Air Force Travels To Troyer Invite

This Week: Air Force (17-4 overall, 1-0 WWPA) travels to the 2022 Gary Troyer Invitational, which runs Fri.-Sat., Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Pomona and Claremont, Calif. Video stream and live stats will be available for all four games.

Troyer Invite Schedule for Air Force
Friday, Sept. 30 - vs. Cal Lutheran @ Haldeman Pool/Pomona - 11:20 am PT
Friday, Sept. 30 - vs. Whittier @ CMS - Axelrood Pool/Claremont - 3:20 pm PT
Saturday, Oct. 1 - vs. Pepperdine @ Haldeman Pool/Pomona - 10:20 am PT
Saturday, Oct. 1 - vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - CMS - Axelrood Pool/Claremont - 5 pm PT

Series History vs. Troyer Tournament Opponents
vs. Cal Lutheran - Air Force is 11-0 all-time, won 16-9 last year
vs. Whittier - Air Force is 16-2 all-time, won 13-8 in last meeting in 2019
vs. Pepperdine - Air Force is 4-44 all-time, lost all three meetings in 2020 to #4 Pepperdine. Lost 15 in a row. Last win in 1996.
vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - Air Force is 38-7 all-time. Lost first meeting this season 11-10 in Claremont.

Recapping Rare Air Invite: Air Force went 4-0 last week hosting the Rare Air Invite. The Falcons opened with a WWPA win over Biola, 15-8, followed by a win over Ottawa (AZ) 17-13 and then a 12-6 win over LIU. On Sunday, the Falcons defeated Augustana College 19-13. Air Force has now won eight in a row entering the week.

Most Wins since 2012.
Air Force's 17 wins ties the 2021 team for most wins since the 2012 team won 19 games. Its the seventh best in the last 30 years. The Falcons have 12 games remaining in the regular season. The school record for wins is 24, set in 1991.

Most Wins In last 30 years
1999 - 21
1995 - 20
2012 - 19
1994 - 19
2009 - 18
2003 - 18
2022 - 17
2021 - 17
2008 - 17

National Leaders: Air Force boasts the NCAA's top scorer, assists, steals and saves leader (based off 9/26/22 results on theFosh.net).

Goals   Grant Snyder - 79
Assists   Ian Christie - 56
Points    Grant Snyder - 120
Steals    Grant Snyder - 28
Saves Per Game - A.J. Kuypers - 10.4

Snyder Impacting Career Record Book: Senior Grant Snyder continues to climb up the Air Force record book for goals and points. He currently ranks second in most career goals and is third in most career points.

Most Career Goals:
1. Ben Phillips (1971-74)   339
2. Grant Snyder (2019-22)   239
3. Brian Pendergast (1993-96)   234

Most Career Points:
1. Ben Phillips (1971-74)   439
2. David Chaney (1989-92)   347
3. Grant Snyder (2019-22)   337

Snyder and Christie Impacting Season Records: Senior Grant Snyder and junior Ian Christie are impacting the Air Force season record book.

Most Goals:
1. Ben Phillips (1972)   120
2. Grant Snyder (2021)   87
3. Grant Snyder (2022)   79

Most Points:
1. Ben Phillips (1972)   145
2. David Chaney (1991)   121
3. Grant Snyder (2022)   120

Most Assists:
1. Rob Mattivi (1995)   85
2. Ian Chrisite (2022)   56
3. Robby Steifel (2014)   55

Final season in WWPA: Air Force plays its final season as members of the Western Water Polo Association in 2022. The Falcons will join West Coast Conference for the 2023 season as part of a newly added sport to the WCC. Air Force will be an affiliate member of the WCC and will join WCC member institutions – Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine and Santa Clara, along with fellow affiliate members California Baptist and San Jose State.

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Players Mentioned

Ian Christie

A.J. Kuypers

Grant Snyder

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