Air Force gave up its first loss in Southern Conference action as the High Point Panthers outscored the Falcons, 13-9, Saturday afternoon at Vert Stadium. Air Force, who is still in the SoCon's top-three mix, drops to 7-4 overall with a 3-1 mark in league play. High Point improved to 9-2 with a 3-1 mark in the league. High Point's Sean Coughlin was the first to light the scoreboard with a goal at the 7:26 mark in a man-up opportunity. The Falcons' top defender Brandon Jones responded with a goal a brief 14-seconds later. The Falcons went on to take their first and only lead of the game as junior attack man Matthew Schwartz found the back of the net via Tim Baker's assist at the 6:48 mark. The Panthers scored the equalizer with 5:42 remaining in the period. The teams closed the opening quarter knotted at two. The Panthers built their first significant lead of the game in the second quarter as they went on a 4-0 scoring run over a 12-minute span, leading the Falcons 6-2 with 3:45 remaining. Air Force's first strike of the quarter came from Tim Baker via Matthew O'Rourk's feed with 3:11 remaining in the half. Baker followed up with another goal 39-seconds later to bring Air Force within two. Baker, who has 12 goals on the season, has posted a goal in six-of-seven appearances this season. High Point rebuilt a three-goal lead out of the halftime break as the Panthers' Ben Baker put in his hat trick goal at the 13:34 mark. Air Force senior co-captain Jack Flynn responded with a man-up goal and feed from Trey Lervick. High Point's sophomore troublemaker Asher Nolting responded with two straight goals to increase the Panthers' lead, 9-5. Air Force sophomore attack man Christian Kuhn found Flynn open for his second goal in response, cutting the High Point lead to three goals. The Panthers went on to score two more goals by the close of the quarter, highlighted by a buzzer-beater goal with one-second remaining to build an 11-6 lead. The Panthers took the momentum into the fourth quarter as Nolting assisted two straight goals to lift the Panthers to a 13-6 lead. Nolting, a mid-season All-American, recorded nine points on the game via three goals and six assists, he has 28 goals and 36 assists so far this season. The Falcons rallied for three-straight goals in the final five-and-a-half minutes but it was too little too late. Schwartz put up his second goal via Kevin Cox's assist to cut the lead to six. Jack Flynn followed up with his hat trick goal at the 3:25 mark for his second hat trick this season, cutting the lead to five. Senior midfielder Blake Gillund recorded the final goal of the game in an unassisted attack with 11-seconds on the clock to finalize the contest at 13-9. The Falcons put up nearly twice as many shots as the Panthers (45-24), but were hard-pressed to get one by mid-season All-American goalkeeper Tim Troutner who recorded 11 saves on the game. Baker led Air Force with eight shots and three points. Senior face off specialist Trent Harper had success at the midfield, winning 14-of-25 (.560) attempts while collecting a team-high five ground balls. Freshman defender Quentin Carlile tallied a game-high five caused turnovers while picking up two ground balls. Jones, the Falcons' defensive linchpin, recorded three caused turnovers and scooped up four ground balls. Sophomore goalkeeper Braden Host tallied five saves in 60-minutes spent in the Air Force cage. He is 7-4 on the season. The Falcons return to the Academy to take on the Richmond Spiders at noon MT, Saturday, April 13 at Falcon Stadium. Richmond, the 2018 SoCon champions, remain undefeated in league play this season.