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Despite Best Efforts, Wrestlers End Season with 6-16 Record

Despite Best Efforts, Wrestlers End Season with 6-16 Record

College wrestling is a unique sport. Like countless other student-athletes, the men give up their free time to train and compete, but for wrestlers, college is more than likely their last hurrah. “It’s special because there’s no professional leagues out there for wrestlers, or money down the road, so its great to have opportunities for

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Hockey Beats Local Rivals: NVCC Gets Pucked Up

Hockey Beats Local Rivals: NVCC Gets Pucked Up

Huddled together to stay warm in the chilly arena, Mason students were ready to cheer for the Mason Ice Hockey team as they played rivals Northern Virginia Community College Friday night at the Prince William Ice Arena. By the end of the game, after several fights between the opposing teams, fans were heated and jumping

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Merten Family Says Goodbye in Their Final Home Game

Merten Family Says Goodbye in Their Final Home Game

For nearly 16 years, those two words have rung throughout the home arena, students and fans standing to recognize the man who has made the biggest impact on George Mason University. They chant his name in order to reciprocate the love and affection that President Alan Merten and his wife, Sally, have showed all students,

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Pearson of the Year

Pearson of the Year

Fans in Fairfax were shocked when the Preseason Player of the Year votes were tallied and their senior forward was not at the top of the list. How could Ryan Pearson play second fiddle to an injured Kent Bazemore to open the season? Bazemore finished last season scoring 12.3 points per game, but added 98

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Women’s Lacrosse Starts with Fast Break

Women's Lacrosse Starts with Fast Break

On a frigid, snowy Saturday afternoon, the Mason women’s lacrosse team opened their season at home with an impressive 19–9 victory over the Saint Francis University Red Flash. The Patriots were led by a balanced offensive attack that saw three different players score four or more goals. “We’ve worked a lot with our attack,” said

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Women’s Season Best Under Porter

Women's Season Best Under Porter

  After the 2003-04 women’s basketball season, Coach Debbie Taneyhill was reeling from a successful season. Her girls went 18-11 and won 11 games in the CAA. Of course, these were the days when Old Dominion ran the conference. They had won every regular season and every tournament in the conference since 1992. This season,

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Advantage: Mason

Advantage: Mason

The stage was set for another incredible CAA matchup on Saturday afternoon.   The Patriot Center was filled to the brim as former and future Mason basketball players, students and fans piled into the arena for the finale for Homecoming: Where Magic Happens. Junior walk-on Jordan Baird nailed the National Anthem, igniting the crowd of

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Baird Delivers Flawless Anthem

Baird Delivers Flawless Anthem

With almost 9,800 pairs of eyes pointed his way, Jordan Baird, junior music major and walk-on for George Mason University’s basketball team, opened the Homecoming game with the national anthem. Baird first started singing before kindergarten, taking after his mother and older brother. Basketball was another inherited talent; Baird’s father and brother both played. He

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Walk-on to Sing National Anthem at Homecoming Game

Walk-on to Sing National Anthem at Homecoming Game

Walk-on junior Jordan Baird is a unique talent. He has been on “American Idol.” He performed live for Simon Cowell on “The X-Factor.” And he will be singing in front of a sold out Patriot Center on Saturday night as the men take on Old Dominion to put an exclamation point on Homecoming week. Right

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Back With Philly Swag

Back With Philly Swag

Two seasons ago, redshirt sophomore forward Janaa Pickard led the team with 45 blocks in 30 games as one of the women’s basketball team’s most consistent defenders off the bench. In preparing for last season, she sustained an injury that is becoming all too common for teams needing to play rougher: She tore her ACL

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