The George Mason men's volleyball team played its lone mid-week home match of the season on Wednesday night and the Patriots made short work of visiting Mount Olive, beating the Trojans 25-15, 25-19, 25-20. The Patriots snapped a three-match losing streak with the win to improve to 12-6 on the year. Mount Olive fell to 11-5.

Patrick Maloney had 12 kills and  just one error, hitting 61.1 percent in the match. He also led the team with five digs. Eric Lucas and Mark Jones each had seven kills while Charlie Swingle had six kills to go with a .625 hitting percentage. Benedikt Schirmers had 11 kills to lead Mount Olive.

The first game was tight early until Mason had one of its best runs of the season. The Patriots rolled off seven straight points behind Patrick Maloney 's serve to turn a 9-9 set into a 16-9 lead. From there the Patriots were able to cruise to a first-set win, 25-15.

The second set was tight deeper into the game. The Patriots trailed several times early, including 10-7, 11-8 and 17-15. But again the Patriots used a strong run to take control. This time it was a 6-0 run on Mark Jones ' serve to go ahead 21-17. Once in command the Patriots kept their foot on the pedal, finishing the set on a 10-2 run.

There was no big run in the final set as the Patriots gradually pulled away adding to their lead slowly until finally winning four of the final five points to take a 25-20 decision in the final set.

The Patriots return to action on Friday, March 18, when they play at Loyola (Chicago) at 7 p.m.