Sports

After lacrosse enlisted a new head coach in July, a restructured coaching staff is now complete with two new assistant coaches ahead of spring play.

Men’s soccer is off to its best start in 17 seasons this fall with an unrelenting offensive front that has peppered the net with goals in its first three games.

George Rodriguez, who coached Fresno Pacific’s men’s and women’s tennis teams for two seasons, took the helm of GW’s coaching staff last month.

Kris Richards, who coached for the New Zealand national team for more than five years, brings experience from the baseball diamond to the softball squad.

The team’s influx of 11 newcomers outnumbers all of GW’s sports team this season and consist of six freshmen and five transfers.

Early exits from a pair of GW junior defenders paved the way for two Tribe goals while Head Coach Craig Jones rushed to find stave off offensive attacks.

The team enters the season under new Head Coach Katie Reifert, an alumna looking to rebuild the program after it only managed two wins last fall.

Ritchie, who is joining softball as a transfer this fall, has represented Israel for the past two summers.

The Philadelphia Phillies drafted former center fielder Cade Fergus, and the New York Yankees signed former pitcher Harrison Cohen to a free agent deal.