Sports & Recreation
Women's volleyball falls short to JMU in five sets
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Sophomore Laura Spencer led the Lady Patriots with eight blocks, but also provided the team with some offense during their close five-set loss Saturday night against James Madison (Joey McDermott).
Women's soccer ends season, losing 4-2 on penalty kicks
|WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – With 45 seconds left in the CAA women’s soccer quarterfinals, the Northeastern Huskies’ Awnalisa Walker found the back of the net in traffic to level the game at 1-1. Thirty minutes later, the Huskies (0-0-1) were celebrating a tournament victory after winning the shootout 4-2.
The Patriots’ (0-0-1) Tiana Kallenberger was the last to shoot, but after making the first goal, could not put the one that counted into the net.
WGMU's The Morning Breakdown talks with Coach Hewitt
|WGMU's The Morning Breakdown had George Mason men's head basketball coach Paul Hewitt on the air Wednesday morning to talk about the team's recent exhibition victory and the upcoming season.
Men's hoops opens season with blowout exhibition win, 90-62
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Sophomore forward Jon Arledge looks a shot in as the Patriots pull away from the Lycoming Warriors in the second half. Arledge finished with 11 points, eight rebounds, an assist and a steal in the 90-62 blowout (John Powell).
Women's soccer clinches postseason berth in must-win game
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The Patriots, led by junior Tiana Kallenberger, defeated the Towson Tigers Saturday afternoon, 2-0, to end the regular season and to lock up the No. 3 seed in the CAA Championship (John Powell).
'Movember' means mustaches for Mason baseball
|Two seniors on the George Mason baseball team have initiated efforts to grow mustaches in order to raise money for men’s health in a program known as Movember. They plan to have their entire team joining them in their fundraising labors.
The Morning Breakdown joined by MLB.com columnist Anthony Castrovince
|WGMU's The Morning Breakdown was joined by MLB.com columnist Anthony Castrovince Monday morning. After covering the Cleveland Indians for years, he now covers the entire sport for the MLB website. He appeared on the show to talk about the unusually high-scoring World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers, the future of baseball, and the issue of beer in the clubhouse.
Women’s soccer falls to Drexel, unable to lock up playoff berth
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Mason's lone goal came in the 87th minute off of a corner kick from redshirt sophomore Jazmin Cardoso (pictured above), which found the foot of senior Nicole Peters for the goal. (John Powell).
ODU Coach Taylor looks forward to 2011-12 campaign
|WGMU's sports talk show, The Morning Breakdown, talked with ODU basketball head coach Blaine Taylor last week about the upcoming season.
The Grossman vs. Beck controversy continues for the Redskins
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After Rex Grossman's four INT performance against the Eagles, Beck got the nod in the fourth quarter and was able to put the ball into the end zone. Now head coach Mike Shanahan has put the ball in his hands for Sunday's matchup against the Panthers (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, user Homer McFanboy).