• Mason defeated by George Washington 3-2 despite Bailey Williams posting 21 kills.
• Mason boasts three players that deliver double-digit kills for the first time this season.
• Jordan Glass posts career high 13 kills en route to eclipsing 300 career points.

 
FINAL: GW 3, Mason 2 (PDF Box Score)
Bailey Williams – 21 kills (Match High); Emily Konchan – 39 assists; Catie Espinoza – 20 digs (Match High).
 
FAIRFAX, Va. – The first of two 2017 women's volleyball Revolutionary Rivalry meetings took place Friday night at the RAC, and it was the Colonials defeating the Patriots in five sets. The Patriots took sets one and three and the Colonials took sets two, four and five. Senior outside hitter Jordan Glass posted 13 kills to set a new single-match career high.
 
"In the first and third sets we were putting the pressure on George Washington," head coach Aylene Ilkson said. "We were really making them play the ball and that was what was working for us. As soon as we went away from that and started committing a lot of errors on our side of the net it put us at a huge disadvantage."
 
The Patriots had three players record double-digit kills for the first time this season. Those three were sophomore outside hitter Bailey Williams (21), sophomore outside hitter Mikala Wells (12) and Glass (13).
 
The Patriots came out in control in the first set, one they took 25-20. Williams led the way by posting seven kills, including two straight to give Mason its 24^th and 25^th point of the set. Freshman setter Emily Konchan also recorded one of her two service aces in the first set, which would later tie a season high for her.
 
After dropping the second set 25-11, the Patriots rebounded in set number three thanks to five kills from Wells and Glass. Glass racked up her kills in the beginning of the set while Wells went to work late in the set, getting the Patriots the 25-21 victory with three straight kills to close out the set.
 
However, the Colonials were the ones who would mount a comeback and steal a victory. Despite Williams posting six kills in both the fourth and fifth set, GW came out victorious in both by scores of 25-19 and 15-12 respectively. The Patriots did show resiliency down 9-3 in the final frame to tie things at 12, but the Colonials prevailed.
 
A rare Saturday off follows Friday's match, so the next time the Patriots are back in action is Oct. 13 against Davidson at the RAC.
 
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NOTABLE STATS
 

• Friday marked the sixth match of 2017 with two Patriots posting double-doubles. Williams tallied 21 kills and 11 digs, Wells tallied 12 kills and 12 digs.
• Junior outside hitter Licie Leite compiled 15 digs, a new career high.
• Williams' 21 kill night is the second match of 2017 she's had 20 or more. She raised her season kills per set average from 3.02 to 3.12 with Friday's performance.