Sports in Brief
BY ROSS SHINBERG, STAFF WRITER Men’s Soccer Men’s Soccer lost for the third game in a row, falling to 1-3 on the season. Campbell University shut out Mason, winning by a 3-0 score on Sept. 8 in Buies Creek, North…
Category: Sports
A Home Away From Home
Freshman Women’s Volleyball starter fills the shoes of vital libero position BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Filling the shoes of one of Mason Women’s Volleyball’s greatest players would seem daunting to a starting freshman. But not for Stephanie Der. …
A Partiot To Remember
Senior Men’s Soccer star discusses his successes and family support BY NATALIE HEAVREN, SPORTS EDITOR Ryan Mingachos has been surrounded by soccer, literally, since the day he was born when his grandfather wrapped him in a scarf of a Portuguese…
Darlington, Baby! The Southern 500
BY DOMINIC PINO, STAFF WRITER The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is not what it used to be. NASCAR (see what they did there?) used to be a sport for Southerners, by Southerners. In 1965 when Tom Wolfe…
Patriots Have A Successful Summer
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR, DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Otis Livingston II Continues Basketball Career in Denmark Mason Men’s Basketball has a new addition to its list of professional players as guard Otis Livingston II signed a one-year contract…
Fall Sports Preview
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR, DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR MEN’S SOCCER Men’s Soccer looks to follow up their unexpected run to the A-10 championship game with another successful campaign. Last season the team gained traction as the season progressed…
D.C. United edges out Ibrahimović and LA Galaxy on Mason Alumni Night
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Audi Field for George Mason University Alumni Night.” This was only the beginning of a showdown of two Major League Soccer powerhouses on its Mason Alumni Night. To kick…
Women’s Lacrosse Freshman Deanna Balsama exceeds all expectations
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Deanna Balsama is not your average lacrosse player. She is not even your average athlete. The Sewell, New Jersey native played three sports during her freshman year of high school: soccer, varsity lacrosse and…
Sophomore A-10 Men’s Outdoor Field Performer of the Year
BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, COPY CHIEF When assistant track and field coach Becky Hartley saw sophomore kinesiology major Jaylen Simmons compete for the first time, she knew she had to recruit him. “I had my eye on Jaylen for a while,”…
Junior Bekah Ansbro succeeds in the classroom and on the field
BY NATALIE HEAVREN, SPORTS EDITOR Bekah Ansbro, a junior on Mason’s softball team, chose her number for a very specific reason. “In high school, I wore 17, because our jerseys only went up to 22, and that’s just what…