Yesterday, the No. 8 Virginia women's lacrosse team took care of business against No. 17 George Mason, 15-8, in Fairfax. The Cavaliers have now won five of their last six games.
George Mason (7-6) scored in the game's opening minute, but the Cavaliers (9-5) responded with five consecutive goals and led for the remainder of the match. Six Virginia players registered goals. Lauren Aumiller scored four, and Jamie Haas and Caitlin Banks both had three.
George Mason failed to find an answer to the deficit and managed to only come as close as three goals before succumbing.
Virginia now leads the all-time series with the Patriots, 3-0.
On the right track
The Virginia men's and women's track and field teams competed in the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational at Lannigan Field on Saturday.
The Virginia men finished second, two points behind Rutgers.
For the men, Bill Johnston broke the Virginia record with his hammer throw of 58.20 meters. Brian Kollar, the second-ranked javelin tosser in the nation, won for the fourth time this season. John Welch, ranked 12th in the nation, finished as the runner-up with his NCAA provisional throw of 67.40 meters. Tim Bilmanis took home top honors in the discus with a throw of 51.30 meters.
Raphael Delgado finished second in the 400-meter run with a season-best time of 47.83 seconds. Jarret Hagwood finished runner-up in the 110 and the long jump with a time of 14.65 seconds and a jump of 7.03 meters, respectively.
The Virginia women finished first with 186 points, which beat second-place Rutgers by 46 points.
On the track, three Virginia women won their respective events. Kimberlee Turko finished first in the 100 hurdles. Carielle Doe took first in the 200 and Megan Schwartz ran a season best time of 2:12.44 and finished first in the 800. In the field events, Inge Jorgensen, ranked sixth in the nation in the javelin toss, won the event with a season-best throw of 50.36 meters. Caroline Harvey won the long jump with a season-best 5.81 meters. Vika Osipenko leaped a season-best 3.51 meters to win the pole vault. Eliese Mitchell took first in the hammer and the discus with tosses of 55.41 and 48.28 meters, respectively.
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