Falcons Play Pair at Pitt Invitational This Weekend
9/8/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 8, 2011
Game #3Air Force Falcons vs. Pittsburgh PanthersFriday, Sept. 9, 20117:30 p.m. at Pittsbugh, PA2011 Pitt / Nike Invitational Game #4Air Force Falcons vs. Duquesne DukesSunday, Sept. 11, 201111 a.m. at Pittsbugh, PA2011 Pitt / Nike Invitational RECORDSAir Force 1-1Pittsburgh 1-2-1Duquesne 2-0-1 RECENT RESULTSAir ForceLost to Davidson (H), 2-0PittsburghDefeated Stony Brook, 1-0Tied Valparaiso, 1-1DuquesneDefeated Valparaiso, 2-1Tied Stony Brook, 1-1 COACHESDoug Hill (USAFA, 1983)Air Force 25-46-3, Fifth SeasonOverall SameJoe Luxbacher (Pittsburgh, 1974)Pittsburgh 202-218-55, 28th SeasonOverall 226-230-59, 31st SeasonJake Ouimet (Maine, 1996)Duquesne 40-42-15, Sixth SeasonOverall Same Falcons Play Pair at Pitt InvitationalThe Air Force Falcons travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., this weekend for a pair of games at the 2011 Pitt / Nike Invitational. The Falcons open the tournament against the host Pittsburgh Panthers on Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. (ET), then face Duquense on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. (ET).The Falcons are 1-1 after dropping a 2-0 decision to Davidson College last Friday night at Cadet Soccer Stadium. Despite outshooting the Wildcats 21-8, Air Force mustered just four shots on goal and could not find the back of the net after putting in five goals in the season-opener a week earlier against Houston Baptist.Pittsburgh is 1-2-1 this season while Duquesne is 2-0-1. The fourth team at the tournament is Bowling Green (2-1). Scouting The OpponentsPittsburgh enters the weekend with a 1-2-1 record after defeating Stony Brook, 1-0, and tying Valparaiso, 1-1, last weekend at the Duquesne Tournament. Nico Wrobel has scored all three goals for the Panthers this season.Duquesne, meanwhile, is 2-0-1 after beating Valpo, 2-1, and tying Stony Brook, 1-1. Simon Gomez leads the team in scoring with five points (2g, 1a) and goalie Colin Thorp has an impressive 0.62 GAA. Falcons Picked Seventh in Preseason PollThe Falcons were picked seventh in the 2011 MPSF preseason coaches poll, voted on by the league's eight head coaches. Cal State Bakersfield received 46 points and five of eight first-place votes in earning the No. 1 spot, while New Mexico and Denver each collected 41 points in tying for second in the poll. Defending MPSF Tournament champion Sacramento State was picked fourth with 30 points, followed by UNLV, San Jose State, Air Force and Seattle University.
Davidson 2, Air Force 0Sept. 2, 2011 at Cadet Soccer StadiumBrian McGue scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Davidson men's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Air Force Friday night at the Academy. Davidson moved to 1-0 following its season opener while the Falcons fell to 1-1.McGue opened the scoring just 4:40 into the game when he popped up behind the Falcon defense, took a pass from Alex Givens and beat AFA goalie Matt Underwood from about 16 yards out. McGue also had a hand in Davidson's second goal, sending a pass to Gabe Rivera in the box and Rivera's shot deflected off a Falcon defender and into the net.The game was delayed approximately 90 minutes during halftime due to a lightning storm and torrential rain. Despite the wet conditions, Air Force controlled most of the play in the second half, outshooting the Wildcats 14-2, but just three of them were on frame. The Falcons held a 21-8 shot advantage in the game.Davidson goalie Chip Sanders made four saves, including two big ones in the second half. In the 60th minute, Air Force's Brian Klazura found himself open down the right side of the box and sent a shot toward the net that Sanders stopped with his right leg, then Sanders made a point-blank save on AFA's John Melcher that was then cleared off the line by Greg Macnamara.AFA's Kevin Durr led all players with six shots, while teammate Garrett Getschow had four, including one with four minutes left that got past Sanders but just missed the far post. McGue and Thomas Zimmerson each had a team-high two shots for the Wildcats.
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