Air Force Drops A Pair In Day Two At Titan Invite

Air Force men's water polo (4-4) dropped both games Saturday in day two action at the Titan Invitational, held at the Fullerton Aquatics Center on the campus of Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, Calif. The Falcons fell to Chapman 20-10 and Cal Lutheran 16-15.

A slow start against Chapman had the Falcons playing catch-up all game. Chapman went ahead 6-1 after the first quarter and never looked back. Air Force added three goals in the second, two in the third and four in the fourth.

Sophomore Tom Leggett led the Falcons in scoring with four goals. Junior Jake Dixon added a hat trick with three goals and freshman Brady Kopperud chipped in with two goals.

Against Cal Lutheran, Air Force again tried to rally back from a slow start. Cal Lutheran led 5-4 after the first quarter and led 12-9 at the half. The Falcons trailed by three in the fourth quarter but managed to get the game down to a goal with four minutes left in regulation. Air Force was unable to get the tying goal as the remainder of the game ended without another score.

Senior Kaito Ham led the Falcons with five goals and junior Colin Chase added four goals. Leggett had six points with two goals and four assists. Senior Jacob Yi had five points with a goal and four assists. Junior Luca Smith had 12 saves in goal.

Leggett had a monster weekend for the Falcons, scoring 17 goals and adding eight assists for 25 points.

Air Force returns to action next weekend hosting Navy on Friday and then five additional games as the host of the Rare Air Challenge, Sat.-Sun, Sept. 21-22.

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