• Freshman forward Emma van der Vorst scored her ninth goal of the season.
• Senior midfielder Emily Littell and sophomore defender Shannon Lee each had an assist.
• Mason scored the first goal for the eighth straight game.

 
Box score
 
FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's soccer team scored the first goal, but the Patriots allowed four unanswered goals in the second half in a 4-1 setback against Saint Joseph's on Thursday evening at George Mason Stadium.
 
Mason (8-5-0, 3-2-0 A-10) freshman forward Emma van der Vorst gave the Patriots an early lead, scoring her ninth goal of the season on a breakaway in the first minute of play to put Mason up 1-0.  She has scored nine goals in the last 10 games.
 
"Emma finished her chance well there early on," Mason head coach Todd Bramble said.  "Where we are a little disappointed tonight is how we are playing with the lead.  Saint Joseph's is a good team and they fought back like you'd expect any good team to do.  We got to halftime 1-0, but we could already feel the momentum swinging in their favor."
 
Senior midfielder Emily Littell and sophomore defender Shannon Lee each picked up an assist on the goal by van der Vorst.
 
Saint Joseph's (8-4-2, 3-2-0 A-10) scored the equalizer less than three minutes into the second half.
 
Hawks freshman forward Morgan Bower tallied her third goal of the season, finding the upper left corner of the net from 15 yards out to make it a 1-1 game.
 
The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the 65th minute when senior forward Dakota Mills scored the first of her two goals in the game. 
 
Saint Joseph's freshman forward Aleksa Peev increased the Hawks advantage in the 79th minute, scoring her fourth goal of the season into the lower right corner to make the score 3-1. 
 
Mills then scored her second goal of the night and third of the season in the 85th minute for the 4-1 final.
 
Emma van der Vorst led all players with four shots on goal, while Mason sophomore forward Jisca Adigo finished with two shots on goal.
 
Mason sophomore goaltender Louisa Moser (1-2-0) made six saves, including four in the second half.  Saint Joseph's senior goalkeeper Grace Bendon (8-4-2) made seven stops in the match.
 
Saint Joseph's finished with a 16-15 advantage in shots, including 10-8 in shots on goal.  Each team had seven corner kicks in the game.
 
The Patriots are back in action Sunday, facing Massachusetts with the kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. at Rudd Field in Amherst, Mass.