GW Men's Basketball Ousted from A-10 Tournament

On Tuesday, the George Washington Colonials were ousted from the A-10 Tournament in the first round by the 7th-seeded Dayton University Flyers by a score of 70-60. GW senior Damian Hollis scored a game high 19 points. GW was able to rally from behind and tie the game with less than 7 minutes remaining, but the Flyers went on a 15-2 run to close out the game. Dayton will play 2nd-seeded Xavier on Friday in Atlantic City. The Colonials ended the season with a record of 16-14.

With the temperature rising, GW can now focus its attention on outdoor sports. GW's baseball team extended their winning streak to four games on Wednesday with a 5-2 win over Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks. This is the Colonials' (8-4) longest winning streak since the 2004 season. Freshmen Ryan Heinz pitched six solid innings. He gave up two runs, four hits, and struck out five. Senior Curtis Edwards recorded two hits, an RBI and scored a run. Freshman Tyler McCarthy successfully reached base three times and scored a run. The Colonials quickly took the lead after scoring twice in the first inning. Senior Bobby Lucas pitched two innings in relief and only allowed one hit. Sophomore Stephen Oswald earned his first save for GW after pitching a scoreless ninth. GW plays their first conference game at Dayton on April 9th. This weekend the Colonials will host Cleveland State with Friday's game starting at 3:00pm, Saturday's at 1:00pm, and the series finale on Sunday at 12:00pm.

The Washington Capitals (45-13) defeated the Carolina Hurricanes (28-31) 4-3 in overtime Wednesday night. Alexander Semin of the Capitals scored early in the first period and Mike Green had a multiple goal game with goals in each of the first two periods. Both teams went into the third period with 3 goals, but neither team was able to take the lead. The game went into overtime and 3:20 into OT, Tomas Fleischmann of the Caps scored the winning goal. The Capitals will host the Tampa Bay Lightning (27-27) Friday night. The puck drops at 7:00pm.

The Washington Wizards (21-41) fell to the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night by a score of 105-99. Andray Blatche led the Wizards with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Blatche's double-double was not enough to beat the Hawks. Atlanta was able to avoid a three game losing streak. Jamal Crawford had a game high 29 points for the Hawks. The Wizards will travel to Detroit Friday night to play the Pistons (22-42). Tip-off is at 8:00pm.