The George Mason women's volleyball team topped West Virginia in straight sets, but fell to the Navy Midshipmen, 3-1, to split their action in the final day of the 2012 Patriot Invitational.

For her efforts throughout the weekend, redshirt freshman Lolade Owokoniran was named the tournament's Best Blocker.

The Patriots, who spend their next six matches away from Fairfax, stand at 2-4 after the weekend.

Mason 3, West Virginia 0

Mason earned its first sweep of the season as it defeated West Virginia, 3-0, in its third match of the Patriot Invitational on Sunday afternoon. Mason improved to 2-4 overall with set scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-19, while West Virginia fell to 3-4 overall.

The first set was a back-and-forth affair as both teams used big rallies to stay in the match. WVU scored the first point of the set before Mason went on a 5-0 run to go up, 5-1. However, the Mountaineers scored six of the next eight points to knot the score at 7-7. Six tie scores and two lead changes left the match tied at 19-19 before the Patriots grabbed the lead on a kill by Lana Zonjic and scored five the final eight points for the 25-22 win.

Mason opened the second set on a 4-0 run only to see the lead disappear as WVU registered the next five points for a 5-4 lead. Both teams exchanged rallies to tie the set at 11-11, but a kill from Meredith Bush gave the Patriots a lead they would not relinquish, never allowing the Mountaineers closer than two points and leading by as many as seven points en route to cruising to the 25-18 triumph.

Trailing by five points, 10-5, in the third set, Mason showed its resilience, rallying to score seven of the next nine points to tie the score at 12-12. WVU took the lead back, owning a two-point lead, 16-14, late in the set, but fueled by a kill and service ace from Zonjic and two Mountaineer attack errors, Mason stormed back to grab the lead, 18-16. West Virginia scored the next two points to tie the score at 18-18, but Mason closed on a 7-1 run to secure the sweep with a score of 25-19.

Zonjic paced the Patriots with a match-high 11 kills, aided by seven kills from Danielle Cook and six from Lolade Owokoniran, who also finished with six blocks. Tori Price dished out a match-high 30 assists. WVU was led by 11 kills from Nikki Attea and Brittany Sample's 27 assists.

As a team the Patriots had an impressive showing at the net, compiling 11.5 total team blocks compared to just 3.0 team blocks by WVU.

Navy 3, Mason 1

The Patriots fell to the Midshipmen in the final match of the tournament by scores of 17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-19.

Mason commanded a large first-set lead after falling behind early, using a 10-0 run to take the lead for good at 19-13. Navy got no closer than four from then on out, as the Patriots cruised to the set-one victory despite hitting just .212, compared to a .033 mark for Navy, although Mason had four blocks to Navy's one.

Navy evened the match up at one set apiece, closing strong in a frame that featured nine tie scores but just two lead changes. Mason led 14-11, but a 6-2 run by the Midshipmen put them ahead and they would not trail again. The Patriots tied it at 17, 18, 21 and 22, but a Patriots error and an Alex Cassel kill gave the Mids set point opportunity, and after a Meredith Bush kill made it 24-23, Fortner converted when she slammed a kill to finish the set.

In the third set, it was all Navy as they opened on a 6-1 run and never trailed. Mason got no closer than two, mounting a late run to close the gap to 23-21 after trailing by as many as eight points. Back-to-back hitting errors by the Patriots sent the match to the fourth with Navy up two sets to one.

Mason began the fourth set with the first four points, but Navy came back and retook the lead at 15-10, part of an 8-0 run. Mason cut the gap to one at 20-19, but the Midshipmen recorded the final five points in order to complete the victory.

Zonijc paced the Patriots with 15 kills and 13 digs, while Price had 35 assists and Spencer led the team with 12 digs. Erin Fortner and Alex Cassel led the Navy offense with 16 and 13 kills respectively.