Air Drive travels to LMU
This Week: The Air Drive water polo staff (-2 overall, – WWPA) heads to southern California for a pair of games versus No. 9 Loyola Marymount (1-1 in general, 1- WWPA), Saturday, Jan. 30. The Falcons and Lions will perform a Western Water Polo Association game at 10:30 am PT and then a non-conference sport at 2 pm PT at the Burns Middle in Los Angeles.
Following the Falcons: Both equally video games will be are living streamed on LMU’s Instagram webpage @LMULionsMWP. Dwell stats will also be readily available for both equally games on TheFosh.internet. Links to each the stream and dwell stats are also on the Air Force drinking water polo routine.
About the Lions: Ninth-rated LMU opened the season with a 13-7 conference get about No. 11 Cal Baptist, Jan. 23, in Los Angeles. Later on that day, the Lions fell to Cal Baptist in a non-convention sport, 13-11. Joseph Shaw and Jonny Rimlinger every scored five goals on the working day for the Lions. Nicholaus Rimlinger leads the workforce with 4 assists in two games.
Sequence Documents: Air Drive and Loyola Marymount have performed 63 times since the sequence started in 1980 and LMU leads the all-time sequence, 35-28. The Falcons have lost 3 straight to the Lions, together with a 16-14 reduction very last year. Air Force’s very last get came in 2017, a 12-8 get at the Academy.
Last year vs. LMU: LMU defeated Air Drive, 16-14, in a meeting video game at the Academy previous season. Air Force led the vast majority of the recreation and held a 13-11 lead with 5:57 remaining. The Lions scored four unanswered goals for a 15-13 lead late in the fourth. Luke Andres scored with 14 seconds left, but LMU’s David Carrasco sealed the game with a target with 1 2nd remaining. Campbell Harris led the Falcons with five targets.
About the Routine: Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the h2o polo period was moved to the spring and began Jan. 23 on the road. Air Force has a person home weekend, Feb. 13-14, towards Santa Clara and Austin Higher education. The WWPA Championships are established for March 5-7.

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Very last Week: Air Force opened the time with a pair of losses at fourth-rated Pepperdine, 16-9 and 12-7, Saturday, Jan. 23, in Malibu, Calif. In the to start with match, the Falcons fell at the rear of early but rallied in the fourth quarter. Air Power scored four aims early in the fourth as sophomore Alex Hirjoi netted his 3rd of the match to reduce the Pepperdine direct to 11-7. Having said that, the Falcons could not get any nearer. In the second video game, Pepperdine scored the 1st two, but Snyder netted his next of the day with 52 seconds left in the very first. Pepperdine scored the subsequent three and held sales opportunities of 5-2 and 7-3. Following forcing a turnover, Sam Fuller’s second of the recreation reduce the Waves’ guide to 8-5 with 5:20 left in the third. The teams traded objectives in the fourth as Snyder and Sebastian Sak scored for the Falcons.
Hat Trick: Sophomore Alex Hirjoi, who did not see any game action very last year, netted a hat trick in his first collegiate video game. Hirjoi, a utility participant from Elk Grove, Ill., earned the start out in his initial match. He scored Air Force’s 1st purpose of the game, and of the season, in the to start with quarter. Soon after a objective in the second quarter, Hirjoi completed the hat trick in the midst of an Air Power operate early in the fourth. In two game titles this year, he prospects the crew with 3 targets and 4 details. He is second on the group with 7 photographs and also experienced a drawn exclusion in opposition to Pepperdine.