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FAIRFAX, Va. – Sophomore Sydney Fanoga and freshman Erica Partridge were named to the DC Volleyball Challenge all-tournament team after leading George Mason women's volleyball to a 2-1 finish on opening-weekend. Fanoga registered 23 kills on the weekend, including a career-high 13 in the Patriots 3-1 win over the University of Howard Saturday afternoon. Partridge a libero from North Carolina, led the team with 41 digs on the season, including a match-high 19 in Mason's 3-0 loss to American in the final match of the tournament Saturday.
COACH'S CORNER
“We talked a lot in the spring about the “ing,” the action verbs of 'growing,' 'changing' and 'evolving' and that's still happening for us,” first year head coach Jackie Simpson said. “ There's a lot to learn and a lot to improve on, but all-in-all, I'm really happy with how the team fought and played together. Everyone had breakout moments.”
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FINAL
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TOTAL
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HOWARD
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21
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20
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25
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8
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1
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GEORGE MASON
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25
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25
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18
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25
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3
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MATCH NOTES
-Senior Morghan Martin led the match with 20 points, behind 19 kills and two block assists in the win.
- Junior Caitlyn Hipsher had a career-high 47 assists.
- Freshman Erica Partridge led the match with 15 digs and two aces, which occurred consecutively.
- For the second straight match, Mason saw significant minutes from at least three freshmen.
STAT BREAKDOWN
- The Patriots had a side-out percentage of 69 or above in each of their three winning sets and ended the match with a side-out percentage of 65 compared to Howard's 52 percentage.
- Both sides were strong up front with Mason taking a slight edge with eight blocks compared to seven for Howard.
- Fanoga led the team with an attack percentage of 43.8 followed closely by Martin at 43.5.
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FINAL
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TOTAL
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AMERICAN
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25
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25
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25
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3
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GEORGE MASON
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18
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16
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17
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0
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. MATCH NOTES
- Junior Jessie Greenslade led the team with seven kills on the match, in addition to a block assist.
- Fanoga recorded her first solo-block of the season to go along with six kills.
-Freshman Erica Partrige has a match-high 19 digs, giving her a team-high 41 on the weekend.
STAT BREAKDOWN
- For the first time on the weekend, Mason was beat out in blocks registering four to American's seven.
- The Patriots committed just six reception errors on 61 opportunities for a reception percentage of 94.2.
NEXT UP
-The Patriots travel continue tournament play with the D.C. Classic. Mason will face Western Carolina and Penn at Howard University on Saturday, before meeting Howard and the University of Maryland Sunday, September 6, at Maryland.
