Patriot Brew 1/22: Rollin' On Dubs

Patriots Pile Up Ws Over Busy Weekend

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Patriot Brew Crew
January 22, 2024

Good Morning Mason Nation. While temps were dropping all over the East Coast, it didn’t cool down the Patriots.

The Green & Gold stayed red hot piling up wins on the hardwood, track, court and pool! We’ve got all the details and much more!

What all is stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out!

🏀 Rollin’ On Dubs
🏐 Saturday Sweep
👏 Bigger Than Basketball
​⭐ And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔺 All Heart, All The Time. We never said it would be easy, right? Conference games, there’s just nothing like them.

After three straight tough losses and facing a perennial A-10 contender in St. Bonaventure, the Green & Gold dug in defensively when they need it the most and gutted out a 69-60 home victory on Saturday afternoon.

Mason held the Bonnies to just three field goals in the final 12 minutes, while limiting SBU to under 36-percent from the field for the contest.

Sophomore Keyshawn Hall tallied 13 points and eight rebounds for the Patriots, while graduate forward Amari Kelly added 13 points and seven rebounds.
 
Senior Darius Maddox hit two crucial 3-pointers late and finished with 10 points, while freshman point guard Baraka Okojie made two key steals down the stretch and finished with eight points and a game-high four assists.

🔺 Hold Up, Wait A Minute. And the train keeps rolling.

For the fourth straight game and sixth time in the seven outings, the Mason women’s hoops squad took home a W. On Sunday afternoon, the Green & Gold turned on the defense en route to a 73-52 victory at UMass, the first road win against the Minutewomen since 2019.

All five of the Patriots’ A-10 wins this season have been with a margin of 20+ points.

Three Patriots scored in double-figures, led by Sonia Smith with 15, who has scored 15 or more points over the last five contests. Zahirah Walton was right behind her with 14 points, including going 5-5 from the free throw line, to go with seven rebounds, three steals and two assists. Taylor Jameson was the third in the doubl-digits with 10 points.

🔺 Saturday Sweepin’. Mason's women’s basketball team wasn’t the only one who picked up road Ws over the weekend.

The men’s volleyball squad split their weekend matches, including a dominating 3-0 Saturday sweep at Sacred Heart. On Friday, the Patriots battled #2 Long Beach State, but dropped a tough 3-1 decision.

Junior sensation Omar Hoyos led the way once again with 23 kills on the weekend.

🔺 Need For Speed. It was a busy weekend on the track once again as the Green & Gold blazed the tracks at two different meets.

Several Patriots joined the All-Time list as athletes competed at the Hokie Invitational and VMI Team Challenge

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⭐️ BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL…

This year’s version of the Mason women’s basketball team is one of the best in program history.

Leading the way is Vanessa Blair-Lewis, who was recently featured on CBS Sports.

It’s a interview that no Mason fan can miss.

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🤔 PATRIOT TRIVIA

We are less than 3️⃣ weeks away from the start of the 2024 Mason softball season as the defending A-10 Champions are set to hit the diamond on Friday, February 9th at the Inaugural Terrier Invitational at Wofford University.

Which returning Patriot led the team in batting average last spring?

Think you got it?

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

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📅 WHAT’S ON TAP?

Wednesday, January 24
🏀 Women’s Basketball at George Washington @ 12pm

Thursday, January 25
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling at Lock Haven @ 7pm

Friday, January 26
👟 Track & Field vs. Patriot Games
🎾 Women’s Tennis at VCU @ 6pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Lewis University @ 7pm
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling at Bloomsburg @ 7pm

Saturday, January 27
👟 Track & Field vs. Patriot Games
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Navy @ 10am
🏊 Swimming vs. UMBC @ 12pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Rhode Island @ 4pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball vs. Loyola Chicago @ 5pm

Sunday, January 28
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. VCU @ 3pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Elyssa DeRosa.

As a freshman last spring, DeRosa battled her way into a starting spot, finishing the season as the team’s leading hitter with a .364 average, including 16 extra base hits for the Green & Gold.

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⭐️ Let’s get this week started!