George Mason Patriots

As Old Dominion begins planning for the move to Conference USA, Garmins might become standard issue during the transition, as the Monarchs figure how to get where they’re going in their new league. Unfamiliarity aside, travel might not be as...

Virginia and Virginia Tech face contrasting basketball openers this weekend amid similarly modest expectations for the season. The Cavaliers play at 7 p.m. Friday at George Mason, a game to be shown by MASN. The Patriots were 24-9 last season, 15-1 at...

7 a.m.    Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals doubles round robin.--Tennis Ch. 10:30 a.m.    Basketball: March 1988: Cox girls vs. Phoebus.--LSC 48 Noon    Football: Oct. 2009: Kecoughtan vs. Phoebus.-- LSC 48 Noon    Motorsports: NASCAR Nationwide Series...

After upsetting No. 4 seeded George Mason in the CAA baseball tournament this morning, No. 6 seeded Towson plays again tonight. Freshman Brendan Butler was 3-for-3 and scored four runs and sophomore Zach Fisher was 3-for-6 and knocked in two runs in...

In women's soccer Friday, Morgan Brian had two goals and an assist as Virginia upended top-seeded Florida State 4-2 in an ACC semifinal in Cary, N.C. The fifth-seeded Cavaliers will play No. 2 Maryland on Sunday for the title. The Terrapins defeated...

William and Mary COACH: Tony Shaver (10th season at W&M, 103-172; 27th season, 461-293). OPENER: Nov. 9 vs. Hampton. 5 GAMES TO WATCH: Dec. 1 vs. ODU; Dec. 29 at Purdue; Jan. 5 vs. George Mason; Jan. 19 vs. Drexel; March 2 vs. JMU. STRENGTH: Perimeter...

In men's soccer Saturday, Jalon Brown had a goal and an assist as host CNU beat Piedmont 4-1 to reach Friday’s USA South semifinals in Martinsville. Denny Arinello, Tommy O'Neal and Alex Makumbi all scored as well for the top-seeded Captains, who...

For a guy who just lived through a 1-31 season in his first year as a Division I head coach, Pat Skerry seems oddly optimistic. But for the second-year Towson men's basketball coach, staying positive is a surprisingly easy thing to do. Just steps away...

There’s a good chance you would have run into Devon Saddler this summer if you wandered into the Bob Carpenter Center most days at 6 a.m. If you came back at 11 a.m., the Aberdeen grad would likely still have been on the court at Delaware’s...

Christopher Newport's women's volleyball team, ranked fourth in Division III, pushed its winning streak to 15 matches by posting two wins in the Beacons Invitational in Boston. CNU beat No. 23 Southwestern 25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 25-11 and UMass-Boston 25-...

A couple dozen Colonial Athletic Association officials and coaches had dinner Monday night in suburban Washington, D.C., in advance of Tuesday's annual basketball media gathering. After the meal, in jest, they presented Old Dominion coach Blaine Taylor...

There were plenty of "ups and downs" during Damion Lee's first season at Drexel. "That's what freshman year is really about," the Calvert Hall graduate said. But most freshmen don’t average 12 points and 4.4 rebounds. Most freshmen don’t play...