Falcon Lacrosse Travels to Furman for SoCon Contest

THIS WEEK
The Falcons will travel to Greenville, South Carolina, to take on SoCon foes, Furman, on Saturday, March 23. The Falcons and Paladins are slated for a 12 p.m. ET face-off at Paladin Stadium.

THE SERIES WITH FURMAN:
The Falcons lead the Paladins in the all-time series, 4-1
-The series began in 2015 at USAFA
-Air Force has outscored Furman, 53-25 in the five-game series
-The Falcons' largest margin of victory over the Paladins' was 10 goals
-Air Force lost by just one goal in 2018 --it was the Falcons' first-ever loss in the SoCon
-Air Force is 1-1 when playing in Greenville and 3-0 while playing at USAFA

A LOOK AHEAD
On Tuesday, Air Force will travel to New Haven, Connecticut, for Spring Break to take on 2018 NCAA Champions, No. 3 Yale, 7 p.m. ET, March 26.

AIR FORCE SWEEPS WEEKLY SOCON AWARDS
Air Force attack Trey Lervick and goalkeeper Braden Host have been named the Southern Conference men's lacrosse offensive and defensive players of the week, respectively, for all competition March 12-18. The awards are selected by the league office.

Lervick had a career performance in the Falcons' 20-8 win at Mercer on Saturday (Mar. 16), scoring five goals and dishing off four assists for nine points, all three of which were career highs. The nine points are tied for the second-most in a game in SoCon history, while the five goals tie for eighth-most. The senior from Woodbury, Minnesota, who scored in each quarter against the Bears, has four hat tricks in seven games this season, scoring at least four goals in three of them. He leads Air Force with 20 goals and 29 points so far this season.

Host recorded a goals against average of just 3.98 in 45 minutes of work in net for the Falcons against the Bears, making six saves and allowing just three goals against 23 shots for a .667 save percentage before departing in the fourth quarter. The sophomore from Aurora, Colorado, also collected two ground balls and caused two turnovers on the day. Host is 5-2 with a 7.38 GAA in the cage this season and has helped the Falcons keep their last six opponents under 10 goals.

SCORING BIGLY
-Air Force has outscored all opponents this season, 84-55
-The Falcons have doubled-up three opponents on goals this season; twice in the last two games
-Air Force has won by 10 goals or more in their last two games
-Five Falcons account for 11 hat tricks this season
-Trey Lervick scored a team-high and career-high six goals against Mercer

ON A ROLL
-Air Force has won three-straight games since Mar. 2.
-Trey Lervick has scored a goal in six-straight games; he's had a four-goals-or-more hat trick for two-straight games
-August Johnson, the Falcons' leading freshman scorer, has three-straight hat tricks in his last three starts
-Brandon Jones has recorded caused turnovers in seven-straight games
-Face off specialist Trent Harper was been victorious at the face off X for six-straight contests
-Sophomore goalie Braden Host, along with the defensive unit, have kept the last six opponents under 10 goals. Host has had a .500-or-greater save percentage in every game this season
-Tim Baker, who missed the first four games with an injury, has scored goals in three-straight games since returning. In his first two appearances of the 2019 campaign, he notched two hat tricks
-Freshman defender Quentin Carlile has recorded a caused turnover for six-straight contests

LAST TIME OUT
Air Force made a statement in its return to Southern Conference play, blowing by the Mercer Bears, 20-8, Saturday afternoon (Mar. 6) at Five Star Stadium. Senior attack man Trey Lervick led the Falcons with a career-high nine-points via five goals and four assists.

Falcon Lacrosse Travels to Furman for SoCon Contest

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Players Mentioned

Tim Baker

Quentin Carlile

Trent Harper

Braden Host

August Johnson

Brandon Jones

Trey Lervick

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