Category: wbball

The Pieces Are There

BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Mason women’s basketball has a lot of potential for the 2018-2019 season.   The team was picked to finish eighth in the Atlantic 10 (A-10) preseason poll, despite finishing fourth last season, their best performance since…

Mason Defeats Loyola University Maryland

Women’s basketball begins their season with a commanding win BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Mason women’s basketball opened up the 2018-2019 season with a 70-38 victory over Loyola University Maryland. This marks their largest margin of victory in a season opener…

A Look Into The Women’s 2018-2019 Nonconference Schedule

Women’s basketball looks to build off of last year’s historic season BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball kicks off its season Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. vs. Loyola University Maryland at EagleBank Arena. Coming off of their best season in…

Different Year, Same Goals

BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Coming off their best season in program history, Mason women’s basketball is looking to continue its success as it begins the 2018-2019 season. Mason, who finished fourth in the conference last season, was picked to finish…

Just a Small Town Girl

How women’s basketball impacted Mason’s own Jacy Bolton BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR It’s an hour south down Byway 69 from Kansas City, to Jacy Bolton’s home, a small town on the border of Missouri and Kansas by the name…

A Love Letter to Women’s Basketball

BY NATALIE HEAVREN, SPORTS EDITOR Dear Women’s Basketball,    Thank you. I’ve had the joy of watching you since I was only a few months old. When I was born, my parents still regularly attended University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball…

Women’s Basketball End of Season Interviews

Interviews by Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer Assistant Coach Tajama Abraham Ngongba (Coach T) Fourth Estate (IVE): What has this season’s success meant to you, and to the program? Coach T: Personally it has been amazing, and I am so impressed…

All good things must come to an end

Mason women’s basketball team ends a historic season By Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer  The Mason Women’s Basketball Team’s record-breaking run has come to an end in the second round of the WNIT, with a close loss to the Virginia Tech…

Team effort advances the Patriots to Richmond

FOUR SCORERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS HELP PUSH THE PATRIOTS PAST ST. BONAVENTURE Byline: Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer “Survive and advance, it’s that time of year,” said head coach Nyla Milleson as she opened up the victorious post-game press conference. With…