Freshman middie Johnny McKnight registered a game-high seven points to lead Texas to a 12-8 victory over Northeastern in an MCLA Division I game Saturday afternoon in Atlanta.

McKnight, WSL’s 2008 Texas Player of the Year, scored four goals and added three assists, as the Longhorns (6-1) swept their two-game trip to Georgia. On Friday night, Texas upended Georgia Tech, 15-9.

Senior attackman Evans Swann scored three goals, sophomore middie William Lawson had two goals and an assist and junior attackman Doug Boyer scored twice for Texas. Sophomore attackman Charlie Fraser finished with two points on a goal and an assist to round out the scoring.

Northeastern (0-1) was playing its season opener.

Texas led 4-3 at the end of the first quarter and 5-4 at halftime before breaking the game open with a seven-goal third quarter. By the end of that stretch, the Longhorns had taken a commanding 12-6 lead.

“Overall, we’re starting to click as a team,” Texas head coach Noah Fink said. “Yesterday and today, we started playing a little bit more cohesive, moving the ball better, connecting better and trusting each other. We’ve got great talent, we’re very deep, and we’re figuring out how to play the game.”

Texas traveled to Georgia as a tribute to former player Tyler Cross, a Marietta native who died in the fall of 2006. Saturday’s game was originally scheduled to be played at Lovett High School, where Cross graduated, but had to be moved to Georgia Tech because of inclimate whether.

Cross captained the lacrosse and football teams at Lovett.