Category: Sports

Brown takes place among Mason greats

Lyn Midcap / Staff Writer Taylor Brown leads the Atlantic 10 in points per game this season, making school history on her way there. The junior guard from Bowie, Md. is only the 18th player in Mason’s women’s basketball history…

Men’s basketball team falls to Cornell in season opener

Photo gallery: Images 1-6: (Amy Rose/Fourth Estate), Images 7-14: (Amy Podraza/Fourth Estate) Although a new year for the George Mason University Patriots men’s basketball team meant a fresh start for the young team, the problems of last season seemed to linger…

Men’s basketball season preview

The Patriots take the court tonight against Cornell University in their season opener. Mason is a school aided by the development and exposure around the rise of the basketball program, but the general feeling around Fairfax is one of apathy….

A Second Chance at Life

After six arrests, an upward of six figures in debt, two failed stints managing restaurants, too many family members lost, eleven years of substance abuse and then a subsequent eight ongoing years of sobriety, certain numbers could define a life….

Leading scorer stays grounded

People say patience is a virtue. When trying to talk to Timi Mulgrew after a home match of Mason men’s soccer team, however, patience is nothing short of a requirement. An absolute favorite of the fans, Mulgrew is surrounded by…

Men’s soccer edges out Davidson in overtime

Mason’s men’s soccer team won 2-1 Saturday night over the Davidson Wildcats. The game was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes and ended midway through the first overtime with a penalty kick by Mason senior captain Timi Mulgrew. A first half…

Mason Sports Roundup

Fourth Estate might have missed some sports coverage in recent weeks because of our own doing, but here are some things to catch up on: Mason Madness is coming up on Saturday, Oct. 18, so take a look at our…

Men’s Basketball Predicted to Finish 13th in A-10

  Following a season where the Mason men’s basketball team finished second to last in their first season in the Atlantic 10, the A-10 preseason basketball poll predicts a similar finish for the Patriots this season. The poll predicts Mason to…

Mason falls to nationally ranked UVa. at home

  George Mason University men’s soccer team lost 1-0 to the University of Virginia on October 7 in front of a huge crowd that braved the rain and wind at George Mason Stadium. The first half would end scoreless but…