull Monday, marking the beginning of yet another hectic week containing: 16 hours of classes, 35 hours of work and not to mention the ever-looming homework assignments, extracurricular activities and somehow squeezing in a social life. If anyone told you that college was a breeze, they were blatantly lying to you.

Nevertheless, to stay sane through the long days, I often find myself mentally leaving my current location and placing myself on a sailboat. Not any old sailboat – but a 30-foot, sky blue one with a big white, billowing sail.

On my sailboat I am in a state of ecstasy; I can only hear the roaring ocean and the sighing, salty winds. I can feel the old boat swaying and dipping over the steady currents. Then my ship wrecks.

I am awoken from my fantasies by the sound of fellow students rustling through their backpacks and grabbing paper in preparation for the pop quiz on everything we just learned while I was “sailing.” It makes

no difference because that brief moment of tranquility will be enough for me to make it through the day.

Gazing around the class, I can tell I’m not the only one who does this. The girl below me is flipping through Lilly Pulitzer dresses and a row down from her, a guy wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with red text that reads, “The voices in my head may not be real but they have great ideas!” is looking at machetes.

Not to mention the guy sitting in the back row who is looking at porn, no matter how discrete he thinks he’s being about it. So what do these people all have in common?

The girl browsing Pulitzer attire is imagining herself in that dress; the gawking she’d receive from men and the envious glares of her friends. The guy looking at porn is envisioning himself with one of these wellendowed women. As for machete kid ... I’d rather not venture there.

Human life is so bound up in stories that we are almost desensitized to their strange and enchanting powers. Whether it’s the stories we tell ourselves throughout the day or the explanations we have for bigger event in our lives; humans are simply creatures cursed by the sense of plot – of beginnings, middles and ends.

We do it everyday whether we realize it or not. Retelling an event in our life we are oftentimes the victim or hero, but never the villain.

Life is full of these false replicas of what life is.

We often explain the events in our lives that may not always make sense by creating what we believe are reasonable explanations.

This is, what I believe, what drives our bigger life questions. Since the dawn of man, various cultures have struggled with the possibility that humans came about through mere chance. We are driven to tell the essential story of where we came from and why.

These stories we have created give man the false sense of solving life’s interminable puzzles and provide the satisfaction and peace that has become so necessary for mankind’s survival.

What I believe is that life, in general, is a great book. We do not stop at the conflict of our stories because it is in our nature to find out how it ends.

We are the authors of our own books and although life, at times, may seem hectic, it is us who can control the future outcomes. We as humans have this remarkable ability to rewrite the confines of our lives. With this in mind, I’d like to remind people to take a deep breath and be the captain of your own ship.

I, for one, will continue to sail through this week on my sky blue boat with the big white, billowing sail.

Kaila Curry is a freshman in English. She can be reached at kcurry6@utk.edu.

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rates in the country. I mentioned in a previous column that Tennessee got an “F” on its reproductive health and rights report card.

And unsurprisingly, the most prominent form of sex education in our state is abstinence-only. I wonder if perhaps there is a pattern.

I feel that Sex Week is especially needed on our state’s college campuses, especially one as large and as party-inclined as UT. A coalition of groups petitioned the university late last month to halt Sex Week events because Sex Week “potentially violates Tennessee state obscenity laws while creating a hostile environment for female students. …The University is also violating the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Letter of Finding requiring policies that prohibit sexual harassment-related activities that create a hostile and sexually charged environment for females on campus.”

That’s funny, because the environment on campus is already pretty sexually charged and hostile to female students. Sex Week wants to change that. These groups would do better to express their dissatisfaction with fraternity parties as well as certain academic departments.

The truth is that we really need Sex Week events, especially the one which focuses on consent — “Don’t Blame It On the Alcohol: Communication, Consent, & Sexual Assault Prevention.”

It’s no secret that university campuses as well as their surrounding areas are hotspots for rape and sexual assault. One study shows

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Andrew Ripp uses charm, soulful sound to impress at Square Room Chelsea Faulkner Contributor

true.�

But beyond his wit and charm, Ripp’s music is touching, passionate and sincere, evoking emotions from his audience with his very personal lyrics. “I wrote this song in a moment when I was feeling very desperate and alone,� Ripp said of his song, “Rescue Me,� which, with its religious subject matter, put a spiritual touch on the evening.

With “Simple,� Ripp lends importance to the words and meanings of his songs by choosing not to fill spaces with long instrumental solos or flashy production elements.

sensuality Saturday night much to the audience’s delight.

For his Square Room performance, Ripp was accompanied only by a keyboardist and a drummer, choosing to perform a few songs solo, with simply his Gibson guitar and his natural, bluesy vocals.

In addition to his crowdpleasing musical performance, Ripp kept his audience engaged between tunes with facetious banter. “Please play this song when you Jazzercise,� Ripp said of his song “Falling for the Beat.� “It will make all my dreams come

For the passionate finale of Saturday’s performance, Ripp invited the opening band, Judah & the Lion, along with Ripp’s two instrumental accompanists to join him around the microphone in singing an unforgettable gospel-like rendition of his song “Peace Like a River.� At the chorus, Ripp stepped away from the microphone, walked to the edge of the stage and sang with all the organic, emotive power of his voice, gleaning a tear or two from his captive audience. “You guys have been my absolute favorite show of the tour,�

Ripp said. “Thank you.â€? • All photos courtesy of Claire Dodson

Passionate and emotive, seasoned singer-songwriter Andrew Ripp took a bow Saturday evening as he performed the final concert of his stripped down Simple Tour to an enthusiastic sold-out crowd at The Square Room.

Reminiscent of artists such as Matt Wertz and Ben Rector, Ripp, a handsome, talented musician from Chicago, wielded his soulful vocals for a mixed crowd of co-eds, swooning teenagers

tour. Since then, Ripp has moved to Nashville and embarked on a highly successful solo tour.

Ripp’s Simple Tour is aptly named. After a string of fans requested that he release acoustic versions of his music, Ripp responded with 2013’s “Simple,� a stripped down adaptation of his noteworthy early 2013 album, “Won’t Let Go,� under the direction of award-winning producer, Charlie Peacock (Civil Wars, Switchfoot).

Also included on “Simple� is an acoustic rendition of Justin Timberlake’s song, “Mirrors,� which he performed with soulful

and a handful of older patrons.

Combining gospel, pop, rock and soul genres, Ripp delivered a touching, personal performance with absolute precision and true talent, hailing his influences to the likes of Joe Cocker, Otis Redding and Bob Dylan. “As a songwriter, you are influenced by what you hear as a child,� Ripp said. “I am so glad I grew up in the 70s.�

Ripp has been on the music scene since early 2005, but gained notoriety four years ago when fellow singer-songwriter Dave Barnes heard his music and asked Ripp to join him on

Andrew Ripp bellows his songs to the crowd on Saturday at The Square Room. Musician Garrett Sale and the band Judah & the Lion performed as the opener for Ripp.

Judah Akers of Judah & the Lion sings at The Square Room on Saturday. Judah & the Lion were the openers for singer-songwriter Andrew Ripp.

VOLAPALOOZA continued from Page 1 “Typically the first step after Volapalooza ends is to look at the results of last year,� Walsh, junior in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology and chemistry, said. “We look at how well it was planned and executed among the committee.

“Numbers do go into it, but we base it off of how well we meet the needs of the community.�

When deciding this year’s lineup, Walsh said event planners aimed for a more cohesive set of acts. “We wanted a more unified sound that we had last year,�

Walsh said. “It’s wonderful to have diverse acts, but this year we wanted to see what we could

do with trying to fuse them into a more unified sound, to see if that would work a little better.�

Student tickets are $5 and will be available starting next week. “What are else are you going to do before finals? It’s gonna be the greatest show in history of the University of Tennessee,�

Trimble joked. “Don’t miss it. ...

We’re trying to hold our pride back.�

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Stephen Hall and Mike O’Neill, left, of Phi Sigma Kappa hug after their match at the Jacobs Center on Saturday during the Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament. O’Neill was named the winner of the super heavyweight class.

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Lady Vols dealt first loss in soggy San Diego tournament Staff Report After maintaining a spotless record to open the season, the Lady Vols suffered their first loss of the season Thursday afternoon against BYU, 6-3, in the opening game of the San Diego Classic tournament in San Diego, Calif.

However, the losing ways didn’t stick with UT for long.

Tennessee (15-1) roared back in the second game of a doubleheader Thursday night and took down San Diego State, 3-1.

This would be the last game the Lady Vols would play on their California weekend trip as rain cancelled games against

Colorado State, Fresno State, Utah State and Utah.

The Lady Vols will now return to Knoxville for the team’s home opener – a doubleheader against Wright State with first pitches scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. – on Wednesday at Lee Stadium.

Against the Cougars, UT sophomore pitcher Erin Gabriel struggled early, giving up a three-run homerun in the first inning to Katie Manuma.

The Lady Vols responded in the bottom half of the first with a two-run homerun from senior shortstop Madison Shipman.

Junior Cheyanne Tarango pitched in relief for Gabriel after the first inning and threw five scoreless innings. However, in

the top of the seventh, Tarango gave up back-to-back homeruns to McKenzie St. Clair and Manuma that pushed the BYU lead to 5-3.

The Cougars pushed home another run on a wild pitch and shut the Lady Vols down in the bottom half of the seventh to clinch the victory.

Later that evening, two familiar seniors – pitcher Ellen Renfroe, left fielder Melissa Davin and Shipman – powered the Lady Vols to their 3-1 victoy over the Aztecs.

Shipman blasted another two-run homerun and Renfroe delivered seven innings of onerun ball, tacking on six strikeouts and pushing her record on the season to 9-0.

The win column keeps growing, and the positive attention does the same.

But the message stays firm.

“Like I continue to remind these guys,” said Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano, “we can’t win enough to ever get bored.

Winning feels too good.”

On Sunday, the Volunteers pushed across seven runs in the first two innings, and freshman hurler Kyle Serrano turned in his sharpest performance of the season, giving No. 28 Tennessee more than enough firepower for a 9-4 win over Quinnipiac at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The victory finished off a three-game sweep of the Bobcats (0-6) as the Vols (10-0) won 13-2 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday.

“I’m never going to complain about a sweep — ever, ever, ever,” Dave Serrano said after Sunday’s win. “We haven’t won enough nor will we ever win enough to ever complain about a sweep.

“I will not allow us to ever get satisfied with anything but our best every single time. It’s another learning process for this team. Fortunately we’re 10-0, and we’re proud of that.”

After scraping together enough offense for a late inning win on Saturday, the UT offense exploded out the gates, needing just three hitters to produce the game’s first score.

Following a walk to Scott Price and a Will Maddox (3-for-5, 3 runs) single, left fielder Christin Stewart launched a thunderous home run high off the scoreboard in right-center field, giving the Vols an early 3-0 lead.

“I mean he scorched that ball,” Dave Serrano said. “Stewie’s been scuffling a little bit. I know the coaches have been working on his swing, and he really let that ball get deep and scorched that ball. The wind was blowing pretty good, and he hit the ball three quarters up the scoreboard.

“That’s always a good thing on a Sunday when you’re going for a sweep.”

Stewart, who had been 0-forhis-last-12 before the first-inning blast, said taking a more simplified approach at the plate heavilyfactored into the towering blast.

“I just was maybe thinking a little bit (too much),” Stewart said. “I just had to go back to how I was swinging — just see ball, hit ball and just make good contact.”

With an early three-run lead to work with, Kyle Serrano (2-0, 3.29 ERA) stifled the Bobcat offense over six innings, surrendering just two hits and one run with a season-best five strikeouts.

“He put in a lot of work this week,” Dave Serrano said. “We found some mechanical stuff

Freshman pitcher Kyle Serrano delivers a pitch during the Vols’ 9-4 win over Quinnipiac in the series finale on Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.. with his arm behind his back.

Obviously I know him like the back of my hand because I’ve been around him my whole life.

He really worked on fixing some things and some mechanical stuff. I’m not a big mechanical guy myself as a coach, but there was some definite flaws in his delivery that we ironed out.

“It’s still a work in progress.

He knows that just like I said to him today. It’s a step. He has more steps to go.”

The freshman right hander, who lowered his ERA by more than a run with Sunday’s effort, said he honed in on successfully locating down in the strike zone.

“I think the stuff was a lot better (today) because it was down,” Kyle Serrano said. “It’s always going to be better when it’s down. It’s harder to hit. That’s the main thing that I worked on was some stuff that was going to help me get the ball down, and it turned out to be a lot better today.”

UT struck again in the second with a four spot as the Vols capitalized on two Quinnipiac walks and a catcher’s interference. Vincent Jackson, Nathaniel Maggio and Taylor Smart all drove in runs during the frame.

Smart’s run-scoring single jumpstarted Sunday’s three-hit performance and was part of a 6-for-9 overall weekend effort for the senior infielder.

On Saturday, Smart delivered a walk-off single that capped off a

comeback victory in Game Two of the series. The Vols trailed 3-1 after seven but scored single runs in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings. Andy Cox tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Andrew Lee. “It wasn’t easy,” Dave Serrano said after Saturday’s win, “but we passed, and I commend our guys for that. They’re not quitting.

There not perfect — they never will be perfect — but they keep fighting.”

In Friday’s matchup, no lateinning heroics were necessary as the Vols scored eight runs in the initial five frames, highlighted by Maddox’s three-run blast.

“It was a pretty fat pitch I got there,” Maddox said on Friday. “I hit it pretty good. I’ve been working hard on just staying through balls, and I was able to on that at-bat.”

With the UT offense smoothly clicking, senior Nick Williams delivered another solid mound performance, surrendering just two hits and one run over seven frames.

“Our focus was good,” Dave Serrano said on Friday. “That’s a concern sometimes, when you’re on a roll as a team, and you’re playing good baseball, and then you have a team that you don’t recognize maybe as a powerhouse.

“But it’s still baseball, and you still got to go out there and do things better than the other team.”

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Barton, Vols crush Commodores, 76-38

Barton coming up big for Vols down stretch

Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings spent the days leading up to Saturday’s game at Tennessee calling Volunteer fans who wanted Cuonzo Martin fired “idiots,” making him the subject of profanity-laced jeers and heavy boos every minute he spent on the Thompson-Boling Arena court.

But for 40 minutes, Stallings’ vindication of his bright orange blazer-toting enemy proved to be right on the money.

Tennessee followed up perhaps its best first-half performance of the season with a second half just as dominating, knocking instate rival Vanderbilt out cold with a crucial 76-38 win on Saturday.

UT’s 38-point margin of victory was the Vols’ largest in the 185-game-old rivalry. It also made up for a 64-60 loss in Nashville on Feb. 5 in which Vanderbilt handed out shirts that read “our state” to its student section.

“It means a lot to me,” Tennessee forward Jarnell Stokes said after the win. “Being a home guy, I hate when another team tries to claim the state when we’re named Tennessee.”

Senior point guard Antonio Barton poured in a season-high 21 points and careerhigh six assists. Stokes added 12 points and 11 rebounds while six other Vols contributed five or more points.

Vanderbilt (15-13, 7-9 SEC) boasted no players in double digits and shot a ghastly 22 percent (11-of-49) from the field. The defensive-minded Martin shuffled defensive sets and kept Commodore players from finding gaps and open looks.

“We just talk about having relentless focus and dedication to your craft,” Martin said of his defense. “When we’re consistent, these are some of the results.

“Hopefully when shots don’t fall, we can still defend and play hard at this level.”

Vanderbilt starters Rod Odom and Kyle Fuller, who combined for 38 points and 10 assists in the home win over UT, were held to 5-of-18 shooting, 13 total points and two assists Saturday.

“We didn’t have one guy that I thought played the way they needed to play in order for us to have a chance to win this game,” Stallings said.

The two sides played a barnburner that went the distance earlier this season, but Saturday’s game was all Tennessee from the opening tip.

It took the Vols (18-11, 9-7) five minutes of game time to lead by double digits, and 15 minutes to push it out to a 20-point lead.

Vanderbilt was held scoreless for more than a

five-minute stretch late in the first half, as UT controlled the pace on both sides of the ball.

The Vols hit 7-of-12 attempts from 3-point land in the opening half to take a commanding 41-18 lead into the locker room.

Entering the second half with a commanding lead, the Vols didn’t let up. They continued pouring it on, pushing the lead to as many as 40 points in the final minute of the game.

Barton’s hot shooting outside was a big reason why. He hit 5-of-7 attempts from long range, helping the Vols to not miss a beat during Jordan McRae’s quiet, nine-point afternoon.

“It helps a lot,” Barton said.

“It helps even better if both (me and McRae) are on, to make it a double-threat. But he’s carried us all year, so a night like that was Senior guard Antonio Barton shoots over very needed.”

In just his second game since the Vanderbilt guard Carter Josephs in being re-entered into the start- UT’s 76-38 win at Thompson-Boling ing lineup, the senior Memphis Arena on Saturday. transfer was locked in from start to finish, playing with a level of confidence he hasn’t shown since arriving in Knoxville before the Knoxville, Tenn. // Thompson-Boling Arena // 17,208 season.

Field Goals 11-49 (.224) 26-49 (.531) “(My confidence) has gone up high,” Barton said. “I feel more 3-pointers 3-15 (.200) 10-21 (.476) comfortable, knowing that I can Free Throws 13-18 (.722) 14-22 (.636) be out there and be relaxed and not have to look over my shoulder Rebounds-Off 32-14 37-10 and worry about other stuff. It allows me to help my team out in Turnovers 14 8 a lot of ways.”

Fouls 16 17 UT opened up with baskets from Barton, Stokes and McRae Largest Lead 40 to take a 9-2 lead, and from that point on, a supreme energy level simply was too much for the gassed ‘Dores.

Points K. Fuller 9 A. Barton 21 Vanderbilt walked out of Memorial Gym nearly a month Rebounds D. Parker 7 J. Stokes 11 ago sporting arguably its biggest Assists K. Fuller 2 A. Barton 6 win of the season — albeit over the bitter in-state rival Vols.

Steals 4 Tied, 1 2 Tied, 2 But on Saturday, Stokes and Blocks 2 Tied, 1 J. Stokes 3 company had the first, middle and last laughs.

“When you see guys showboatfor a bit of an emotional impact as well. ing and talking trash to the other team, and “He asked us to blow them out for him,” defending, it forces you to come to their Stokes said, “so I guess that was a part of it.” level,” Stokes said of his teammates’ energy.

The Vols will hope to improve upon just Of course, having former Vol Dale Ellis’ their second win streak in SEC play this jersey retired before tipoff and hearing season when they travel to face Auburn on from him Friday before the game made Wednesday night at 8 p.m.

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Second-half defense prevents another heartbreaker for UT Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor

As the game turned: Just like the new LED lights hanging in the rafters of Thompson-Boling Arena, the Tennessee Volunteers shined bright from the opening tip in their 76-38 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores.

A high level of intensity on the defensive end fueled a hot start on offense, as the Vols jumped out to a double digit lead by the 14:33 mark in the first half.

The Vols were especially effective from 3-point range, connecting on five of their first eight attempts from downtown, three of which came from senior guard Antonio Barton.

“Everybody was just locked in,” Barton said. “Practice has been competitive. We watched a lot of film. We took that last game personal. They came in and hit us in the mouth hard and we wanted to come back this game and stop that.”

Hot topic: It was almost two months ago that Texas A&M’s Kevin Space broke Tennessee’s heart for the first time, but that memory is still fresh in the minds of the Volunteer faithful.

The Vols took a 14-point halftime lead into that contest following a half in which they forced the Aggies to just 25 percent shooting.

On Saturday, the Vols had a similar first half, holding the

Commodores to just 18 points on 31.8 percent shooting.

“We have been known to come out in the second half and let teams back into the game,” Barton said. “We emphasized that we would come out here with the same intensity of the first half.”

And that’s exactly what they did, holding Vanderbilt to four field goals in the second half and forcing them to shoot a meager 14.8 percent.

“That’s something we talk about every day. It’s not just in each particular game,” head coach Cuonzo Martin said.

“Again, that’s basketball players taking it from one end to the other – taking the scouting report to the floor consistently. We talk about having relentless focus and dedication to your craft. When we’re consistent, these are some of the results.

“Hopefully when shots don’t fall, we can still defend and play hard at this level.”

Spotlight: As one of the first off the bench and one of the best defenders on team, Armani Moore has started to make a name for himself.

The sophomore guard scored eight points – his third highest output of the season – on 4-of-6 shooting, but his biggest play of the day came on the opposite end of the floor.

With 5:16 remaining in the game, Vanderbilt’s Damien Jones drove the basket and laid one

up, only to see it be sent into the crowd by Moore.

Highlight reel blocks are nothing new to the Kennesaw, Ga. native – his block against Georgia back on Feb. 18 was ranked No. 6 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 – but he said that those kind of plays get him going as a player.

“A lot of people have certain things that get them going in a ballgame, and for me my thing is a blocked shot,” Moore said.

“That’s one thing I take pride in because that is on the defensive side of the ball.”

The other guys: Rod Odom, who torched the Vols for 26 points back on Feb. 5, made only one basket and scored four points.

Kyle Fuller scored a team-high nine points on 4-of-11 shooting for the Commodores.

Outside the box score: Dale Ellis, a former Tennessee player from 1979-83, had his No. 14 jersey retired before the game.

The two-time SEC Player of

the Year became the fourth men’s player to have his number retired.

Say something: When asked about what he remembered in the game that he scored 21 against Tennessee back on Nov. 22, 2011, Barton said, “(All my points) were all on Josh Richardson. Me and him joke about this every day and I tell him every time he was guarding me so he caught all 21.”

By the numbers: 11: Vanderbilt made 11 field goals in the game. They shot 22.4 percent from the floor, the lowest a UT opponent has shot all season.

5: Antonio Barton drained five threes, a season-high. It also tied a career-high that he set against Tennessee State while at Memphis.

23: Tennessee scored 23 points off of 14 Vanderbilt turnovers.

Up next: The Vols now shift their focus to the Auburn Tigers, who they will face in the Auburn Arena on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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things.”

Key word: when. Barton has scored four or fewer points in eight SEC games this season and has notched double figures in scoring just twice in the last 13 games, even after Saturday.

It’s no secret that confidence looms large in that trend.

Barton’s minutes have fluctuated as his struggles forced head coach Cuonzo Martin’s hand at giving the younger Thompson extra playing time.

That’s changing as of late.

Barton (28) played twice the minutes of Thompson (12) on Saturday, a game after Martin proclaimed the senior would start the rest of the way barring injury.

Considering Barton’s experience and what he has proven able to do when the confidence is there, it was a must to make it the Baltimore native’s show the rest of the way at the point guard spot.

After saying starting or not “doesn’t make any difference” to a horde of reporters following Saturday’s game, Barton offered a bit more candidness to the suggestion that being back into the starting lineup changes his mentality.

“It has gone up high,” Barton said of his confidence. “I feel more comfortable, knowing that I can be out there and be relaxed and not have to look over my shoulder and worry about other stuff. It allows me to help my team out in a lot of ways.”

Confidence is an eerie thing in basketball, especially for shooters who play on a team with the inside presence of Tennessee’s.

Barton has learned that the hard way.

But as much of a variable as it may be, confidence may end up making or breaking Tennessee’s season. A team with the Barton from this past weekend could be quite dangerous come tournament time, but a team with a glaring hole at point will struggle to even win out.

Next time Barton lines up a 3-pointer, he’ll just have to close his eyes and pretend he’s warming up at Pratt Pavilion. Or playing Vandy at home.

The first time I saw senior point guard Antonio Barton practice with Tennessee’s basketball team back in October, he made nearly 20 3-pointers in a row in warm-ups like it was nothing.

Shot after shot, with his feet squared toward the basket and his high-arching follow through, he splashed home one after another on the Pratt Pavilion court.

In the near six months since then, however, that same Barton hasn’t been there in a majority of UT’s games. He lost his starting job to Darius Thompson on Jan. 25, only to win it back this past week largely due to the freshman’s struggles.

After so much hype surrounding Barton entering the season, the player the Vols needed to replace departed starter Trae Golden had been hard to come by during his first and last season on Rocky Top. Until Saturday.

With the Vols facing Vanderbilt — a team they had already lost to this season — seemingly with a NCAA Tournament bid on the line, Barton was the best player on the floor. He scored 21 points, went 5-of-7 from deep and added a career-high six assists just for good measure as he led the Vols to a 76-38 beat-down.

It has been clear as day all season long where the missing piece in Tennessee’s starting rotation lies — at the point.

But when the calendar struck March 1 and it officially became crunch time for Tennessee’s postseason chances, it became even clearer just what the Vols have been missing — their X-factor.

“I sat in this same spot, I think (after) the Ole Miss game, and said he was probably our X-factor for the rest of the seaSteven Cook is a senior in son,” UT forward Jarnell Stokes journalism and electronic said Saturday. “When he is play- media. He can be reached at ing well it opens up so many scook21@utk.edu.

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Monday, March 3, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

SPORTS continued from Page 1 “We pressed the whole game.

When we scored, we pressed,” Warlick said. “I wouldn’t have thought that we would have done that, but it slowed them down I thought. We worked a lot on our zone as well.

“I think our players bought in to what we needed to do defensively, and we were solid.”

The physicality of the contest took a toll on the players, forcing Warlick to go to the bench early and often, as Simmons and redshirt freshman guard Andraya Carter were the only players to record over 30 minutes.

When they were called upon, though, the role players didn’t disappoint, allowing Tennessee to keep momentum on its side for most of the contest as the Lady Vols picked up their 11th wire-to-wire victory of the season.

“I think we had to use our bench because it was fast and it was physical,” Warlick said.

“We got a little tired and I had to give everybody a little breather.

Jasmine Jones was just incred-

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ible. I thought she was going to hit her head on the rim a couple of times rebounding, but she and Jordan (Reynolds) and Mercedes (Russell), they all came in and did their part.

“They did their part. They maintained what we got off to a great start on.”

Tennessee’s victory over the Gamecocks clinched the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament, but more importantly, it marked the first victory over a top five opponent for the Lady Vols since they defeated No. 3 Stanford in overtime on Dec. 19, 2010.

Warlick said that a big win like this should inject some confidence into this team heading into the SEC and NCAA tournaments.

“It’s huge for us,” Warlick said. “We talked a lot about seeding for the SEC tournament. We talked a lot about seeding for the NCAA tournament and we thought it was really important for us to go out and make a statement and I thought obviously we did.

“When we play for 40 minutes like that, we’re going to beat some good basketball teams.”

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Tennessee 73

Knoxville, Tenn. // Thompson-Boling Arena // 14,072 25-65 (.385)

Field Goals

29-69 (.420)

1-8 (.125)

3-pointers

2-10 (.200)

10-16 (.625)

Free Throws

13-20 (.650)

39-8

Rebounds-Off

48-12

10

Turnovers

7

15

Fouls

16

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Largest Lead

16

Individual Leaders A. Welch 16

Points

I. Harrison 20

A. Welch 9

Rebounds

I. Harrison 15

K. Sessions 3

Assists

2 Tied, 3

O. Gaines 2

Steals

2 Tied, 2

A. Coates 3

Blocks

J. Jones 2

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UT tames turnover troubles against Gamecocks Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

As the game turned: With 8:42 left to play, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley called a timeout to try to get her team settled on defense and back into the game, but Meighan Simmons and company had other plans.

The lone senior highlighted a 6-0 run over the next two minutes, which she capped by sinking a shot from the top of the key to give the Lady Vols a 12-point lead at home.

From there on out, the Lady Vols defense continued to stifle the Gamecocks, who shot 38.5 percent in the contest on Saturday, not allowing UT’s lead to fall below double digits.

The win for the Lady Vols, by a final score of 71-63, was their first over a top 10 team this season and pushes their win streak to four games, giving the Lady

Vols momentum heading into the SEC Tournament.

“I think the win really helps us get back to where we need to be,” junior center Isabelle Harrison said. “When we play hard we can beat anybody.”

Hot topic: Throughout the course of the regular season, turnovers have hindered the Lady Vols offensively.

UT entered Sunday’s contest averaging 17.2 turnovers per game, which ranks eleventh in the SEC. Turning the ball over, however, was a non-issue against South Carolina as Tennessee committed just seven turnovers – a season-low – while dishing out 14 assists.

“It was a huge deal for us not to turn the ball over since everyone knows we’ve struggled with turnovers this season,” redshirt freshman guard Andraya Carter said. “They (South Carolina) are

known for their defense and it’s no knock to them, but it is huge for us since we know we need to take care of the basketball in the postseason.”

Spotlight: Carter was the spark plug for the Lady Vols’ offense. She scored 10 of her 14 points in the opening period and started a perfect 4-of-4 from the field, including two 3-pointers.

She has now hit at least one shot from behind the arc in 17 contests this season and continues her solid play in the absence of Ariel Massengale.

“She is a competitor,” Warlick said. “She continues to get better and better with each game.

She and Jordan (Reynolds) have stepped up for us and they run their team out on the court and have been very vocal. They have both been big for us.”

The other guys: Freshman Alaina Coates was the only South Carolina player to shoot 50 per-

cent while receiving at least 20 minutes of game action. In 23 minutes, she scored 10 points (4-of-8 FG, 2-2 FT), gathered eight rebounds and blocked three shots.

Outside the box score: While South Carolina won the regular season SEC championship, the Lady Vols continued their dominance over the Gamecocks. With the 73-61 win, Tennessee is now 47-3 in the all-time series between the teams and 21-1 at home.

By the numbers: 80: Tennessee and South Carolina combined for 80 points in the paint.

30: Cierra Burdick, Bashaara Graves and Harrison combined for 30 rebounds.

58.4: Harrison shot 58.4 percent (146-of-250) from the floor this season, which ranks eighth all-time in UT history (min. 250 attempts).

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Simmons shines bright on Senior Day Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor

“(It’s a) good thing I didn’t cry. I thought I was going to cry, but I didn’t,” said Meighan Simmons after the Lady Vols’ contest against South Carolina on Sunday. “I was strong enough to hold my tears back.”

The statement wasn’t necessarily true.

Yes, Simmons didn’t shed a tear on the court, but a video honoring the Cibolo, Texas, native during a media timeout in the first half ended with a teary-eyed thank you to the fans.

“Once a Lady Vol, always a Lady Vol,” said Simmons to concluded the video.

The journey began with a 22-point, eight-rebound perfor-

mance against the Louisville Cardinals in her first career game on Nov. 12, 2010 under head coach emeritus Pat Summitt.

She followed that up with 13-straight double digit scoring performances, one short of Chamique Holdsclaw’s all-time record set back in 1995-96.

Fast forward approximately three years and three months, and there she was, stepping onto the court for her last regular season home game.

The matchup ended with a 73-61 Tennessee victory over the Gamecocks – the perfect way to send off a player who has currently amassed an .819 winning percentage (113-25) in her career.

“It was a great game,” UT head coach Holly Warlick said.

“Great effort and a great way to send Meighan out on her last regular season game here.”

Simmons scored 16 points in the game, pushing her career total to 1,958. Her fifth basket of the game – a pull-up jumper that pushed the Lady Vols lead up to double digits for good – gave her sole possession of fifth place on the UT all-time scoring list, surpassing Kara Lawson.

Her point total, however, wasn’t all that she brought to the table in her final game.

In fact, over the years she has become an all-around player, according to Warlick.

“Right now, as a senior, I think she’s playing a complete game,” said Warlick before Tuesday’s practice. “I know how much this program means to her and I think her teammates understand that, too. I think they rally around her. “... She’s done a heck of a job for us here at Tennessee.”

The 2013 SEC Co-Player of the Year has never been one for tooting her own horn, though.

“It was very exciting to have my family out there, but I knew a lot of people were saying, ‘This is your day. This is Senior Night,’ but tonight real-

ly wasn’t about me, it was about this team,” Simmons said.

“It was about us getting a ‘W’ and taking care of business and trying to think about the future.

“This may have been my last home game in the regular season, but we still have a lot more games to play, and that was my mindset going into this game. I just wanted to come out, give my Senior guard Meighan Simmons 110 percent for salutes the Thompson-Boling this team and Arena crowd during the Senior Day make sure we ceremony before UT’s game against got a ‘W.’” South Carolina on Sunday. The Vols In actual- beat the Gamecocks, 73-61. ity though, Sunday was telling her teammates about about Simmons as 17,042 the pressure on her. “But when orange-clad fans piled in to she got up and told them, ‘Hey Thompson-Boling Arena to I’m trying,” and let it out, her pay their respects to one of the teammates started to realize most decorated Lady Vol play- that she was carrying all this ers of all time. pressure.

“I think for Meighan’s career “With her teammates help– she’s had to step up,” Warlick ing her, her confidence is back said. “She started as a fresh- up and now she’s playing free.” man and she’s had to be big And play free is exactly what for us throughout her whole she did on Sunday. career. I can only imagine the The Lady Vols picked up the type of pressure she feels, but victory and Simmons got to she’s delivered.” share that memorable moment The amount of weight she with the people who matter the has carried on her shoulder most to her: her teammates, for the past three years may her coaches and her family. not be known, but this season, And of course, her fans.

Simmons made very clear to “I love our fans,” Simmons her teammates the amount of said. “We probably have the pressure she was under in her most loyal fans that any prolast year. gram could ever have.

“I think it relieved her a little “I was really happy and very bit just to be able to share with appreciative of them being on her team – and I don’t think this journey with me, allowing the team realized how much of me to share the gift I have with a burden it was for her because them and appreciated what I Meighan never lets anything do as a basketball player as show,” said assistant coach well as a person.”

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