You'll get no argument from Colorado College that its in-town rival from up Interstate 25 is for real.

Ending a 23-year jinx that spanned 30 games, Air Force handed CC a 4-1 whipping at the Cadet Ice Arena on Friday that kept the Falcons, now 13-0-0, the only undefeated and untied team in the nation.

For the Tigers, who dropped to 8-4-3, it was yet another Friday night of frustration. Bill Sweat whistled a wrist shot off the pipe when the game was still close in the first period. They came up empty on nine power plays, including nearly five full minutes of one after things got a bit ugly early in the final frame.

Despite launching 29 shots on goal, they really tested AFA goaltender Andrew Volkening on only a handful of occasions, averting a shutout when Ryan Lowery's centering attempt from the corner deflected off Sweatt's shin pad and past Volkening with 8:12 left to play. At the other end of the ice, Richard Bachman got yanked for the first time in his collegiate career.

Air Force, which entered the contest with the nation's top two scorers in Jacques Lamoureux and Brent Olson, didn't get a point from either of them. Instead, it was nine other Falcons with points in the victory. The only one with more than one was senior defenseman Greg Flynn, who had a pair of assists.

It was the fourth line that got things kick-started, when freshman left wing Paul Weisgarber pounced on Sean Bertsch's rebound at 10:13 of the opening period after Bertsch cut in alone from the right side. Air Force then chased Bachman with three goals in the middle period, including an even-strength tally by Josh Frider just 36 seconds in and a shorthanded effort by senior captain Mike Phillipich at 3:30. Brett Nylander also scored during an AFA power play before Drew O'Connell took over between the pipes at the 17:43 mark.

Colorado College now has given up a shorthanded goal in three consecutive games, and has scored just 11 times while going 2-4-2 in Friday-night games this season. The Falcons had not beaten CC since Nov. 9, 1985, going 0-29-1 in the rivalry during since then.