While GW students are away for Spring Break, the Colonials continue to compete across the country:
Men's Basketball
-GW kicked off Spring Break with a thrilling 81-80 win over visiting Dayton in overtime on Saturday afternoon to clinch a slot at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
-Senior Isaish Armwood's tip dunk with 2.4 seconds remaining in overtime sealed the victory for GW and gained national recognition as SportsCenter's #5 Top Play of the day.
-The Colonials will take on UMass on Thursday at 9 p.m. at the Barclays Center.
Women's Basketball
-The Colonials knocked off Richmond, 59-53, in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship on Friday in Philadelphia for their first A-10 tournament win since 2008.
-GW fell to the nation's 11th-ranked team Dayton in the A-10 quarterfinals to end its season with a 14-16 record, the most wins since 2009.
Softball
-The Colonials began Spring Break with a 3-1 weekend, sweeping Saturday's doubleheader with Mount St. Mary's before splitting Sunday's pair of games against Seton Hall.
-Senior Autumn Taylor smacked three home runs on the weekend, moving up to second all-time with 19 career round-trippers.
-GW will face Ohio State on Wednesday before hosting the Capital Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.
Baseball
-GW is 3-2 over Spring Break thus far, taking 3-of-4 from visiting Cornell for the first wins of the Gregg Ritchie era before dropping a mid-week contest at Towson.
-Sr. Justin Albright is batting .412 over the last five games while classmate Derek Brown is hitting .375 with a team-best five RBIs.
Women's Water Polo
-The Colonials travel to California for Spring Break to take on seven teams in a four-day span.
-Despite dropping Friday's home-opener to 12th-ranked Princeton, GW has won five of its last seven games for its best start since 2004.
Sailing
-GW placed second out of eight teams at CJ's Regatta in Newport News, Va. over the weekend, just one point behind host Christopher Newport.
-The Colonials will return to Virginia on Saturday and Sunday for the Christopher Newport Women's Invite and the Hampton Pirate Team Race.
Gymnastics
-Senior Nefertiti Roy won the floor exercise title with a career-high 9.95 in GW's second-place finish against visiting West Virginia on Sunday.
-Roy's performance earned East Atlantic Gymnastic League Specialist of the Week honors.
-The Colonials will compete twice this weekend, first on Friday night in a quad meet at Towson with So. Connecticut and West Chester. On Sunday, GW will honor seniors Stephanie Stoicovy, Nefertiti Roy and Kayla Carto for Senior Day against Towson, Maryland and Brown.
Golf
-The Colonials traveled to California for Spring Break, placing sixth out of nine teams at the Triumph at Pauma Valley with a 54-hole score of 76-over par 928.
-Sophomore Jack Persons led GW with a three-round score of 10-over 223 to finish in a three-way tie for 11th.
Lacrosse
-GW will kick off Spring Break action at Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday afternoon in hopes of extending a three-game win streak.
-The Colonials visit Baltimore on Saturday to take on #12 Johns Hopkins.
Men's Tennis
-GW's No. 49-ranked squad heads to California for matches with UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.
-The Colonials look to improve their 7-4 overall record while visiting the West Coast.
Women's Tennis
-The Colonials traveled to California over Spring Break to face Cal State Fullerton and No. 56 UC Santa Barbara.
-GW fell to Cal State Fullerton, 5-2, on Tuesday, snapping a seven-match winning streak.
-No. 56 UC Santa Barbara will be GW's first nationally-ranked opponent of the spring season.
George Washington squash players Omar Sobhy, Anna Gabriela Porras and Jackie Shea each competed this weekend at the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual National Championships at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
Porras had the most successful weekend of the trio. She lost to eventual finalist Kanzy El DeFrawy, the No. 3 seed, in the opening round of the Ramsey Cup (A-Division) before winning twice in the consolation bracket to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals against Penn's Pia Trikha, Porras fell in five sets.
Sobhy, competing in the Pool Cup (A-Division) for the first time in his career, faced top-seeded Todd Herrity of Princeton, but fell in straight sets. In the consolation round, Sobhy fell in four sets to Yale's Richard Dodd, eliminating him from the tournament.
Shea defeated Alyssa Northrop of Williams in straight sets in the opening round of the Holleran Cup (B-Division) but lost to Chloe Blacker of Penn in the next round, eliminating her from the tournament.
Here's a look back at a weekend busy with competition for the Colonials:
Women's Basketball
-The Colonials wrapped up regular-season play with a 68-55 defeat of visiting Saint Louis on Sunday at the Charles E. Smith Center.
-Senior Megan Nipe scored a career-high 20 points on a 9-of-14 effort, including a perfect 2-for-2 from three-point range.
-Senior Danni Jackson added 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting with six rebounds and four assists.
-Graduate student Sara Mostafa tallied 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks while senior Shi-Heria Shipp finished just shy of her second double-double of the season with 10 points and nine rebounds.
-GW finished the season tied with Xavier for seventh place in the A-10 standings and claims the No. 8 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
-The Colonials will face No. 9 Richmond in the first round on Friday at 11:30 am in Philadelphia.
Men's Basketball
-GW took a 48-45 lead into the final seven minutes, but #18/19 Saint Louis closed on a 21-10 run to edge the Colonials, 66-58, at the Charles E. Smith Center.
-Freshman Kevin Larsen led GW with 14 points on 7-for-14 shooting, and seniors Lasan Kromah and Dwayne Smith also reached double digits with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
-Freshman Patricio Garino's game-high four steals gave him a new freshman record with 62 thefts on the year, surpassing Carl Elliot's mark of 60 in 2003-04.
-The Colonials led the Billikens in points in the paint (44-30) and points off of turnovers (16-9) but made just 8-of-15 free throws compared to Saint Louis' 21-of-24 effort from the line.
-GW plays its final road game of the regular season on Wednesday night at La Salle.Gymnastics
-GW's gymnastics squad continued its strong season, posting a season-high team score (195.300) for the second straight week with a third-place finish at West Virginia's quad meet at WVU Coliseum.
-The Colonials eclipsed the 195.000 mark for the first time since March 20, 2004.
-Senior Stephanie Stoicovy and junior Betsy Zander each placed on the all-around podium as Zander's 39.150 earned a second place finish and Stoicovy's 39.000 took third.
-Zander led the way on the vault with a career-high 9.875 to finish in a three-way tie for first place.
-The Colonials return to the Charles E. Smith Center on Sunday, March 10, in a dual meet with West Virginia at 1 p.m.
Sailing
-The Colonials amassed 205 points over 12 races to place seventh out of 17 teams at Old Dominion's Spring Open on Sunday.
-Freshman skipper Jay Spector and junior crew Kaitlin Denney, who was competing in her first varsity regatta, posted five top 10 finishes, including sixth-place showings in Races 8 and 11, to earn 10th in the A Division with 115 points.
-Freshman skipper Hannah McNomee and rookie Henry Young and senior Sloan Dickey at crew totaled 90 points and placed eighth in the B Division.
-McNomee and Young placed second in Race 7, while McNomee and Dickey placed fourth and fifth in Races 9 and 12, respectively.
-GW returns to Newport News, Va., next weekend for Christopher Newport's CJ's Regatta.Lacrosse
-GW defeated Bucknell, 11-9, on Sunday afternoon for its second straight home victory.
-Senior Nicole Lacey led the Colonials with three goals while sophomore Jamie Bumgardner and freshman Olivia Boudreau matched the three-point effort with two goals and one assist apiece.
-Senior Jess Hicks made nine saves between the pipes on the day.
-The Colonials out-shot the Bison, 32-24, including 17-11 in the second half.
-GW concludes its five-game homestand on Thursday when Holy Cross visits the Mount Vernon Campus for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
Women's Tennis
-GW extended its winning streak to six as the Colonials defeated Drexel, 6-1, and UMES, 7-0, over the weekend.
-The Colonials earned the doubles point in Saturday's match against Drexel with wins by senior Dorota Lysienia and freshman Lana Robins, 8-5, at No. 2 and junior Isabella Escobar and freshman Stephanie Wei, 8-4, at No. 3.
-Senior Mimi Hamling and Lysienia earned straight-set victories in singles action at the Nos. 4 and 5 spots, respectively.
-GW did not give up a single game in Sunday's dominating sweep of UMES.
-Robins, Wei, Hamling and Lysienia all claimed 6-0, 6-0, victories in singles action while the No. 1 duo of Hamling and Pascarella and No. 2 pair of freshmen Christina Carpenter and Wei swept the doubles point with 8-0 triumphs.
-The Colonials travel to California over Spring Break and will face Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara.
Men's Tennis
-The No. 50 men's tennis team earned its first two Atlantic 10 victories over the weekend after dropping a close 4-3 match to No. 33 Columbia.
-The Colonials earned the doubles point against the Lions, their seventh nationally ranked opponent of the season, with wins by junior No. 2 Nikita Fomin and freshman Danil Zelenkov, 8-4, and No. 3 sophomore Francisco Dias and senior Leonardo Lapentti, 8-4.
-Fomin and Zelenkov earned GW's only singles victories at the Nos. 2 and 3 slots, respectively.
-GW did not yield a single set to the Owls, and gave up just one set to the Rams.
-The Colonials head to California for spring break where they will compete at the USTA Calabasas Futures event as well as dual matches with UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.
Women's Water Polo
-GW picked up its first two Southern Division wins of the season, defeating Bucknell, 11-3, and host Mercyhurst, 7-6, on Sunday afternoon.
-Freshman Hannah Cox led GW against Bucknell with a career-high six goals - her sixth straight game with at least four tallies. Cox totaled 12 goals in three games on the weekend.
-Strong defense helped the Colonials come out on top over Mercyhurst as sophomore goalkeeper Chandler Vilander made eight saves in the cage and junior Megan Brolley recorded four steals and three ejections drawn.
-Junior Katherine Berry led the effort against the Lakers with three goals.
-The previous day, GW dropped a 15-12 decision to Brown behind four goals by Cox.
-The Colonials return to the pool on Friday when they host nationally ranked Princeton in Southern Division action at the Charles E. Smith Center.
Softball
-GW hosted the Colonial Classic at the GW Softball Field on the Mount Vernon Campus, dropping three games.
-Game one of Friday's doubleheader saw two runs on four hits for GW, including a solo home run by sophomore Victoria Valos in a 3-2 loss to Dartmouth.
-Junior Courtney Martin gave up just one run on two hits through four innings of work in her fifth start of the season. Freshman Meghan Rico was tabbed with the loss after giving up two runs - one earned - on two hits and five walks in three innings of relief work.
-The Colonials lost the nightcap by a score of 4-3 after taking Bucknell into international tiebreaker rules in eight innings.
-Martin was given the loss after giving up just one unearned run on three hits in 3.1 innings of work.
-Seniors Amanda Zakeri and Julie Orlandi and junior Chelsea Lenhart each picked up a pair of hits as the Colonials wrapped up their weekend of play with a 2-1 loss to Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon.
-The Colonials broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly by senior Autumn Taylor, but Dartmouth loaded the bases on walks with two outs in the seventh and took the lead with a single before GW's bats went quiet in the bottom of the seventh.
-The Colonials return to action as they visit Towson on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Baseball
-GW baseball dropped a trio of games to visiting Quinnipiac in Barcroft Park's opening weekend.
-After Saturday's ribbon-cutting ceremony, senior Matthew Murakami led GW at the plate with a 2-for-4 effort, but the Colonials fell short in a 4-2 loss.
-Freshman Max Kaplow fanned seven in eight impressive innings of work, giving up three runs on seven hits in his first career home start on Sunday.
-Kaplow left the game in the top of the ninth after walking the first two batters as the Colonials still held a 2-1 lead - his runners would score on a bases-clearing triple. GW could not complete a ninth inning comeback.
-The Colonials return to action on Wednesday afternoon when they host UMES at Barcroft Park.
Men's USTFCCCA All-Academic Team | Women's USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
NEW ORLEANS - The George Washington men's and women's cross
country teams were both honored as United States Track and Field & Cross
Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams, the organization
announced earlier this week.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team,
teams must have a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or better and have started at
least five runners at their respective NCAA regional championship.
A total of 145 institutions representing 30 conferences compose the men's All-Academic teams while 200 teams from 30 conferences represent the women's teams.
The men's team finished with a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.1 while the women's team posted a 3.46 GPA, which ranks fourth among Atlantic 10 programs honored.
Here's a look back at an action-packed weekend of Colonials' competition:
Men's Basketball
-GW came as close as seven in a second-half comeback attempt, but Saint Joseph's proved too much for the Colonials in Saturday's 71-59 loss at Hagan Arena.
-Senior Isaiah Armwood led a trio of double-digit scorers with 14 points. Freshman Patricio Garino finished with 10 points and a team-high three steals, while senior Lasan Kromah added 13 points to bring him just 41 shy of becoming the 44th member of the Colonials' 1,000-point club.
-Freshman Kevin Larsen tallied nine points and team-highs of six rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
- For his efforts in a pair of games last week, Larsen earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors.
-The Colonials travel to Richmond, Va., to visit the Richmond Spiders on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Women's Basketball
-The Colonials clinched a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championship for the 31st consecutive season with a 57-52 victory over St. Bonaventure on Sunday a the Charles E. Smith Center.
-Senior Megan Nipe recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to pace GW.
-Seniors Danni Jackson and Shi-Heria Shipp each tallied 12 points, and graduate student Tara Booker added 11 points to give GW four players in double figures in scoring.
-Sophomore Chakecia Miller set a new career-best with 10 rebounds while posting six points and a game-high four steals
-GW shot 35.8 percent from the field in the game while holding St. Bonaventure to 32.1 percent.
-The Colonials take the court again on Wednesday when they visit Xavier for a 7 p.m. tip in their final road game of the season.
Baseball
-GW baseball dropped three games to USC Upstate over the weekend at Harley Field in Spartanburg, S.C.
-The Colonials lost game one of Saturday's double-header, 5-0, while junior right-hander Aaron Weisburg tossed five innings with three earned runs allowed on the hill.
-Junior Brookes Townsend plated GW's first run of the weekend to give the Colonials an early 1-0 lead in the second inning of the nightcap.
-The Colonials' lead was short-lived as Upstate knotted the game at 1-1 and tacked on two more in the fourth to reach the final 3-1 tally.
-In Sunday's series finale, Townsend, senior Matthew Murakami and freshman Tyler Fairbanks drove in a run apiece to give GW a 3-0 advantage in the second.
-Upstate's five-run fourth inning proved too much for GW to overcome, as the Colonials ultimately fell by a score of 9-3.
-The Colonials return to the diamond on Tuesday as they visit No. 25 Virginia at 3 p.m.
Softball
-GW split a rain-shortened weekend at the Carolina Classic hosted by the University of North Carolina, with a 5-4 victory over North Dakota State on Thursday evening and a 5-1 loss to Iona on Friday.
-Freshman Carlee Gray continued a hot start to the season with a 2-for-4, two-RBI effort, including the game-winning hit in the top of the eighth inning.
-Junior Courtney Martin hurled her first win of the season after allowing just one run on five hits and striking out a career-high eight batters in six innings of relief.
-The Colonials took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning of Friday's contest on sophomore Victoria Valos' RBI double.
-Martin pitched four innings of lights-out ball until the Gaels took a 3-1 lead in the fifth as rain began to fall, and Iona tacked on single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to take the game, 5-1.
-Gray and Martin were tabbed to the Carolina Classic All-Tournament Team.
-The Colonials take on Drexel for a mid-week doubleheader on Wednesday in their home opener, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.
Women's Water Polo
-The Colonials finished 3-1 on the weekend with victories over host Villanova (23-18), Siena (11-7) and Iona (13-10).
-Freshman Hannah Cox finished with 18 goals in the four games.
-Junior Megan Brolley equaled the program record for points in a game with nine on six goals and three assists as GW matched a school record for goals scored in Saturday's win over Villanova.
-Cox tallied a career-high five goals and sophomore Meagan Moreland posted a career-best six points on four goals and two assists in Saturday's triumph.
-Freshmen accounted for eight of GW's 11 goals in Sunday's victory over SIena, as Cox found the back of the net four times.
-Cox continued her hot play against Iona, matching her career-high with five goals and added five ejections and a penalty drawn.
-The Colonials return to the pool next weekend in Eerie, Pa., for matched against the CWPA South Division rivals Brown, Bucknell and host Mercyhurst.
Women's Tennis
-The Colonials claimed their fourth straight victory over UMBC, 5-2, on Sunday at the indoor Montclair Country Club in Montclair, Va.
-GW claimed the doubles points with wins by senior Mimi Hamling and junior Leah Pascarella, 8-1, at No. 1 and senior Dorota Lysienia and freshman Lana Robins, 8-5, at No. 2.
-GW earned points in Nos. 1-4 singles with Pascarella leading the way with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph in the No. 1 position.
-Robins went the distance before claiming victory, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (10) in second-flight action while freshman Stephanie Wei and Hamling won in straight-sets in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, respectfully.
-The Colonials look to extend their win streak as they travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to take on Drexel on Saturday at 1 p.m. inside the Drexel Armory.
Men's Tennis
-The Colonials downed two top-70 teams over the weekend with a 6-1 victory over No. 61 South Alabama and a 4-2 defeat of No. 60 Georgia State.
-The Colonials took an early lead over No. 61 South Alabama in doubles action as the No. 1 duo of Ulrik Thomsen and senior Alexander van Gils earned an 8-3 victory and sophomore Francisco Dias and senior Leonardo Lapentti clinched the doubles point with a 9-7 win at the No. 3 position.
-Sophomore Francisco Dias set the singles tempo with a 6-4, 6-4, win in the No. 1 slot.
-GW swept the Nos. 3-6 matches to complete the upset.
-GW had earned straight-set victories at the Nos. 2, 3 and 6 singles positions over Georgia opponents when senior Leonardo Lapentti clinched the match with a 7-6, 7-5 win at the No. 5 spot.
-Sunday's win over No. 60 Georgia makes the Colonials 4-2 against top-70 teams this season.
-GW will rematch with No. 46 Columbia on Friday at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center.
Women's Swimming
-The Colonials broke 10 school records - including two records twice - while finishing fifth at the 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
-Junior Lindsay Moore reached the podium after twice breaking her own school record in the 200-yard backstroke en route to a tie for a third-place finish.
-Freshman Lauren Steagall set a new school record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.01 after breaking the record earlier in the prelims.
-Moore surpassed her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.73, earning fourth place.
-Junior Remy Neville set a new school mark with a first-place finish in the B final of the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:28.49.
-The 400- and 800-yard freestyle, and the 200- and 400-yard medley relay teams snapped school records over the course of the four-day championships.
Men's Swimming
-GW broke four school records - one record twice - en route to a forth-place finish at the 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
-Freshman Oliver Keegan was part of all four records broken, including a school record and A-10 all-time mark in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:47.17 which he claimed gold for. Keegan had previously broken the school record in prelims.
-GW's 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard relay teams set new school records with times of 1:31.32 and 6:36.75, respectively.
-Keegan and senior Phillip Graeter reached the podium for third-place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley, respectively.
-Graeter won his first-ever gold medal in the 400-yard individual medley with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 3:53.72.
Gymnastics
-The Colonials posted a season-high team score of 194.825 to take fourth place at Maryland's quad meet on Friday night at Comcast Center.
-GW posted a season-high 49.100 on floor exercise and tied its best mark of the season on vault (48.650) and uneven bars (48.675) while adding 48.400 on balance beam.
-Sophomore Courtney Willoughby led the Colonials on floor exercise with a career-high 9.850 to tie for fourth place.
-The Colonials are back in action on Sunday as they visit Morgantown, West Virginia for a quad meet with the Mountaineers, Denver and Temple at WVU Coliseum.
Lacrosse
-The Colonials dropped a 17-6 decision to Denver on Friday at the GW Lacrosse Field on the Mount Vernon Campus on Friday.
-Sophomore Jamie Bumgardner recorded a team-high three points (2 g, 1 a) and Rachel Mia added two goals to lead GW.
-The Colonials return to action when they host local foe George Mason on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Men's Squash
-GW ended its season ranked No.19 after falling to No. 22 Wesleyan, 5-4 in the semifinals of the Summers Cup and picking up wins against No. 23 Hamilton, 5-4, and Bowdoin, 5-4, over the weekend.
-Freshman Reid Breck finishes his rookie season with a team-high 19 victories against just three losses after going 3-0 on the weekend.
George Washington women's rowing senior Lauren Byrne was
named the Community Service Athlete of the Month for February.
The Community Service Athlete of the Month distinction is
awarded to a student-athlete who leads by example and who most impacts the GW
and
Lauren has served as a leader of the Grassroots Colonials
Program, which teaches at risk middle school students about HIV and AIDS
awareness. The
Lauren, in her leadership role, has seen Grassroots
participation skyrocket," said Life Skills Coordinator Ted Costigan. "As her
team's community service SAAC representative, her nearly 100 hours of community
service have set the example for the women's rowing team this year."
The Colonials had a full weekend of competition as spring sports got into full swing:
Men's Basketball
- The Colonials dropped an 84-57 decision to Atlantic 10 leader VCU on Saturday night in their first trip to Verizon Wireless Arena.
- Freshmen Kevin Larsen and Patricio Garino scored 10 points apiece, but GW could not overcome VCU's 53 percent shooting.
- GW got as close as 63-51 at the midway point of the second half as Garino sparked a 10-4 run with six of his 10 points.
- GW will play its 500th game inside the Charles E. Smith Center on Wednesday as Fordham visits the district.
Women's Basketball
- GW lost to Charlotte, 68-56, on Saturday afternoon in its final trip to Halton Arena.
- The Colonials struggled in the first half, shooting just 22.2 percent, but trailed by just six at halftime thanks to nine Charlotte turnovers.
- GW made its first three shots of the second half to pull within two, but the 49ers used a 20-4 run to take control of the game.
- Senior Danni Jackson led three Colonials in double figures with 12 points, while senior Megan Nipe and freshman Alexis Chandler scored 10 points apiece.
- The Colonials host defending Atlantic 10 regular-season champion St. Bonaventure on Sunday in a game that will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.
Baseball
Baseball
- GW opened the Gregg Ritchie era with an abbreviated weekend series at Davidson.
- The Colonials fell 7-5 in the season opener before having their rally cut short in a snow-shortened 6-5 defeat in seven innings on Saturday. Sunday's game was cancelled due to unplayable field conditions.
- The Colonials got strong starting pitching from junior Luke Staub and freshman Max Kaplow, who both made their GW debuts against Davidson. Staub fanned five while yielding one unearned run in 5.2 innings of work in the season opener. Kaplow followed by striking out six in five innings on Saturday.
- Senior Tyler McCarthy collected four hits over the weekend, including a double and home run, and drove in two runs to pace the Colonials' offense.Women's Tennis
- The Colonials opened A-10 play with back-to-back wins over Saint Joseph's, 6-1, and Duquesne, 4-3, at the indoor Alpha Tennis and Fitness of Pittsburgh over the weekend.
- GW swept the Hawks in doubles action, losing a total of four games, to earn the doubles point.
- The Colonials claimed straight-set victories at Nos. 2-6 singles, highlighted by senior Dorota Lysienia's 6-0, 6-0 shutout in fifth-flight action.
- On Sunday, GW again took the doubles point over Duquesne with wins by Lysienia and freshman Lana Robins, 8-1, and freshmen Christina Carpenter and Stephanie Wei, 8-6.
- In singles action, junior Leah Pascarella and Wei earned straight-set victories in the No. 1 and No. 3 slots, respectively.
- Senior Mimi Hamling went the distance in a comeback 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 triumph at the No. 4 position.
- GW returns to the court on Sunday to take on UMBC at the Montclair Country Club in Montclair, Va.
Men's Tennis
- GW defeated No. 59 Dartmouth, 4-3, in the back draw of the ECAC Indoor Championships on Saturday morning.
- The victory over the Big Green marked the Colonials' highest-ranked defeated opponent in seventh-year head coach Greg Munoz's tenure.
- Doubles victories by freshman Danil Zelenkov and junor Nikita Fomin, 8-5, and sophomore Francisco Dias and Leonardo Lapentti, 8-2, at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions, respectively, claimed the doubles point for the Colonials.
- Dias brought home an impressive 6-0, 6-3 win at the No. 1 spot while Fomin took a 7-5, 7-5 triumph in second-flight action.
- Junior Ulrik Thomsen clinched the match with a three-set, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, victory at the No. 5 position.
- GW fell to No. 42 Columbia, 4-2, and Yale, 4-0, on Day 1 and 3 of the ECAC Indoor Championships.
- The Colonials return to the court next weekend when they face No. 53 South Alabama and No. 63 Georgia State in Atlanta, Ga.
Gymnastics
- GW finished in fourth place out of six squads with a team score of 193.950 at N.C. State's Sweetheart Invitational at Reynolds Coliseum on Saturday.
- Sophomore Elena Corcoran led the Colonials on vault by tying for third place with 9.775, while junior Taylor Henderson paced GW with a fifth-place finish on uneven bars with 9.775.
- Senior Kayla Carto placed third on the balance beam with a score of 9.850, while senior Stephanie Stoicovy's 9.875 on the floor exercise earned GW their third third-place showing of the evening.
- The Colonials return to action of Friday night in College Park, Md., to face EAGL rivals Maryland and Pittsburgh along with Bridgeport.
Lacrosse
- The Colonials fell to Drexel, 10-3, on Saturday in their home opener at the GW Lacrosse Field on the Mount Vernon Campus.
- Senior goalkeeper Jess Hicks matched her career-high with 10 stops between the pipes.
- Sophomores Allie Rash and Jenn Seitz each caused a game-high four turnovers.
- Rash, junior Jordy Bathras and senior Nicole Lacey each found the back of the net for GW.
- GW continues its five-game homestand on Friday as Denver visits the Mount Vernon Campus.
Sailing
- GW was in 15th place after five races on Saturday, but as windy conditions took over in three races on Sunday the Colonials improved to 12th place at the College of Charleston Spring Coed Intersectional in Charleston, S.C.
- Freshman skipper Maria Sinagra teamed with sophomore Matthew Ricci and senior Richard Sant to finish in 8th place in B Division with 69 points.
- Sinagra and Ricci piloted GW to a pair of top 10 finishes, peaking at seventh in Race 4, while Sant joined Sinagra for the final four races and the duo posted three top 10's, including a third-place showing in Race 6.
- Senior skipper Ian Conners and senior crews Rebecca Engel and Skye Kussmann amassed 112 points to place 16th in A Division. Conners and Kussman teamed for fourth place in Race 6.
- The Colonials will have two weeks to prepare for their next regatta - the Old Dominion Spring Open on March 2 and 3 in Norfolk, Va.
Sailing
- GW was in 15th place after five races on Saturday, but as windy conditions took over in three races on Sunday the Colonials improved to 12th place at the College of Charleston Spring Coed Intersectional in Charleston, S.C.
- Freshman skipper Maria Sinagra teamed with sophomore Matthew Ricci and senior Richard Sant to finish in 8th place in B Division with 69 points.
- Sinagra and Ricci piloted GW to a pair of top 10 finishes, peaking at seventh in Race 4, while Sant joined Sinagra for the final four races and the duo posted three top 10's, including a third-place showing in Race 6.
- Senior skipper Ian Conners and senior crews Rebecca Engel and Skye Kussmann amassed 112 points to place 16th in A Division. Conners and Kussman teamed for fourth place in Race 6.
- The Colonials will have two weeks to prepare for their next regatta - the Old Dominion Spring Open on March 2 and 3 in Norfolk, Va.
Softball
- The Colonials suffered a trio of losses at the snow-shortened Firehouse Subs Spartan Invitational, falling to Bowling Green, 1-0, host USC Upstate, 6-0, and Samford, 12-4.
- Freshman Meghan Rico took the loss in an opening-game pitcher's duel, allowing one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three Falcons.
- Junior Courtney Martin was charged with the loss to the Spartans, allowing just one earned run while striking out three and allowing zero free passes.
- Freshman Carlee Gray drove in two runs on a base hit and a sacrifice fly in GW's loss to Samford on Saturday.
- GW's final game of the tournament was postponed due to snow.
- The Colonials return to the diamond next weekend at Carolina Classic, hosted by UNC, where they will take on North Dakota State, Iona, Iowa State and Penn State.
Women's Squash
- The Colonials concluded the 2012-13 season as the No. 14 ranked team in the nation, their highest end-of-season ranking in program history, after going 1-2 at the College Squash Association (CSA) Team National Championships.
- The Colonials improved their ranking by three spots, compared to last season's final ranking of No. 17.
- Freshman Anna Gabriela Porras went 3-0 over the weekend and closes her freshman season with a 16-4 individual record.
- Freshman Alexa Tzarnas finishes the season with 11 individual victories, followed by classmate Sarah Allen, juniors Kelly Barnes, Jackie Shea and Maya Nair all tied with 10 wins apiece.
Women's Water Polo
- The Colonials took two victories home from the Bison Invitational, edging out host Bucknell, 10-9, and Villanova, 11-6, while dropping two games to Hartwick, 23-12, and Marist, 10-6, at Kinney Natatorium.
- Freshman Erin Donoghue led the Colonials against Bucknell with a career-high five goals as GW narrowly defeated the Bison.
- Junior Katherine Berry's four-goal effort was not enough to lift GW over Hartwick.
- Sophomore goalie Chandler Villander recorded a season-high 11 saves in GW's loss to Marist on Day 2 of the Bison Invitational.
- Donoghue completed her third hat trick of the season to lead the Colonials' offensive efforts in a victory over Villanova to finish the weekend.
- Donoghue finished with team-bests of nine goals and seven steals on the weekend, while junior Rachael Bentley tallied seven goals and 10 assists to lead GW with 17 points.
- The Colonials return to the pool next weekend as they travel to Villanova to take on the host Wildcats as well as Siena, Wagner and Iona and the CWPA/MAAC Crossover.
Assistant volleyball coach Erin Moore brings more than just All-American college experience to the court. Since graduating from the University of Michigan in 2004, Moore has continued to play professionally in both Spain and Puerto Rico. This winter, Moore journeys to Puerto Rico for what will likely be her final season of professional volleyball.
While at the University of Michigan, Moore set program records for single-season kills with 522, single-season block assists with 154 and total blocks in a single season with 161. Moore earned Michigan Volleyball's first-ever All-American selection, taking third-team honors for her record-setting efforts in her 2003 campaign. As captain of her squad, the three-time Academic All-Big 10 honoree was named First Team All-Big Ten in 2002 and 2003. Moore still holds the record for total single-season blocks and remains within the top five performers in program history in five additional categories. The Wolverines made three NCAA Tournament appearances during Moore's stand-out carer.
Moore joined the Colonials' staff in 2011 after acting as Director of Operations for her alma mater from 2006-2010. As a member of the coaching staff, Moore helped Michigan to five consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, including advancement to the Elite 8 in 2009 for the first time in program history. At GW, Moore continues to assist head coach Amanda Ault as the Colonials look to grow into a nationally-known program with an increasingly challenging schedule of opponents.
Moore's professional career began in Spain after graduating from Michigan in 2004. After dedicating two eight-month long seasons of professional play in Spain, the GW assistant relocated her professional career to Puerto Rico and has spent her spring and summer seasons in the Puerto Rican professional league (LVSF) since 2007. The LVSF plays a 22-match season followed by playoffs totaling about three months of competition. For the 2013 season, Moore rejoins the Criollas de Caguas, her first LVSF team, after a three-year hiatus as a member of the Corozal (2009) and Bayamon (2010-11).
The Tiffin, Ohio, native has experienced continued success in her professional career despite switching positions upon turning pro. Initially a middle blocker at Michigan, Moore transformed into a successful outside hitter while playing in Spain. Aside from learning a new skill set, Moore had to simultaneously adapt to a different language and culture. Entering her seventh season on the island, Moore has found a second home in Puerto Rico with all of the amenities of a familiar place.
"I have a favorite coffee spot in Old San Juan, favorite restaurants along the beach, and fans who love volleyball," said Moore. "It's hard to believe I get paid to do this."
In 2012, Moore led the LVSF in kills and finished second in total points while becoming just the third foreigner to reach 2,000 career points. The 2013 season will likely be Moore's last professional stint. Moore began her LVSF career with the Caguas, reaching the finals in 2007 and 2008, and plans to end her career with that squad. The Colonials coach looks forward to GW's 2013 campaign but hopes to first take care of some unfinished business down south.
Here's a look back at the weekend's action as spring sports begin their 2013 campaigns:
Women's Basketball
-GW earned its fifth Atlantic 10 win in a dominant 77-60 rout of Butler on Sunday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center.
-Sophomore Chakecia Miller led four Colonials in double figures with 18 points, four assists and three steals.
-Graduate student Tara Booker posted her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds to go with three steals and three assists.
-Grad student Sara Mostafa tallied 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks, while senior Danni Jackson posted 10 points and six assists.
-The Colonials pulled away from the Bulldogs with 65.4 percent shooting in the second half and dominated the boards, outrebounding Butler, 45-23.
-The Colonials return to the court on Wednesday, when they visit A-10 rival Fordham for a 12 p.m. tipoff.
Men's Basketball
-GW closed to within a point of #14 Butler in the final minutes, but could not complete the comeback as the Colonials were edged 59-56 on Saturday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center.
-The Smith Center's first sell-out crowd since 2006 witnessed a near-upset of the highest nationally ranked opponent to visit the facility since 2000.
-Senior Isaiah Armwood posted his second consecutive double-double with 14 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
-Freshman Joe McDonald and senior Lasan Kromah were the other Colonials to reach double-digits with 10 points apiece.
-GW had its second-worst shooting effort of the season at 27.9 percent, but a strong defensive effort held the Bulldogs without a field goal for the final 7:34, allowing the Colonials to cut a 17-point deficit to just one with 44 seconds remaining in the game.
-The Colonials will look to extend their three-game road win streak as they take on Atlantic 10 newcomer VCU on Saturday, Feb. 16.
Women's Tennis
-GW blanked local rival George Mason, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the indoor Montclair Country Club in Montclair, Va.
-Senior Mimi Hamling shut out her No. 4 opponent, 6-0, 6-0, and each of the Colonials' six singles victories came in straight sets.
-In doubles action, Hamling and junior Leah Pascarella earned a dominant 8-0 win to lead GW's sweep of the doubles points.
-The defeat of George Mason came after a close 4-3 loss to cross-town rival Georgetown on Saturday at the Hoyas' Yates Field House.
-Hamling, freshman Stephanie Wei and senior Dorota Lysienia each earned three-set singles victories over the Hoyas.
-GW opens Atlantic 10 play in Pittsburgh, Pa., with matches against Saint Joseph's on Saturday, Feb. 16 and Duquesne on Sunday, Feb. 17.
Men's Tennis
-GW upset No. 67 Old Dominion, 4-3, on Friday afternoon at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in the Colonials' first road test of the season.
-Junior Nikita Fomin, the country's No. 96 player, earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the No. 2 spot.
-Senior Alexander van gils and junior Ulrik Thomsen added straight-set wins at the No. 4 and No. 6 spots, respectively.
-Freshman Danil Zelenkov crafted a three-set, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, triumph at the No. 3 position.
-The duo of sophomore Francisco Dias and Leonardo Lapentti notched GW's only doubles win by a score of 8-3.
-The Colonials return to the court at the ECAS Indoor Championships in Ithaca, N.Y., Feb. 15-17.
Women's Water Polo
-GW notched its first win of the season with a 14-9 defeat of Villanova at the Princeton Invitational on Sunday.
-Junior Rachael Bentley matched school records for most assists (6) and points (9) in a game.
-Freshmen Hannah Cox and Erin Donoghue each scored four goals against the Wildcats in just their third collegiate appearances.
-The Colonials ended the weekend with a 12-9 exhibition victory over the New York Aquatic Club.
-The team's wins came after losses to No. 10 Princeton and No. 4 California on Saturday
-GW returns to the pool to take on Bucknell, Hartwick, Marist and Villanova this weekend at Bucknell's Bison Invitational.
Men's Squash
-GW's No. 17 squash team fell to No. 7 Franklin & Marshall, 9-0, at the Matthew J. Grossman Squash Courts at Lerner Health & Wellness Center on Friday.
-Freshman Reid Breck, who leads the Colonials with 16 individual wins, dropped a close five-set match at the No. 6 position.
-Prior to the match, seniors Omar Sobhy, Sam Ehrlich, Player Haynes, and Islam El-Fiky were honored in a Senior Day ceremony.
-The Colonials will compete at the College Squash Association Team Nationals in New Haven, Conn. on the weekend of Feb. 22-24.
Women's Squash
-GW's No. 13 squad downed No. 14 Franklin & Marshall, 8-1, on Friday evening at the Matthew J. Grossman Squash Courts at Lerner Healthy & Wellness Center.
-Freshmen Anna Gabriela Porras, Emely Levyn, and Alexa Tzarnas won in straight sets at the No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively.
-Sophomore Jackie Shea rallied back from a first set deficit to earn a No. 2 victory in four sets.
-Juniors Kelly Barnes, Maya Nair and Adriana Calderaon and freshman Sarah Allen also defeated Franklin & Marshall opponents.
-The Colonials will travel to New Haven, Conn. for the College Squash Association Team Nationals next weekend.
Softball
-Freshman Meghan Rico tossed the first rookie no-hitter in program history on Friday afternoon in her maiden collegiate trip to the circle, as GW defeated Seton Hall, 8-0, in five innings to open the season at the Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by Campbell University.
-Rico fanned six and walked four en route to just the third no-hitter in GW softball history.
-GW's bats roared to life in the third inning, as sophomore Victoria Valos tripled down the right field line to plate two and spark a seven-run third inning. Valos would complete her 2-for-3 effort with the game-ending RBI single in the fifth inning.
-Junior Alexandra Del Prete saved Rico's gem with a diving catch in deep left field in the fourth inning.
-The Colonials suffered losses to Robert Morris, 5-1, and host Campbell, 11-1, before Saturday's nightcap was cancelled due to frigid weather conditions.
-Junior Courtney Martin struck out a career-high seven batters in a complete game of work against Robert Morris on Saturday evening.
-Freshmen Carlee Gray and Morgan Matetic picked up their first collegiate hits on the weekend.
-The Colonials will take on Bowling Green, Samford, George Mason, and USC Upstate at the Firehouse Subs Spartan Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C., next weekend.
Atlantic 10 Lacrosse Preseason Poll | 2013 Schedule | @GWLacrosse
After reaching the conference championship in 2012 for the first time in three seasons, the George Washington lacrosse team was predicted to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll as voted on by the league's eight head coaches on Friday.
Four-time reigning conference champion No. 14 Massachusetts - which GW fell to in last year's semifinal round - was selected to repeat as champion in the annual poll. Richmond, the 2012 championship runner-up, was predicted to finish second, followed by Duquesne in third. Temple was chosen fourth, followed by the Colonials in fifth. Rounding out the poll were La Salle in sixth, Saint Joseph's in seventh and St. Bonaventure in eighth.
Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Tara Hannaford, GW returns 15 players from the 2012 squad that produced a 10-7 overall record - marking the most wins in a season since 2007 - and a 4-3 record in the Atlantic 10. The Colonials also welcome eight newcomers to the squad as they look to return to the A-10 Championship.
Entering its 11th year of competition, GW has made an appearance in the league championship in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2012. The 15th annual Atlantic 10 Championship will be held from April 26-28 in Amherst, Mass., at the Minutewomen's Warren P. McGurik Alumni Stadium. The A-10 championship is a single-elimination, four-team event, with the first-round winners advancing to the championship game. The winner of the Championship will receive the league's automatic bid to compete in the NCAA Tournament.
The Buff and Blue open their 2013 campaign at cross-town foe Howard on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.
2013 Atlantic 10 Lacrosse Predicted Order of Finish
Team
2. Richmond 10-8 (5-2)
3. Duquesne 12-6 (5-2)
4. Temple 9-8 (3-4)
5. George Washington 10-7 (4-3)
6. La Salle 10-6 (3-4)
7. Saint Joseph's 5-11 (1-6)
8. St. Bonaventure 3-9 (0-7)
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