FAIRFAX, Va. - Behind first-half goals from Emily Harvey and Tiana Kallenberger, the George Mason women's soccer team defeated crosstown rival George Washington 2-1 Friday night to close out this two-game homestand undefeated. Mason improved to 2-1 overall, while George Washington dipped to 0-2.

Mason played an aggressive first five minutes registering four corner kicks and pressuring the Colonials early in the game. The Patriots outshot the Colonials 11-1 in the opening period, testing keeper Nicole Fasano with six shots on goal, forcing Fasano into four saves. The period ended with Mason holding a 7-0 advantage in corner kicks.

Mason took a 2-0 lead into intermission finding the back of the net with goals from Harvey and Kallenberger 11 minutes apart. Scoring her first collegiate goal, Harvey put the Patriots on the board in the 33^rd minute on a header off a Kallenberger assist. Kallenberger carried the ball up the near side, sailed a cross from the corner of the 18-yard mark into Harvey who was six yards out in the middle of the box. The sophomore jumped and finished the play off with a header just above the hands of Fasano into the top left corner of the net for the 1-0 lead.

Kallenberger cushioned Mason's lead in the first half with an unassisted goal in the 42^nd minute. As Harvey played the ball down the line, the senior ran onto it and challenged a Colonial defender on the outside. Kallenberger cut inside and blasted a shot from 18 yards out into the left corner of the net past Fasano for her second goal of the season.

GW regrouped following intermission and came out strong in the second half. The Colonials outshot the Patriots 9-6 in the final period as Briana Kottler came up strong for the Patriots in net, stopping four shots on goal.

Early in the period, the Colonials saw a strong scoring opportunity in the 57^th minute as Claire Haft had a clear shot from the right corner of the net, but Kottler was in position to make the stop and erase the threat. Kottler erased another Colonial opportunity in the 71^st minute off a corner kick. Molly Bruh took the corner for the visiting squad, short-kicked it out to Jane Wallis who took a touch and blasted it to the near corner of the net as Kottler punched the attempt high and above the net to clear it away.

The Colonials saw their lone goal come late in the second half off a penalty kick from Adriana Moya at the 89:22 mark for the final 2-1 score.

Mason finished the game with the advantage in shots (17-10), shots on goal (11-6) and corner kicks (11-4). Kottler registered five saves in the contest, including four in the second half, as Fasano came up with nine for George Washington. Kallenberger, Casey Vornadore and Nicole Clark each tallied two shots on goal apiece, while Clark and Vornadore led the Patriots with four shots each. Wallis posted three for the Colonials.