FAIRFAX, Va. (April 14, 2009) – After facing four straight conference foes, the George Mason women's lacrosse team took on a tough nonconference opponent in No. 10 Virginia on Tuesday at George Mason Stadium. The Patriots were unable to pull off the upset against the Cavaliers, falling by a final score of 21-8.

Mason's record stands at 5-8 overall after losing their last four contests. Virginia improved its record to 10-5 on the season with the win.

Things looked bright for Mason at the start when freshman Julianne Tela got loose in the middle of the field, took a pass from sophomore Chelsea Gamble and fired a shot past Virginia goalkeeper Lauren Benner to put the Patriots up by a goal 17 seconds into the contest. The goal was Tela's 14th of the season.

After Tela's goal to open the game, the Cavaliers took control, scoring nine goals over the next 22:13 to put the Patriots at an eight-goal disadvantage. Mason entered the break trailing 10-3.

Virginia put the game out of reach in the second half, going on a 10-1 spurt over the first 19:55 of the half. Trailing 20-4, Mason closed the game with four of the last five goals to make the final score 21-8.

Freshman Emily Ellisen scored three goals to lead the Patriot attack. Junior Megan Udovich added two goals in the contest. Sophomore Madalyn Jamison led Mason in points with a goal and three assists.

Blair Weymouth, Brittany Kalkstein and Kaitlin Duff each scored four goals for the Cavaliers. Whitaker Hager added three scores for Virginia, which outshot Mason 32-16 in the game.

George Mason returns to its conference schedule on Friday, April 17, taking on the Towson Tigers in a 7:00 p.m. game at George Mason Stadium.

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FAIRFAX, Va. – The No. 10 Virginia women's lacrosse team had it's largest scoring output of the season on Tuesday against George Mason, en route to a 21-8 victory at George Mason Stadium. Ten Cavaliers contributed to the scoring in the win, moving Virginia to 10-5 on the season, while the Patriots fall to 5-8.

Senior Blair Weymouth and junior Kaitlin Duff each notched a game-high seven points – a season-high for Weymouth and a career-high for Duff – on four goals and three assists, while junior Brittany Kalkstein contributed four goals and an assist – tying a career-high.

Junior Whitaker Hagerman had three goals, while junior Caity Whiteley had two goals. Senior Jenny Hauser had a goal and two assists, while senior Ashley McCulloch and freshman Julie Gardner added a goal and an assist. Freshmen Caroline Cochran and Josie Owen rounded out the scoring with a goal and an assist, respectively.

For George Mason, Emily Ellisen led the way with three goals, while Madaly Jamison had a goal and three assists.

The Patriots struck first at 29:43 – the quickest of any opponent this season – but the Cavaliers regrouped and rallied to score nine-unanswered goals to take an eight-point lead with 7:14 remaining in the opening half.

Hagerman sparked the run, getting Virginia on the board at 29:27 by finishing a feed from McCulloch - her 100th career assist - before Weymouth notched an unassisted goal to give the Cavaliers their first lead of the contest, at 2-1.

Hagerman then made it three-straight for the visitors with her second of the day, before Kalkstein, Weymouth and Duff worked to find the back of the net to give Virginia a 6-1 lead at 10:54, forcing George Mason to call a timeout.

McCulloch extended the Cavaliers' lead out of the short intermission with a score and Duff and Hauser tallied goals to cap the nine-goal run. The Patriots scored their second goal at 5:34, before a goal from Whiteley at 3:09 and a third from George Mason at 2:34 gave the Cavaliers a 10-3 halftime advantage.

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