November 02, 2019 (Lexington, Kentucky) Tennessee erased a two try deficit in the final 20 minutes to get a pivotal conference victory on Saturday in Lexington. Trailing 12-5 at the half, the Vols outscored the Wildcats 3 tries to 1 in the second half to claim the 24-20 victory.
The Volunteer reserves also came from behind to get the victory over UK 30-27.
Special thanks to all the fans and supporters that traveled with us to Lexington. Your constant support, encouragement, and presence was definitely felt by the team and continues to make a difference for this team.
Tennessee (5-1) returns home on Saturday to take on Georgia on Family Day for the Volunteers. Also searching for a match for the Tennessee Reserves (5-0) for Saturday. Kickoff will be at 1 PM at the Tennessee Rugby Park.
1. Creighton Couch
2. Greg Giangiulio
3. Kevin Thomas
4. Greg Janowick
5. Will Ring, Jacob Eicher @ 73'
6. Andy Lloyd
7. Tory Griffin
8. Patrick Beacom; Graham Wallace @ 52'
9. Luke Davies
10. Conrad Dorflinger-Slee; Andy Dukes @ 52'
11. Andy Dukes; Austin White @ 52'
12. Daniel Anderson; Patrick Beacom @ 52'
13. Tom Pelini; Josh Shetler @ 25'
14. Marcus McClain
15. Ben Schwartz
22' - UK TRY/CK; Score: 0 - 7
27' - UK TRY; Score: 0 - 12
35' - UT TRY (Beacom); Score: 5 - 12
44' - UT TRY (Lloyd) / CK (Schwartz); Score: 12 - 12
47' - UK PK; Score: 12 - 15
51' - UK TRY; Score: 12 - 20
60' - UT TRY (Griffin); Score: 17 - 20
80' - UT TRY (Giangiulio)/CK (Schwartz); Score: 24 - 20
Halftime: Tennessee 5, Kentucky 12
Full Time: Tennessee 24, Kentucky 20
Referee: Eric Wittmer
Penalty Count (1st/2nd/Tot)
Tennessee (7,5,12)
Kentucky (9,10,19)
Scrums
Tennessee 6 of 7
Kentucky 6 of 7
Lineouts
Tennessee 14 of 17
Kentucky 9 of 10
1. Dawson Moseley
2. Chase Porter
3. Braxton Heard; Omar Tinko
4. Bryce Jackson; Jackson Powers
5. Tyler Hesketh
6. Grayson Wallace
7. Christian Moolman
8. Jacob Eicher; Graham Wallace
9. Brandon Estrada
10. Josh Shetler
11. Luke Lindeman; Dane Peterson
12. Joe Prochaska; Josh Oakes
13. Austin White; Xavier Stalman
14. Jack Ambrose
15. Tyler Ensign; Austin White
07' - UK TRY/CK; Score: 0 - 7
12' - UK PK; Score: 0 - 10
16' - KY TRY; Score: 0 - 15
34' - UT TRY (Hesketh); Score: 5 - 15
40' - UT TRY (Shetler); Score: 10 - 15
41' - UT TRY (Graham Wallace) / CK (Oakes); Score: 17 - 15
45' - KY TRY; Score: 17 - 20
48' - KY TRY/CK; Score: 17 - 27
52' - UT TRY (Moolman); Score: 22 - 27
58' - UT TRY (Tinko); Score 27 - 27
65' - UT PK (Oakes); Score: 30 - 27
Halftime: Tennessee 10, Kentucky 15
Full time: Tennessee 30, Kentucky 27
Penalty Count (1st / 2nd / Tot)
Tennessee (6/8/14)
Kentucky (1/7/8)