George Mason GMU 6-17,2-10 Atlantic 10

George Washington GWU 13-12,7-5 Atlantic 10

George Mason GMU

6-17,2-10 Atlantic 10

Final

Oct. 25, 2022

George Washington GWU

13-12,7-5 Atlantic 10

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
George Mason GMU	19	25	24	12	(1)
George Washington GWU	25	20	26	25	(3)

Box Score

Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.

Patriots Fall on the Road to Colonials

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/25/2022 10:26:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite a dozen kills from senior Mujay Mambu and sophomore Olyvia Kennedy, the George Mason women's volleyball team dropped their second match of the season to George Washington, 3-1.

Set one was a back-and-forth battle, with neither team leading by more than two until the Colonials (13-12, 7-5) pulled ahead by three after two Mason blocking errors. Down 18-12, a Peyton Ehmke kill and a Damiana Bova-Ford ace sparked a 5-2 run and force a GW timeout. Back-to-back kills by Mambu made the score 22-19, but George Washington scored the last three points to take a 1-0 match lead.

The Patriots (6-17, 2-10) used a strong defense in set two to gain momentum, forcing eight Colonial hitting errors. Mason used an 8-2 run in the beginning of the set to build a six-point cushion that would last throughout the match. The Colonials pulled within three at 16-13, but two block assists by Ehmke pushed the lead back to seven and Mason tied the match at one-a-piece with a 25-20 win.

The third set was a set of runs, as Mason took an 8-7 lead after three-straight kills from Mambu. The Patriots' largest lead came at 16-12 after Ewelina Gacek fired a kill from the back row and forced a Colonials' timeout, but GW came out swinging to tie the match at 18. Two service aces from George Washington gave the team the lead at 22-21, but Mason was able to tie the set at 24. However, a GW kill and a block the Colonials the 26-24 win.

The Colonials jumped out to a quick 12-4 lead in set four, and Mason was unable to string together more than two points at a time in order to come back. The Patriots struggled at the net, hitting -.074, and GW managed five service aces to claim the 25-12 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Mason out-hit George Washington 54 kills to 46, but just 11 errors by the Colonials proved to be the difference.
Ehmke had another efficient night, putting down nine kills at a team-high .444 clip to go along with two block assists and an assist.
Sophomore Damiana Bova-Ford led all players with 24 assists.
Senior Stephanie Der was all over the court, tallying a match-high 22 digs for the second-straight game.
Junior Katelyn Clarke also contributed defensively with a season-best 12 digs to go along with four kills and a block assist.

UP NEXT
Mason will return to Fairfax for the final time this season when it hosts Rhode Island at the RAC on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m. Prior to Saturday's match, the team will honor its' 2023 senior class.

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