Baseball takes two at home
The GW baseball team won its first two games of the season at Barcroft Park this week, picking up its seventh and eight straight wins by knocking off UMBC and Maryland-Eastern Shore Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
In Tuesday's win over UMBC, the Colonials (8-4) raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning when seniors Chris Holland and Curtis Eward and freshman Tyler McCarthy delivered three straight run-scoring hits.
The team held a three-run lead when freshman starter Jeff Griffith left the game, but freshman Brian Derner gave up five runs in relief and the game was tied entering the bottom of the eighth.
Then freshman Paul Pakan delivered a two-run home run that eventually gave GW a 9-7 win. Sophomore Marshall Seedorff got the victory with 1 2/3 shutout innings.
Wednesday against UMES, freshman starter Ryan Heinz gave up one earned run and struck out five in six innings of work. Senior Tom Zebroski drove in two runs while Pakan, Holland and Eward each drove in one. Sophomore Stephen Oswald earned the save.
The Colonials will host Cleveland State in Arlington, Va. in a three-game series that begins Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Women's lacrosse edged
It took two overtime periods, but GW's women's lacrosse team lost to Mount St. Mary's 15-14 Wednesday at Mount Vernon Field.
Sophomore Sarah Phillips tallied five goals and three assists, leading all players with eight points, while sophomore Kristina Beese scored three times and added one assist.
GW (2-4) led 9-5 at halftime, but the Mount came back with eight second-half goals and tied the score. Both teams scored in the first overtime before the Mount scored the lone goal of the second overtime.
The Colonials next travel to play No. 11/12 Towson Saturday at 1 p.m.
Women's tennis wins again
GW's women's tennis team won its second-straight home match Wednesday, beating St. John's 4-3.
The Colonials won the deciding point by sweeping the event's three doubles matches, while sophomores Jacqueline Corba, Meg Tyner and Zoe Krohn won their singles matches.
GW will play at UNC-Wilmington Sunday at noon.
Hannah helps men's tennis
Despite reportedly suffering from mid-match cramping problems, junior Erik Hannah came back to win his singles match in consecutive tiebreakers, and his doubles match as well to propel the GW men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory Tuesday over Charlotte.
Sophomore Ugur Atalay and junior Chris Kushma also won their singles matches and the Colonials swept the doubles competition to earn the deciding point.
The team will have more than a week off before playing the University of Pennsylvania March 17 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Number Crunch: 8
The number of consecutive games the GW baseball team has currently won. The Colonials began the season losing four straight games to ranked teams, but have not lost since.
