Things looked bleak for Georgetown Saturday night in Pittsburgh as junior Jimmy Saris toed the rubber for the second game of a doubleheader. The Hoyas’ pitchers had been roughed up in the first two games of the series against the Panthers, giving up a combined 26 runs on 34 hits in a 9-2 loss on Friday night and a 17-11 loss Saturday afternoon.

At the beginning of the season, the Big East coaches picked Georgetown to finish last in the conference — four spots out of the league tournament. This weekend, the Hoyas have what may be their last chance to prove the coaches wrong and get back in the race for one of the last Big East tournament bids.

The Hoyas’ seniors were the center of attention from start to finish Saturday at the Multi-Sport Facility. Before the first faceoff, they were honored in a ceremony with their parents, and in the fourth quarter, it was the seniors who ensured victory for Georgetown.

The Hoyas are developing a tradition that they’d rather not continue: For the past three seasons, the men’s tennis team has finished last in the Big East tournament.

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Over the weekend, the Georgetown men’s heavyweights navigated the waters of the Potomac River for a clean sweep of Holy Cross.

Having lost eight of their last nine games entering Wednesday’s game with Navy, the Hoyas were able to right their ship by capsizing the Midshipmen.

The rain was coming down steadily on Ryan Goldstein (COL ’09) and Alex Miller (SFS ’10) as the two stood together under the lights at the Owl Creek Tennis Center in Virginia Beach, Va. Goldstein and Miller’s mixed doubles match was the final set of the day, and the point would decide the contest between the Georgetown and Villanova club tennis teams.