Falcon Soccer Travels to UTRGV, Houston Christian

MATCH 12: Air Force (5-4-2, 4-0 WAC) at UT-Rio Grande Valley (4-6-3, 2-3-1 WAC)
6:30 p.m. CT, Friday, Oct. 21
UTRGV Soccer Complex - Edinburg, Texas

MATCH 13: Air Force at Houston Christian
3 p.m. CT, Sunday, Oct. 23
Sorrels Field - Houston, Texas

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Following an extended 12-day break from competition, Air Force is back on the pitch this week still atop the WAC standings with a 4-0-0 league mark and 12 points. The Falcons own the longest active win streak in the conference at five consecutive matches as of Oct. 19. Air Force and second-place conference squad San José State (3-0-1) are the only two WAC teams who remain unbeaten in league competition ahead of this weekend's matches

Air Force travels to Texas for a pair of Western Athletic Conference matches over the weekend, taking on UTRGV on Friday (Oct. 21), and Houston Christian on Sunday. Action at UTRGV is slated for 6:30 p.m. CT, while kickoff against HCU is slated for 3 p.m. CT.

THE SERIES AGAINST UTRGV
Air Force and the Vaqueros of UTRGV will be meeting for the 10th time in the all-time series; the Falcons hold a 6-2-1 series advantage. AF has only lost to UTRGV while playing in Edinburg, Texas.

Air Force has won the last three meetings, highlighted by a win in last season's WAC Tournament where the Falcons downed the Vaqueros, 1-0, in Phoenix. A header in the final second of regulation play pushed AF past UTRGV in the first round, marking the second-straight year Air Force has eliminated the Vaqueros from the playoff tournament.

THE SERIES AGAINST THE HUSKIES
Sunday's match marks the 19th all-time meeting between the teams. The Falcons are on a seven-match win streak against HCU, holding a 12-4-2 all-time series advantage. AF is 4-2-1 against HCU when playing in Houston, and 6-1-1 at USAFA.

LAST TIME OUT
The Falcons are coming off a bye weekend, Oct. 14-16. The week prior, AF maintained its perfect league record with a pair of home wins against California Baptist, 2-1, and Utah Valley, 3-1. Junior forward Thaddaeus Dewing scored four goals over the weekend, highlighted by his first career hat trick against Utah Valley. The win against UVU marked a program first for AF.

DEWING THE JOB
Thaddaeus Dewing, a junior forward, reclaimed the conference season lead in goals with a dynamic performance for 2-0 Air Force. Dewing tallied four goals on five total shots on goal in the pair of Falcon victories. Dewing found the back of the net at 8:46 to open the scoring in a 2-1 Air Force win against California Baptist on Oct. 7. Dewing erupted for a hat trick to cap the weekend against Utah Valley on Oct. 9, scoring in the 14th minute, 74th minute and 78th minute against the run of play for a 3-1 victory. The honor is Dewing's second this season.

Thanks to a four-goal weekend for Air Force in a pair of victories prior to the bye week, Thaddaeus Dewing remains atop the conference stat standings with 10 goals, 0.91 goals per match and 1.82 points per match. Dewing checked in fourth in goals in the latest NCAA DI national statistics report on Oct. 17, just two goals behind NCAA leader MD Myers (12) from Rutgers.

Dewing is top-10 in the NCAA in goals per game (3^rd/0.91), points per game (8^th/1.82), shot accuracy (8^th/0.636), and total goals (4^th/10).

ANGELETTI ON TARGET
Senior midfielder Jake Angeletti leads AF with four assists this season, a mark that ranks him third in the WAC. All four of Angeletti's assist have come from the set piece, two of which led to headers for goals by Thaddaeus Dewing.

CLOCKING TIME
Linchpin defender and team captain London Aghedo leads all Falcons in career minutes played with 4,949:52. Aghedo has started in all 57 career appearances for the most games started on the team. Falcon forward and leading goal scorer Thaddaeus Dewing played 90 minutes in five matches this season. Senior midfielder Luke Hill has 62 career appearances, marking the most career appearances on the team.

UP NEXT
The Falcons return home for their final home stint of the season, taking on San Jose State on Friday (Oct. 28), and Seattle U for Senior Day on Sunday (Oct. 30). Matches are slated to begin at 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. at Cadet Soccer Stadium, respectively.

AROUND THE WAC
San José State climbed into second place in the WAC outright with a third straight conference win, extending its unbeaten streak to seven consecutive contests overall with a 2-0 victory at Utah Tech on Oct. 16. The Spartans have outscored foes 16-5 during the unbeaten string. Beau Leroux has scored seven goals for San José State in his last seven starts, which has included three match-winners in that span. Goalkeeper David Sweeney has logged three clean sheets and a 0.71 goals-against average during the unbeaten streak.

As of Oct. 19, Houston Christian's Bryant Farkarlun maintained his scoring lead in the WAC with eight goals and five assists for 21 points in his first 12 matches of the season. Air Force's Thaddaeus Dewing (10 goals) was second with 20 points, followed by Grand Canyon's Shaun Joash (five goals, four assists) and San José State's Beau Leroux (seven goals) with 14 points.

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Players Mentioned

London Aghedo

Jake Angeletti

Thaddaeus Dewing

Luke Hill

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