FAIRFAX, Va. - Using two goals scored within the first 10 minutes of play, the George Mason women's soccer team defeated visiting Georgia State Friday evening. Liz Hodges and Nicole Clark tallied Mason's goal as the Patriots improved to 6-10-1 overall and 2-5-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Panthers dropped to 4-10-1, 1-7.

Mason wasted less than 20 seconds before opening the scoring in the game as Hodges registered her sixth goal of the season at the 44:42 mark. Hodges, on the far side, collected the ball from Kelly Pizzingrilli as the sophomore blasted a shot from 35-yards out into the top left corner of the net to give Mason a 1-0 lead.

Just under eight minutes later, Mason doubled its lead off an Amanda Stephenson corner kick. Stephenson took the corner on the far side and delivered the kick into the middle of the net where Tiana Kallenberger put a head on it, flicking it to Clark who punched it into the bottom left corner for a 2-0 Patriot lead. It marked Clark's first goal of the season.

Georgia State cut the score in half when Ashley Nagy dribbled in a kick off an Alison Gonzalez assist in the 29^th minute for a 2-1 score. Mason outshot GSU 6-1 after the opening 45 minutes as Rebecca Toler made two stops in net for the Panthers. The Patriots also led 5-0 in corner kicks.

Mason put two shots on frame in the second half and outshot the Panthers, 4-1. Lyndse Hokanson made her first and only save of the evening in the 56^th minute when Whitney Ravan forced the Patriot to scoop up the attempt. Emily Harvey saw a solid scoring opportunity blasting a shot into the hands of Toler in the 85^th minute. Mason finished the period with a 6-1 advantage in corner kicks for an 11-1 edge in the contest.

For the game, Mason held a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal led by Clark and Harvey, each with two, and a 10-2 overall shots advantage.