Good Morning Mason Nation. Just two months into 2024 and the Green & Gold have already piled up quite a year.

• Second-most wins in a single season by WBB

• Highest ranked home win by MBB

• Best start in women’s lacrosse history

• Highest ranked win by MVB

• A cycle on the diamond

And to add to that, the Patriots keep piling up weekly A-10 accolades!

We’ll recap quite a start to the week and much more! Check it out!

⚾️ Touch ‘Em All
🧹 Super Sweep
🏆 The Year of Firsts
​⭐ And much, much more!

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The Diaper Derby will be at halftime of our men’s game
this Saturday vs. Duquesne!

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🔺 Can We Get A Dozen? And the list just keeps growing and growing.

This week, the Mason women’s hoops program made it a dozen weekly Atlantic 10 awards on the season with the second sweep of the accolades. Ta’Viyanna Habib took home her first-ever Player of the Week honor, while Zahirah Walton was named the Rookie of the Week for the sixth time this season.

The dynamic duo helped the Patriots earn a critical 2-0 week and stay in prime position for a top-four seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Tournament.

🏆: More on Mason’s Award-Winning Sweep

🔺 The Year of Firsts. The start of the 2024 season has already been historic for the Mason women’s lacrosse team.

Off to the best start in program history, one of their own achieved a first of her own as Shannon Tuozzo earned her first career A-10 weekly accolade.

Tuozzo scored 11 goals to help lead the Green & Gold to a perfect 2-0 week and push their historic start to 5-0 this spring.

🏆: The Recap of Tuozzo’s Award-Winning Week

🔺 Touch ‘Em All. Senior outfielder Jordan Smith took that saying literally.

Facing off against Big Ten foe Purdue, Smith unleashed fury in the batter’s box, hitting for the third cycle in program history in Saturday’s 11-9 victory over the Boilermakers.

For his achievement, Smith was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week

He went 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in the game. 
 
Smith hit a solo home run in the first inning, singled in the second inning, tripled in the sixth and doubled in the seventh against the Boilermakers in the game.

⚾️: Recapping Smith’s Award-Winning Week

🔺 Heartbreak in the Bronx. Conference play. It’s not for the faint of heart.

A timely barrage from long range doomed the Mason men’s hoops team as the Patriots fell victim to a furious comeback by Fordham on Tuesday night, dropping a 61-60 heartbreaker in the Bronx.

Sophomore Keyshawn Hall led the Patriots with 15 points while senior Darius Maddox added 13 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals.

🏀: The Full Recap
🔢: Inside the Boxscore

✨ WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

George Mason Athletics is conducting a brief online survey to gather
valuable feedback from our stakeholders to facilitate the 
department’s strategic planning process. 

Your input is critical to developing a comprehensive
roadmap for the department’s future and ensures we provide
the best athletic and academic experiences for our student-athletes.

Please take a moment to complete and submit the
5–10-minute survey by Mon., March 4.

⛳️ OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME

The George Mason Men’s Golf Team is competing in the first-ever Lyons Link Collegiate Invitational in Dublin, Ireland in September 2024 hosted by Wake Forest University.

This is a spectacular event played on one of the world’s most spectacular golf courses.

If you would like to attend, we have 6 premium Golf Plus Eagle packages still available. This package includes the #1 and #8 ranked courses in the world outside the US. We have several other packages as well. 

Please contact Cian Booth [email protected] to book your Alumni/Supporter package.

🤔 PATRIOT TRIVIA

As we mentioned earlier, Jordan Smith became the third player in program history to hit for the cycle when he led the Mason baseball team to a 11-9 victory over Purdue this past Saturday.

Who was the last Patriot to hit for the cycle?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

Patriot Trivia is sponsored by our official Student Housing Partner,
The Main on University

The Official Burrito Bowl of Mason Athletics

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Two books = free hoops! Sign up now and your child can receive a ticket to the men’s basketball game on March 2nd when the Patriots host Duquesne.

📅 WHAT’S ON TAP?

Wednesday, February 28
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Dayton @ 7pm

Thursday, February 29
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at American @ 2pm

Friday, March 1
⚾️ Baseball vs. Fairfield @ 2pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at Princeton @ 7pm

Saturday, March 2
🎾 Men’s Tennis at PTR Springfest (Hilton Head, S.C.)
🥎 Softball vs. Stony Brook @ 12pm (DH)
🏀 Women’s Basketball at VCU @ 1pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Fairfield @ 1pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Duquesne @ 2pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Saint Francis @ 5pm

Sunday, March 3
🎾 Men’s Tennis at PTR Springfest (Hilton Head, S.C.)
⚾️ Baseball vs. Fairfield @ 12pm
🥎 Softball vs. Cornell @ 12pm (DH)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Chris Henderson.

Smith’s cycle this past Saturday marked the first in 15 years as Henderson hit for the cycle on March 21, 2009 in a 4-2 win over Old Dominion.

Patriot Trivia is sponsored by our official Student Housing Partner,
The Main on University

⭐️ See ya at EagleBank TONIGHT!