The Georgetown baseball team fell to 9-12 on the season following a three-game series against Towson that saw the Hoyas lose two out of three. The Hoyas started their series against Towson on a strong note, taking the first game at home 6-2. Unfortunately, the Hoyas struggled mightily over the next two games, being outscored 18-6. The first of these losses included Georgetown’s first home loss of the season, which saw the Hoyas fall by a score of 10-2. In the final game of the series, the Hoyas’ anemic play away from the security of the Hilltop continued, with Georgetown losing at Towson, this time by a score of 8-4. The defeat was Georgetown’s fifth consecutive defeat in away games.
Sophomore pitcher Matt Smith’s impressive start to the series set a good tone for Georgetown: he threw 7.2 innings, giving up only one earned run. In the next two games, however, Georgetown’s starters were bounced fairly early because they were unable to hold Towson’s offense. Moving forward, Georgetown will have a difficult test ahead of them, as they will try to break their road slump against Coppin State, before heading to a three game series against Grambling State.
Yet, for the men’s baseball team, there is much more to being a team than simply winning or losing. In order to raise money and be in solidarity with the many people who lose their hair because of cancer chemotherapy treatments, each baseball player has promised to shave his head. Following the game against Xavier, many team members have pledged to participate in the event. Senior first baseman Steve Anderson said, “Other than our team, we have a few students who have agreed to shave their heads. … We have received commitments from our assistant coaches.” He also noted the personal nature of his fight to help end cancer. “I am doing this event in honor of my mother Kathleen Anderson. I lost my mother when I was eight years old following her battle with multiple myeloma cancer. I have seen firsthand the devastating effects that cancer has.”
As Anderson and his teammates have shown, being a student athlete can be about much more than simply being a team player. They’re asked to attend practice regularly but are still held accountable by Georgetown academic standards. Georgetown’s student body must certainly know that win or lose, the men’s baseball team is committed to helping those in need.
