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Tennessee too much for Demon Decons of Wake Forest

Feb. 8, 2009

The University of Tennessee Men's Lacrosse team moved to 2-0 on the season with a convincing victory over Wake Forest University on Sunday afternoon in Knoxville.

Tennessee came out firing and took a commanding 5-1 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. The scoring was evenly distributed between Chris McDonald, Kyle Bird, John Porter, Patrick Steward and Jack Cleary. Wake Forest scored their first goal at the 5:55 mark to cut the lead to 2-1 before UT scored 3 goals in the next 2 minutes. Tennessee struck first in the 2nd quarter when Chris White scored at the 8:21 mark quickly followed by Jack Cleary with 6:26 left to push UT to a commanding 7-1 lead before Wake scored its second goal with 5:13 remaining in the 2nd. Jack Cleary netted his 3rd goal of the day at the 4:04 mark to give UT an 8-2 lead at half.

Tennessee struck first in the 3rd quarter as Chris McDonald scored his 2nd goal of the game at the 13:14 mark in the 3rd. The scoring slowed over the next 11 minutes as both teams had a difficult time finding the back of the net. Kyle Bird was able to find the back of the net for his 2nd goal of the game with 2:53 remaining in the 3rd to push the Tennessee lead to 10-2 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The 10-2 advantage allowed the Volunteers to rest the first attack and defensive units in the 4th quarter. The second attack and defensive groups have worked very hard in practice and they have improved a great deal over the past month. Wake Forest was able to score three fourth quarter goals but the Volunteers answered the call with three goals of their own. Patrick Steward scored with 8:40 left for his 2nd of the game on top of 2 assist, Chris McDonald netted his 3rd goal of the game with 5:25 left, and Kevin O'Neill scored on an EMO possession with 11 seconds left in the 4th to bring the final score to 13-5 for the Volunteers.

Wake Forest and UT were very evenly matched at the face off X. Wake Forest held the advantage winning 9 of 17 faceoffs with the Volunteers winning 8-17.

Freshmen goalies Dave Catterton and Jordan Blazer both had exceptional half's in the game. The defensive groups played very well but when they were pushed both goalies stepped up to make some very big saves in the game.