Burke, Va.-- In the Patriots first Atlantic 10 Conference match this season, the Patriots fell to the George Washington Colonials, 7-0. 

"We lost ot a tough GW team today," said Head Coach Steve Curtis. "We will use it to motivate us to improve. We will get back to work on the areas we did not do well today."

In the top singles match, the Colonials Katarina Marinkovikj defeated Paige La, both sets by a score of 7-5, 7-5. The freshman falls to 13-4 on the season.

The only match to go three sets was at the No. 5 singles position. The Patriots' Ashley Fitz-Patrick won the first set 6-4, but dropped the second set 6-4, and the tie-breaker set, 10-6, to GW's Sarah Bodewes. 

Mason will travel to Annapolis, Md. on Sunday, Feb. 23 for a match against Navy.
 

George Washington 7, George Mason 0

Singles competition

1. Katarina Marinkovikj (GWU) def. Paige La (MASON) 7-5, 7-5

2. Melis Bayraktaroglu (GWU) def. Brianna Gibbs (MASON) 6-3, 6-4

3. Alexandra Vesikallio (GWU) def. Hannah Yang (MASON) 6-4, 6-1

4. Luciana Kunkel (GWU) def. Jackie Nannery (MASON) 6-3, 6-1

5. Sarah Bodewes (GWU) def. Ashley Fitz-Patrick (MASON) 4-6, 6-4, 10-6

6. Lara McNaughten (GWU) def. Marium Raza (MASON) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Melis Bayraktaroglu/Katarina Marinkovikj (GWU) def. Paige La/Hannah Yang (MASON) 6-3

2. Jackie Nannery/Isabella Daverio (MASON) def. Alexandra Vesikallio/Jiaqing Mo (GWU) 6-1

3. Luciana Kunkel/Sarah Bodewes (GWU) def. Christine McCarthy/Brianna Gibbs (MASON) 6-1