Air Force Academy
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish Hand Falcons a 9-3 Loss
4/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
April 2, 2002
The Air Force lacrosse team lost its Great Western Lacrosse League opener, falling to Notre Dame 9-3. The Falcons fall to 2-5 overall, while the Fighting Irish improve to 3-5.
"We played very good defense," head coach Fred Acee said. "Our goalie (William Arnold) played a great game. When you hold a strong team like Notre Dame to nine goals, you need to give yourself an opportunity to win, but our offense came up short."
In freezing temperatures, the Falcons kept the game close but couldn't score. Chris Richez scored the only goal of the first quarter. He added two more goals in the second quarter to help Notre Dame to a 4-0 lead. With 26 seconds remaining in the half, Matthew Dudderar scored on an extra man opportunity to put the Falcons on the board.
Notre Dame padded its lead with two third quarter goals. Kevin Hill scored the first goal of the fourth quarter and Dudderar added his second goal of the game, but three additional goals by the Fighting Irish put the game out of reach.
The Falcons will be back in action on Sunday, April 7, when they host Fairfield in a conference match up. Game time is set for noon.
Game Scoring 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q FinalND 1 3 2 3 9AFA 0 1 0 2 3
SHOTS: AFA 29, UND 36SAVES: AFA - 15 (William Arnold, 13, Jeff Moss 2), Notre Dame - 15 (Nick Antol, 15)EXTRA MAN OPPORTUNITIES: AFA 1-for-5, Notre Dame 2-for-5
Game scoring summary
1st Quarter:12:50 - Chris Richez (unassisted), Notre Dame
2nd Quarter:10:12 - Chris Richez, Notre Dame1:55 - Matt Malakov (John Flandina), Notre Dame1:05 - Chris Richez, Notre Dame0:26 - Matthew Dudderar (William Keheler), Air Force
3rd Quarter:10:18 - Dan Berger, Notre Dame1:22 - Brian Giordano, Notre Dame
4th Quarter:12:31 - Kevin Hill, Air Force9:28 - Owen Asplundh, Notre Dame7:55 -John Flandini (Travis Wells), Notre Dame3:21 - Dan Berger (Travis Wells), Notre Dame1:29 - Matthew Dudderar, Air Force
