In a previous interview, Head Coach Pat Conlan said that she was waiting for the day when all aspects of the Georgetown softball team – batting, pitching and defense – would come together. Tuesday was certainly not that day. In the Hoyas’ (7-15) 4-0 loss to Drexel (5-6), the Blue[Read More…]
With all of Georgetown’s marquee teams turning in surprisingly disappointing ends to their postseasons – or in the case of the men’s lacrosse team, no postseason at all – senior Vincenzo Salina and the men’s golf team surprised everyone in a much different way. When the Swiss sensation lined up[Read More…]
When they arrive on the Hilltop for the first time, Georgetown freshmen typically find that their new classmates are very accomplished young men and women, having already achieved magnificence in the classroom, on the field and in various outside activities. Georgetown’s students are certainly not outsiders to greatness. Ta’Shauna Rodgers,[Read More…]
Amid a season highlighted by a handful of walk-off wins and perhaps one too many nail-biting losses, the Hoyas are currently staring at a 24-28 overall record, standing at 5-19 in Big East play. Despite the unfortunate record, Head Coach Pete Wilk remains confident in his team. In fact, he[Read More…]
You could say I have a strong – slightly unhealthy – obsession with baseball. I’ve been to more than 100 Major League Baseball games at 37 different ballparks. I meticulously keep score of every game I attend. Carly Simon’s rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is on my[Read More…]
I had been covering Georgetown athletics for about a year when someone asked me if all I wrote about was sports. The simple answer was the same then as it is now: yes, because sports are such an integral part of the Georgetown and college experience. The complex answer can[Read More…]
Although their season came to an abrupt end on Saturday after the first round of the NCAA tournament against Syracuse, this season has still been one of unparalleled success for the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team, as it captured both the Big East regular season and conference tournament titles for the[Read More…]
It’s hard to call the Lady Hoyas an underdog. That term is reserved for the lovable. No, the 2009-2010 women’s basketball team was never a lovable team. They were young, yes, and undersized. Picked to finish eighth in the conference, the Lady Hoyas, in the shadow of the men’s program,[Read More…]
Three generations of Georgetown soccer. One goal. For volunteer assistant coach Brian Foote, former team captain Ricky Schramm (COL ’07), and current junior forward Jose Colchao, that goal is to go green. “We are very much a Georgetown-incubated business, and we’re trying to give Georgetown back what it has given[Read More…]
Mackensey Carter was very busy on Wednesday evening in a doubleheader against Rutgers University. After pitching a two-hit shutout in the first game, Carter, a sophomore, drove in the Hoyas’ lone run in the second game and pitched five innings, allowing just one earned run. Carter’s efforts helped Georgetown (17-27,[Read More…]
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