U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — No. 10 LMU defeated Air Force 23-14 on Friday. The Lions scored eight goals in the second quarter en route to a dominating performance.
LMU opened with
Bence Barics' goal at 7:43, and after Air Force answered at 6:45, the Lions scored the next three, including
Nico Furneaux's power-play goal at 6:19 and two
Gabrijel Burburan goals at 5:35 and 1:31. The second quarter gave LMU its longest early stretch, with five straight goals between 7:31 and 5:15 before later scores from
Nick Leung at 2:26, Burburan at 1:53 and
Luka Dimic at :35. In the third quarter,
Soren Martin scored at 7:17, Furneaux added a goal at 4:39, and the Lions put together three consecutive goals from Burburan at 1:23,
Asher Smith at 1:01 and Burburan at :26 before Air Force scored with six seconds left. Air Force had a four-goal run in the fourth quarter from 6:43 to 3:57, but LMU followed with Dimic's penalty-shot goal at 3:30,
Eduardo Carraresi's goal at 2:48 and Martin's goal at 1:08 before Martin closed the scoring at :19. The Lions finished with 23 goals on 48 shots, while Air Force had 14 goals on 38 shots, with both teams recording four power-play goals and two penalty-shot goals.
Burburan scored six goals on 10 shots.
Roman Saroyan recorded five assists.
Nico Furneaux finished with three goals, two assists, one field block and a sprint win.
Eduardo Carraresi added two goals, two assists and a steal.
LMU is 16-7 overall, 6-0 in WCC play and is ranked No. 10 nationally. Air Force is 16-14 overall and 0-4 in WCC play.
Up next, the Lions water polo team travels to Davis, Calif., to face UC Davis on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at noon.
