Women's lax struggles in first game
Despite four goals by sophomore Sam Schrum, the Patriots of George Mason University defeated 14-ranked Hopkins 11-10 on Saturday afternoon in the opening game of its 33rd season and its 10th season in Division I. Madalyn Jamison of George Mason scored the game-winning 11th goal with 2:39 left in the second half. With the loss, Hopkins fell from number nine nationally to number 14.
Initially, the Blue Jays came out flat, allowing the Patriots to score the first three goals of the game, failing to score for the first 22 minutes of the half. After Schrum's first goal of the season, the lead was cut to two, but George Mason's Laura King responded just over a minute later.
Up until the last two minutes of the half, it was all Hopkins, with freshman Brianna Cronin scoring her first career goal as a Jay and junior Gina Maranto adding another, while holding the Patriots scoreless.
However, the last two minutes belonged to George Mason's Megan Bartlett, scoring two goals with 1:41 remaining and 0:25 remaining, to give them a 6-3 lead at the half. Despite the disparity on the scoreboard, the Blue Jays were outplaying the Patriots, creating more open shots (Hopkins had 13 shot attempts to GM's 10), collecting more ground balls (13 to 10), and winning more face-offs (6 to 4) than their opponents.
The Blue Jays opened up the second half with a free position goal by Schrum just 1:22 into the second half, but George Mason extended the lead to four shortly after with goals from Bartlett and Chelsea Gamble. Then the Jays took over. Senior Lauren Schwarzmann ignited a three-goal run, scoring two of the three around senior Kirby Houck's first.
"Our team chemistry is great and we have multiple scorers," Houck said. Five different Blue Jays scored during the game.
Although George Mason's Gamble scored shortly afterwards with her second of the season, making it a 9-7 game, Hopkins continued to roll with their momentum, going on another three-goal run to give them their first lead of the day.
Initially, the Blue Jays came out flat, allowing the Patriots to score the first three goals of the game, failing to score for the first 22 minutes of the half. After Schrum's first goal of the season, the lead was cut to two, but George Mason's Laura King responded just over a minute later.
Up until the last two minutes of the half, it was all Hopkins, with freshman Brianna Cronin scoring her first career goal as a Jay and junior Gina Maranto adding another, while holding the Patriots scoreless.
However, the last two minutes belonged to George Mason's Megan Bartlett, scoring two goals with 1:41 remaining and 0:25 remaining, to give them a 6-3 lead at the half. Despite the disparity on the scoreboard, the Blue Jays were outplaying the Patriots, creating more open shots (Hopkins had 13 shot attempts to GM's 10), collecting more ground balls (13 to 10), and winning more face-offs (6 to 4) than their opponents.
The Blue Jays opened up the second half with a free position goal by Schrum just 1:22 into the second half, but George Mason extended the lead to four shortly after with goals from Bartlett and Chelsea Gamble. Then the Jays took over. Senior Lauren Schwarzmann ignited a three-goal run, scoring two of the three around senior Kirby Houck's first.
"Our team chemistry is great and we have multiple scorers," Houck said. Five different Blue Jays scored during the game.
Although George Mason's Gamble scored shortly afterwards with her second of the season, making it a 9-7 game, Hopkins continued to roll with their momentum, going on another three-goal run to give them their first lead of the day.
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