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
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, 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 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 in
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
, 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 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
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Career
In 2008, Duke's Matt Danowski surpassed Vasta as the all-t ...
References
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