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Falcon Lacrosse Hosts Jacksonville in SoCon Showdown
3/29/2019 2:55:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Air Force Lacrosse will face off against Jacksonville at high noon, Saturday, March 30, at Falcon Stadium
THIS WEEK
Air Force returns to the Academy to host Southern Conference foe Jacksonville (3-6, 2-0 SoCon), Saturday, March 30, at 12 p.m. MT, at Falcon Stadium. The Falcons are 6-2 against the Dolphins in the all-time series and 2-1 when playing at USAFA.
THE SERIES WITH JACKSONVILLE
-The series began in 2011
-Air Force leads the all-time series, 6-2
-Jacksonville won the first and last meetings, but Air Force won six-straight contests in between
-Last season, the Dolphins won by one point in Jacksonville, 13-12
-Air Force has outscored Jacksonville, 95-71, in all games combined
-Air Force's largest margin of victory was 13 goals in 2015 at USAFA (18-5)
-The narrowest margin of victory for Air Force against Jacksonville is one goal; 2017, 10-9 (OT)
-Air Force is 4-1 when playing the Dolphins in March
THE DOLHINS AT A GLANCE
Jacksonville, who is one-of-three teams still undefeated in SoCon play, is riding high on a two-game win streak, most recently knocking off the 10th-ranked High Point Panthers on March 23. Sophomore midfielder Jack Dolan leads the squad with 20 goals and 14 assists, he has won SoCon Offensive Player of the Week three times this season, more than any other player in the conference.
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
A fourth period surge propelled Jacksonville past Air Force, 13-12, in Southern Conference action, April 7, 2018, at D.B. Milne Field, in Jacksonville, Florida. The Falcons posted their first loss to the Dolphins as conference foes. Trey Lervick registered his second hat trick of the 2018 season in the effort.
A LOOK AHEAD
The Falcons take on Southern Conference heavyweight, No. 15 High Point, 12 p.m. ET/10 MT, Saturday, April 6, at Vert Stadium, in High Point, N.C. The Falcons are looking to redeem last season's loss to High Point, while the Panthers are riding high after knocking off two top-ten opponents earlier this season.
SCORING BIGLY
-Air Force has outscored all opponents this season, 101-75
-The Falcons have doubled-up three opponents on goals this season
-Air Force has won by 10 goals or more in two games
-Six Falcons account for 14 hat tricks this season
-Trey Lervick scored a team-high and career-high six goals against Mercer, he has six hat tricks this season
ON A ROLL
-Trey Lervick has scored a goal in eight-straight games; he's had a four-goals-or-more hat trick in four games this season
-August Johnson, the Falcons' leading freshman scorer, had three-straight hat tricks his first three starts
-Brandon Jones has recorded caused turnovers in nine-straight games, he's led the Falcons in ground balls in six-of-nine contests this season
-Face off specialist Trent Harper was been victorious at the face off X in seven-of-nine games
-Sophomore goalie Braden Host, along with the defensive unit, have kept seven-of-nine 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, scored goals in four-of-five 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 seven-straight contests
LAST TIME OUT
A stale second half gave the second-ranked Yale Bulldogs a chance to pull away from Air Force for a 13-6 win, Tuesday evening, at Reese Stadium on the campus of Yale. The Falcons' win-streak closed at four as they dropped to 6-3 on the season while Yale's win-streak improves to six-straight as the Bulldogs are now 6-1 overall. Despite the loss, Braden Host played one of his most impressive games to date, recording a career-high 19 saves against Yale's powerhouse offense. Trey Lervick and Christian Kuhn recorded a hat trick apiece; it was Lervick's sixth this season and Kuhn's first-ever.
