George Washington University

Alumna Diane Kelly was a sensation on the women’s soccer team in 1987, guiding the Colonials to its second-most winning season of all time with 15 victories and lifting the program out of a six-year slump marked by consecutive losing records. Kelly, GW’s star forward at the time, led the Colonials with 15 goals and five assists to propel the team to a 15-6-1 record, ranking No. … [Read more...] about GW Hall of Fame inductee reflects on illustrious soccer career

Men’s basketball dropped a close matchup to La Salle, 75-64, failing to capitalize on a massive second-half surge where they led by as much as 6 after a lackluster first half. The Colonials (11-11, 5-4 A-10) never found a consistent offensive rhythm as the home crowd pushed the underdog Explorers (9-13, 3-6, A-10) to a hard fought victory. Freshman guard Maximus Edwards got the … [Read more...] about GW drops second straight against La Salle

Women’s basketball defeated Duquesne 58-52 Wednesday night at the Smith Center in a hard-fought defensive battle that kept the Dukes from taking advantage of the 3-point line. The Colonials’ (15-8, 7-3 A-10) defense stepped up at the 3-point line allowing only one 3-pointer out of 29 attempts by the Dukes (14-9, 4-6 A-10), keeping their shooting percentage at just .034 from … [Read more...] about Women’s basketball knocks off Duquesne in fourth-straight win

A dueling pair of lawsuit filings have revitalized the battle over a 2017 pay discrimination suit against GW as the University looks to quash allegations that it deprived an athletics department employee of fair pay on the basis of sex. In a 44-page motion filed Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the University failed to argue a “legitimate” and … [Read more...] about EEOC, GW tangle in dueling filings over bias suit

Gymnastics fell to North Carolina by a .975 margin Saturday in their first dual-conference meet of 2023 at Chapel Hill. Despite racking up a season-best 195.35 points, the Colonials (3-2, 0-1 EAGL) could not match the balance and precision of the Tarheels (2-2, 1-0 EAGL), who tallied 196.325 points and bested GW in three of four events. GW sits in fourth place in the eight-team … [Read more...] about Gymnastics proves no match for UNC in first dual meet