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Head Coach Fred Chao was named the EIVA Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.

Chao was also named the EIVA Coach of the Year during the 2001 season, when the Patriots posted a 20-7 overall record before falling in the semifinals of the conference tournament. This season, George Mason wrapped up its regular season with a 19-7 overall record and 9-3 mark in EIVA Tait Division matches to clinch the second seed in the upcoming EIVA Championship Tournament. The Patriots defeated five teams that were ranked in the Top-15 at the time of the match, including a win over No. 1 and previously undefeated Penn State in early March. Mason was ranked in every single Top-15 Poll during the season and remains the only team to beat the Nittany Lions during the entire 2008 season. A win in the semifinal match of the conference tournament would give Chao the 150th win of his 10-year coaching tenure at George Mason.