Sports

• Nyjer Morgan: Dip of the month

  Sports September 7, 2010 at 6:03 pm Comments are Disabled

  It can be extremely tough to enter a world of fame and fortune in which your every move will be looked at under a microscope.

   

• Women’s volleyball takes second at Patriot Invitational

  Sports September 7, 2010 at 6:01 pm Comments are Disabled

  The George Mason Patriots women’s volleyball team opened the Patriot Invitational Tournament with a stunning come from behind victory over last year’s NCAA runner up the Army Black Knights.

   

• Patriots hit the road after second-place finish

  Sports September 7, 2010 at 6:00 pm Comments are Disabled

  After completing the Patriot Invitational Tournament, the George Mason University women’s volleyball team will begin its 2010 season with a road trip.

   
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  The Scoreboard: Mason Men’s Soccer Nets D.C. College Cup Title

  Sports September 7, 2010 at 5:25 pm Comments are Disabled

  The Mason men’s soccer team trailed early in the first half after surrendering a penalty kick and earning a red card within 15 minutes of the start of the match.

   

• Let the Battles Begin: Mixed Martial Arts comes to Mason

  Sports September 7, 2010 at 5:18 pm Comments are Disabled

  Eight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters will come to the George Mason University’s Patriot Center on Sept. 10 to participate in a single elimination tournament, hosted by Shine Fights Promotions.

   

• Spring Sports Overview

  Sports May 3, 2010 at 2:03 pm Comments are Disabled

  By Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor Baseball Not expected to follow last season’s explosion on offense, the George Mason University baseball team has found ways to remain competitive despite being picked to finish sixth in the Colonial Athletic Association in the preseason poll. The Patriots have belted a total of 30 home runs thus far, well short of their 82 home runs from last season, but the team has been a threat on the base paths, posting a .419 on-base percentage, leading to 336 total runs scored. Senior Ryan Soares leads the conference with 23 doubles and is among the top three in batting average and RBIs. Soares is one of the team leaders with six home runs in his solid final season. The team’s pitching leads the conference with a 4.79 ERA. Senior Kevin Crum is the ace of the staff with a 5-1 record and a 3.81 ERA. Redshirt freshman Chris O’Grady has filled in nicely in the rotation, leading the team with a 3.57 ERA. O’Grady, who garnered the CAA Rookie of the Week award recently, has a 3-0 record in his first season. Softball The softball team has overcome its shaky 1-5 start to the season […]

   

• Powell's Playbook: Movin' On

  Sports May 3, 2010 at 1:58 pm Comments are Disabled

  By John Powell, Asst. Sports Editor I’ve been hard on some teams this year and I’ve been easy on others. And I’ve let readers know a little too much about my NASCAR obsession. In the world of George Mason University sports though, we are wrapping up the spring season, the tail end of this year’s sports. So let’s take a look at what happened this year and what to look forward to in the future. The first thing that comes to mind is the women’s soccer team and the women’s tennis team, who both enjoyed turnaround years. On the women’s soccer side, the team graduated nine seniors and won nine more games than the previous year. The women’s tennis team improved from last year’s mark of 9-12. While the team seemed to have problems facing Drexel in the conference championship, it will be looking to beat them next year, especially if they meet in the tournament again. I’ve been singing the praises of the track and field team. The women’s team finished second in the conference championship, and the men’s team won the championship. How can a team possibly improve on that? By winning it again, and continuing its dominance […]

   

• Who says you can’t go home: Corner infielders have been a huge impact on the young team

  Sports May 3, 2010 at 1:57 pm Comments are Disabled

  By Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor Freshman Megan Blank is not the only country music fanatic on the diamond as she walks up to the plate to her favorite artist Miranda Lambert’s song “Gunpowder & Lead.” Sophomore Katie Rynex, a self-described “country girl” herself, has been another key addition to the George Mason University softball team’s corner infield pair. Rynex, who entered the weekend with a .247 batting average, leads the Patriots with seven doubles and 22 RBIs. Primarily as the cleanup hitter, Rynex plays a number of roles on offense, but her main role is to execute the task. “I’m just worried about getting the job done,” said Rynex. “When I’m leading off, my job is to get on base; if there are runners on, my job is to get a base hit. In addition to producing runs with the bat, Rynex also helps create runs with her speed. Rynex is one of the team’s top base stealers with five stolen bases out of six attempts. “I love the fact that [Head Coach Joe Verbanic] has a lot of confidence in me [to steal bases],” said Rynex. “It’s all about using our eyes and knowing what to do.” Graduating […]

   

• Sports in a minute

  Sports May 3, 2010 at 1:55 pm Comments are Disabled

  By Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor Mason trounces the Terrapins The George Mason University baseball team walked over the Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Md. in their 20-6 dominating win on Tuesday. Mason improved to 27-12 overall while the Terrapins fell to 15-29. The four-hour marathon has been the longest game for Mason thus far, but the team did not leave without winning its fourth consecutive game and 10 of its last 11. Senior shortstop Ryan Soares went deep twice, knocking in a total of six RBIs in the game. Soares started the scoring with a two-run blast in the first inning and smashed another home run in the Patriots’ seven-run inning. The Patriots totaled 19 hits and eight walks to produce 20 runs. Mason reached the 20-run plateau for the fourth time this season. Leading 7-1 after five innings, Mason started to pull away in the next two frames with four runs in the sixth inning and seven runs in the seventh inning. In the sixth, redshirt junior first baseman Dan Palumbo, who went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, doubled in two runs. Sophomore right fielder Dan Schafferman followed with a two-run single. In the seventh, the Patriots got the […]

   

• Battle of the aces: Vote Lincecum and vote Halladay

  Sports May 3, 2010 at 1:53 pm Comments are Disabled

  By Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor; Chris DeMarco, Staff Writer From 2001 through 2005, the American League Cy Young award was all about getting wins as five different 20-win pitchers took home the hardware. But this is not necessarily the case when searching for the top pitcher in baseball. Last year, San Francisco Giants ace pitcher Tim Lincecum picked up 15 wins, recording a lower win total than Scott Feldman of the Texas Rangers, as well as Jered Weaver and Joe Saunders of the Los Angeles Angels; Lincecum was by and large a much better pitcher than any of them or any pitcher in the National League. Beating the St. Louis Cardinals’ duo for the NL Cy Young, Lincecum established himself as the NL’s top pitcher for the second straight year. The competition is much stiffer this year with Roy Halladay filling in for the Philadelphia Phillies, Dan Haren continuing his solid pitching with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies’ flamethrower Ubaldo Jimenez, who already tossed a no-hitter in the first month of the season, working his way into the mix of NL elites. In the past three years, Lincecum was valued at 17.2 WAR, the highest in all of […]