Sports

Colonials continue to cruise

by Joanna Shapes

Junior Whitney Allen's contributions to the No. 11/13 GW (AP, ESPN/USA Today) women's basketball team cannot usually be seen on paper. Head coach Joe McKeown said that she would defend any opponent. But with 14 points in the Colonials' 67-55 win at Xavier Sunday afternoon, Allen showed she can be dominant on the other side of the court as well.

In rematch, GW prevails

by Andrew Alberg

Karl Hobbs seldom makes freshmen available to the media, so when Damian Hollis strolled into the media room after GW topped Charlotte 76-68 Saturday afternoon, reporters seemed surprised. Hobbs said there was an ulterior motive in letting the freshman forward, who had 13 points against the 49ers, speak to reporters. "As you can see he's very well-spoken, he's a good-looking kid, he likes having his picture in the paper and he needs a girlfriend very desperately on campus," Hobbs said.

In A-10, every team is a rival

by Jake Sherman

te Saturday, the Colonials gained an 8-7 all-time edge over the 49ers and extended its home-court winning streak to 23 games. Although to a much lesser degree than last season's court-rushing insanity, Saturday's Atlantic 10 match up had its share of drama.

Colonial Round-up

by Joanna Shapes

Swimming splits results against George Mason The men's and women's swim teams competed against George Mason at the Smith Center Sunday afternoon. The men were victorious, 116-112, while the women fell to the Patriots, 139-96. Gymnastic finishes second in Invitational The GW gymnasitcs team finished second in a field of four at the GW/Lindsay Ferris Invitation Sunday afternoon.