Mason Erupts in Second Half, Tops GW
from press release
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- George Mason erupted in the
second half to roll past George Washington 17-9 for its first
victory of the season Wednesday afternoon at Mount Vernon Field.
The Patriots outscored the Colonials 10-5 in the second half and
were led by Mary Schwartz , Madalyn Jamison and Caitlin Formato
with three goals apiece, improving Mason to 1-3 on the season.
Jamison and Schwartz led the Patriots with three goals and an
assist each. Mason held a narrow 30-29 advantage in shots as
goalkeeper Brittany Pastrana finished with 16 saves in 53:23
minutes of action. Katie Teague saw her first action in cage
working 6:37 minutes keeping the Colonials scoreless. GW goalkeeper
Liz Hoffman played all 60 minutes, recording eight saves. Three
players led George Washington with two goals each.
Mason raced out to a 4-0 lead with two goals from Formato before
the Colonials (1-4) drew the score to 4-3 using a 3-0 spurt. Mason
answered with a trio of unanswered goals of its own, two from
Schwartz, for a 6-3 advantage. After seven minutes of scoreless
action from both teams that followed, Audrey Joy recorded the final
goal of the half for George Washington as Mason led 7-4 at the
break.
The Colonials opened the final frame drawing the score to 7-6 with
goals from Mia Breheny and Nicole Lacey before the Patriots
regrouped and responded with eight consecutive goals over the next
12 minutes to pull away with a comfortable 15-6 advantage. Six
different Patriots scored in the run with Emily Ellisen and Anna
Kopecka each recording two goals apiece. A nine-point deficit would
be as close as George Washington would get the remainder of the
game as Jamison closed the contest with the final goal at 1:50 for
the 17-9 Mason victory.
Mason returns to action traveling to No. 1 Maryland on Tuesday,
March 8 at 4 p.m.
