Falcons Release 2007 Water Polo Schedule
5/17/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
May 17, 2007
Three home tournaments, including the 2007 WWPA Championship, as well as a host of challenging road tournaments highlight the 2007 Air Force water polo schedule, as released today by head coach Jeff Ehrlich.
The Falcons once again open the season at the Triton Invitational, hosted by UC San Diego, Sept. 1-2. The team will then return home the next weekend, Sept. 8-9, to host UC San Diego and Johns Hopkins, before heading back out to the West Coast Sept. 15-16 for the NorCal Tournament, hosted by 2006 national champion Cal. The Falcons will also host the annual East Meets West Tournament, Sept. 29-30, featuring Pacific, Cal Baptist and Cal Lutheran.
Air Force will return to the Aggie Shootout, hosted by UC Davis, Oct. 6-7, before heading out to Annapolis, Md., Oct. 20-21 for contests against George Washington, Navy, Princeton and Bucknell. The Falcons travel back out west for four WWPA contests on Nov. 3-4, taking on Loyola Marymount, Chapman, La Verne and Claremont.
The WWPA Tournament will return to the Academy in 2007, as the Falcons will host the conference championship, Nov. 16-18. The winner of the WWPA Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship, hosted by Stanford, Dec. 1-2.
The Falcons will return 15 players from last year's squad, which finished the season ranked 17th in the nation.
