PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - In the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams, the George Mason women's soccer team and Drexel played to a 1-1 draw at Vidas Field on Friday night. Mason took the early lead with a Liz Hodges tally in the fourth minute, but Drexel scored with 16 minutes left in regulation to tie the contest. With the draw, the Patriots moved to 4-5-1, while the Dragons stand at 6-1-2 and both teams are 0-0-1 in league play.

Mason wasted no time getting on the board early, scoring just over three minutes into action, a lead that would carry into halftime. On the carry, Tiana Kallenberger put a through ball to the foot of Casey Vornadore as the junior forced Drexel goalkeeper Eve Badana to her right, knocking out the attempt. The save was short-lived, however, as Hodges controlled the rebound and punched it in from 12-yards out into the left corner to give Mason the 1-0 lead.

Kallenberger tried to double the lead in the 20^th minute on a combination play with Hodges as Kallenberger played the ball off to Hodges in the middle of the box. Hodges touched the ball and passed it back to Kallenberger on the near side and sent a shot just above the crossbar. Mason threatened again five minutes later when Kelly Pizzingrilli carried the ball down the near side and looked to have an open shot, but a Drexel defender blocked the attempt on a sliding tackle.

Badana erased a Patriot threat in the 40^th minute when Kallenberger tried to complete a Sydney Mitchell pass from midfield, as the Dragon caught the strike on a jump. Mason finished the opening half with a 4-1 shots on goal advantage and a 9-5 favor in shots. Badana recorded three saves in the period to hold the visiting squad to one goal.

Drexel looked for the equalizer early in the second half with its first pair of corner kicks. Lyndse Hokanson slapped away an Alyssa Findlay attempt at the left corner off a Courtney Wylie corner before Hokanson cleared away Wylie's second corner kick just a minute later.

The Dragons continued their early pressure on the Patriots as Jess Lowinger carried the ball up the middle, but Paige Babel beat out Lowinger and kicked it out to Hokanson who cleared away the threat. In the 58^th minute, Vornadore tried to cushion Mason's lead off a Kallenberger pass as Badana dove to her left to make the save.

Drexel, however, scored the equalizer in the 74^th minute as Melissa Chapman headed in a Christine Stevenson corner kick from five-yards out on the near post into the left corner of the net to knot the score at 1-all. The teams remained scoreless over the final 16 minutes of regulation as Mason entered into its second overtime contest of the season.

Neither team saw a solid scoring opportunity in the first overtime as the Patriots and Dragons played 10 minutes of scoreless action before entering a second overtime period. Early in the second overtime, Chapman put a shot on frame, but Hokanson made the easy scoop. Sam Greenfield tried for the game-winner in the 106^th minute, but Hokanson was in position to make the stop as the teams closed out the 1-1 draw.

For the game, both teams put five shots on goal as Drexel narrowly edged Mason, 13-12 in shots and 4-3 in corner kicks. Hokanson and Badana each scooped up four saves playing the full 110 minutes. Kallenberger, Vornadore and Jazmin Cardoso each recorded three shots as Vornadore put two on frame. Chapman led Drexel with four shots.