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St. Bonaventure SBU 0-1
5
Winner GEORGE MASON MASON 3-0
St. Bonaventure SBU
0-1
2
Final
5
GEORGE MASON MASON
3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 2
GEORGE MASON MASON 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 9 1

W: Ansbro, Bekah (2-0) L: Fitzgerald (0-1) S: Gordon, Haellie (1)

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St. Bonaventure SBU 0-2
2
Winner GEORGE MASON MASON 4-0
St. Bonaventure SBU
0-2
1
Final
2
GEORGE MASON MASON
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
GEORGE MASON MASON 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 1

W: Gordon, Haellie (2-0) L: Haskell (0-1)

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Mason Sweeps St. Bonaventure on Saturday

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Game Recap: Softball |



FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason softball team (4-0, 2-0) swept St. Bonaventure in the Patriots' conference-opening doubleheader on Saturday.
 
Mason won the first game by a score of 5-2, and came out victorious in the second game by a score of 2-1. The two victories mark Mason's first two conference wins in as many games in 2021.
 
GAME ONE: Mason 5, SBU 2
In the first contest, Mason got out to an early lead when junior EJ Bankson drove in sophomore Rachel Warrens with an RBI single in the bottom of the first.
 
In the bottom of the third, Warrens earned an RBI sacrifice fly to left field which scored senior Saige Cisler to give Mason a two-run lead.
 
The Bonnies answered with a two-run home run in the top of the fourth to tie the game at two.
 
The Patriots blew the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth as Warrens tallied a two-run RBI single, scoring senior Meghan Graham and junior Amber Verstynen. Warrens would later score to grow the Green & Gold's lead to three. A lead the Patriots would hold.
 
Grad student Bekah Ansbro improved to 2-0 on the season, surrendering just two hits, two earned runs and earned nine strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work. Senior Haellie Gordon came in relief and recorded the Patriots' first save of 2021.
 
GAME TWO: Mason 2, SBU 1
The back-end of the Saturday doubleheader was closer than the front-end.
 
The Patriots scored the first run in the bottom of the third when Verstynen earned an RBI off of a sacrifice fly, driving in sophomore Haley Taormina who reached on a leadoff double earlier in the inning.
 
St. Bonaventure would answer late, tallying a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at one run apiece.
 
Mason answered with a run in the next half inning when Bankson doubled down the right field line, scoring Warrens to give the Patriots the lead and ultimately the victory.
 
In the circle, Gordon notched her second complete game in as many starts in 2021, allowing just one earned run on three hits in 7.0 innings of work, including seven strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT
The Patriots will wrap up their four-game weekend series against the Bonnies with a doubleheader tomorrow, Sunday, beginning at noon ET inside the George Mason Softball Complex.
 
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Players Mentioned

Bekah Ansbro

#72 Bekah Ansbro

P
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Haellie Gordon

#2 Haellie Gordon

P/IF
6' 0"
Junior
Meghan Graham

#12 Meghan Graham

OF
5' 9"
Junior
Amber Verstynen

#22 Amber Verstynen

OF
5' 4"
Sophomore
EJ Bankson

#5 EJ Bankson

P/3B
5' 7"
Sophomore
Saige Cisler

#14 Saige Cisler

OF
5' 1"
Junior
Rachel Warrens

#4 Rachel Warrens

SS
5' 6"
Freshman
Haley Taormina

#30 Haley Taormina

OF
5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Bekah Ansbro

#72 Bekah Ansbro

5' 8"
Graduate Student
P
Haellie Gordon

#2 Haellie Gordon

6' 0"
Junior
P/IF
Meghan Graham

#12 Meghan Graham

5' 9"
Junior
OF
Amber Verstynen

#22 Amber Verstynen

5' 4"
Sophomore
OF
EJ Bankson

#5 EJ Bankson

5' 7"
Sophomore
P/3B
Saige Cisler

#14 Saige Cisler

5' 1"
Junior
OF
Rachel Warrens

#4 Rachel Warrens

5' 6"
Freshman
SS
Haley Taormina

#30 Haley Taormina

5' 4"
Freshman
OF
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