Box Score: VCU 0, George Mason 0
Location: Richmond, Va. / Sports Backers Stadium
Records: VCU (2-6-1, 1-0-1 A-10), George Mason (2-6-3, 1-0-1 A-10)
 
THE SHORT STORY: VCU remained unbeaten in Atlantic 10 competition with its third consecutive shutout, fighting to a 0-0 draw with George Mason in the Rams' conference home opener.
 
PITCH SIDE

• The Rams matched their fewest shots allowed all season, holding the Patriots to just five shots and one on goal
• Carleigh Frilles and Kanna Matsuhisa paced the Rams with four shots
• Frilles placed a pair of shots on goal, while Matsuhisa and Y-Van Nguyen notched one each
• Makaya Parham, Amelia Horton and Jazmin Jackson also added shots for VCU
• Karpovich, reigning A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week, carried her scoreless stretch through a full week of play, making a save for her third consecutive shutout
• The Rams dominated possession, controlling 62% of the game through the first half and finishing the match with 59% possession
• The Rams drew 10 fouls and committed six of their own in a physical matchup

 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Patriots logged the first two threatening attempts on goal, as Christin Grant made a blocked shot in the 16^th minute and Michi Hooks drew Karpovich's lone save of the match in the 21^st minute
• Firing back, Frilles tallied four consecutive shots around the 30-minute mark for VCU, inducing a pair of saves and a block by the visitors
• VCU played a dominant defensive game, not allowing another Patriots shot until the 70^th minute, facing a pair of misses and one blocked shot
• In the final five minutes VCU added two more shots on goal and another just wide, attempting to break the stalemate
• With a cross coming in from Eller at the corner, Parham lifted a header just high of the crossbar, missing a promising attempt for the Rams by just inches
• Matsuhisa drove a header to the lower right corner, which was staved off by the gloves of Patriots goalkeeper Victoria Connick, and Parham ripped a hard shot off the rebound that found the far post
• With 1:30 left to play, Nguyen sent the final attempt of the match into the arms of Connick
• VCU extended its unbeaten streak to three games, advancing to 1-0-1 in Atlantic 10 play

 
 
UP NEXT:
VCU hits the road once again, continuing its conference schedule at St. Joseph's at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26.