The Air Force Falcons men's lacrosse team represents the
United States Air Force Academy
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in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
Division I college lacrosse
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. The program was created in 1967. Air Force plays its home games at
Falcon Stadium
Falcon Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the home field of the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference, and also h ...
, which has a capacity of 46,692. The Falcons played their first season in the
ASUN Conference
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in spring 2022 after having played the previous six seasons in the
Southern Conference
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, with previous conference membership in the
Great Western Lacrosse League
The Great Western Lacrosse League, also known as the GWLL, was an NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse athletic conference that existed from 1994 to 2009. The conference was created when the NCAA instituted automatic qualifiers to the NCAA ch ...
and the
ECAC Lacrosse League. Through 2019, the team has an all–time record of 403–298.
The Falcons appeared in the first
NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the annual top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I. This tournament has determined the national champion since the inaugural 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse ...
in
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
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, losing to
Maryland
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10–1.
In
2014
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, Air Force won its first
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament game, defeating
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
in a play-in game, 13–5, before falling to
Duke
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, 20–9, in the first round.
In 2016, the Falcons joined the Southern Conference as an associate member for men's lacrosse, increasing the conference's membership to eight teams. Since then, Air Force has captured three regular-season conference championships and two conference tournament championships, with NCAA tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017.
After the 2021 season, Air Force men's lacrosse joined the newly reinstated men's lacrosse league of the ASUN Conference.
Season results
The following is a list of Air Force's results by season since it began NCAA lacrosse competition in 1971:
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†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to COVID-19.
See also
*
Joe Vasta
Joe Vasta is a former All-American lacrosse player at the United States Air Force Academy from 1983 to 1986 who is currently the tenth all-time Division I career scoring leader.
Career
In 2008, Duke's Matt Danowski surpassed Vasta as the all-ti ...
References
External links
Official website
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