Saturday, September 25
Providence, RI
8 am MT
Air Force Academy
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Falcons improve to 11-1 with wins at MIT and Brown
9/25/2021 5:38:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Air Force swept a pair of road games and improved to 11-1 overall this season, the best start since 1977. The Falcons defeated MIT, 13-8, and Brown, 14-10, Saturday, Sept. 25, in Providence, R.I. The 1977 and 1974 teams set the school record for best start at 12-1.
In the first game, Grant Snyder and Sam De La Cruz each scored four goals to lead Air Force to a 13-8 win over MIT. The Falcons broke open a close game with five goals in the second quarter to take a 7-2 lead at the half. Snyder and De La Cruz each scored twice in the second. Corey Tanis and Henry Yavitt gave the Falcons a 9-2 lead in the third, but MIT answered with four unanswered goals to cut the AF lead to 9-6. Gavin Jones, De La Cruz and Snyder all scored early in the fourth for the Falcons' 10th win of the season.
In the second game, Snyder had five goals and four assists while Tanis had three goals and Ian Christie had two goals and four assists. Leading 3-2 in the second quarter, two goals by Yavitt and one each by Snyder and Fuller gave the Falcons a 7-3 lead. Brown scored twice in the final minute of the second as the Falcons had a 7-5 lead at the half.
With back-to-back goals early in the third, Brown tied the game at 7-7. Tanis, Christie and Ryan McLaughlin answered for the Falcons for a 10-7 lead late in the third. Brown rallied again and cut the Falcon lead to 11-10 early in the fourth, but the Falcons put the game away with four unanswered goals.
Air Force closes out the eastern road swing at 15th-ranked Harvard, Sunday, Sept. 21, at 10 am ET in Cambridge, Mass.
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In the first game, Grant Snyder and Sam De La Cruz each scored four goals to lead Air Force to a 13-8 win over MIT. The Falcons broke open a close game with five goals in the second quarter to take a 7-2 lead at the half. Snyder and De La Cruz each scored twice in the second. Corey Tanis and Henry Yavitt gave the Falcons a 9-2 lead in the third, but MIT answered with four unanswered goals to cut the AF lead to 9-6. Gavin Jones, De La Cruz and Snyder all scored early in the fourth for the Falcons' 10th win of the season.
In the second game, Snyder had five goals and four assists while Tanis had three goals and Ian Christie had two goals and four assists. Leading 3-2 in the second quarter, two goals by Yavitt and one each by Snyder and Fuller gave the Falcons a 7-3 lead. Brown scored twice in the final minute of the second as the Falcons had a 7-5 lead at the half.
With back-to-back goals early in the third, Brown tied the game at 7-7. Tanis, Christie and Ryan McLaughlin answered for the Falcons for a 10-7 lead late in the third. Brown rallied again and cut the Falcon lead to 11-10 early in the fourth, but the Falcons put the game away with four unanswered goals.
Air Force closes out the eastern road swing at 15th-ranked Harvard, Sunday, Sept. 21, at 10 am ET in Cambridge, Mass.
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