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SGA debate to test candidates’ knowledge of student issues Hannah Marley Staff Writer

about their preparation and talking points for the debate:

ence across campus, and the drive to work hard for my fellow students,” Freeman said.

Student Government Association elections will take place this Tuesday and Wednesday, and students vying for the ability to represent UT will go head-to-head in a live debate Monday night.

The debate, which will take place at 8 p.m. in the McClung Museum lecture hall, will be the first true test of the candidates’ platforms and resolve in comparison with their competitors, allowing students the opportunity to determine who the best candidates for SGA really are.

“This is the prime opportunity to not just hear the rehearsed sales pitches of candidates, but to find out who can face the tough questions and issues with solid answers and ideas,” said Kelsey Keny, current president of SGA. “Whether you’ve heard from all the candidates or not, this event is a game changer in allowing students to be informed voters.”

Here is what the candidates had to say

Connect UT Mariah Beane, Connect’s candidate for student services director, said her campaign has been analyzing the debate format and staying on top of current events in order to make sure they are able to address the needs of the students who come.

“Given the concerns we have heard from students, I believe that safety in its many facets is a priority,” Beane said. “I would like to focus on how best SGA can grant for the safety of all, whether it be through our policy point of the Fort Sanders Task Force or through specific workings of Student Services committees.”

Connect candidate for president Will Freeman said he wants to use the debate to not only address concerns, but also emphasize that he has experience in the organization and knows how it runs.

“I simply want to show students that I have the experience within SGA, the experi-

Hawkins-Kiefer Grayson Hawkins, the only candidate in the Hawkins-Kiefer campaign, said he intends to stick to his main platform points including sexual assault prevention, campus beautification and the disconnect between SGA and the student body while drawing the audience’s attention to the flaws in his competitor’s campaign promises.

“I think everyone who has looked past each campaign’s outward appearance can tell how I compare to the competition,” Hawkins said. “It’s also worth noting that I’ll be the only candidate out there who isn’t Greek or already in the current SGA. That being said, I know I can further UT with the plans outlined in my platform, and I have the entire student body in mind, not just those of student organizations.”

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Seth, Leala, and Willie Leala Marlin, the vice presidential candidate of the Seth, Leala, Willie campaign, said the trio has prepared for the debate format by practicing mock debates and watching past SGA debates while making sure their

answers to any possible question are airtight.

“One of the things I am most passionate about that our campaign is working on is the initiative to better communication amongst students and to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the students here,” Marlin said. “I think it’s going to be a fantastic debate.”

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Debate - Monday at 8p.m.

McClung Museum Lecture Hall

Elections - Tuesday & Wednesday Results - Expected Wednesday Evening

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Tony and Grammy-nominated stage actress and vocalist Valisia LeKae talks to her audience about her journey to success and cancer recovery.

Hannah Marley • The Daily Beacon

Tony, Grammy-nominated Valisia LeKae shares struggle to stardom Hannah Marley Staff Writer

She blazed her own trail from Memphis to Broadway and defeated cancer.

Valisia LeKae, Tony and Grammynominated stage actress and vocalist, spoke about the road to critical acclaim and cancer recovery Thursday afternoon during the third installment of the Trailblazer Lecture Series hosted by the Office of Diversity and the Commission for Blacks.

A pioneer on the stage and not in the courtroom, LeKae differed from the previous two lecturers in the series, representing a diversity of professions and gender that Lili’a Neville, the co-chair for the Commission for Blacks, said is important to recognize.

“As part of the Trailblazer Series, we want to make sure that we have equal representation from males and females as well as equal balance across disciplines,” Neville said. “She’s one of those speakers where you become involved, where you buy into their personal stories.”

LeKae’s talent was apparent from her early years when she sang as a young girl in church. After attending the University of Tennessee and earning a degree in psychology, LeKae went on to work in theater, eventually performing as Diana Ross in the Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” in 2013. It was for her portrayal of the famous singer that she was nominated for a Tony and a Grammy.

In order to be successful in her chosen profession, LeKae said it took great determination and faith to overcome the criticism and rejection on the road to the Broadway stage.

“I get rejected constantly. On a daily basis. Hourly. Every day,” LeKae said. “But what I have to remember is that I can see the mountaintop. I can see exactly where God wants me to be.”

After achieving great success, LeKae was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had to take an abrupt leave from the stage to receive treatment. This test of her physical and mental willpower, LeKae said, caused her to not only rely on her faith, but also to become a voice for other women suffering from the same disease by becoming the national spokeswoman for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.

It is during difficult times, she said, that she is reminded of the true value of her profession, and the reason why she pursued it in the first place.

“The moment you step in those theater doors to see a show like ‘The Book of Mormon,’ you don’t think about anything,” LeKae said. “You don’t think about how sick you are, about where you have to go, about how much money you don’t have.

“And that is what theater does for all of us.”

Vice Chancellor for Diversity Rickey Hall said he hopes the students present at the lecture came away with an understanding of the value of determination, and recognize that no matter how impossible life may seem, LeKae’s story proves they can accomplish more than they can even imagine.

“In life, we will all have setbacks, even as students, but we can’t let that deter us from moving forward and doing great things,” Hall said. “There will be things that happen and you feel like you can’t move on, but if you are really determined, you can overcome.”

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The Daily Beacon • Monday, March 30, 2015

Rocky Top politics Thomas Carpenter

The Workshop

Once again it’s SGA election time in Tennessee, Vols. I can already hear the cumulative groans of every frequent patron of Pedestrian Walkway. Get ready to be bombarded this week by three different groups vying for your attention, and more importantly, your vote. You’ve got two fully run campaigns, Connect and Seth, Leala, Willie, both comprised of SGA veterans, and you have Grayson Hawkins, a fellow Daily Beacon columnist, who is running as an independent candidate.

I have worked on campaigns since freshman year, served as a senator as well as the City of Knoxville Liaison for the SGA Executive Board. I am very familiar with most of these candidates, and I would like to offer you my opinion of who thinks they’re most qualified to represent you to the administration.

I would also like to encourage you to vote. I realize that a lot of my readership is involved students who have become disinterested in the affairs of student government and those associated with it. I also realize that what I’m about to say may not help this view, but I am a proponent of truth and its power for change.

As of now, with all campaigns combined, 11 seats out of the 60 total will go unfilled. This low Senate turnout will translate into low voter turnout, possibly even lower than last year’s, which was the worst in almost a decade. I don’t say this to discourage; I say this to inform.

SGA is in a bad place right now in regards to its future, and something needs to change. I say this also because I still believe in student government as an instrument for good. I would argue that this year’s SGA administration has done more for the student body than any other administration since I’ve been here, but that’s a column for another time.

So, let’s take a look at each campaign. I’ll start with Grayson Hawkins. I only met Hawkins once at a party, so most of my information about him and his platform comes from his Facebook page.

Hawkins is definitely the most progressive candidate this year, and he has made a lot of points that I agree with. However, some claims are too radical.

Hawkins lists on his platform his intention to “end Aramark.”

“It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there and be subject to criticism like mine. I don’t think there is a terrible choice in this bunch, but I hope my recommendations can help inform your vote. Many of these people are my friends, and I know that they do care a great deal about the student body.”

This is a delicious idea, isn’t it? We all hate Aramark, so let’s just get rid of them! Well, the truth is, we’d sooner get a tuition decrease than remove Aramark from this campus. And what would be the alternative? Just another company like Aramark profiting from the monopoly as the sole provider of food on campus. The solution to this is to work with Aramark and the administration to improve the situation by lowering prices and increasing the value of meal plans. Hawkins has a fiery passion, but if he wants to be president, he can’t spend his entire time in office fighting the administration if he wants to get anything done.

The Seth, Leala, Willie campaign, comprising Seth Watkins, Leala Marlin, and Willie Kemp, has a platform focused on unifying students, which is an admirable goal, but one that few have accomplished.

Like Hawkins, they also include sexual assault among their policy points, yet there is no mention of LGBT issues. Watkins is one of the most qualified people I know for this position, and he will get my vote.

Marlin is also well qualified, having served this year as the secretary for the SGA Senate. They have a clear passion for student representation, but their policy leaves something to be desired.

Connect is the most traditional looking campaign, verb name and all. Their platform is also lacking what I consider to be very important issues concerning the student body. However, Madison Kahl has the executive experience SGA needs right now, having served this year as SGA’s executive treasurer. The same goes for Mariah Beane, who has the most experience in student services. These two have the ability to get things done, but just need good policy behind them.

This election is a key one, and I don’t want to spend all my time criticizing candidates because they should all be commended for putting in the effort it takes to run a campaign. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there and be subject to criticism like mine. I don’t think there is a terrible choice in this bunch, but I hope my recommendations can help inform your vote. Many of these people are my friends, and I know that they do care a great deal about the student body.

Do not underestimate the responsibility they will be given. Having served on administrative committees and attended countless meetings with the administration, I can tell you that students offer a great deal of insight to the administration and influence many of the decisions they make every single day. Make sure you put the right people in the right places. Go vote, and go Vols.

Thomas Carpenter is a junior in classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu. and tweeted @tfcarpenter.

Athletic director Dave Hart fired Tyndall Friday in light of an NCAA investigation into his misconduct at Southern Miss prior to coming to UT. Vols took to Twitter to comment on his tenure cut short.

Rachel Cross @RachelCrossUTK Donnie Tyndall deletes emails - gets fired, faces @NCAA sanctions. @HillaryClinton deletes emails - runs for President.

Brandon Moyers @BrandonMoyers Well. I couldn’t say I thought that was gonna last long. Didn’t like Donnie Tyndall as our basketball coach anyways. #bringbackBruce

Jake Schindler @jakedpotato9 What am I supposed to do with my Donnie Knoxville shirts?! @UTCoachTyndall

Taylor Bryant Cross @TaylorBCross @UTCoachTyndall thanks for all you did for UT basketball. Best of luck in the future

Alex Skidmore @Rev_Skiddy @UTCoachTyndall Where is the good in goodbye??? ... Tell me WHAT can be fair in farewell???

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Big Ears, Bonnaroo mastermind pursues career through passion Sterling Martin Contributor

A profound passion for music paired with determination to share that passion contributed to the creation of one of America’s most prominent music production and promotional companies.

Ashley Capps—the ‘AC’ behind AC Entertainment—started the company in 1991 after being involved on the business side of numerous music projects and ventures.

“I started promoting concerts for fun, and I did it more or less as a hobby for several years. But I found that it was very inspiring and engaging,” Capps said. “I loved bringing people together as well as presenting music, and it just got into my blood.”

In just more than 20 years, AC Entertainment has become one of the top promoters in the industry and is responsible for numerous largescale festivals including Forecastle, located in Kentucky at Louisville’s Waterfront Park, Asheville’s Mountain Oasis Festival and the local Big Ears Fest. Most notably, however, the company is one of the creators of the Tennessee-based camping festival Bonnaroo, approaching its 14th year this summer.

Even through school, Capps always

expressed his interest in music—especially live music.

“I hosted radio shows—jazz, rock, classical—on WUOT while I was at UT,” Capps said. “I started promoting concerts while still a student •Ashley Capps at UT as well, back in 1979.”

Capps graduated from UT, and not long after started his own nightclub called Ella Guru’s, which opened in 1988 and was located in the building that is currently inhabited by the Melting Pot in Old City. The club was forced to file bankruptcy after just two short years, closing its doors for good in 1990.

One year later, Capps would play a hand in creating two successful major league companies, one being AC Entertainment. Then, with Capps and a handful of others at the helm, Metro Pulse, a weekly newspaper with a heavy focus on entertainment and the arts, was started in Knoxville. The widespread popularity of the publication continued until it was abruptly terminated in 2014 by the E. W. Scripps Company, who gained control after buying the paper in 2007.

But Capps’s brainchild, AC Entertainment, is where his success awaited.

The company hasn’t always been popular for extravagant multi-day festivals, though.

Starting with the Tennessee Theatre, AC began to work closely with venues around the region.

“We strive to develop strong relationships and be great partners with everyone that we do business with – from the artists and their teams to everyone else that helps make what we do possible,” Capps said.

As the company began to grow, it spread throughout the region tapping various venues and amphitheaters like the Bijou, the Orange Peel in Asheville and more recently, Chattanooga’s Track 29.

Then came 2002 and along with it, the first Bonnaroo festival. Co-produced by the Superfly company, the festival was a new venture after seeing success with other outdoor events throughout the region such as the “Hot Summer Nights” series in World’s Fair Park, a precursor to the “Sundown in the City” concerts hosted in Market Square. Today, it has grown to be one of the world’s top rated music festivals and continues to sell out year after year with more than 80,000 attendees.

AC Entertainment continues to push forward exponentially with local and regional venue booking. Knoxville’s somewhat-kept

secret, Big Ears Festival, takes place just minutes from UT’s campus. The smaller, avantgarde festival is known for creating a collaborative environment for fans and artists alike and has generated an increasing amount of publicity over recent years.

“The growth is really about that --- seizing opportunities to be creative and to do more of what we love,” Capps said.

Today, AC Entertainment is preparing for its biggest year yet.

“We’re launching three new festivals this year—Wayhome in Toronto, Sloss Fest in Birmingham and Afropunk in Atlanta,” Capps revealed. “Each of them is unique and aligns us with great partners who bring both expertise and a fresh perspective to the table.”

With the company’s launch of ConcertWire. com, AC Entertainment is making it easy for fans of live music in Knoxville and around the Southeast to connect in one place, using their partnered venues and various other connections to thrive as a community.

“I love the social aspect of festivals and concerts, how music brings people together and creates meaningful, memorable experiences,” Capps said. “Being able to share a musical experience with another person or group of people can also form a powerful bond … it’s like social glue.”

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The Daily Beacon • Monday, March 30, 2015

Big Ears Festival brings unique vibe to Scruffy City Will Warren

Staff Writer (@wwarren9) AC Entertainment’s fourth edition of the popular Big Ears Festival took place in downtown Knoxville this weekend.

The festival’s headliners included artistin-residence Kronos Quartet, tUnE-yArDs, Terry Riley, Tyondai Braxton, Swans and Max Richter.

“... a fantastic euphoria that is unparalleled to any previous experience.”

-Matt Harmon

The Kronos Quartet performed six shows over the course of the weekend, including sets with Wu Man, Laurie Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon and several more artists.

The Quartet helped kick off the festival on Friday evening at the Knoxville Museum of Art, which also included speeches by Mayor Madeline Rogero and AC Entertainment head Ashley Capps.

Friday night featured popular and wellattended performances from artists like the Bad Plus, a “bad boy jazz group” performing their rendition of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Along with the Bad Plus, shows by Ryley Walker, Jamie xx and Tyondai Braxton were all well-reviewed by those in attendance.

An anonymous attendee described Walker’s show as “very trippy, much like I would expect ‘60s music to sound like.”

Saturday, the longest and most attended day of the festival, started with performances from Kronos Quartet at the Tennessee Theatre and SQURL, a collaboration between filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan.

Lauren Guerrant, junior in biology, attended the festival on Saturday and described the experience of Big Ears as “unlike any other.”

“I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like

this before,” Guerrant said. “It’s really neat, and I hope to go again.”

The day continued with a cultural performance at the Bijou Theatre from Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, who also worked with the Kronos Quartet on Sunday.

Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom – his “painter friend,” as Cline said – did a visual performance where Cline played his guitar with an array of pedals while Norton Wisdom painted visuals that related to Cline’s sounds.

Laurie Anderson’s evening performance with

Kronos Quartet, titled “Landfall,” utilized the idea of languages lost in translation over a projected backdrop of images of broken text and a list of extinct species from a book Anderson had recently read.

Later performances included William Tyler’s “Corduroy Roads,” involving Civil War photography, and tUnE-yArDs, who called Big Ears “her favorite festival.”

Sunday brought one of the most popular performances of the weekend by Carolina Chocolate Drops member Rhiannon Giddens,

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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Daily Beacon writer Will Warren had the chance to interview three Big Ears artists this weekend, discussing everything from a performer’s muse to their favorite Knoxville eatery. Below is a sneak peek into those few musicians’ Big Ears experience.

To view the full Q&As, visit utdailybeacon.com.

DB: Discuss how you think you’ve progressed from your first album to your most recent,“Lily-O.” Sam Amidon: I know it sounds cliché, but these five albums represent a bit of a personal journey to me. Each new album was a stage where I was like “Well, I can do ‘this’ now.” Like on my first album, the guitar parts I kept were just the first ones where I got through without messing up too much instead of doing 30 takes and keeping the one with the deepest vibe.

DB: You and the quartet are playing six shows this weekend. Given the length of each of those shows, how do you combat fatigue during such a long weekend?

Hank Duff: Well, the excitement usually overwhelms everything else for me (laughs).

I mean, we’re playing with some very special artists this weekend, and we’re honored to play with them – Wu Man, Tanya Tagaq, Sam Amidon, Rhiannon Giddens, Laurie Anderson and many more. I honestly can’t wait to perform with those artists.

The inside of the Tennessee Theatre fills up with fans during the Big Ears Festival.

Taylor Gash • The Daily Beacon

with a line extending to the street corner outide of the Bijou Theatre after the show began.

The festival continued with performances rom Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison’s “The Great lood,” accompanied by pictures of the 1927 Mississippi River flood, Perfume Genius and wans’ festival-ending (and ear-drum bursting) how.

The festival’s constant flow of people in and ut seemed to have downtown business boomng, simply from the high amount of people waiting in line for restaurants and bars.

Along with high business, the festival has solved an attendance problem it used to struggle with for lesser-known artists. Each show seemed to have a considerable amount of people intently watching, a step-up from some sparsely attended shows at past Big Ears Festivals.

Matt Harmon, a McMinnville resident, summed up the whole experience as “a fantastic euphoria that is unparalleled to any previous experience.”

DB: Has your parents’ work in songwriting influenced your work at all in terms of growing up in a musical household?

William Tyler: My parents were and are a huge influence. They’ve been unbelievably supportive of this as soon as they saw it was something I really wanted to do. They were a bit cautious since my dad especially knew the highs and lows of the music industry, but still very supportive. Growing up with music in the household was super influential too.

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Reeves-Maybin thriving in defense leadership role Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor

Sophomore Alvin Kamara runs drills during spring practice on March 24.

Taylor Gash • The Daily Beacon

Want to make Butch Jones happy?

Just say one name.

Jalen Reeves-Maybin.

Jones has spoken to the media after practice twice so far in the spring. On both occasions, the third-year coach has lauded the Clarksville, Tennessee, native.

“I love Jalen Reeves-Maybin,” Jones said after Saturday’s practice. “He is invested in Tennessee football.”

Reeves-Maybin is an intelligent player, Jones said, as the linebacker always tries to improve in the weight room and is a hard worker in general. He is simply a competitive person.

His competitiveness shows on the football field. Whether it is on special teams or defense, the rising junior has been a key cog in the Tennessee football machine in his first two years.

Yet Jones loves Reeves-Maybin for one specific quality, he said, a quality that is difficult to coach.

The middle linebacker may be considered as the quarterback of the defense, but outside linebacker Reeves-Maybin is the leader of the Tennessee defense for at least the spring.

“Jalen Reeves-Maybin has done a great job in trying to help lead the team,” defensive lineman Kendal Vickers said.

“Just making sure everybody is on the same page. You got to hold yourself accountable, make sure you are doing the right thing so you can hold the guys around you accountable.

“He (Reeves-Maybin) does a great job.”

The Vols need a strong leader on defense this spring. Longtime leader Curt Maggitt is out with an injury and two players (Dillon Bates and Cortez McDowell) are in the process of switching positions.

Reeves-Maybin has filled the leadership vacancy Maggitt left and has helped the two players with the transition of

playing a new position.

“All over we help each other out,” Reeves-Maybin said of the defense. “No one shies away from it, we help each other out and hold each other accountable.”

Being a leader is not an unfamiliar role for Reeves-Maybin. When four-year starter A.J. Johnson was suspended from team activities for an alleged sexual assault, Reeves-Maybin said he knew he had to embrace a larger leadership role.

He knew he had to be more vocal on the field.

“When A.J. was out there, he was the loudest person out there,” ReevesMaybin said. “That was his job, to be the MIKE, to be the quarterback of the defense. I just had to start making sure everyone was good, talking to my teammates a lot more. I usually just say my assignment, now I speak to everybody on the field.”

To hold his fellow teammates accountable, the linebacker has memorized all the positions on defense. Also, if the defense suffers any setbacks due to injuries, Reeves-Maybin will be there to fill the position --- just in the same way he filled the leadership position last November.

Strong leaders have ambitious goals for their teams, and Reeves-Maybin is no exception.

“We want to be the best defense in the country,” Reeves-Maybin said.

Another of Reeves-Maybin’s goals is to make friends and family proud of him when they see him play on the football field. He said he plays for those people when he puts on the Tennessee helmet.

The one person he has made happy might arguably be the most important person: his head coach.

“What I like about Jalen right now is he is providing stability and he is providing leadership,” Jones said. “He is one of those individuals I go to a lot, sometimes I will raz him through a via of other players. But love everything about him.”

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Teammates praise Kamara’s Explosive Maryland team speed in first practice in pads stands between Lady Vols Shane Switzer Contributor

Butch Jones had a checklist for his team’s first spring practice in pads.

How would the team play together in pads?

How would the Vols handle the up-tempo style? Would the players stay focused?

And most importantly: Would the team be physical?

“We have a long ways to go with this football team,” Jones said. “I like their mentality, I like their approach to practice, but we must become a much more physical football team.”

The lack of physicality was most evident along the offensive and defensive lines, according to Jones. The Vols were missing ten players, but Jones wasn’t accepting injuries as an excuse.

“We have a long way to go but it’s kind of what’s expected after practice three,” Jones said. “I’m looking forward to grading the film, I think we will have numerous teaching opportunities.”

Shy Tuttle: The freshman defensive lineman was the recipient of praise from Butch Jones.

“The one individual who I thought really stepped up and really made his presence felt was Shy Tuttle,” Jones said. “I thought he had a very, very productive, a very good first day.”

“He came off the football,” Jones stated.

“You could see the disruptive quickness, you could see the explosiveness, you could see the use of his hands. The thing I really liked about it [was] you could see his competitive nature, you could see his competitive character and his confidence. He is very, very athletic.”

Tuttle showed off his athleticism when he picked off a pass during practice. He tipped the ball and then was able to haul it in himself.

Alvin Kamara: Kamara, a junior college transfer running back, showed his explosiveness during practice.

When asked for their first impressions of Kamara, his teammates all gave the same response: he’s fast.

Junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said there were several runs where he couldn’t get to Kamara.

Redshirt sophomore Josh Smith also praised Kamara for his speed.

“Alvin is a playmaker for sure,” Smith said.

“I noticed that right as he came in, making plays left and right just in the offseason. See how he works, just his work ethic, you could see that it was clear, and you just knew that he has something to him. You can see it out on the practice field, so we’ll see what he can do in games.”

Kamara said it was fun to be in full pads and getting to hit a little bit. He said everyone was

a little jittery and ready to hit after not being in pads the first two days. Even being a little jittery, he said he felt relaxed and just had to get the first hits out of the way.

The junior college transfer is with his third team in three years after starting out at the University of Alabama before leaving and going to Hutchinson Community College. At Tennessee, he is in his third offensive system.

Kamara said he is just trying to stay focused and not over-think things.

“Here is really just the tempo, you know coach Jones, fast and furious, that’s our offense,” Kamara said. “The tempo is fast, the whole practice is fast, just getting used to that tempo is what I’ve been getting used to.”

Kamara also touched on how he and sophomore Jalen Hurd have been helping each other improve.

“We are in the room working, pushing each other every day,” Kamara said. “That’s one of the things I pride myself on. I’m pushing him and he is pushing me.”

Kamara asserted that Hurd’s size and speed, and his ability to get to the outside, will put a lot of stress on defenses.

For the spring, Kamara hopes to show the coaching staff his abilities and what he can do on the field. He wants to show that he can produce and be a weapon for the offense.

Josh Smith: Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Josh Smith put the pads on for the first time in months.

Speaking on the injury he suffered against Oklahoma last year, Smith said it was a struggle and very frustrating because of all the work he had put in from his freshman to sophomore season. Smith said the situation was more painful because his injury occurred during a touchdown catch in a good game against the Sooners.

Now he said he is just focused on putting the injury behind him and moving forward.

“I’m knocking the rust off, getting my habits right,” Smith said. “Coach Z (Zach Azzanni) is coaching me up hard and I’m just trying to get right now.”

When asked about his current physical state Smith said, “Rehab was big. Now I’m close to 100 percent and I’m feeling great, so now I’m trying to get my conditioning up and stick with it.”

Smith said he put on more muscle during his rehab and is now up to 208 pounds and he feels more comfortable blocking, but will lose some of the weight during conditioning.

Coach Jones said Smith is a team player and has a workman mentality. He also said Smith continues to progress and is getting back into football shape.

Up next: Tennessee will hit the field again March 31 for its fourth practice of the spring.

and Final Four matchup Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

SPOKANE, Wash.—For the second straight year the Lady Vols will take on Maryland in the NCAA Tournament, this time with a trip to the Final Four in Tampa, Florida, on the line.

Since the first practice of the season, the goal for seniors Ariel Massengale, Cierra Burdick and Isabelle Harrison was made clear.

In their last go-around, the trio wanted to make it back to the same location where Pat Summitt won her last national championship, beating Stanford in 2008.

After a thrilling 17-point comeback victory in a tough atmosphere against Gonzaga on Saturday night, they stand 40 minutes away from making their dream come true.

“We have a great opportunity in front of us

and this is what we have been working for all season, since we met up together in August,” Lady Vol forward Cierra Burdick said. “It’s exciting. And what a better way to do it than to go back to Tampa where we last won it all.”

While Tennessee leads women’s basketball with 18 Final Four appearances since 1982, the first year the tournament was held under the NCAA, they have been six years without reaching the location of the national championship game.

Massengale, who ranks second on her team in the tournament with 16.3 points per game and has yet to score below 15 in the first three rounds, will be looked to for continued leadership as they take on No. 1 seed Maryland in what will be a less hostile Spokane Arena.

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Junior Gretchen Aucoin runs past second base during the game against Georgia on Saturday. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon

Lady Vols steal series against No. 7 Georgia with 6-2 victory Trenton Duffer Staff Writer

In the top of the second inning, Anna Swafford for Georgia belted a solo shot to left on the first pitch of the inning. Gretchen Aucoin, the Lady Vols starting pitcher, shook it off.

In the bottom of the second, a calm, collected Aucoin blasted a solo home run of her own to center field, tying the game.

She had the game back under her control.

“It’s definitely a mindset,” Aucoin said about using her own hitting to accompany her pitching. “You go out there and dominate in the circle, and then come in and celebrate with the rest of the team. Then, you reset yourself. I start focusing in on the other pitcher and getting my timing down as soon as I come in the dugout.”

An RBI triple by Swafford in the third helped push the Bulldogs’ lead to 2-1 over the Lady Vols. Still, though, Aucoin kept her composure by “just breathing.”

“She (Swafford) was the only one who had

my number,” Aucoin said. “That was the biggest batter I had to face in the lineup next to (Alex) Hugo, and I had her number all night.”

Down 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Meghan Gregg ripped a single up the middle to plate Lexi Overstreet, and the floodgates opened for the Lady Vols. Aucoin would get hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Megan Geer and Shaliyah Geathers both slapped RBI singles to make the score 6-2.

Rainey Gaffin came in to close in the top of the sixth and seventh, and the Lady Vols ran away with the 6-2 victory. Tennessee (25-7, 5-3 SEC) also clinched an automatic series win with one game left tomorrow.

“Some of the mistakes we make are the sign of our youth and inexperience, but I’m really proud of the toughness they’ve shown,” co-head coach Karen Weekly said. “That’s something that’s been a big emphasis since the South Carolina series.”

The Lady Vols will conclude their three-game series against the Bulldogs (29-7, 6-5 SEC) on Monday night at 7 p.m. at Lee Stadium.

Weekly knows the Bulldogs will be looking for blood and will do anything they have to do to avoid the sweep.

“You wanna win every game, and that’s what we talked to the team about,” Weekly said. “The mark of a champion is that you never take your

foot off the pedal. You gotta come out just as strong tomorrow as you did last night. I’m really anxious to see what this team does with a 2-0 lead in the series because we’re going to learn a lot about them tomorrow.”