Falcons beat Marist in four overtimes, 7-6

Feb. 20, 2016

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Air Force lacrosse team picked up its first win of the season as Chris Walsch scored in the fourth overtime to lift the Falcons to a 7-6 win over Marist in a non-conference game, Saturday, Feb. 20, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Air Force (1-2 overall) opened the scoring at 11:12 of the first period on Walsch's first of four goals on the day. Marist scored the next three and the Falcons trailed, 3-1, early in the second quarter. Walsch, a sophomore from Hampstead, Md., completed the hat trick with back-to-back goals in the second quarter. He scored unassisted, even strength, at 8:33 and then was set up by Nick Hruby with a man-up goal at 5:03. Marist's Joseph Radin scored his second of the game at 1:53 of the second quarter and Red Foxes had a 4-3 lead at the half.

The Falcons scored the next three goals to take a 6-4 lead late in the fourth quarter. In the third quarter, Hruby scored from Walsch at 9:39 and then Andrew Tien scored a man-up goal from Walsch at 6:03. The Falcons held on to the one-goal lead until Falcon junior Austin Smith scored from Marcus Ward for a 6-4 lead with 5:23 left in the fourth. Marist scored two goals in the final 1:17, including the game-tying goal from Gannon Morrison with 20 seconds remaining.

Neither team was able to score in the first three overtimes. With 2:12 left in the fourth overtime, Hruby set up Walsch for his fourth of the game, and team-leading seventh of the season, for the game-winner.

Walsh had a hand in on six of the seven goals with four goals and two assists. Hruby had one goal and two assists. Air Force outshot Marist, 46-39, in the game and had a 31-28 advantage in ground balls. Air Force won 16 of the 20 faceoffs. The Falcons were 2-for-2 on extra-man opportunities while killing both of the Red Fox advantages. Senior goalie Doug Gouchoe made 19 saves, while allowing just six goals, to earn the victory.

Air Force will compete in the Faceoff Classic at the University of Denver, Feb. 27-28.

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Players Mentioned

Doug Gouchoe

Nick Hruby

Austin Smith

Andrew Tien

Chris Walsch

Marcus Ward

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