The University of Tennessee Volunteer Lacrosse team grabbed their first win of the season Friday February 13th against Georgia Tech. The win improves the Vols season record to 1-1 while dropping the Yellow Jackets to 0-1. Game time conditions were clear and cool making for a great night for lacrosse at the University of Tennessee Intramural Fields. The Vols brought a balanced attack, seeing goals from six different players; three from senior attackman Chris Bicsak, two from sophomore midfielder Matt Purcell. Junior attackman Larry Tilley, freshman attackman Jim Blunden, freshmen midfielders Michael Samarin and Matt Wagner each scored one apiece. “It was good to get a win under our belts and it was good confidence builder for a young squad,” said Assistant Coach Andy Frick. The Vols entered the game as underdogs to the 17th nationally ranked Yellow Jackets.
The first quarter saw three goals from Jacket midfielder Will Oakley, including the first of the game three minutes after the opening face off. The Vols managed to get 2 in the net the first quarter, one from Bicsak and one from Purcell. The second quarter belonged to Tech as the Jackets scored 4 unanswered goals until Bicsak managed to put a loose ball in with 4:41 left before half time. At the half Will Oakley had five of Tech’s seven goals and it seemed that Tennessee could do nothing to stop him. Tennessee utilized the break in play to rework their game plan and it paid off. Although the Jackets would score the first goal of the second half it would end up being their last. Tennessee took the game over and produced the last six goals for the final score of 9 to 8. The game came down to the wire when UT was unable gain possession of ball for the last 4 minutes. But because of Tennessee’s solid defensive stand and a key interception by junior longstick Adam Ritter, Tennessee was able to top the Jackets.
“This was a good win for our guys but it left a lot of room for improvement,” remarked head coach Alex White. “I am proud of our guys, they never gave up but if we want to keep wining we are going to have to improve. Every game we need to play better then we did in the previous one. The goal is to peak in the championship.” The Vols will try to carry their momentum into their next game vs. Vanderbilt this Sunday at 1:00pm on the intramural field.

Recipients of "Game T's"
Aaron Wise
Chris Kirk
Matt Wagner
Casey Carraro
Brad Casacci
Gray Fuller