FAIRFAX, Va. - Behind a pair of second half goals from Paul Andrews and Taylor Morgan, the George Mason men's soccer team blanked visiting William and Mary, 2-0, Saturday night at George Mason Stadium. Scoring his first goal of the season in game-winning fashion, Andrews helped Mason improve to 9-4 overall this season and 2-3 in Colonial Athletic Association play with the win. The Tribe dipped to 2-9-3, 0-4-2 with the loss.

In a back-and-forth first half, neither team was able to gain a solid rhythm throughout. Morgan tried to put Mason up in the 19^th minute looking to complete a Brice Colcombe cross from the far side. Morgan headed the attempt, but the shot went high for Mason's lone solid scoring opportunity in the period. At the end of the first 45 minutes, shots stood at two apiece, as did corner kicks.

Just over five minutes into the second half, Mason's Ghiles Harmouche took Mason's third corner of the game as the kick was knocked out by a Tribe defender. On the second corner that followed, Harmouche placed the kick at the near corner post as Andrews jumped to head the ball over the keeper's head and put Mason up 1-0.

Wesley Sever almost doubled Mason's advantage in the 67^th minute when the junior collected a service from Morgan on the outside. Standing 20-yards out on the far side, Sever blasted a shot that hit the crossbar and bounced back into play.

Dustin Butcher kept William and Mary off the board in the 77^th minute making two consecutive saves, proving to be the only stops Butcher would need on the evening. The Tribe's Ben Anderson forced Butcher to his left on a shot from the far side and on the rebound, Butcher saved an Andrew Hinnant attempt.

Morgan gave Mason an insurance goal in the 86^th minute with his ninth tally of the season as the senior headed in a ball from Benjamin Paris into the top left corner of the net. From the middle, Julio Arjona played the ball out to Paris on the far side who then delivered the ball to Morgan at the near post to complete the play.

Mason held a 9-4 advantage in shots over William & Mary at the end of the contest, including a 5-2 shots on goal edge. The Patriots also held a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks. Morgan led Mason with three shots, putting two on frame, while Butcher played the full 90 in net, making two saves to earn the win. Tribe goalkeeper Alex Harrington made three stops.