BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR In sports, injuries are commonplace. While some athletes come away with only some cuts and bruises, this was not the case for women’s volleyball sophomore Erin Derick. Derick’s journey began in the summer of…
BY NATALIE HEARVEN, SPORTS EDITOR Men’s Soccer Men’s soccer followed an expected championship game run with a disappointing season. The team finished the season 4-13-1. Similar to the 2018 season, the team again found more success in conference play than…
BY: ROSS SHINBERG STAFF WRITER Women’s Volleyball During the Mason Invitational, which occurred on Sept. 20 and 21 at the RAC, women’s volleyball hosted and played against Wake Forest, Seton Hall and William & Mary. The Patriots defeated William…
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Women’s Volleyball On Sept. 13 and 14, Women’s volleyball participated in the Maryland Tournament at the University of Maryland (UMD). Women’s volleyball first took on the Princeton Tigers, losing in a close first set…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN, SPORTS EDITOR We are now a few weeks into the fall semester and I have already begun hearing and seeing pleas for the college basketball season to return. The temperatures have not begun to cool down, the…
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…
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. …
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…
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team lost in their second ever appearance in the Atlantic 10 championship to the University of Rhode Island. After a converted penalty kick from URI’s Dominik Richter in the…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Men’s Soccer Men’s soccer shut out the University of Rhode Island (URI) Wednesday night, collecting a 2-0 victory over a team who came into the game with a RPI ranking of 19. URI played the…