Spring sports continued conference play as many senior student-athletes were honored over the weekend:
Softball
Softball
-The Colonials continued their hot play, extending their winning streak
to a program-record seven with a sweep of Atlantic 10 rival St.
Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon.
-Sophomore Victoria Valos led GW with two home runs and five RBIs in a
4-for-5 performance on the day, including a two-run walk-off blast in
game one.
-Valos now holds the program's single-season RBI record with 38.
-Freshman
Meghan Rico earned both wins, tossing a perfect seventh inning in
relief of junior Courtney Martin before hurling a complete game in an
8-0 victory in the nightcap.
-Valos'
effort earned her A-10 Player of the Week honors while Rico's three
wins earned her Pitcher and Rookie of the Week accolades.
-GW will hit the road to take on conference foes Rhode Island and Massachusetts over the weekend.
Baseball
-GW lost two games by just a single run while dropping a three game series to Atlantic 10 rival Charlotte over the weekend.
-In Friday's series opener, the Colonials rallied to knot the game at
three, but fell to the 49ers, 4-3, in the bottom of the ninth.
-Sunday's match-up featured a strong bullpen performance, as freshman
Bobby LeWarne, senior Kenny O'Brian and junior Colin Milon combined for
eight scoreless innings in an offensive struggle ending in a 2-1 loss to
Charlotte.
-The
Colonials will host Towson on Wednesday for the Jackie Robinson game
before heading to Bronx, N.Y., for a weekend series at Fordham beginning
Friday.
Sailing
Men's Tennis
-The
No. 67 GW men's tennis team picked up a trio of victories to extend its
win streak to eight after defeating A-10 foe Charlotte, 5-1, Longwoood,
4-0, and Radford, 4-0, over the weekend.
-The eight consecutive victories are the most for the Colonials under seventh-year head coach Greg Munoz.
-Sophomore Francisco Dias did not drop a single set in his three singles wins in second-flight action for the Colonials.
-The
Colonials swept all doubles matches and dropped just one singles match
on the weekend to improve their record to 15-5 overall and a perfect 4-0
in the conference.
-GW will close out the regular season on Tuesday at A-10 newcomer No. 24 VCU.
Women's Tennis
-GW edged conference rival Fordham, 4-3, on Saturday in its final match
of the regular season at the GW Tennis Center on the Mount Vernon
Campus.
-Mimi Hamling and Dorota Lysienia were honord before the match in a Senior Day celebration.
-GW
began the contest with a crucial claim of the doubles point with wins
by the No. 2 team of freshman Christina Carpenter and Lysienia, 8-4, and
No. 3 duo of freshmen Egie Jakuciunaite and Stephanie Wei, 8-7 (7-4).
-Freshman
Lana Robins, Wei, and Hamling earned victories in singles action at the
Nos. 2-4 slots, respectively, and Wei clinched the match with a
three-set thriller at the No. 3 spot.
-The
Colonials return to the court at the Atlantic 10 Championship at the
indoor Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va., from April
18-21.
-The Colonials matched their best-ever finish at
the MAISA Coed Conference Championship - the America Trophy - with a
12th-place showing.
-Senior Skye Kussmann was honored with MAISA's Purrington Award for outstanding contributions to college sailing.
-Senior duo of Ian Conners and Rebecca Engel placed 11th in A
Division, posting five top 10 finishes over the weekend, peaking at
fourth in Sunday's first race.
-Freshman Maria Sinagra and junior Kaitlin Denney placed 13th in the B Division with six top 10 finishes.
-GW also finished ninth at the MAISA Spring Open at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
-Freshman Hannah McNomee and sophomore Meagan Murphy placed 11th in the A Division with a pair of top 10 finishes.
-The B Division duo of freshmen Benjamin Helfand and Alix Suter finished
in the top 10 in half of its eight races for ninth place in the group.
-The
Colonials wrap up their first varsity season at the MAISA Women's
Conference Championship in Hampton, Va., and the Arrigan Memorial Regatta
at their home Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, Va., next
weekend.
Lacrosse
-GW
split a pair of Atlantic 10 games over the weekend, defeating St.
Bonaventure in a decisive 19-7 win on Friday before dropping the final
home game of the season to Duquesne, 6-5, on Sunday.
-Sophomore
Allie Rash led all scorers with a career-high seven points on three
goals and four assists, while senior Nicole Lacey and freshman Olivia
Boudreau each recorded a hat trick and an assist in the victory over the
Bonnies, and senior Caitlyn O'Brien and freshman Simone Haugen
contributed their first career goals.
-Junior
Lindsey DiAntonio paced the Colonials with two goals and an assist on
Sunday afternoon as Dequesne barely edged GW for the win.
-Lacey
added a goal of her own, leaving her with 99 career tallies - just one
shy of becoming the fifth Colonials' player to join the century club.
-GW wraps the regular season in Philadelphia with A-10 match-ups at Temple and Saint Joseph's over the weekend.
Women's Water Polo
-GW
placed fourth at the Southern Division Championship after splitting a
pair of games on Saturday in round robin play before falling to
third-seeded Harvard on Sunday in the third-place contest.
-Freshman Erin Donaghue led the Colonials to an 8-7 win over
Bucknell with four goals, while junior Allison Littlejohn added two.
-Junior Rachael Bentley scored both of GW's goals in a 16-2 loss to top-seeded and 12th-ranked Princeton.
-Bentley added five more goals to her weekend tally on Sunday, but
the Colonials fell short in a 15-11 loss to third-seeded Harvard.
-Sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Vilander made 18 saved in the cage on the weekend.
-The Colonials will return to the pool on Saturday as they host VMI in the regular-season finale at the Charles E. Smith Center. Seniors Allison Peotter and Jessie Hurd will be honored in a Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.
-The Colonials will return to the pool on Saturday as they host VMI in the regular-season finale at the Charles E. Smith Center. Seniors Allison Peotter and Jessie Hurd will be honored in a Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.
Men's Rowing
-The
Colonials clinched third place in the Oliver T. Carr Bowl standings
after winning four races at the 25th anniversary George Washington
Invitational.
-On the first day of racing, the Freshman 8 and Varsity 8 earned victories over Virginia.
-The Freshman 8 defeated both Holy Cross and Georgetown on the final day
of racing as the Varsity 8 also defeated Holy Cross for its second
consecutive Sullivan Cup - awarded to the winner of the annual V8 race
between the Colonials and the Crusaders.
-GW
will travel back to the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association
(SIRA) Championships on lake Mellon in Oak Ridge, Tenn., over the
weekend.
Women's Rowing
- The Colonials finished in fifth place at the 25th Annual George Washington Invitational.
- GW earned wins in the Varsity 4 and JV 8 over MIT on Friday but lost in three races each vs. Navy and Gonzaga on Saturday.
- GW will compete at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association (SIRA) Championships on lake Mellon in Oak Ridge, Tenn., this weekend.
Women's soccer's Jane Wallis traveled to St. Louis for reasons much different than competing against Atlantic 10 Conference rival Saint Louis University. The junior spent April 5-7 at Washington University attending the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), representing the Grassroot Project - an organization Wallis has been involved in for three years.
The Grassroot Project is an HIV/AIDS education program organized and carried out by NCAA Division I student-athletes from universities in Washington, D.C. The Grassroot Project uses interactive lessons to teach middle school students across the district the tools needed to make informed decisions as they mature, as well as reduce the prevalence of the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS. Wallis serves as the Project's program coordinator and has helped to double participation over the last year. Wallis earned GW Community Service Athlete of the Month honors in November for her dedication to the program.
Wallis' involvement in the Grassroot Project has included selection to the Grassroot Leaders Team and attendance at a three-day national conference in Orlando, Fla., for leadership training last summer. She was chosen to represent the organization at CGI U to present the Project's plan to expand its reach to parents and teachers of the current middle school participants.
CGI U selects college students from across the nation to share their innovative ideas to address and combat global issues. Over 1,000 students from more than 300 universities worldwide were in attendance presenting ideas in the hopes of either earning financial backing or establishing connections that might expedite the progression of the projects illustrated.
Wallis, a public health major, created the plan to expand the Grassroot Project after speaking with the parents of the middle school students in the program and realizing that some adults are just as uninformed about HIV and AIDS as the young students. Wallis' brainchild consists of a two-night condensed version of the education program with transportation funds, child care and a meal included.
While at CGI U, Wallis learned valuable information on how to garner relationships for funding the expansion of the Grassroot Project and made connections with several potential resources. However, one of the most important lessons learned in St. Louis may be the support of others to alleviate large scale issues.
"I learned of the willingness of the educational community to help others throughout the world, whether in public health programs, environmental sustainability initiatives or economic solutions," said Wallis. "Our generation is ready to help make 'opportunity' a more universal term."
Softball
-The Colonials went 3-1 at the GW Softball Field in their second weekend of Atlantic 10 competition, splitting a two-game set with Butler before sweeping Saint Louis in Sunday's doubleheader.
-GW suffered a tough 1-0 loss on Friday afternoon to the visiting Bulldogs after an unearned run in the top of the seventh broke a scoreless pitchers' duel.
-The Colonials bounced back on Saturday with a 4-1 victory behind freshman Meghan Rico's complete-game 10-strikeout performance.
-Sunday's sweep of the Billikens featured a pair of strong performances in the circle from junior Courtney Martin and Rico.
-Martin went the distance in game one, surrendering just six hits and one unearned run while striking out nine.
-Rico dominated in the nightcap, striking out a career-high 11 batters while only walking one in five innings of work.
-Sophomore Victoria Valos led the Colonials at the plate on Sunday, going 4-for-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored, while senior Autumn Taylor went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and freshman Carlee Gray plated a team-high three runs.
-The Colonials will travel to Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday for a doubleheader before playing host to A-10 rival St. Bonaventure on Saturday in the program's 10th Anniversary celebration.
Baseball
-GW dropped three games to Atlantic 10 foe Richmond over the weekend at Barcroft Park.
-The Colonials collected a season-high 15 hits in the series finale but could not overcome a late Richmond rally in the 8-7 loss.
-Junior Brookes Townsend extended his hitting streak to nine games after an impressive 6-for-12 effort in the series. He also recorded his fifth multi-hit game in a row and leads the team with a .306 batting average.
-The Colonials will face district rival Georgetown on Tuesday at 3 p.m. before visiting A-10 foe Charlotte for a three-game series over the weekend.
Men's Tennis
-The No. 68 Colonials defeated St. John's, 5-2, in Saturday's Senior Day match before downing Georgetown, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon.
-GW swept the doubles point to open the weekend of competition after a Senior Day ceremony honored Leonardo Lapentti and Alexander van Gils prior to the match.
-In singles action, junior Nikita Fomin, sophomore Francisco Dias and freshman Danil Zelenkov earned straight-set victories at the Nos. 1-3 positions, respectively.
-Junior Ulrik Thomsen finished up the defeat of St. John's with a 6-2, 6-1 win at the No. 6 position.
-On Sunday, the Colonials claimed the doubles point over Georgetown before dominating singles play with wins at the Nos. 1-5 slots.
-Senior Alexander van Gils went the distance in a 6-1, 6-7, 10-8 victory at the No. 4 position before classmate Leonardo Lapentti earned a 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 win in the No. 5 spot.
-The Colonials travel to A-10 rival Charlotte for a Friday afternoon match beginning at 1 p.m.
Women's Tennis
-GW dropped a pair of matches, 5-2, to East Carolina and James Madison over the weekend.
-On Friday, the No. 3 doubles duo of Egle Jakuciunaite and Stephanie Wei defeated their East Carolina foes, but GW was unable to claim the doubles point.
-Senior Mimi Hamling and freshman Christina Carpenter earned victories in singles action at the No. 4 and No. 6 positions, respectively.
-Hamling and classmate Dorota Lysienia were the only Colonials to defeat James Madison opponents on Saturday in the Nos. 3 and 4 slots, respectively.
-The Colonials will host A-10 rival Fordham on Saturday, April 13 for its Senior Day match and regular season finale at the GW Tennis Center. First serve is slated for 12 p.m.
Lacrosse
-The Colonials split a pair of games over the weekend with a defeat of A-10 foe La Salle, 12-3, on Friday followed by a tough 10-9 loss to No. 13 Massachusetts on Sunday.
-Sophomore Jamie Bumgardner led all scorers with two goals and three assists in the rout of the Explorers.
-Junior Lindsey DiAntonio added a hat trick as GW out-shot La Salle, 31-13.
-GW held La Salle scoreless for the first 40+ minutes of action and opened A-10 action with a 2-0 record for the first time since 2009.
-The Colonials could not complete a Sunday comeback as GW came within one goal of No. 13 Massachusetts with 47 seconds remaining after trailing by four at the half.
-Sophomores Jamie Bumgardner (4a), Rachel Mia (3g, 1a) and Allie Rash (2g, 2a) led GW with four points each on the day.
-GW hosts a pair of home games as A-10 foes St. Bonaventure and Duquesne visit the GW Lacrosse field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Women's Water Polo
-GW bounced back from a Saturday afternoon loss to Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division rival Harvard, 12-6, by defeating VMI, 11-4, in the nightcap at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.
-Sophomore Meagan Moreland led GW with five goals on the day, while junior Megan Brolley added three.
-Sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Vilander made 10 saves on the day.
-The Colonials return to action next weekend at the CWPA Southern Division Championship hosted by Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday and Sunday. GW will be the No. 4 seed and will take on Bucknell and Princeton on the first day of action.
Sailing
-GW's newest varsity sport placed 12th out of 18 teams at the Greater New York Dinghy Regatta over the weekend.
-Freshmen Jay Spector and Henry Young peaked with a third-place showing in Race 2 en route to an 11th place finish in the A Division with 63 points.
-The trio of freshman Benjamin Helfand, sophomore Jennifer Wilson and Young totaled 71 points to finish 13th in the B Division, peaking at ninth in Race 4.
-The Colonials will compete in the MAISA Coed Conference Championship - the America's Trophy - in Annapolis, Md., on April 13 and 14.
Gymnastics
-Senior Stephanie Stoicovy and juniors Betsy Zander and Taylor Henderson competed at the NCAA Gainesville Regional on Saturday evening at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
-Stoicovy tied for sixth place on the floor exercise with a 9.875 and posted an all-around score of 38.525.
-Zander placed 11th in the all-around with a score of 38.975. Her evening was highlighted by a 9.775 on the balance beam.
-Henderson's 9.825 on uneven bars placed 16th on the night.
When not in the pool for GW's women's water polo team, junior Katherine Berry may be found behind a microscope examining pollen. The biology major is a key member of GWBuzz, the university's honey bee research and beekeeping organization. Berry's work with GWBuzz led to her inclusion on a panel at GW's Research and Education in Food and Nutrition Expo on March 28.
Berry was one of three panel members invited by GW's own First Lady, Diane Robinson Knapp, to speak in the kick-off segment, The Birds and the Bees: Urban Apiaries and Edible Gardens. Alongside Berry was Adele Ashkar, associate professor and director of the Landscape Design Program at GW, and Dr. Hartmut Doebel, assistant professor of biology at GW and founder of GWBuzz. The panel focused on how to effectively create gardens to boost natural ecosystems.
"My research parallels this topic," said Berry. "I helped explain the importance of promoting natural landscaping by feeding pollinators and natural fauna by planting natural flora."
GWBuzz's research is heavily funded by Founding Farmers, a local restaurant and proponent of sustainable eating. Berry's area of expertise is palynology, the study of pollen. In addition to developing a better understanding of what kinds of flowers GW's bees are pollinating throughout D.C., the Riverside, Calif., native is working to establish a methodology to enhance the caretaking of bees by beekeepers through nutrition.
Berry's interest in pollination stems from her childhood observation of the interaction between honeybees and an avocado grove at her home. She got her start in research last year after participating in the Harlan Trust Summer Research Program, which taught students the nuts and bolts of high-level research. Soon after, Berry was offered a position with the "Bee Lab" and helped transform the project into a well-organized and attention-grabbing venture. Diane Knapp's special interest in the endeavor, along with Berry's keen understanding of the business side of research and creation of the GWBuzz website, landed the junior a position as the only undergraduate panel member at the Expo.
The Food and Nutrition Expo featured four additional panels and concluded with a keynote speech by Dr. Neal Barnard, an adjunct associate professor of medicine at GW's School of Medicine and researcher of the role of nutrition in major health issues.
"The panel went very well and we had a full house," Berry said after the event. "My coach, Scott Reed, and his wife also attended my panel to watch me speak."
Berry will embark on a new season of beekeeping and research as spring begins in the nation's capital.
To learn more about GWBuzz and Katherine Berry's research click Here.
George Washington men's basketball sophomore John Kopriva is the GW Athletics Community Service Student-Athlete of the Month for March.
Kopriva has spearheaded more than 30 GW student-athletes' volunteer efforts with Lemonade Day, an experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business - a lemonade stand.
A native of Milwaukee, Wis., who plans to study pre-med, Kopriva initiated the involvement of fellow student-athletes in the local Lemonade Day D.C. chapter early in the spring semester. Since then, he has been organizing the group's travel to Northwest D.C.'s Paul Charter School in March and April to teach sixth- and seventh-graders a 14-step entrepreneurial business plan.
"Leading this project has been a blast for me," said Kopriva. "As a kid, I would have loved to participate in Lemonade Day, so being a city director now is the next best thing. I am so proud of my fellow GW student-athletes for rallying around this project and making Lemonade Day such a valuable experience for these kids."
On Sunday, April 14, those middle school students mentored by Kopriva and other student-athletes will put the skills learned over the past month into action by launching their own businesses at lemonade stands on the GW campus and throughout the district.
"John's hard work and dedication exemplify extraordinary commitment to the D.C. community," said GW Athletics' LifeSkills coordinator Ted Costigan.
To learn more about Lemonade Day DC, visit http://dc.lemonadeday.org/, or visit the national website at http://lemonadeday.org/.
Kopriva has spearheaded more than 30 GW student-athletes' volunteer efforts with Lemonade Day, an experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business - a lemonade stand.
A native of Milwaukee, Wis., who plans to study pre-med, Kopriva initiated the involvement of fellow student-athletes in the local Lemonade Day D.C. chapter early in the spring semester. Since then, he has been organizing the group's travel to Northwest D.C.'s Paul Charter School in March and April to teach sixth- and seventh-graders a 14-step entrepreneurial business plan.
"Leading this project has been a blast for me," said Kopriva. "As a kid, I would have loved to participate in Lemonade Day, so being a city director now is the next best thing. I am so proud of my fellow GW student-athletes for rallying around this project and making Lemonade Day such a valuable experience for these kids."
On Sunday, April 14, those middle school students mentored by Kopriva and other student-athletes will put the skills learned over the past month into action by launching their own businesses at lemonade stands on the GW campus and throughout the district.
"John's hard work and dedication exemplify extraordinary commitment to the D.C. community," said GW Athletics' LifeSkills coordinator Ted Costigan.
To learn more about Lemonade Day DC, visit http://dc.lemonadeday.org/, or visit the national website at http://lemonadeday.org/.
Spring sports are in full swing as GW finishes up March competition:
Baseball
Baseball
-GW took two
out of three games from Atlantic 10 rival Temple at Barcroft Park to
win its second straight conference series and improve its A-10 record to
5-1.
-GW split Saturday's doubleheader with the Owls, dropping the first game of the double-dip, 3-1.
-In
the nightcap, junior Aaron Weisburg earned the victory after allowing
four hits while fanning seven in 6.2 innings of work.
Softball
-The Colonials opened Atlantic 10 play at Fordham, dropping two games in the Bronx on Saturday.
-The Colonials will visit Towson at 3 p.m. on Tuesday before taking on A-10 newcomer Butler at home on Friday.Sailing
-GW
placed second overall in a field of 16 at the MAISA South Spring
qualifier on Sunday to secure a bid to the America Trophy in two weeks. Women's Rowing
-The
Colonials raced defending Atlantic 10 Champion Rhode Island along with
Massachusetts and Boston College on Saturday in its final tune up ahead
of the George Washington Invitational.
-GW raced its three opponents in the Varsity
8, JV8 and Varsity 4 on the Narrow River, taking third in the Varsity 8
just six seconds behind winner Rhode Island.
-The Colonials will prepare for the 25th Annual George Washington Invitational on April 12-13 on the Potomac River.Men's Tennis
-GW's No. 66 men's tennis team defeated local foe George Mason, 6-1, at the GW Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.-Doubles duos of seniors Mimi Hamling and Leah
Pascarella and freshman Lana Robins and senior Dorota Lysienia earned
early victories to claim the first point of the day for GW.
-In
singles action, Pascarella claimed a 7-5, 6-1 win at the No. 1 position
while Robins and Hamling followed suit with straight-set triumphs ad
the Nos. 2 and 4 positions, respectfully.
-Freshman Christina Carpenter finished up the day with a 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (6) win at the No. 6 slot.
-The Colonials look for their third straight victory when it hosts East Carolina on Friday, April 5.
-Sophomore Rachel Mia scored a team-high four goals and senior Nicole Lacey added three on the day.
-The Colonials wrap up a three-game homestand when they welcome La Salle on Friday, April 5 for a 4 p.m. game.
George Washington assistant athletics director for sports medicine and training Chris Hennelly is one of six administrators who will serve on the newly formed Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Varsity Governance Council, league Commissioner Dan Sharadin announced.
Established with a mandate set forth at the 2012 CWPA Annual Meeting at Villanova University to create governance councils for the collegiate club and varsity ranks of the league, the Varsity Governance Council will oversee the administration of the CWPA's varsity men's and women's programs in cooperation with the organization's Board of Directors, managing competitive issues and league structure.
The Governance Council will be comprised exclusively of sport administrators, and a chair of the council will be elected from the group during a conference call prior to April 15, with the newly elected chair joining the CWPA Board of Directors.
Hennelly, who has been at GW for 18 years, serves as sport administrator for GW's men's and women's water polo teams.
George Washington lacrosse sophomore Mackenzie Jones has been named a finalist for the university's Outstanding Student Service Award. Jones was one of just eight finalists to be selected, with the winner to be announced at the 28thannual Excellence in Student Life Awards presentation on Thursday, April 25 in Lisner Auditorium.
The recipient of the Outstanding Student Service Award will have exhibited exceptional commitment to supporting the needs and interests of the community locally, nationally, and/or globally through direct community service, and will have shared his/her passion with the George Washington campus community.
"Mackenzie works extremely hard on and off the field and it is an honor for her to be recognized for all of her hard work, not only with the Grassroots program, but with numerous other community service projects as well," sixth-year head coach Tara Hannaford said. "She exemplifies our goals as an athletics department of working hard in your sport in addition to giving back to the community."
In line with the Department of Athletics and Recreation's and the university's initiative of community service, Jones has been a prime example of a student-athlete who donates her time to the greater Washington, D.C., area. So far this academic year, Jones has totaled 131 hours of community service on her own, while the lacrosse team as a whole has accumulated 619 hours of service. In addition, the Colonials' lacrosse program leads all GW teams in hours of service per student-athlete as well as overall hours completed.
Jones' service projects include: her post as Resource Coordinator for the Grassroots Colonials program, a project that seeks to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by using collegiate student-athletes to educate local middle school students of the issue; working as a mentor with College for Every Student where she speaks with young students on the importance of attending college; and organizing a charity partnership with the Marine Corps Marathon and Half Marathon. Currently, she is working on a clothing drive for either the Salvation Army or the Ronald McDonald Foundation this spring in addition to an event for Grassroots to showcase the Magic Johnson documentary film The Announcement.
During the 2012 fall semester, the Colonials lacrosse team spent Fridays making lunches for the homeless at a local church, and around Thanksgiving the squad collected laundry baskets of canned food for the Foggy Bottom Food Pantry. The Buff and Blue have also participated with Friends of Jaclyn, a nonprofit organization that matches children with pediatric brain tumors and their families with local college and high school sports teams, for the past four years.
In October of 2012, Jones was the first GW student-athlete to receive the department's Community Service Athlete of the Month award, which is given to those who lead by example and who most impact the GW and Washington, D.C., communities through service.
Take a look back at how GW's spring sports put together a strong weekend of Atlantic 10 competition:
Baseball
-The Colonials opened up Atlantic 10 play with a three-game sweep of visiting Massachusetts over the weekend at Barcroft Park.
-Junior right-hander Luke Staub claimed the first win of the weekend, getting four runs of support behind seven innings of work, yielding just one run on five hits in game one of Friday's doubleheader.
-Junior Aaron Weisburg threw a complete game gem, allowing just one hit and one run with no walks and six strikeouts in GW's 7-1 win in the nightcap.-Junior right-hander Luke Staub claimed the first win of the weekend, getting four runs of support behind seven innings of work, yielding just one run on five hits in game one of Friday's doubleheader.
-Senior Ryan Hickey led the offensive attack behind Weisburg with three doubles and three RBIs.
-Freshman Matt Kaplow and junior Craig Lejeune teamed up to shutout UMass, limiting the Minutemen to just two hits, in GW's 1-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.
-GW will travel to UMES on Tuesday before hosting UMBC on Thursday to complete a pair of mid-week match-ups.
Gymnastics
-GW finished in fourth place out of eight teams with a team score of 194.750 at Saturday's East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championship (EAGL) at Carmichael Arena, marking the best team finish and score at the event since joining the conference in 2004.
-The Colonials earned the top team score out of all eight teams on the balance beam with a score of 48.650.
-Junior Betsy Zander finished tied for second place in the all-around with a career-high tying 39.150.-Senior Stephanie Stoicovy tied for second on the floor exercise with a 9.850.
-Six Colonials earned All-EAGL honors at Friday's EAGL Championship banquet. Assistant coach Barry Kistler was named EAGL Assistant Coach of the Year.
-Six Colonials earned All-EAGL honors at Friday's EAGL Championship banquet. Assistant coach Barry Kistler was named EAGL Assistant Coach of the Year.
Men's Tennis
-GW's No. 59 squad stayed perfect in Atlantic 10 play with a 5-2 victory at Richmond on Saturday afternoon.
-The Colonials swept the doubles point to take an early lead and never looked back.
-Junior Nikita Fomin posted a 7-6, 6-2, triumph at the No. 1 slot, while freshman Danil Zelenkov took a 6-4, 6-4, decision in third-flight action.
-Juniors Ulrik Thomsen and Viktor Svensson each earned 6-0, 6-2, victories at the Nos. 5 and 6 spots, respectively.
-Sunday's match at Atlantic 10 foe VCU was postponed due to inclement weather and will be rescheduled for later in the season.
-The Colonials host on local rival George Mason on Saturday at the outdoor GW Tennis Center on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Women's Tennis
-GW bounced back from Saturday's 5-2 loss at Richmond with a 5-2 win over Morgan State on Sunday.
-The loss to Richmond was GW's first in Atlantic 10 play.
-Junior Leah Pascarella earned a 6-3, 6-2, victory at the No. 1 spot before Christina Carpenter won a tough 6-4, 7-6 (7) match at the No. 6 slot for GW's only points of the match over the Spiders.
-The Colonials opened Sunday's action by winning all three doubles spots to take the first point of the day.
-A trio of rookies triumphed over their Morgan State opponents, led by Lana Robins at the No. 2 spot, followed by Stephanie Wei and Christina Carpenter at the Nos. 3 and 6 spots respectively.
-Senior Mimi Hamling picked up a straight-set win at No. 4 action.
-The Colonials will host Atlantic 10 foe Temple on Saturday at the GW Tennis Center on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Men's Rowing
-The Colonials opened their spring season in the University of Pennsylvania Invitational on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
-The Coloinials fell to Northeastern in the Varsity 8, JV8 and 3V8.
-GW's Freshmen 8 earned their first win of the season in the opening race against Georgetown's rookie boat on the final day of competition.
-Penn claimed the McCausland Cup after sweeping a trio of races in Saturday's afternoon session.
Women's Rowing
-GW took on Saint Joseph's and Penn in a quartet of races to open its spring season on Saturday.
-The Colonials took second in the JV8 and third-place in the Varsity 8, Varsity 4 and 3V8.
-GW visits Atlantic 10 champion Rhode Island, along with Boston College and Massachusetts on Saturday in Kingston, R.I.
Women's Water Polo
-GW improved its record to 12-11 after edging Villanova, 9-8, on Saturday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center Pool.
-Freshman Erin Donoghue scored the game-winning goal with one minute remaining to finish her day with a team-best four goals and one assist.
-Sophomore Meagan Moreland recorded six steals and four assists while junior Rachael Bentley dished out three helpers, leaving her just one shy of her own school record of 50 set last season.
-Sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Vilander recorded 10 stops in the cage.
-The Colonials return to the pool on April 6 to take on CWPA Southern Division rival Harvard and VMI in Princeton, N.J.
Sailing
-The Colonials finished seventh out of 14 teams at the MAISA/SAISA Interconference at Hampton University and 14th of 19 teams at the Owen Trophy at Navy on Sunday.
-At the MAISA/SAISA regatta, the Division A duo of freshman Maria Sinagra and junior Kaitlin Denney posted a pair of second-place finishes and a win over its final three races to place seventh with 59 points.
-At the Owen Trophy, seniors Rebecca Engel and Ian Conners had a trio of fourth-place finishes and placed 13th in A Division with 214 points.
-GW returns to the water on Saturday at the two-day MAISA South Spring Qualifier at Hampton. A top three finish would earn the Colonials a spot at the MAISA Coed Conference Championships at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. on April 13-14.
The Colonials return to the classroom as spring break competition came to a close over the weekend:
Men's Basketball
-GW ended the 2012-2013 season with a 77-72 loss to UMass in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship at the Barclays Center on Thursday evening.
-Freshman Kevin Larsen led the Colonials with a game- and career-high 17 points and seven rebounds while senior Isaiah Armwood provided 16 points and 13 boards for his ninth double-double of the season.
-Neither team led by more than five points as the game featured 19 lead changes and 14 ties, including 14 lead changes in the second half.
-GW grabbed a season-high 50 rebounds, just four shy of the Atlantic 10 Championship mark, and held a +18 rebounding edge.
Softball
-The Colonials went a perfect 4-0 over the weekend to claim a program-record six-game win streak at the Capital Invitational at the GW Softball Field, defeating Drexel, St. John's and Akron.
-Sophomore Victoria Valos smacked three home runs while going 7-for-12 at the plate with eight RBIs on the weekend.
-Junior Courtney Martin and freshman Meghan Rico each earned a pair of wins for the Colonials in the circle, highlighted by Rico's one-hit effort in Saturday's 6-0 shutout of Drexel.
-GW will look for its seventh straight win on Wednesday at Virginia.
Baseball
-The Colonials dropped two games on Saturday at Barcroft Park before splitting Sunday's doubleheader at Penn's Meiklejohn Stadium in Philadelphia in a four-game series over the weekend.
-Junior right-hander Luke Staub hurled a complete game, surrendering just two runs in seven innings in the series opening 2-1 loss to the Quakers.
-GW took advantage of Penn miscues to claim a 6-4 victory in Sunday's first game, scoring six runs on eight hits and three Quaker errors. Junior Craig LeJeune earned his first career save with 3.1 innings of perfect relief.
-Junior Owen Beightol batted .385 over the weekend with three RBIs.
-The Colonials host district rival Georgetown on Tuesday with first pitch slated for 3 p.m.
Sailing
-GW placed fourth and fifth at a pair of weekend regattas after training in Charleston, S.C. over spring break.
-At the Christopher Newport University Women's Invite, GW placed fourth out of seven teams.
-The A Division freshman duo of Hannah McNomee and Alix Suter placed second, including a win in Race 10 and five second-place showings.
-At the Pirate Team Races, the Colonials finished in fifth in the six-team field.
-The Colonials will again sail at a pair of events next weekend with the MAISA/SAISA Interconference Regatta in Hampton, Va. and the Owen Trophy in Annapolis, Md., March 23 and 24.
Men's Tennis
-The Colonials split a pair of weekend matches to wrap up the squad's Spring Break trip to California with a 6-1 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Friday and a 4-3 triumph over UC Irvine on Sunday.
-Junior Ulrik Thomsen picked up GW's only point against UC Santa Barbara with a 6-2, 6-4, win at the No. 5 singles position.
-Junior Nikita Fomin led the charge against UC Irvine, earning a straight-set victory at the No. 1 slot while freshman Danil Zelenkov, Thomsen, and junior Viktor Svensson racked up points at the Nos. 2, 5 and 6 spots, respectively.
-GW looks to remain undefeated in Atlantic 10 play when the team travels to Richmond, Va., next weekend for matches against Richmond and conference newcomer No. 26 VCU.
Women's Tennis
-The Colonials finished up their Spring Break trip to California with a 5-2 loss to No. 63 UC Santa Barbara on Friday afternoon.
-Freshmen Lana Robins and Stephanie Wei posted victories for the Colonials at Nos. 2 and 3 singles spots.
-GW returns to the court on Sunday, March 23 at Atlantic 10 foe Richmond.
Lacrosse
-The Colonials' four-game win steak was snapped on Saturday by a 16-6 loss to No. 12 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
-Six different players scored for GW, including freshman Julia Lawson's first collegiate tally.
-Junior Jordy Bathras led all scorers with a goal and two assists.
-Senior Nicole Lacey scored one goal against the Blue Jays, and with 20 goals and two assists on the year she is now tied for 10th on the Colonials' all-time points list with 110.
-GW begins a three-game homestand on Wednesday as Navy visits the Mount Vernon Lacrosse Field.
Gymnastics
-GW took first place in Friday night's quad meet at Towson before finishing second in Sunday's Senior Day quad meet at the Charles E. Smith Center.
-Senior Stephanie Stoicovy won the balance beam with a career-high score of 9.85 en route to claiming top honors in the all-around with a career-high score of 39.20 in Friday's victory at Towson Center.
-Junior Kiera Kenney paced the Colonials on the uneven bars with a first place finish after matching a career-high score of 9.85.
-Stoicovy won the floor exercise in her final home competition on Sunday after posting a career-high tying 9.925.
-Kenney posted a season-high 9.825 for the top uneven bars routine and classmate Taylor Henderson followed in second with a 9.80.
-Stoicovy and classmates Kayla Carto and Nefertiti Roy were honored in a Senior Day ceremony.
-The Colonials return to action on Saturday at the annual East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championships, hosted by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Women's Water Polo
-The Colonials dropped three of four games at the Lancer Invite in in Riverside, Calif., to finish a spring break West Coast swing with a 3-4 record.
-Junior Rachel Bentley tallied a career-high seven goals and added four assists en route to a school-record 11 points in a 20-17 loss to Iona.
-GW defeated La Verne, 11-7, behind sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Villander's nine save effort.
-Freshman Hannah Cox and sophomore Meagan Moreland each notched a hat trick to lead the Colonials in the triumph.
-The Colonials return to action on Saturday as Villanova visits the Charles E. Smith Center Pool for a 4 p.m. matchup.
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