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George Mason fixed its offense woes to mount a road comeback victory.
Setter Zach Talamoa guided the offense to a .478 attack percentage in the final three games as it rallied from a two-game deficit to beat Purdue Fort Wayne 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 16-14 on Thursday.
George Mason was held to a .065 attack percentage in the first two games. In addition, the Mastodons in the loss still finished out-hitting the Patriots .306 to .279.
The Patriots had two players finish at least 15 kills to open their two-match Midwest road trip.
Opposite Jack Bolz had a team-high 21 kills, including five kills in the decisive fifth game. Bolz had a kill to fight off a match-point that forced overtime and then two players later in the overtime delivered the match-winning kill.
Outside attacker Omar Hoyos also had 15 kills on a .387 attack percentage and added a team-high 13 digs.
Opposite Jon Diedrich in the loss finished with a match-high 26 kills while hitting .440.