Top-ranked recruit chooses not to join Hoyas
Hoya fans had their Final Four dreams for next season fade when the nation’s top-ranked high school player, center Nerlens Noel, chose to sign with Kentucky, discarding the Hoyas and fellow finalist Syracuse.
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The Blue and Gray were firing on all cylinders offensively, as three different Hoyas — Caroline Tarzian, Kelyn Freedman, and Dina Jackson — recorded four tallies apiece on the day.
Georgetown women’s basketball Head Coach Terri Williams-Flournoy was named Head Coach at Auburn University.
There’s something about being around a beloved sport since childhood that seems to predict a career of athletic excellence. Prince Fielder spent his youth taking in batting practice in Detroit where his father played for the Tigers. Dale Earnhardt Jr. watched his father drive lap after lap on Sundays.
With its offense firing on all cylinders, the No. 13 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (5-4, 1-1 Big East) defeated visiting American (6-5, 2-1 Patriot League), 17-11, Tuesday night and moved above .500 on the season.
A rainy weekend forced four games to be postponed, but the Georgetown softball team (14-17) didn’t show any rust from the hiatus Wednesday when they tied George Mason at the top of the seventh and then claimed their first extra inning win.
Georgetown baseball jumped out to a 2-0 lead against Navy Wednesday afternoon but was unable to hold the slim advantage and slumped to their seventh consecutive loss.
It’s been an up-and-down season for the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (5-4, 1-1 Big East), which has experienced huge triumphs over top-ranked teams (North Carolina, Penn) as well as losses that shouldn’t have been (Johns Hopkins, Loyola).
Despite winning the doubles point, Georgetown’s men’s tennis team will have to wait to get a crack against University of Maryland-Baltimore County after their Wednesday match was postponed due to rain. In the meantime, the Hoyas will take on Bucknell this afternoon.
A series of Georgetown penalties and defensive breakdowns in the second period gave No. 8 Duke (7-3, 1-1 ACC) a lead large enough to withstand the No. 19 Hoyas’ (4-3, 1-0 Big East) fourth-quarter charge. The Blue Devils prevailed at MultiSport Facility, 13-11, in a Saturday afternoon battle of two powerhouse programs.
The Georgetown men’s tennis team fell to 8-6 on the season, dropping a 6-1 decision to crosstown rival George Washington (9-6, 1-1 Atlantic 10) at the Mount Vernon Tennis Center Friday.
The Georgetown baseball team (11-13, 0-3 Big East) extended its losing streak to six games and fell below .500 for the first time this year after dropping all three games of their series to USF (17-8, 3-0 Big East) this weekend.
The No. 13 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (4-4, 1-1 Big East) hopes to recover from a heartbreaking loss to No. 16 Loyola (5-3, 1-0 Big East) over the weekend when it takes on American (6-4, 2-1 Patriot League) at home this Tuesday. The Hoyas dropped Saturday’s contest on a Loyola goal scored in the last minute of overtime.
After a successful indoor season in which the women finished in the nation’s top 25, the Georgetown track and field team kicked off its outdoor campaign this weekend at the UVA Team Swashbuckle meet in Charlottesville, Va. The Hoyas put up 10 Big East championship-qualifying times in the one-day event, and, once again, the Georgetown relay teams impressed.
Tewaaraton Award finalist? Check. Preseason all-Big East? Check. Third team preseason All-American? Check. Big-time pressure? You’d better believe it.
But Georgetown junior midfielder Sophia Thomas is used to it all by now, and Head Coach Ricky Fried knows her situation.
Despite having already upset one ranked team and carrying the momentum of a four-game winning streak, the No. 18 Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (4-2, 1-0 Big East) faltered Wednesday night when they traveled to Baltimore to take on No. 5 Loyola (7-0, 2-0 ECAC). The Hoyas hung tough early but a scoring barrage from the Greyhounds put the game out of reach in the second half, 11-6.
The image of the Georgetown women’s basketball team exiting the court after Tuesday night’s NCAA tournament loss to Georgia Tech represented much more than the end of a season. The Hoyas’ 76-64 second-round shortcoming symbolized the emotional end to an era that was bookended by the promising start and bitter end of seven seniors’ careers.
The No. 13 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (4-3, 1-0 Big East) earned an impressive road victory against the No. 8 University of Pennsylvania (4-2, 2-0 Ivy League) Wednesday, defeating the Quakers by a final tally of 11-9.
Georgetown’s baseball team (11-10) stretched its losing streak to three games Wednesday after a 12-8 loss to George Mason (12-9). Although the Hoyas took an early 5-0 lead, poor defense allowed the Patriots to plate nine unanswered runs and seal a victory.
Although Georgetown’s shots stopped falling in the end, its defense proved to be just enough.
The fifth-seeded Hoyas (23-8) failed to make a single field goal in the final six minutes of their first-round NCAA tournament matchup against the No. 12 seed Fresno State Bulldogs (28-6) but withstood a furious rally from their mid-major opponents to claim a 61-56 victory in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Senior Jason Clark’s attempt at a game-tying three sailed past the rim, the buzzer sounded and, just like that, it was all over. A season that began with low expectations came to a disappointing end in Columbus at the hands of North Carolina State, as the Hoyas were dominated on the glass and struggled to get the ball into the paint.
With senior midfielder Zack Angel out due to a persistent forearm injury, Head Coach Dave Urick needed someone to step up and lead Georgetown men’s lacrosse team at Providence on Saturday.
Coming off three straight losses to high-quality opponents, the women’s lacrosse team faced its toughest challenge yet when it took on No. 2 North Carolina (9-1, 1-0 ACC) at home on Saturday. But on a day that was all about green, Georgetown was money, coming from behind to stun UNC, 9-8, and gain a huge confidence- and resume-builder.
After starting the weekend with a monstrous 13-2 win Friday, the Hoyas (11-9) dropped the remaining two games of their series against George Washington (6-12) in heartbreaking fashion.
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After a miserable spring break, Georgetown’s softball team broke their slump on the second day of this weekend’s UMBC Spring Classic. Four close games in two days meant that a split series breathed new life into a team that had been reverting to last season’s disappointing form.
Coming off a strong showing at the Penn State Nationals, the Georgetown track and field team will peel off into different event groups going into this weekend. The sprinters look ahead to a competitive meet at the New Balance Invitational hosted by the Armory in New York City, while the middle-distance and distance runners will take the weekend off to train for the BU Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass.
Saturday's 11 a.m. game was not expected to be a big-time Big East matchup. South Florida and Georgetown were picked to finish 14th and 10th, respectively, in October's Big East preseason polls.
Instead, both teams find themselves in the top five of the Big East. The No. 14 Hoyas are third with a 7-3 conference record, and the unranked Bulls are half a game back in fifth place at 6-3.
Coming off a momentous home win against then-No. 11 Rutgers, the Georgetown women's basketball team will pack its bags and head to Cincinnati to battle the Bearcats (11-11, 2-7 Big East) this Saturday.
Just days after giving up 72 points in a terrible defensive display against Pittsburgh, the Hoyas held the Huskies to 30 percent shooting in a 58-44 blowout.
Looking up at the scoreboard four minutes into the game and seeing a 4-2 Rutgers lead might have led Georgetown fans to think that poor shooting would again be the headline of the day. But the Blue and Gray figured out their offense eventually, dominating down the stretch in a 54-36 upset of the then-No. 11 Scarlet Knights (17-4, 6-2 Big East).
No. 14 Georgetown (16-4, 6-3 Big East) welcomes Connecticut (14-6, 4-4 Big East) to Verizon Center tomorrow in a matchup of Big East powers looking to get back on track after losing to unranked opponents last weekend.
The track and field team has returned from a successful weekend at the Penn State National Meet, where 29 additional athletes qualified for the Big East championship as Georgetown demonstrated impressive composure for an early-season invitational.
While Victoria Azarenka was catching the world's attention working her way towards the women's singles title at the Australian Open this past weekend, the Georgetown women's tennis team was earning consecutive victories against Liberty and James Madison at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Coming in with renewed confidence, the Georgetown men's tennis team improved to 3-1 on the season Saturday with a 4-1 win over Richmond at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, Va.
This one was more than just a win for the No. 17 Georgetown women's basketball team — it was a statement. The Hoyas upset No. 12 Rutgers in convincing fashion, defeating the Scarlet Knights, 54-36, on Sunday afternoon at McDonough Arena.
Pittsburgh 72, Georgetown 60
The No. 9 Hoyas fell behind early due to an anemic offense that managed only 22 points in the first half.
Immediately following Sunday's disappointing home defeat to Louisville, Georgetown senior forward Tia Magee was crystal clear in her prognosis of what the Blue and Gray required from their midweek visit to Morgantown, W. Va.
The Georgetown men's basketball team will return to the court Saturday, a week after earning its 16th victory of the year in an ugly 52-50 win over Rutgers.
The No. 20 Georgetown women's basketball team returns home this weekend to face No. 11 Rutgers Sunday afternoon.
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