Broadside Sports

Yasin Jama, Broadside Correspondent The George Mason University women’s soccer team, ranked fifth in the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Polls, will continue their conference tune-up when they host the Northeastern Huskies. The game will be played at George Mason Stadium at 2 p.m. The team is off to a great start with its young roster, winning […]

John Powell, Asst. Sports Editor George Mason University: The volleyball team has made a strong showing this year so far, coming back from a dismal season. Finishing their non-conference schedule, the Patriots went 11-4 before opening up their conference schedule. Mason took two of three matches at the West Virginia Invitational, before dropping the finale […]

John Powell, Asst. Sports Editor The George Mason Universitymen’s soccer team took on the Longwood Lancers Wednesday night. The Patriots recorded only one goal in the first half but a second-half offensive surge led to a 4-0 win. Going into the game, Longwood had only scored only one goal, for a record of 1-3-2, with […]

Chris DeMarco, Staff Writer The New York Yankees accomplished a back-to-back World Series title in grand fashion: winning it three consecutive times from 1998 through 2000. Since then, no team has accomplished such a feat. The Philadelphia Phillies will have their shot this year. Last year, not even the die-hard Phillies’ fans expected to win […]

Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor Junior middle blocker and opposite hitter Holly Goode claims that she was really bad when she first encountered volleyball in high school. Goode, who needed just two years of experience prior to joining the George Mason University women’s volleyball team, is finally at the breakout point of her career as […]

Brian T. Chan, Sports Editor Take the following blindfolded taste test: Pitcher A, valued at $23 million according to FanGraphs, posted a 16-6 record with a 3.21 ERA last season, and Pitcher B posted an 18-3 record with a 2.90 ERA, but was valued at $14.9 million. Which pitcher was considered for the AL Cy […]

Fernanda Bartels, Staff Writer With conference games starting this weekend, the real competition begins now. I have been waiting for this time of the season since the beginning of August. We are at the point where we played enough games to become a cohesive unit, but we still have some adjustments to make. We have […]

John Powell, Assistant Sports Editor The last year has seen a gargantuan difference in stadium trends. Two $1 billion stadiums have been constructed. The world’s largest replay board was constructed not once, but twice for the same stadium. Two comparisons can be made: the billion-dollar budget baseball stadiums in New York and the differences in […]

Fernanda Bartels, Broadside Correspondent For opposing offenses, facing the George Mason University men’s soccer goalkeeper Sean Kelley is their worst nightmare. The Lexington, Ky. native held opponents scoreless in six of the nine final games last season. Kelley started playing soccer when he was young. Coming from a family of athletes, the talent for sports […]

Fernanda Bartels, Broadside Correspondent The most exciting way to win in any sport happens when you rally from a deficit, when your team was behind for most of the game. In a volleyball match, being down two sets does not mean the game is over. Instead, it means it is about to start. We have […]