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Hoyas' Piotrowicz makes impact

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, posted 5/29
   
One of Patty Piotrowicz’s favorite service projects during her four years at Georgetown University was her role as a student representative to the Big East Conference.
    “We got to sit in on meetings about legislation and issues concerning student- athletes and got to advise students,” said the recent graduate who played her scholastic career at Plymouth Whitemarsh.    

    “It was extremely exciting to be able to represent Georgetown as a student-athlete and have some input into NCAA regulations.”
    Piotrowicz also had a major role in helping the Hoyas enjoy a standout season in 2008.
    The three-year starter at midfield and co-captain scored 13 goals and collected 33 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers this year as the Hoyas went 12-7, reached the Big East title game and won one game in the NCAA tournament before bowing to Duke.
    Piotrowicz, who graduated with a degree in business administration, sported a 3.3 GPA and will start a job in investment banking with Rothschild in Manhattan on June 30. Last month she was selected as the Georgetown nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award and this week she is the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    Piotrowicz had a strong service record at Georgetown. She also spent two years as a volunteer at Georgetown University Hospital and three years with the Hoya Outreach program, often working with the needy or homeless.
    On the field, Piotrowicz felt her senior year was the perfect ending to her career. In 2007 the Hoyas failed to make the NCAA tourney and then lost several key players to graduation. But this year’s team met expectations.
    “We had a lot to prove this year, to ourselves and also to the lacrosse community as a whole,” Piotrowicz said. “It was a great turnaround from last year.
    “I loved playing with the girls and I loved playing for Georgetown; just being a part of the team in general. I think that my experience at Georgetown was great and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.”

Duke's McDevitt savors one last chance for title

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/23
    Tony McDevitt was faced with a difficult dilemma last summer - play another year of lacrosse for one of the top teams in the nation or start a promising career as an analyst for Merrill Lynch?
    In fact, the answer was simple.
    “Actually it was a fairly easy decision,” said the Philadelphia native and Penn Charter graduate. “When coach (John Danowski) first brought it up, my gut told me to take advantage of it, and play.”
    McDevitt, a third-team all-American defender in 2007, was offered the chance at an extra year of eligibility along with any member of the Blue Devils’ 2006 team that played last year. This came in the wake of the botched rape charges against three Duke players, which caused the Blue Devils’ 2006 season to be cancelled.

     McDevitt, the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week, has helped Duke recover from the infamous events of 2006. The 6-foot, 210-pound defender was an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Academic Honor Roll pick the last four years and a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for academics and service in 2007.
    McDevitt also earned USILA Scholar All-American in 2007 and was a recipient of an ACC Postgraduate Scholarship for 2008. One reason he decided to play another year was his acceptance as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student into the prestigious Fuqua Business School at Duke.
    In fact, Merrill Lynch, which offered McDevitt a job as an analyst last summer, told him they’d hold his job while he played another year and went for his MBA.
    Besides his numerous academic honors, McDevitt is a big reason the Blue Devils are ranked first in the nation and have returned to the NCAA Division I Final Four.   

    Today at 2:30 p.m. Duke (18-1) faces Johns Hopkins (10-5) in the semifinals at Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium. McDevitt, a first-team all-ACC pick this year and a sure bet to earn all-American honors for the third time (second team in 2005 and third in 2007), anchors a defense that is allowing only 7.1 goals per game. (CONTINUE)

Eastern's Campbell earns a fulfilling victory

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/16
    Eastern University’s Kim Campbell has always known she wanted to be a teacher.
    “Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be a teacher,” said the
junior elementary education major. “Just from being involved with kids - especially at church – and seeing them struggle with something, and then seeing them doing it on their own brings so much satisfaction.
    “I like helping them do something they couldn’t do before. That experience is so fulfilling, and I want to do that when I become a teacher.”
    This spring, Campbell had plenty of fulfillments as the ace goalie for the Eagles lacrosse team. She earned the Outstanding Player while leading Eastern to its third straight Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship on May 3, playing masterfully in the finals against arch-rival Cabrini to celebrate her 21st birthday.
    Off the field, she enjoyed her first year at Eastern after transferring from Long Island University where she was the starting goalie for a Division I program. Campbell possesses a 3.8 GPA and has been named the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    Campbell, who helped Great Valley win the AA District 1 title three years ago, ended up playing field hockey in the last fall at Eastern. The Eagles fell to Alvernia in the PAC title game, but in lacrosse, the story was different.
    This time, Eastern won over Cabrini, 13-8, avenging a regular-season defeat to the Cavaliers in a rematch between two schools that are situated on opposite sides of Eagle Road in Radnor.
    Campbell, who had played well in a semifinal win over Gwynedd-Mercy College, made 18 saves in the championship game, many at point-blank range to help Eastern score the final five goals of the game.
    “I felt that in the second half the defense was on and that I needed to step up and make the crucial saves,” said Campbell, whose Eagles fell to Union, N.Y., 15-4, in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament. “I felt I played my two best games in the playoffs.
    “When we played Cabrini the first time in lacrosse, we lost by two goals (8-6). But we were able to fight back and have everything come together in this game. It was so gratifying because everyone worked so hard for it.”

Widener's Weber makes good case for hard work

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/9

    Luke Weber was asked why Widener University – despite finishing in third place in the regular season the past two years – managed to win the Middle Atlantic Conference men’s lacrosse championship all four years he played.
    The answer was simple: blood and guts.
    “I would say the No. 1 thing that that defines our team is being blue collar guys,” said the senior midfielder out of Lititz, Pa. “We like to work hard on the field, and you can tell because everyone is on the ground.
    “The coaches have brought that into the locker room; you gotta work hard, and when you work hard you can make things happen.”
    Weber’s hard work has paid off as he prepares to graduate next week with degrees in Government & Politics and International Relations.
    A three-time MAC Honor Roll honoree, Weber was recently named the MAC Men’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete for 2008. Possessing a GPA of 3.849, Weber was accepted into the Penn State Dickinson School of Law.

    This has earned Weber the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    On the field, Weber’s accomplishments are just as impressive.    

     This year he earned first-team all-MAC selection for the third time as he scored 17 goals and dished off 19 assists. He was a major factor in the Pride’s run to its 11th MAC crown in 13 years, helping the team defeat second-seeded Lycoming and first-seeded Messiah to claim this year’s title. Widener (10-8) later fell to Denison in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament.
    Weber's fierce competitive spirit will help him in the courtroom. “I interned for the D.A.’s office in Philadelphia last summer and it turned out that it was something I really wanted to do,” he said.
    Weber said he learned the discipline to succeed in the classroom while playing sports as a middle school student.
    “I always had potential (to be a good student), but I faltered during lacrosse season,” he said. “But at some point in middle school my parents told me that if I did not get my grades up, I would not play in college.
    “From that point on, I approached it like a job. I ended up doing a lot better than I thought I’d do once I got into the habit of working hard. It’s just a way of life.” 

Summerlin, Owls push themselves to the top

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, posted 5/1

    For six years, Temple University has run a “Breakfast of Champions” where it honors its top 200 or so student-athletes for their excellence on and off the field.
    For the past three years, Owls senior midfielder Berkley Summerlin has had the honor of being one of those scholar athletes at the spring banquet held at the Liacouras Center.
    “It’s really cool,” said the communications major who graduated from The Hill School. “It’s really nice and it gives you a chance to see other student-athletes. They put together a good program.
    “Parents are invited. I think it helps push other athletes to want to work harder so they can be invited to the breakfast.”
    Summerlin, the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week, has already pushed herself to high levels, on and off the field.
    Last year the Baltimore native earned a spot on the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association's All-Academic Team and was named to Temple's President's Honor Roll.
    On the field, Summerlin was a second-team all-Atlantic 10 pick when she scored 13 goals. But she and the Owls have soared much higher this year.

    Last week Summerlin helped Temple (13-5) whip host Massachusetts, 10-3, to claim the A-10 championship for the first time since 2004. The win gave the Owls an automatic berth in the NCAA Division I tournament as they prepare for Saturday’s much-awaited battle at top-ranked Penn at Franklin Field.
    Summerlin has 41 goals and 19 assists this year and collected six goals in the two A-10 tourney games, earning all-tourney honors. She was particularly dominant in the 14-10 semifinal win over Duquesne, collecting five goals, four draw controls and three groundballs.
    “I think in the beginning of our season, all of us were wondering because we lost our top scorers from last year,” she said. “But we started off the season beating Penn State (8-7) and that was big; it gave us a lot of confidence throughout the season. (CONTINUE)

Dragons' Ambler able to balance school, lax

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/25

    There are days that Drexel attacker Colin Ambler must dig deep for extra motivation while juggling a full-time co-op internship and a key role on a nationally ranked Division I lacrosse team.
    “Finding the balance between academics and athletics, and being successful in both areas can be very difficult at times,” said the redshirt sophomore from Abington High. “Time management and self discipline are key.
    “Finding the motivation to stay disciplined and meet these deadlines after a hard practice, or while working on a few hours sleep, is the hard part.”
    Ambler is doing just fine in his third year as a business administration major. He possesses a GPA of 3.6, has been a three-year recipient of the Drexel Scholar Athlete Award and has won the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) commissioner’s academic award.
    Now he is the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    Ambler, whose father, Bob, is the school’s all-time leading scorer, has been a big reason the Dragons (11-3) are ranked 16th in the nation and are a contender in the upcoming CAA tournament. 

    Ambler has 15 goals and 16 assists this year after scoring 22 goals last year while earning the CAA Rookie of the Year honor. Drexel fell to Delaware in last year’s CAA semifinals and this year can clinch the top seed by defeating host Villanova Saturday night in their season finale
    “In order to win the CAA’s and take the next step towards the NCAA’s, we will need to make a collective team effort,” Ambler said. “With the season being extended into playoffs, finding the stamina to continue to practice hard every day can be difficult.
    “It’s important that on one of the days when you don’t think you have what it takes, the guys around you are there to pick you up and push you to compete. Having all 43 guys focused on our goals every day is what’s going to make these goals happen.”
    Ambler has been pleased to be a part of Drexel’s arrival of a Top 20 team during the past two years.
   “Recent success of the program has been derived from our coaching staff and school commitment,” Ambler said. “Both groups have dedicated themselves to the program in order to reach these goals.”

Kocis, Quakers accept challenge to be on top

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, posted 4/18

    University of Pennsylvania senior attacker Chelsea Kocis has never shied away from a challenge.
    Take, for example, her decision to defer for a year her job offer in the finance department for Bank of America. Instead, she plans to travel to Australia for four months and then volunteer for half a year as an English teacher in Central or South America.
    “I want to teach English in a rural school where they don’t have the resources,” said Kocis, of Huntington, N.Y. “I always wanted to volunteer and I’d get to use my Spanish.”
    Kocis, an economics major who is minoring in Spanish at Penn, possesses a 3.5 GPA and last year was named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll.

    A key component on the Quakers’ nationally-ranked team, she is the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.

    “Chelsea is very coachable and a positive person,” said Penn coach Karin Brower. “She can take criticism and use it positively as a way to get better. She works hard at that.
    “She is a very steady player that sometimes serves as a calming agent for the rest of the team. She is so balanced and steady they can count on her to be poised. Chelsea is well-liked by everyone on the team and makes an effort to reach out to the younger classes and make sure everyone is included.”
    Kocis, who has eight goals this year, was a starter on last year’s Penn team that reached the NCAA Division I Final Four, hosted by the Quakers at Franklin Field. This year Kocis and her team have even higher expectations.
    On Wednesday night, the Quakers had one of its biggest victories in years, toppling Ivy League rival Princeton, 9-5, on the road. The Tigers came into play as the second-ranked team in the nation, and the victory clinched at least a share of the Ivy League crown for Penn, ranked seventh.
    The Quakers, who also clinched an NCAA berth, are 11-1 and can finish off their Ivy League crown Saturday when they host Brown. On April 27, they find out where they stand heading into NCAAs when they host three-time defending national champion Northwestern. – the team that knocked them out in last year’s Final Four, 12-2.
    “Our first goal is to win the Ivy League, then to go to the Final Four again and not just make it, but win it,” Kocis said. “We have the talent to do it, we return just about every player. We have the drive and we know what it feels like.”

The Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen based on performance on the field and in the classroom. Nominations can be made by e-mailing us at golax@phillylacrosse.com

 Swarthmore's Mazzucco has grown into key role

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/11

    Swarthmore College senior captain Frank Mazzucco said he began playing goalie as a fifth-grader because there wasn’t much else for someone who was pegged “too fat and slow to play anything else.”
    “My friends always make fun of me,” he added. “I played defense and middie for a while, but I was awful and the coach made me move to goalie.
    “But I definitely wouldn’t be playing in college if I played anything else.”
    The chubby boy from Redding, Conn., has shed the pounds and staved off even a lot more shots for the Garnet.
    Mazzucco, a four-year starter and two-year captain, recently was named Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week and leads the conference in save percentage (.631).
    Mazzucco’s academic accomplishments are even more impressive. He earned The Inquirer Men’s Lacrosse Academic Performer of the Year and the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District honors last year.
He sports a 3.8 GPA and is planning to teach English in Vietnam for a year after graduation. This has earned Mazzucco the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    “I decided to do this to get some good international experience,” he said of teaching in Vietnam. “It will be great to live somewhere else.”
    Right now his Swarthmore teammates are glad he lives in Media. Mazzucco is a major reason the team is 6-5 and he was brilliant in a recent 4-3 triumph over McDaniel when he turned aside 16 shots.
    “Our defense played well overall and a lot of the shots they were taking were not that good,” Mazzucco said. “They made it very easy for me.”
    “Playing in a league that has four of the top 25 teams in the nation (in Division III) is a challenge. The conference is really competitive.”
    And they won’t be telling Frank Mazzucco he’s too fat to play

The Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen based on performance on the field and in the classroom. Nominations can be made by e-mailing us at golax@phillylacrosse.com

Things are adding up for St. Joseph's Colangelo
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/4

    St. Joseph’s University senior Christina Colangelo does not need to look far to find the person who inspired her to become a math teacher.
    “I’ve always loved the subject,” she said. “My mother was a teacher who taught K-through 8 and I always excelled at it.
    “I really want to inspire kids to be the best they can. I don’t necessary think it should be all about content. Math is more about problem-solving and having these skills gives you a lot of options. That’s something they can use the rest of their lives.”
    Colangelo, the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week, made a great problem-solving decision when she walked on at St. Joe’s four years ago out of Lenape High in Mount Laurel, N.J.
    First, she has excelled in the classroom, earning the Atlantic-10 Conference scholar-athlete achievement award as a sophomore while maintaining a 3.7 GPA. What’s more, she has started every game in her career and was placed on scholarship in the second semester of her freshman year.
    Colangelo scored 15 goals in her first two seasons and then placed second on the Hawks with 26 goals (two were game-winning goals) while scooping 26 groundballs in 2007. This year Colangelo has helped St. Joe’s to a 6-5 start (1-1 in the Atlantic 10) by contributing 23 goals. She also has 27 draw controls and 18 groundballs.
    More importantly, Colangelo and the Hawks are shooting for an A-10 playoff berth. And she has the math all worked out.
    “We have five games left and all are in the conference,” said Colangelo, whose Hawks host rival La Salle Sunday at noon. “We are pushing for all five, but at the bare minimum, we have to win three to make it.”

Towson's O'Donnell deals with the highs, Lowe's
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/28

    Ryan O’Donnell looked over the list of 20 names on the 2008 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for Division I men’s lacrosse and admitted he was awed to be selected.
    “I was surprised by it,” said the Towson University senior defender who graduated from West Chester Henderson. “I am honored to be on the list. There are a bunch of big name lacrosse guys on it.”
    O’Donnell was picked based on his academics (3.72 GPA in sports management), his role as a tri-captain and leader, and his contributions to youth in the Baltimore area (his team runs a clinic for youngsters every spring). His selection has earned him the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week.
    The Lowe’s honor focuses on the four “C’s” of classroom, competition, community service and character. Right now, O’Donnell is being counted on heavily for leadership as his Tigers struggle through a difficult early-season slump.
    After Tuesday’s 12-10 home defeat to 15th-ranked Bucknell, Towson stood at an uncharacteristic 1-5. O’Donnell said his team needs to play with more consistency.
    “All the tools are there, we basically just need to play a full 60-minute game,” he said. “We’ll play well for three-quarters of the game or a half; we just need to string together the type of lacrosse we can play.
    “In my role, I am responsible for making sure everybody is on the right track. Guys may come to you with a problem on or off the field. Mostly, I need to set the right example.”
    O’Donnell, who also is minoring in business, has his first job picked out already. He has been working the past three summers for Chester County SportsTurf, a company that provides high-scale maintenance for high school and youth athletic fields in the Philadelphia area.
    Once he graduates, O’Donnell will work full-time in a possible management position for the company. So, after he tries to help Towson reach its goals, O’Donnell will have the chance to help many others play on their field of dreams.
    “I get to stay within the sports context,” O’Donnell said. “I enjoy working outside and moving around. I’ll see where this takes me and while I work I’ll work slowly on my MBA.”
The Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen based on performance on the field and in the classroom. Nominations can be made by e-mailing us at golax@phillylacrosse.com
Arcadia's Stevenson out to cure Knights' ailments
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/20

    Jamie Stevenson plans to do a lot of curing in her future career.
    For now, the Arcadia University senior is trying to help fix the pains of several frustrating years for the Knights’ lacrosse team.
    Stevenson, a midfielder from Interboro, is one of only three seniors on a team that won just six games her first three years. Now, as a captain and focal point of the Arcadia attack, Stevenson’s job will be to add to her career mark of 99 goals and set the offensive tone for a team that has moved from the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) to the more rugged Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC)
    But Stevenson – the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week - is getting trained to fix problems. A psychology major with a 3.60 grade point average, she is preparing for a career as a physician’s assistant.
    “You work below physicians but also alongside of them.” said Stevenson, who was named to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association Academic Honor Roll last year while earning second-team all-PAC when she scored 41 goals.
    “The only things you can’t do are casting or perform surgery by yourself. But you can assist a physician in surgery. You can be right there.”
    Stevenson is applying to graduate schools and will spend one year in the classroom and serve one year of clinic time to complete the coursework as a physician’s assistant.
    On the lacrosse field, she has already served three challenging years for Arcadia. The Knights are 1-1 this year, after dropping their MAC opener, 19-8, to powerful Lycoming.
    “I think we can have a good year with the way we’ve been playing,” said Stevenson, who has three goals and two assists this year. “We had a scrimmage against (Indiana University) in spring break and they’re a Division II team and we played really well. The scrimmage gave us some confidence.
    “Lycoming is the top seed in the league and 19-8 is not that bad. The new league is a little more competitive, but we’ve grown and we just have to keep it up.”
    Stevenson has had to be a leader since early in her career. How does she help her teammates when the Knights are losing?
    “Being a captain, you give a ton of encouragement,” she said. “It’s hard being on attack and watching the team struggle on defense. On the field there’s a lot of verbal encouragement and we do a lot at midfield trying to keep girls’ heads up.
    “And when you look back at the scores, it can wear on the goalies. It’s tough but a lot of girls are good with encouragement. It’s not just me; we’ve made it a team idea to keep everybody’s heads up when the score gets a little rough.”
The Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen based on performance on the field and in the classroom. Nominations can be made by e-mailing us at golax@phillylacrosse.com
Haverford College's Granoff is turning up the power
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/13

    Last summer Haverford College senior midfielder Dean Granoff worked at the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. with the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
    This spring, he is part of a local energy source that has powered the Fords to a powerful start in Division III men’s lacrosse.
    Granoff, a graduate of Friends’ Central High School majoring in political science, is the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week. Granoff has a 3.68 grade point average and is one reason why Haverford is experiencing a global warming of its own.
    The Fords are off to a 4-0 start and are ranked ninth in this week’s United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Poll.
    The biggest win came Saturday when Granoff tallied the game-winner in overtime in Haverford’s 14-13 upset of then-No. 4 Lynchburg.
    Haverford opens its Centennial Conference season Saturday at second-ranked Gettysburg. Granoff is hoping his team can turn up the power even more for that contest.
    “It was awesome and really exciting to work on the Committee last summer,” Granoff said. “There were some really smart people.
    “When I was there, I tried to get a sense on what was happening, but it was really hard to get a grasp on things in two months. There are so many different options in alternative energy.
    “There are bio fuels, there is wind energy… nuclear energy. There are so many different forces lobbying for each, it’s hard to tell where we might go. I can’t really say where it’s going, but I think there will be a lot of change.”
    Fortunately, there is no split at the Haverford College camp. The Fords are playing as one unit, according to Granoff.
    Haverford has had the potential in recent years to challenge for a Centennial Conference crown, but injuries and inconsistency have hurt the Fords. This year, the team has depth and renewed confidence.
    “We have never had this level of depth,” said the Wynnewood native, who is second on the team with 10 goals. “I think we always had the talent, but last year we were hampered by injuries.
    “This year we are pretty deep and everyone is fully committed. I really think every single person believes we can win a national championship.”
    Haverford has scored 60 goals in its first four games. Granoff said the offense is more multifaceted and has many alternative sources.
    “The big difference this year is that the offense is much more dynamic – even me personally,” he said. “We are much more committed to scoring in so many different ways, as a unit instead of as individuals. The defense has always been that way, now the offense is that way.”
The Wapner Newman Collegiate Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen based on performance on the field and in the classroom. Nominations can be made by e-mailing us at golax@phillylacrosse.com
The numbers are all adding up for Drexel's Bill 

By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/6
   
Drexel’s Jessica Bill believes that success in the classroom can indeed carry over onto the playing field.
    “I think there is such a thing as a lax IQ,” said the Dragon senior. “You have to make smart decisions, and having the ability to think while playing is huge.
    “It’s like seeing the field and seeing things develop before they actually have developed. And there are different things in school that have helped me think outside the box.”
    Bill, an attacker from Baldwinsville, N.Y., has been named the Wapner Newman Collegiate Student Athlete of the Week. She is maintaining a 3.8 grade point average as a business administration major in finance and accounting.
    Bill’s numbers are also adding up on the lacrosse field. She is second on Drexel with 13 goals and is a big reason the Dragons are off to a 5-1 start this year.
    Bill scored four goals Wednesday when Drexel rallied to defeat rival Villanova, 15-12. She also tallied three goals Saturday when the Dragons came back from an 8-4 deficit to defeat George Washington, 10-9.(CONTINUE)