March 16, 2006
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WORCESTER, Mass. - Eight different George Mason players scored goals in leading the team to a 12-5 non-conference victory over Holy Cross on Thursday afternoon at Hart Turf Field in Worcester, Mass. The Patriots have now reeled off three straight wins to improve to 3-1 overall. The Crusaders fall to 4-2 on the season after the loss.
George Mason took a 6-1 lead into the break after scoring the game's first five goals. The Patriots jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead after scores by Jess Shelton and Laura King just 6:15 into the contest. Mason then added three more goals, with each goal scored almost exactly three minutes apart each time, to take a 5-0 advantage less than 19 minutes in. A Nikki Bolduc tally at the 19:12 mark put the Crusaders on the board and cut the lead to four, but King answered with her second goal of the day to put Mason back on top, 6-1 at the half.
Patricia Sutton opened the half with a free position goal at the 30:58 mark, but was followed by a Brittany Berger tally just 25 seconds later. Cara O'Sullivan then cut the lead to four (7-3) on another free position shot at the 32:52 mark, but that score was also answered by a Patriot tally. Sutton then struck again to pull the Crusaders back within four (8-4) with just over 20 minutes remaining, but Holy Cross would not get any closer. George Mason outscored Holy Cross 4-1 in the final 17 minutes to seal the win.
The Patriots outshot the Crusaders, 36-20, and had a 28-20 groundball advantage. Freshman Roxie Alsruhe had six saves on the day, while Holy Cross goalie Megan Orr made a season-high 17 saves in the loss.
George Mason will look to extend its winning streak to four games when it faces No. 6 Boston University at Nickerson Field in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, March 18 at noon.
Score by period 1 2 Tot
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George Mason........ 6 6 - 12
Holy Cross.......... 1 4 - 5
George Mason SCORING: GOALS:
Curry, Melissa 2;
Berger, Brittany 2;
King, Laura 2;
Bryant, Sarah 1;
Venturi, Melissa 1;
Bartlett, Megan 1;
Shelton, Jess 1;
Velesz, Alex 1;
Celano, Jenna 1.
ASSISTS:
Bartlett, Megan 1;
Berger, Brittany 1;
Brady, Michele 1;
Bryant, Sarah 1;
Curry, Melissa 1;
Venturi, Melissa 1.
Holy Cross SCORING: GOALS: Patricia Sutton 2; Kristine Corkum 1; Nikki
Bolduc 1; Cara O'Sullivan 1.
ASSISTS: Nikki Bolduc 1; Kristine Corkum 1.
George Mason GROUND BALLS: Curry, Melissa 5; Bartlett, Megan 3; Bohn,
Sarah 3; Bryant, Sarah 3; King, Laura 3; Kolmer, Meredith 3; Shelton,
Jess 2; Velesz, Alex 2; Venturi, Melissa 2; Brady, Michele 1;
Linnertz, Katie 1.
Holy Cross GROUND BALLS: Katie Brown 5; Melissa Conley 4; Calley
Benoit 3; Cara O'Sullivan 3; Amy Archambault 1; Nikki Bolduc 1; Megan
Orr 1; Patricia Sutton 1; Kelly Winslow 1.
George Mason TURNOVERS CAUSED: Bartlett, Megan 2; Berger, Brittany 1;
Bryant, Sarah 1; Kolmer, Meredith 1; Shelton, Jess 1.
Holy Cross TURNOVERS CAUSED: Kristine Corkum 1; Virginia Dowd 1; Kate
Flanagan 1.
SHOTS - MASON 36; HLYCROSS 20.
SHOTS ON GOAL - MASON 29; HLYCROSS 12.
PENALTIES - MASON 0/0:00; HLYCROSS 0/0:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MASON 0-0; HLYCROSS 0-0.
TURNOVERS - MASON 10; HLYCROSS 16.
FACEOFFS - MASON 0-0; HLYCROSS 0-0.
CLEARS - MASON 1-1; HLYCROSS 6-6.
GOALIES - MASON: Alsruhe, Roxie 3-1 (60:00 minutes, 11 shots-6 saves,
5 GA) , TEAM (00:00, 1-1, 0); HLYCROSS: Megan Orr 4-2 (60:00, 29-17,
12).
Start time: 3:30 pm Finish time: 4:56 Length of game: 1:26
Officials: Barb Carreiro; Donna Arcudi; Lucy Goodridge.
A-109 T-1:26
