Sports & Recreation
Cabrera 'all for' football, if able to pay
|Mason currently has a club football team, but last week during a meet-and-greet with the Faculty Senate, incoming president Angel Cabrera left at least some room for more.
Women's hoops season comes to an end with loss to JMU
|Plagued by turnovers all night, George Mason lost in the quarterfinals to second-seeded James Madison, 64-54, at the CAA Championships in Upper Marlboro, Md. Amber Easter, who finished with 11 points in the game, committed a team high seven turnovers.
Women’s hoops ends six-year winless drought in CAA Tournament
|Riding a late rally in the second half, the George Mason Patriots pulled away from Northeastern for their first win in the CAA Women’s Basketball Championships since 2006 by a final count of 70-60 Thursday night. The win helps prove that this program is on the upswing, led by head coach Jeri Porter and her recruiting classes, anchored by junior Amber Easter.
“It feels good to get a win, but we know we have to get right back at it tomorrow. There is no sitting around,” assistant coach Greg Pulliam said.
Mason eliminated in the 'VCU Coliseum' yet again [OPINION]
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In a Coliseum full of VCU fans, the Mason chants essentially went unheard. Sure, more Mason supporters could have come down. Sure, maybe the ones that were there could have been louder. But would it have made a difference?
When playing in the “VCU Coliseum,” Mason Nation has little hope of being heard.
Toppled in Richmond [COURTSIDE SEATS]
|It happened again.
For the fifth time in as many chances and the third time in three years, the Patriots were trumped by the VCU Rams in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum.
Moves Like Mason [COURTSIDE SEATS]
|The Green Machine plays "Move Like Jagger" (Jake McLernon)
The Green Machine has Moves Like Jagger.
No, seriously.
CAA Tournament Central
|Connect2Mason.com and Courtside Seats covered the games and culture at the CAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Mason lost, but that didn't stop some strong coverage (and vlogs) before the weekend's end.
Take a look at the hub of that coverage, which includes game coverage, Green Machine videos and a profile on Mr. Livin' on a Prayer himself, Catholic Campus Ministry Chaplain Fr. Peter Nassetta.
Baseball's Tison continues hot streak
|Baseball season has arrived and Brig Tison is back to work.
Tison batted his way onto the national scene in 2011 when he extended his hitting streak to 27 games, the second longest streak in the country at the time and the all-time George Mason record. At the time of his impressive streak, he also happened to be leading the nation in total hits.
He finished 2011 with 91 total hits, good for fifth all-time in Patriots history, and with a batting average of .368, ranking him in the top-20 in Patriots history for a single season.
Women's hoops falls in season finale to JMU
|George Mason (14-15, 8-10) came out strong, but couldn’t match the intensity of rival James Madison as they fell 66-54 in the Patriot Center Wednesday night. The Dukes fielded four players in double-digit scoring in route to their seventh straight 20-win season under the direction of head coach Kenny Brooks.