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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason men's soccer team won the Atlantic 10 Regular Season title for the first time in program history.  The top-seeded Patriots will host No. 8 La Salle on Friday, Nov. 8 with the opening kick scheduled for 7 p.m. at George Mason Stadium.

The Patriots secured their first regular season title with a 0-0 draw at VCU on Saturday. 

The eight-team, single elimination tournament begins Friday, Nov. 8 with on-campus quarterfinals.  All games will be streamed live on ESPN+.

La Salle finished the conference slate at 3-3-2 for 11 points and the Explorers are 6-7-4 overall.

The Patriots met the Explorers a month ago and defeated La Salle, 2-1, on Oct. 5 at McCarthy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa.  George Mason graduate student forward Marek Gonda scored two goals (49th minute PK, 83rd minute) in the second half, including his third game-winner of the season, to lift the Patriots to the victory.

George Mason finished the season with an overall record of 12-3-1 and went 6-1-1 for 19 points in conference play.  The Patriots recorded six A-10 wins in the regular season for the first time since joining the league in 2013.

The Patriots, receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches Association poll, finished the A-10 regular season third in both goals (33) and goals per match (2.2) and tied for the third-fewest goals allowed (17).  The Patriots won their first four matches in Atlantic 10 play for the first time since joining the conference in 2013. 

On their home pitch, the Patriots finished the regular season 7-1-0, with victories over Delaware (4-2, Aug. 30), Bucknell (1-0, Sept. 3), Howard (4-3, Sept. 7), William & Mary (1-0, Sept. 24), George Washington (5-2, Sept. 28), Loyola Chicago (2-1, Oct. 9) and St. Bonaventure (Oct. 26).  On the road, George Mason went 5-2-1 with wins at Navy (2-0, Aug.22), UNCW (1-0, Sept. 10), Massachusetts (2-1, Sept. 21), La Salle (2-1, Oct. 5) and Saint Joseph's (4-1, Oct. 19).

George Mason entered the weekend as one of only two Division I program to post 12 victories this season along with No. 3 Pittsburgh.  The Patriots have recorded 12 wins in a season for the first time since 2013. 

The Patriots have scored the first goal in 10 of their 16 matches this season, including the first goal of the match in the first 28 minutes of play in nine games.
 
Gonda leads the club in goals (8), points (19) and game winners (3) in 15 games with 13 starts.  He is second on the team in shots on goal (16) and third in shots (30).  Gonda has converted both of his penalty kick attempts.  Among A-10 leaders, Gonda is tied for third in both goals (8) and game-winning goals (3) and is tied for fourth in points (19). 

Sophomore midfielder Quentin Clain is second on the team in goals (5) and points (14) and tied for second in assists (4) in 15 starts.  He paces the Patriots in shots (37) and shots on goal (18).  Among A-10 leaders, Clain is tied for fifth in the league in shots on goal (18) and ranks seventh in shots (37). 

Sophomore midfielder James Eliuda is tied for the team lead in assists (5), tied for third in both goals (2) and points (9) and fourth in shots (24) in 16 starts.

Graduate student goalkeeper Jaume Salvado (10-3-1, 4-1-1 A-10) has started 15 matches with a 1.06 GAA, .700 save percentage and five clean sheets.  He has made 35 saves and allowed 15 goals against (1277 minutes).

ABOUT THE PATRIOTS

The Patriots have 21 returners and 10 newcomers on the roster for the 2024 season under third-year head coach Rich Costanzo (Maryland, '08).

Assistant coaches Noel Orozco (St. Bonaventure, '17) and Michael Callahan (North Carolina, '08) also are in their third year with the Patriots.

Graduate students returning from last year's squad are midfielders Luis Maestre (Elche, Spain) and Henry Wachsman (Barrington, Ill.), defender Noah McGrath (Melbourne, Australia) and goalkeeper Jaume Salvado (Barcelona, Spain). 

Returning seniors include forward Gabriel Silveira (Concordia, Brazil), midfielder Asparuh Slavov (Easton, Pa.) and defenders Ahmed Mohamed (Cairo, Egypt) and Javi Sanchez (Elche, Spain).

Returning juniors are midfielders Erick Kilosho (Roanoke, Va.) and Nicholas Prioli (Houston, Texas) along with defenders Will Carson (Wheeling, W.Va.) and Joshua Morrobel (Burke, Va.).
George Mason has eight returning sophomores on the roster with forwards Davis Crittenden (Newport News, Va.), Kelly Janssen (Sebastopol, Calif.) and Abdul Kamara (Woodbridge, Va.), midfielders James Eliuda (Juba, South Sudan) and Brent Fields (Alexandria, Va.), defender David Garcia (Woodbridge, Va.) and goalkeepers Jack Desroches (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Blake Moness (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

The Patriots added five transfers during the offseason including graduate student forward Marek Gonda (Schaumburg, Ill.) and graduate student defenders Jordi Navio Sanchez (Vallirana, Spain), Matthew Trakszelis (Aurora, Ill.) and Leo Lemoine (Pau, France).  Junior defender Zayyan Ahmed (Leesburg, Va.) also enters his first year with the Patriots.

Four freshmen enter their first year with the Patriots.  Forwards Gianluca Franco (Clermont, Fla.) and Martim Sereno (Mira de Aire, Portugal), midfielders Quintin Clain (Villiers le Bel, France) and Thomas DeRoussel (Mason, Ohio).  Sophomore midfielder Javier Montava Ortega (Alcoy, Spain) enters his first year with the Green and Gold.