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Welcome to the official website of the University of Tennessee Men's Lacrosse Club Tennessee Announces 2010 Team Captain - Jan 31, 2010
The Volunteers will look to the captains for leadership in the upcoming season. The season includes games against perennial powers Florida State, Lindenwood, Virginia Tech and Texas A&M on top of the always tough divisional opponents in the Southestern Lacrosse Conference (SELC). The season officially begins Feb. 12 against Clemson University on the TRECS Intramural Field at the University of Tennessee. “It is with great pride that we announce the 2009-2010 captains of Tennessee lacrosse,” said Tennessee head coach Matt Synowiez. “These four men bring a great deal of leadership to our team on and off the field, and I am not surprised these four individuals were chosen by their peers to be their leaders this season,” Synowiez said. Cleary, an attackman from Franklin, Tenn., has been named captain for the second straight year. He was named SELC honorable mention all-conference at attack last season and will be looked to anchor the attack again this year. “Jack has competed against our opponent’s best defenseman every game for the last three years,” said Synowiez. “He hasn’t always been our leading scorer, but he always makes the right decision and is without a doubt our on-field general in the offense. His presence makes everyone else on the field better.” Kerley, a defenseman from Madison, Miss. who attended Battle Ground Academy in Brentwood, Tenn., has also been named captain for the second year. Kerley, a 6’ 5” athlete, covers a great deal of ground on the field. Kerley had never played lacrosse before he came to the University of Tennessee and has come a very long way in a short amount of time. His length, quickness and calming demeanor have made him a natural leader since he joined the lacrosse program and being selected as a captain two years in a row is certainly an example of that. Kerley played high level basketball growing up and had a very high defensive IQ the day he picked up a lacrosse stick. Bates, a long stick midfielder from Knoxville, has been the hardest working player in the University of Tennessee lacrosse program since the day he joined us as a freshman. He has all day energy and has never complained a single day he has been on the team. He is the embodiment of being a hard-nosed, tough lacrosse player and has always played much bigger than his 5’ 10”, 160 lb. frame. Bates is extremely quick and can run with anyone in the MCLA. The Volunteers will lean on him one more season to be the anchor of their defensive midfield unit. Aloma, a defenseman from Rochester, N.Y., has been a three-year starter for the Volunteers alongside Kerley on the defensive unit. He has a tremendous handle on the game of lacrosse and is UT’s most vocal leader on the defense. Aloma knows where everyone is supposed to be and makes the entire defensive unit better with his presence. He is another hard-nosed player that has taken on whatever challenge the team has asked him to overcome. “I have greatly enjoyed watching these boys develop into the players, and more importantly, the men they are today. We have greatly improved on the field as a lacrosse program over the last five years, but more important to the coaching staff is that we have helped develop leaders that will excel in their future lives after lacrosse is over,” said Synowiez. The Volunteers open up the season against visiting Clemson University Feb. 12 at 8:00 p.m.
First Practice on Thursday night January 14th at 6 PM - Dec 22, 2009
University of Tennessee Announces 2010 Spring Lacrosse Schedule - Oct 23, 2009
Knoxville, TN (October 23, 2009) - The University of Tennessee men’s lacrosse Head Coach Matt Synowiez and Team President Jack Cleary are pleased to announce the Volunteer’s 17-game 2010 regular season schedule. The Volunteers 2010 season includes three teams that finished in the top 15 in the 2009 MCLA Top 23 poll. This is the most challenging schedule the Volunteers have undertaken in the last 6 years and includes games against the Florida State Seminoles, Lindenwood Lions, Virginia Tech Hokies, NCAA Division II Mars Hill College and NCAA Division III Sewanee College. The schedule also includes five out of conference opponents. Coach Synowiez, and Assistant Coaches Chris Kelley, Mike Vitulano, and Chris Hurley are excited about the talent and motivation of the 2009-2010 team and look forward to seeing the Vols compete on the field. On Sunday, January 31st the Volunteers will take on
The following weekend will continue our traditional spring game against the excellent NCAA Division II UT has two huge games in The following weekend has the Volunteers on the road traveling south to take on the Auburn Tigers in a Friday night game on February 19th. Back in The Volunteers take their show on the road the next weekend traveling to The next weekend has the always tough Florida State Seminoles (ranked 7th in 2009 final MCLA poll) and Virginia Tech Hokies (ranked 13th in 2009 final MCLA poll) rolling into April is a lighter month for the Volunteers as they match up with SELC rival Georgia Tech on Friday night April 9th in Knoxville, and the Vols will be hosting a great game between georgia Tech and NC State on Saturday. The weekend culminates on Sunday with Tennessee taking on NC State. The Vols complete their regular season on Tuesday night April 20th against MCLA Division II opponent 2010 January 31st – vs. February 6th - vs. February 6th - vs. Sewanee College (NCAA Division III) February 12th – vs. February 14th – vs. February 19th - @ February 20th – E. Michigan (at February 26th – vs. February 27th – vs. March 5th – vs. March 6th – vs. March 7th – vs. March 20th – vs. March 26th – vs. March 28th – vs. April 9th – vs. April 20th – @ April 23rd-25th – SELC Tournament, May 11-15th – MCLA National Championship at Dick Sporting Good’s Park, Denver, CO * Divisional Game ^ Out of Conference Game # Parents / Senior Day
Volunteer Fall Ball Invitational this Saturday October 24th - Oct 19, 2009
10:30 AM-12:30 PM - University of Tennessee vs Tennessee Wesleyan College 1:00-3:00 - University of Tennessee vs University of Kentucky 3:30 - 5:30 - University of Kentucky vs Tennessee Wesleyan College The games will be at the TREC Intramural field located at 2111 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN. Grab your lawn chair and come out to enjoy some great Fall lacrosse games and cheer on the Volunteers.
Great turnout to rain shortened Alumni Game - Oct 9, 2009
We hope that all the alumni plus those that couldn't make it will put it on their calendars for next Fall. We are entertaining tying the game in with a Fall Ball game against a real opponent, which the alums could watch, and then the Alumni game would be scheduled directly afterwards for a fun double header. If any alumni have suggestions on what we can do to make the event better please don't hesitate to let the officers and coaches know. Please also look us up on facebook under the group University of Tennessee Lacrosse. Thanks again and Go Vols!
Alumni Game Friday night October 9th at 7:30 - Oct 8, 2009
Volunteers visit NCAA Div III Sewanee in Fall Ball Scrimmage - Oct 4, 2009
Both teams were able to work very far into their benches to get a feel for the depth of talent on their prospective rosters. In the end Sewanee was victorious on the day, but more important than the score was the opportunity to work on new offenses and defenses in a game speed situation. The scrimmage was very productive for both clubs as they begin the process of putting their teams together for the upcoming spring season. Sewanee looked quite talented and we look forward to watching their progress as they improve on the 4-10 season from last year.
First practice is this Wednesday September 9th - Sep 7, 2009
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn.–The University of Tennessee men’s lacrosse club has named seniors Jack Cleary, Patrick Kerley, Chris Bates and Luis Aloma as its captains for the 2009-2010 season.