Aug. 29, 2009
Mason-Georgetown Box Score
Mason-GW Box Score
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The George Mason women's volleyball team split its matches against two local rivals on Saturday, defeating Georgetown in five sets (25-23, 29-27, 19-25, 22-25, 15-12) before falling to George Washington, 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-14) at the D.C. Volleyball Challenge, hosted by American University.
After the home victory over American on Friday night, Mason completed the season-opening tournament with a 2-1 record.
For their outstanding performance during the D.C. Volleyball Challenge, junior Holly Goode and freshman Koala Matsuoka were each named to the All-Tournament Team.
The Patriots are back in action on Monday evening, hosting No. 11-ranked Minnesota at the RAC Gym at 7 p.m.
George Mason 3, Georgetown 2
Mason jumped out to a two-set lead and held off the Georgetown Hoyas late, picking up the five-set victory on the second day of competition at the D.C. Volleyball Challenge at Bender Arena. Set scores were 25-23, 29-27, 19-25, 22-25, 15-12.
Three Patriots reached double-figure kills, led by 17 from junior Holly Goode on scorching .593 hitting. Seniors Laura Turner and Rebecca Walter each contributed 12 kills as well. Goode completed the double-double with 10 digs as well, while classmate Fernanda Bartels put up a double-double with 46 assists and 11 digs.
Vanessa Dorismond led the Hoyas with 21 kills while Ashley Malone had 51 assists and Tory Rezin led all players with five aces and 18 digs.
GU jumped out to an early 11-4 lead in the first set and held the advantage until a Goode kill tied the score at 15. The Hoya lead was pushed as large as three at 21-18, and at 23-21, Mason took control with a quartet of points to pick up the set.
Again, the Hoyas started strong in the second set, opening on an 8-2 run. A 9-3 run, though, by the Patriots knotted the score at 11. For the rest of the set, neither team led by more than two as the scoreboard was pushed into extra duty when, with Mason leading 24-23, a Dorismond kill forced a tie. The teams swapped points until, leading 28-27, a GU attack error gave Mason the two-set lead.
The third set saw the Hoyas prevent the sweep when, down 18-15, Georgetown scored on 10 of the next 11 points to win 25-19. GU accomplished a similar feat in the fourth, using a 4-0 run to take a 21-19 lead and holding off Mason down the stretch to send the match into a fifth and deciding set.
Each squad swapped the first five points until three in a row by the Patriots made it 8-5. Mason would not lose its lead, though GU advanced as close as 11-10 and on the third match point, Goode's kill on a feed from Bartels sealed the victory and a 2-0 start to the season for the Patriots.
George Washington 3, George Mason 0
In their second match of the day, the Patriots ran into a tough GW team as the Colonials swept Mason, with set scores of 25-17, 25-21, and 25-14.
Goode continued to lead the way for the Patriots as she recorded a team-high seven kills while sophomore Kelsey Bohman and Walter were close behind with six and five kills, respectively. Bohman led all players with five total blocks (two solo), while Bartels' three service aces was a game high as well. Katie Butz posted 10 kills to pace the Colonial offense, and Candace Silva-Martin recorded 15 digs to lead all players.
Mason, which was out-hit in the match by a .287-to-.088 margin, was even with the Colonials in the first set for the first 20 points. Two Leah Hill kills, though, capped off four straight points and gave GW the lead it would not relinquish for the rest of the set.
The Patriots jumped out to a sizeable lead in the second set, leading 14-8 before an 8-2 run by GW tied the score at 16. After trading the next four points, the Colonials' 7-3 run put away the second set in GW's favor. Mason struggled in the third set, falling behind 8-2 early as the Colonials led by as many as 13 points en route to claiming the victory and finishing the tournament 3-0.
