FAIRFAX, Va. – George Mason kept the Golden Eagles out of the win column in EIVA play, sweeping the Golden Eagles in three sets on Saturday afternoon.

Just the Basics
SCORE -   University of Charleston 0, George Mason 3 (21-25, 13-25, 19-25)
TEAM RECORDS - Charleston (11-13, 0-10 EIVA), Mason (10-11, 3-5 EIVA)

Game Leaders
-Ryan Santos led Charleston in kills with 5, hitting at .250 against the Patriots.
-Eugene Stuart and Brian Cranston each chipped in 4 kills for the Golden Eagles.  As a team UC finished the match hitting at .056.
-Mason's Jack Wilson had a dominant performance against Charleston, finishing the match with a game-high 17 kills on 25 attempts (.560).
-The Patriots' Kyle Barnes and Same Greenslade each chipped in 8 kills.  Mason ran an efficient offense on UC hitting at .485 in the three sets.

How it Happened
-The Golden Eagles were hanging with the preseason EIVA favorites midway through the first set, trailing by just 2, 14-16, but a 4-0 run by the Patriots forced Charleston to take a timeout and regroup.  UC responded with 4 consecutive points behind a couple of Mason errors, a Stuart block and a Santos kill to make it 20-18 late in the set.  Mason outlasted the Golden Eagles in the end to take the 1^st set 25-21.
-Charleston fell behind early in the 2nd set as the Patriots jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Charleston got on the board. It didn't get much better in the 2^nd as the Patriots ran away with set, 25-13, as Charleston hit at -.033 and fell behind 2-0 in the match.
-UC held a lead early in the 3^rd, looking to extend the match to a 4^th and stay a little longer in Fairfax.  Tied at 12-12, Mason took control of the match by outscoring the Golden Eagles 13-7 to close out the 3-set victory. 

Up Next
-Charleston hosts Harvard on Friday, March 31^st and Saturday, April 1^st to close out their 2017 home schedule.  Friday's match with the Crimson is set for 7:00 p.m. in the Wehrle Athletic Arena.