{"id":210521,"date":"2026-03-29T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:05:17","slug":"jacksonville-tops-air-force-in-asun-conference-opener-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210521\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Tops Air Force in ASUN Conference Opener, 16-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nUSAF ACADEMY \u2013 Falcon lacrosse dropped a 16-10 loss in the ASUN Conference opener Saturday afternoon at Falcon Stadium. Air Force dropped to 2-7 on the year while the Dolphins improved to 5-4.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Falcons struggled to find an offensive rhythm in the first half, scoring just one goal in the first quarter and two more in the second quarter. JU put up 12 goals in the first half.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAir Force got traction in the second half but had a tall hill to climb. AF held the Dolphins to just four second-half goals while scoring seven of their own. Despite the rally, the trench was too deep to climb out of.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSenior attack man <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/caelan-driggs\/19313\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19313\" target=\"_blank\">Caelan Driggs<\/a> led the offensive effort with three goals and a pair of helps. Senior teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/cole-rassas\/19333\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19333\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Rassas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/luke-vrsansky\/19342\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19342\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Vrsansky<\/a> put up a pair of goals each. Freshman attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/christian-schweiger\/27174\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"27174\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Schweiger<\/a>, scoring a goal in every game but one this season, tallied a goal and assist. <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/lee-krotee\/27137\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"27137\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Krotee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/tyler-smart\/27155\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"27155\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Smart<\/a> rounded out the scoring effort with a goal each.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Falcons, struggling at the center dot this season, won just 10 faceoffs in 30 attempts, <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/rogan-kane\/27135\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"27135\" target=\"_blank\">Rogan Kane<\/a> leading with seven faceoff wins in 16 shows. Senior LSM <a href=\"https:\/\/goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/cole-cunningham\/19312\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"19312\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Cunningham<\/a> paced the defense and center field with three caused turnovers and four ground balls. He leads the team in both stat categories.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJU&#8217;s Nicky Brown had an impressive showing with four goals and seven assists to guide the Dolphins to victory. Zane Czeschin also scored four goals while JU scoring leader Jack Taylor was good for three goals and four helps.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNext up, the Falcons take flight to Louisville, Kentucky, to take on Bellarmine in ASUN Conference action. Face off at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium is slated for 12 p.m. ET. Air Force is 16-4 against the Knights all-time and 5-3 when playing in Kentucky. AF has won 11 of the last 12 meetings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USAF ACADEMY \u2013 Falcon lacrosse dropped a 16-10 loss in the ASUN Conference opener Saturday afternoon at Falcon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-210521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}