This Saturday, Right Attitude Paintball in Beckley, WV hosted the final SE NCPA 5-man of the 07-08 season. 15 teams were in attendance representing 11 universities. The atmosphere was competitive yet cordial. After the 8 game prelims, UT went into the finals seeded 3rd along with two Virginia Tech teams and a team from Embry Riddle. After winning four straight games in two best-of-3 matches, UT emerged in the top spot.

1st- University of Tennessee

2nd- Virginia Tech Orange

3rd- Virginia Tech Maroon

4th- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

PaintBlast 2008 was a huge success!  Alpha Chi Omega and the UT Paintball hosted the 1st Annual PaintBlast charity tournament. 

With the help of the sorority and fraternity competitors, we raised a rough estimate of $1600 for the Wesley House Community Center.

A huge thanks goes out to RedBull, Knoxville Paintball Sports, and Alpha Chi Omega!  See you next year!

 More info to follow.  ’til then, enjoy this picture:

A TV spot done by the UTTV program called “It’s All About the Orange.”

Paintball Paparazzi did a little video on us at world cup.  Check it out:

The Paintball Club at UT hosted the 2nd annual NCPA Class AA Tennessee Open this past saturday at Insane Paintball in Chattanooga, TN.

16 Teams made the trek for the 2nd SE region event of the season. This event had great facilities using 2 indoor fields and quality reffing and paint. A full service proshop was available to all players. Each Team played 8 prelim games before the top 8 went to the semis.

2 Tennessee teams played in this event. UT Orange consisting of Daniel Keene, Matt Jenkins, Chris Anglin, Joey Baggott, Anthony Sander, JR Tubb, and Matt San Roman. UT Black was made up with Rob Goldsmith, Tyler Thayer, Mike Gilante, Colby Jarrett, Alex Ladoucer, Jeremy Coleman, and Fred Pickney. UT Orange finished the prelims with an impressive 6-2 record while UT black missed the cut by going 4-4. UT Orange got a #3 seed going into the semi’s while UT Black finished the tournament in 10th.

UT Orange really picked up the pace in the semi’s beating everyone in their bracket. They beat Clemson Orange , Northern Kentucky, and Florida State to go 3-0 with a #1 seed into the final 4. From there they kept the ball rolling beating ERAU, Virginia Tech, and Clemson for another 3-0 and the First place trophy. All team members played great.

UT would like to thank all the teams for coming to the event as well as Smart Parts, Paintball Paparazzi, KPS, and Insane Paintball for their continued support of the UT Paintvols in thier quest for a 2007-08 NCPA National Championship!

The PaintVols took home first place from the 2007 Clemson Open on Saturday, September 22.  The team went 7-1 in the prelims losing to Clemson Orange, and stepped it up to go 3-0 in the finals.

The team was composed of Colby Jarrett, Ben Devault, Vince Gregory, Kevin Matas, and Joey Baggot.

The Clemson Open Results:

1. University of Tennessee PaintVols
2. Clemson
3. VT blood
4. NKU norse

Congratulations to the PaintVols and their victory at the Clemson Open!  The PaintVols would like to thank it’s sponsors for all their support!

The PaintVols fielded a team in the novice division of the All American Paintball Park Open the weekend of September 15th and 16th.   The team played a X-ball Lite format tournament.

The PaintVols won their first two games on Saturday, and lost to DC Factor in the championship on Sunday to take 2nd place.

Congrats to the X-ball team, and a thanks goes out to all of our sponsors!

UTK #1 and UTK #2 took the trip to Cross Eyed Paintball this weekend to play in their 3 man tournament. First prize was 3 FEP Quest markers.

Roster

UTK#2:
Scott
Jeremy
Kevin
UTK#1:
Rob
Chris
Fred

It was a good start to the year for both teams. At the end of the day the final game came down to the two best teams all day, Outta Kontrol vs. UTK #1. UTK had a 5 point lead going into the game so it was a winner take all situation. UTK scored an elimination early and was playing it smart up on bodies. Then UTK lost a player with about a minute remaining. The final two players held off for a draw leaving UTK ahead by 5 points and taking home the FEP Quests!!

We start with a win, hopefully we will end with a win…..

* Other UT members such as Joey, Anthony, Matt, and Colby also represented other teams at this tournament.