April 15, 2003
Baseball Season Heads Into the Home Stretch
GW’s baseball team (19-7,
1-2) continues its strong play this year, attempting to defend its Atlantic
10 championship. Nine dates remain for the GW community to watch the
Colonials play at Barcroft Park in Arlington.
April 19, Duquesne (DH), noon
April 20, Duquesne, noon
April 22, Delaware, 3 pm
April 26, La Salle(DH), noon
April 27, La Salle, noon
April 29, Navy, 3 pm
May 6, Coppin State, 4 pm
May 10, Dayton (DH), noon
May 11, Dayton, noon
Women’s Basketball Team Falls Short
in NCAA
After defeating Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament,
the Colonials lost to Villanova, 70-53, in the second round on March
25. Junior Oga Oha led the women with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
“I’m proud of my team,” said head coach Joe McKeown.
“I told them not to forget they’re champions and they’ve
won 25 games this year. We have two wonderful seniors who will graduate
this year and have represented George Washington in three NCAA Tournaments.
We’re going to walk out of this with our heads high and a lot of
pride.”
GW finished the season as Atlantic 10 champions, posting a 15-1 record
in the conference, 25-6 overall. Seniors Lindsey Davidson and Erica
Lawrence, two of the squad’s cornerstones, ended their brilliant
careers by helping to lead GW to an overall record of 94-31, 58-6 in
the conference, over the last four years.
Four GW Swimmers Named To A-10 Academic
All-Conference Team
Four GW swimmers earned Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference honors.
The three women selected to the team were Ruth Dubyel, Kristen Fagley,
and Kirsten Rasmuson. These three were joined by sophomore Bryan Ferretti.
The women’s team finished third in the Atlantic 10 this year while
the men finished fourth.
Dubyel, a biological anthropology major, has a 3.66 GPA over her three
year GW career. She was named to the First Team All-Conference this
season setting two GW records in the 100-yd and 200-yd butterfly events
at the Atlantic 10 Championships in February.
Fagley, an international business major, has a 3.75 GPA over her three
year GW career. She was named to the First Team All-Conference this
season taking first place in the 200-yd freestyle in a time of 1:52.93
at the Atlantic 10 Championships with the fastest A-10 time of the year.
Rasmuson, a political communications major, has a 3.67 GPA over her
two year GW career. She had the third fastest Atlantic 10 time in the
100-yd breaststroke with a time of :56.14 on Feb. 22. She also recorded
the seventh fastest A-10 time in the 200-yd breaststroke with a time
of 2:24.95 set on Nov. 22. Additionally, she was a member of the women’s
400-yd medley relay team that set a new school record with a time of
3:51.97. Dubyel was also on the relay team.
Ferretti, a journalism major, has a 3.32 GPA over his two year GW career.
He finished first in the 1,650-yd freestyle at the A-10 Championships
with the fastest time in the A-10 at 16:03.69. He holds the second fastest
time in the A-10 in the 1000-yd freestyle with a time of 9:46.92 which
he recorded on Nov. 16.
Gymnastics Takes Sixth Consecutive A-10
Title
The gymnastics team won the Atlantic 10 Invitational for the sixth consecutive
year with a score of 193.975 on March 29 in Philadelphia. The Colonials
placed ahead of Temple (190.900) and Rhode Island (189.400).
Freshman Heather Kaufman won the all-around with a score of 38.700.
Junior Rachel Mann placed second with a 38.325.
Kaufman took first place on the vault by scoring a 9.900. Junior Lindsay
Parks was next for the Colonials with 9.675 to help the team to a 48.375
on the event.
On the uneven bars, senior Melissa Suter turned in another excellent
performance in placing second with a 9.850. Freshman Tiffany Jones was
right behind Suter with a 9.825. The Colonials finished the event with
a 48.850.
Kaufman placed first on the balance beam with a 9.675, followed closely
by Jones who scored a 9.650. GW totaled a 48.025 on the apparatus.
Mann completed her dominance on the floor exercise with another win
by scoring a 9.850. Parks was next with a 9.800 followed by sophomore
Meagan Wilson, who scored a 9.725, to help the Colonials total a 48.725.
Women’s Rowing Fares Well on the
Charles River
The GW women’s rowing squads traveled to frigid and icy Boston
on April 6 to take on Boston University, the Naval Academy, Georgetown,
and MIT in their annual meeting for the Playfair Cup on the Charles
River.
GW novice coach Helen Betancourt’s first novice eight stole the
show with an aggressive race from the start. Their fiery performance
earned them the victory with a solid, three-second margin ahead of the
crew from BU, and huge victories over Georgetown and Navy. “They
rowed the way they are capable of,” said head coach Steve Peterson.
“They are a fun crew to watch race.”
The GW varsity eight also put forth an impressive performance against
No. 16 Boston University and Navy. Off the start, it was all BU and
GW, as the midshipmen from the Naval Academy quickly found the pace
too hot. However, BU was able to surge past the Colonials when it came
to the sprint, and finished three seconds ahead of GW. Navy finished
21 seconds behind GW.
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