Category: Sports

A season of hope for Mason Basketball

BY MICHAEL ABLER   A year after their disastrous 2015-16 season, the Mason Men’s Basketball Team managed to pull off an amazing turnaround. After 11 wins and 21 losses last season, the Patriots came back strong with a 20-win season,…

Sports broadcast schedule: week of March 6

George Mason University sports broadcast schedule Monday, March 6– Sunday, March 12   Monday 6 Tuesday  7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10 Saturday 11 Sunday 12 No Broadcasts Men’s Baseball vs. Radford 2:30 p.m. on MCN and WGMU Men’s…

Mason Homecoming events

Happy Homecoming, Patriots! Check out these events planned for the week:   Monday, Feb. 6 6 p.m. Homecoming Parade and Kick-off   Tuesday, Feb. 7 12 p.m. Patriot’s Day of Service 7:30 p.m. Homecoming Groceringo   Wednesday, Feb. 8 12…

Club sport of the week: Underwater hockey

BY JAMES STEMPLE, STAFF WRITER You might do a double take when you see the words “underwater hockey” together. Mason’s underwater hockey team is there to tell you to believe it. Underwater hockey (or Octopush, in England) is a sport…

Club sport of the week: Equestrian

BY JAMES STEMPLE, STAFF WRITER Few people would have the courage to get up on a horse and compete against others, but the Mason equestrian club does just that. The equestrian club is a co-ed program that competes across Virginia…

Men’s basketball season preview

BY BEN CRISWELL, STAFF WRITER With the men’s basketball team opening its regular season this Saturday, Head Coach Dave Paulsen is prepared to improve off the 11-21 record the Patriots finished with last year. This year, Mason has one of…

Club Sport of the Week: Women’s Ultimate

BY JAMES STEMPLE, STAFF WRITER Ultimate Frisbee has long been a game of leisure since its birth in a New Jersey high school in the late ‘60s. Today, though, it is viewed in a much more competitive manner. George Mason’s…