Women’s volleyball goes 2-1 in Cleveland tournament

After snapping its three-match winning streak with a 3-0 loss to tournament host Cleveland State Friday night, the women’s volleyball team went 2-0 Saturday in the Cleveland State Invitational, topping Kent State 3-0 and Morgan State 3-1.

Against the Vikings Friday night, GW led 8-4 early in the first set, but allowed Cleveland State to come back and win 25-21. The Vikings cruised through their second set, winning 25-18 before being challenged in the final set by the Colonials, who forced six separate ties with Cleveland State before falling 25-23.

Ohio-native Lauren Whyte had a match-high 14 kills and seven digs against the Vikings. Fellow Ohio-native Katie Zulandt had six kills.

GW opened Saturday with its sweep of Kent State. Junior Alex Coward recorded a career-high 11 kills, while Whyte once again dominated, recording 16 kills and 16 digs against the Flashes. GW faced its toughest challenge of the match in the second set, which featured three lead changes and seven ties before the Colonials pulled away to win the set 25-22.

In it’s final game of the tournament Saturday, GW topped Morgan State 25-10 in the first set on the way to a 3-1 match win. The Colonials won 25-20 in the second set and 25-18 in the fourth to earn their fifth win in six matches. GW dropped its only set of the day in the third, when it fell 25-22 to the Bears after Colonials head coach Jojit Coronel substituted most of his bench players into the game.

Whyte, a sophomore, as well as junior MacKenzie Knox were both named to the all-tournament team. GW placed second overall in the tournament, behind host Cleveland State.

Men’s water polo drops three in Princeton Invitational

Freshman Daniel Tyner scored five goals, including a game-winner with 14 seconds left, in the men’s water polo team’s only win over the weekend in the Princeton Invitational, a 12-11 victory over Iona.

The Colonials fell 14-4 in the early game on friday against 13th-ranked Santa Clara before topping Iona later in the day.

On Sunday, GW fell to Fordham for the second straight week, this time by a score of 8-6. GW also lost in its afternoon game on day two of the tournament, falling 9-8 to Harvard.

Liu goes low for GW in Navy Fall Classic

The golf team placed 10th out of 16 teams over the weekend in the Navy Fall Classic, shooting a two-day score of 602, 33 strokes behind tournament-winning Delaware.

Junior Martin Liu was the low-scorer for the Colonials, shooting a seven-over-par 149 over the weekend, good enough for 28th place overall. Freshman Graham Lawyer shot a 153 in his first ever college tournament, and senior Brendan Barrack shot a 150.