
Nats losing skid hits five: Miami tops Washington, 6-2
Gio Gonzalez was tagged for six runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings on Sunday, and the Nats couldn’t break through on Miami starter Dan Haren in a 6-2 loss.

Gio Gonzalez was tagged for six runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings on Sunday, and the Nats couldn’t break through on Miami starter Dan Haren in a 6-2 loss.

Trevor Kelly tied the game with a two-out, two-strike single in the bottom of the ninth and Kent Blackstone gave George Mason baseball the 4-3 walkoff victory over George Washington after a two-out single in the bottom of the 10th on Sunday afternoon at Spuhler Field.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has granted Washington and Lee University “special consultative status,” a prestigious designation granted to qualifying non-governmental organizations and only a select few academic institutions.

Washington and Lee University raised $2,556,191 in contributions to its Annual Fund on March 26 during its Give Day 2015.

An eighth-inning Martin Prado RBI single broke a 2-2 tie, and Miami held on to beat Washington, 3-2, on Friday night, sending the Nats to their third straight loss.

Washington could take a cue from a group of Americans that I would describe as quiet citizens, or the “silent America.”

Sir Crispin Tickell, a former British diplomat with particular interest in the relationship between the environment, politics and business, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on May 5, at 5:30 p.m.in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library.

A Yunel Escobar walk-off, or slide-off, homer lifted the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win in 10 innings over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

Stephen Strasburg picked up his first win of 2015 with seven and a third innings of five-hit baseball, lifting Washington to a 4-1 win over Philadelphia on Sunday.

Washington and Lee University’s Investment Committee recently voted to turn over the management of an additional $4.5 million of endowment funds to the Williams Investment Society, a student-managed investment fund.