Hoya Notebook
Football
The Georgetown football team hosted the annual Blue-Gray spring scrimmage Saturday afternoon at the Multi-Sport Facility. Due to injuries, the team was unable to split into two separate teams as Head Coach Kevin Kelly had hoped. Instead, the Hoyas split up into offense and defense for the scrimmage, which lasted just over an hour. The scrimmage marked the last day of practice for the Hoyas before they break until camp in August. It was an evenly matched scrimmage, with the defense making some big stops at times and the offense breaking some long runs.
Following the scrimmage, Kelly announced sophomore offensive lineman Dan Matheny and junior defensive end Nicholas Umar as the captains for next season. Umar was presented with a No. 35 jersey at the team’s banquet in February.
The No. 35 jersey was worn by the late Hoya football player Joe Eacobacci, who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Joe Eacobacci No. 35 Memorial Jersey has been presented annually since 2003 to the player who displays dedication and commitment to the Georgetown community and the football program. Previous winners include all-American defensive end Michael Ononibaku in 2004 and 2005, current Redskin Alex Buzbee in 2006, and senior Steven Smith this past season.
Georgetown’s home opener is on September 27 against Holy Cross.
Crew
Georgetown’s men and women’s crew teams took part in the 21st annual George Washington Invitational this past weekend. The teams finished third in the combined standings with a score of 108. The men finished third in the men’s division with a score of 78, while the women finished in sixth place with a score of 30.
The women’s open-weight eight started the weekend with two wins before dropping their third and final race of the weekend, which was won by Iowa. The Hawkeyes had a score of 6:27.3, while the Hoyas finished in 6:37.9.
The men won their first race on Saturday and finished second in their last race on Saturday.
Next up for the Georgetown women are trips to Princeton for the lightweight women and Navy for the open-weight boat next Saturday. The men will host Holy Cross at home Saturday.
— Ryan Travers
Apr 16 2008 at 4:24 a.m.
Over my rowing career at Georgetown, I have become accustomed to the disconnect between the team and campus. Though no fault of anyone, the boathouse is a while away and crew doesn't happen to be the biggest spectator sport. However, the Hoya does an appalling job bridging that gap. Being included in "the Notebook" after two long days of racing on our HOME COURSE is a joke and the author clearly neither took the time to attend or speak to anyone about the event. The Hoya is doing a disservice to the 100+ rowers on eight squadss that represent Georgetown almost every weekend of the fall and spring season. The lack of reporting on races is extremely disappointing and I hope someone at the Hoya has sense enough to make some progressive changes. To give this many dedicated athletes 10 lines of space next to a sport in it's off-season is downright disrespectful. Every time I pick up the Hoya I have to read about 7 teams losing something before I can even get to a little blurb about our win. The rowing team races top ranked teams at a very competitive level and deserves to be shown the same consideration as other teams if not more since there are four separate teams within.