Saturday, April 1
Clevland, OH
10:00 AM
Air Force Academy
at
Cleveland State
Falcon lacrosse Takes on Cleveland State on the Road
3/31/2023 12:06:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
GAME 11
Air Force (6-3, 3-0 ASUN) vs. Cleveland State (3-4, 1-2 ASUN)
12 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 1
Falcon Lacrosse Practice Field, USAFA, CO
THE SERIES
-The teams are meeting for the sixth time, AF leads the series, 3-2
-The game marks the first time playing at Cleveland State
-AF won the last meeting, 12-8, at USAFA
-In both AF losses, the Vikings won by one goal
-Air Force's largest margin of victory was 16-2 in 2017
AIR FORCE SCORING
Brandon Dodd leads the Falcons and the ASUN with 26 goals and 40 points—he has scored a goal in every appearance this season and has four hat tricks. He is first in the league with 2.89 goals per game average, a mark that ranks him 24th in the nation. He is second in the league with 4.44 points per game, 23rd best in the NCAA. Dodd also leads Air Force with 14 assists.
The Falcons have four other scorers in the double-digits. Ethan Grandolfo (19g), Josh Yago (12g), Wes Peene (11g), and Aidan Tolen (10g). Grandolfo has a team-high five hat tricks this season. Two Falcons to crest 20 points are Grandolfo (26) with seven assists and Yago (21) with nine assists.
D-UP
Senior goalie Jason Rose averages 10.60 saves per game and has the fourth-best save percentage (.505) in the ASUN. He allows an average of 11.53 goals per game, the fourth-best mark in the conference. Junior defender Chris Bardak leads the squad with 1.70 caused turnovers per game, a mark that ranks him third in the ASUN and 22nd in the NCAA. Bardak also leads the Falcons with 32 ground balls.
UP NEXT
The Falcons wrap up a two-game road stint at Bellarmine, April. Action at Frazier Stadium is slated for 12 ET. Air Force is on a nine-game win streak against the Knights.
LAST GAME
Air Force dropped an 18-11 contest to ASUN rivals Utah, Wednesday afternoon at the Air Force Academy. The AF offense was led by Ethan Grandolfo and Brandon Dodd who accounted for 10 points between the two of them. Grandolfo scored four goals with one assist, marking his fifth hat trick this season. Dodd was good for four assists and a goal, marking a season-high assist number for the ASUN's leading scorer. Dodd has had a goal in all nine of his appearances and tied 2007 grad Will Meister for fifth in the program record book with 139 career points.
Air Force (6-3, 3-0 ASUN) vs. Cleveland State (3-4, 1-2 ASUN)
12 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 1
Falcon Lacrosse Practice Field, USAFA, CO
THE SERIES
-The teams are meeting for the sixth time, AF leads the series, 3-2
-The game marks the first time playing at Cleveland State
-AF won the last meeting, 12-8, at USAFA
-In both AF losses, the Vikings won by one goal
-Air Force's largest margin of victory was 16-2 in 2017
AIR FORCE SCORING
Brandon Dodd leads the Falcons and the ASUN with 26 goals and 40 points—he has scored a goal in every appearance this season and has four hat tricks. He is first in the league with 2.89 goals per game average, a mark that ranks him 24th in the nation. He is second in the league with 4.44 points per game, 23rd best in the NCAA. Dodd also leads Air Force with 14 assists.
The Falcons have four other scorers in the double-digits. Ethan Grandolfo (19g), Josh Yago (12g), Wes Peene (11g), and Aidan Tolen (10g). Grandolfo has a team-high five hat tricks this season. Two Falcons to crest 20 points are Grandolfo (26) with seven assists and Yago (21) with nine assists.
D-UP
Senior goalie Jason Rose averages 10.60 saves per game and has the fourth-best save percentage (.505) in the ASUN. He allows an average of 11.53 goals per game, the fourth-best mark in the conference. Junior defender Chris Bardak leads the squad with 1.70 caused turnovers per game, a mark that ranks him third in the ASUN and 22nd in the NCAA. Bardak also leads the Falcons with 32 ground balls.
UP NEXT
The Falcons wrap up a two-game road stint at Bellarmine, April. Action at Frazier Stadium is slated for 12 ET. Air Force is on a nine-game win streak against the Knights.
LAST GAME
Air Force dropped an 18-11 contest to ASUN rivals Utah, Wednesday afternoon at the Air Force Academy. The AF offense was led by Ethan Grandolfo and Brandon Dodd who accounted for 10 points between the two of them. Grandolfo scored four goals with one assist, marking his fifth hat trick this season. Dodd was good for four assists and a goal, marking a season-high assist number for the ASUN's leading scorer. Dodd has had a goal in all nine of his appearances and tied 2007 grad Will Meister for fifth in the program record book with 139 career points.
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