Category: Sports

Women’s basketball team wins season home opener

PATRIOTS DEFEATED OLD DOMINION 66-53 AT EAGLEBANK ARENA By Hogan Lepore, Staff Writer Mason’s women’s basketball started their 2017-2018 season at EagleBank Arena with a win, as the women defeated Old Dominion University 66-53 on Friday, Nov. 17 in their…

Patriots Open the Season With a Narrow Victory

By Hogan LePore, Staff Writer The Mason men’s basketball team started their 2017-2018 season on the right note, defeating Lafayette College on Friday, Nov. 10 at the EagleBank Arena. The Patriots toppled the Leopards 67-65 in a close finish. Mason…

Mason Men’s Basketball Ranked Middle of the Pack

RETURNING JUNIOR AND SOPHOMORES HOPE TO LEAD PATRIOTS TO VICTORY  By Hogan LePore, Staff Writer Out of the 351 Division I intercollegiate men’s basketball programs in the nation, George Mason University is left hanging in the middle. According to rankings by…

GMU Men’s Basketball Conference Schedule Released

By Michael Abler, Staff Writer Mason’s Mens Basketball program released their Atlantic-10 conference schedule for the upcoming basketball season earlier this month. Although the season starts  Oct. 13, Mason does not play at Eagle Bank Arena until Nov. 10  against…

Washington Nationals hosting a college day for Mason students

By Mitchell Westall, Sports Editor As part of their college day series targeting students or fans of seven Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia universities, the Nationals will host George Mason University day Thursday, Sept. 28. The promotion allows students and…

Mason Alum to Row for Team USA

By Matt Caron, Staff Writer Former George Mason University rower Maureen McAuliffe has been selected to compete with Team USA for the 2017 World Rowing Championships. The competition begins September 24, and continues to October 1 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida. McAuliffe,…

Fourth Estate Fantasy Focus Week Two

By Mitchell Westall, Sports Editor Week one was wild. I spent a solid amount of time figuring out how I was going to open up this edition of IVEFF and that’s what I came up with. The biggest question for prognosticators…

GMU Club Football – A Universal Language

By Matt Caron, Staff Writer The Mason club football team hosted its second annual “Intro to American Football for International Students” event on the RAC field on Friday, September 1. The club football team drew a very diverse crowd, including…

Women’s Volleyball team struggles at George Mason Invitational

By Michael Abler, Staff Writer On Saturday September 2nd, the Mason Ladies’ Volleyball team faced off against the University of Pennsylvania Quakers and the Central Michigan Chippewas as they hosted the annual George Mason Invitational tournament. Patriots we unable to…