Residents of Joseph’s House, a home for homeless individuals with HIV and others with serious illnesses, gathered downstairs for a birthday celebration. Between bites of carrot cake and dancing to Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday,” Robert Ramsey, a resident of the house, described how he came to terms with his diagnosis. An elderly African-American man who…
Volleyball falls in four sets at VCU
By: Santul Nerkar09/06/2018
The Georgetown volleyball team (4-5, Big East) fell to host VCU (2-5, A-10) 3-1 (25-16, 22-25, 26-24, 25-17) Tuesday night in Richmond. The Hoyas were led by the play of junior transfer outside hitter Iva Vujosevic, who recorded a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs. Sophomore setter Margo Pivonka contributed 33 assists and nine…
Volleyball travels to VCU
By: Santul Nerkar09/03/2018
The Georgetown women’s volleyball team (4-4, Big East) looks to go above .500 against VCU (1-5, A-10) on Tuesday in Richmond. The Blue and Gray are coming off a 2-2 split of the annual Georgetown Classic at McDonough Arena, while the Spiders try to get back on track after dropping four of their first five…
Volleyball Splits Games in Opening Tournament
By: Santul Nerkar08/27/2018
The Georgetown volleyball team (2-2, Big East) split its first four matches of the season over the weekend, at the 2018 Hyatt Regency Invitational in Atlanta. After falling to Abilene Christian (2-2, Southland) on Friday to begin their campaign, the Hoyas rebounded with a come-from-behind victory against Idaho State (2-2, Big Sky) later that night….
Loyal fellows go down: Hoyas prevail over Bulldogs
By: Santul Nerkar08/26/2018
The No.15 Georgetown women’s soccer team (3-0-2, Big East) was frustrated. Down 1-0 to Yale (1-1-0, Ivy League) in the early moments, the Blue and Gray faced an uphill battle to get back into the win column. In the end, the Hoyas utilized their superior fitness and technique en route to a 3-1 victory, displaying…
Volleyball enters the season with high hopes
By: Santul Nerkar08/24/2018
The Georgetown women’s volleyball team will begin this year in a similar fashion to recent seasons. They are talented: senior middle blocker and preseason all-Big East selection Symone Speech is back, along with senior libero Kenzie Higareda and senior outside hitter Alyssa Sinnette to round out a trio of decorated upperclassmen. They are also, paradoxically,…
Women’s soccer faces first ranked opponent of the season
By: Santul Nerkar08/23/2018
The No. 15 Georgetown University women’s soccer team (1-0-1, Big East) will take on the No. 11 Duke Blue Devils (1-1, ACC) Thursday afternoon at Shaw Field. The Blue and Gray are coming off of a 1-1 decision against Virginia Tech (0-0-2, ACC) in Blacksburg, VA, while the Blue Devils most recently fell to Illinois…
Men’s Lacrosse Takes Down St. John’s
By: Santul Nerkar05/01/2018
The No. 17 Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (10-4, 3-2 Big East) prevailed in its regular-season finale Saturday against St. John’s (6-8, 0-5 Big East) 11-6 in Queens, NY. With the win, the Hoyas have achieved their 14th ten-win season in program history. Georgetown was bolstered by a balanced offensive attack, as six different Hoyas scored….
Women’s Golf Wins Big East Championship, Eleey takes Individual Title
By: Santul Nerkar04/24/2018
The Georgetown women’s golf team captured its second straight Big East Championship on Sunday in Callawassie, South Carolina. Senior Jacquelyn Eleey took home her second individual title with a score of 1-over par 73, winning by seven strokes. Eleey became the first individual to win the individual event twice, having taken home first place as…
Track gears up for Penn Relays at UVA
By: Santul Nerkar04/23/2018
The Georgetown track & field program finished off an impressive showing at the two-day UVA Challenge in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday night. On the first day of the event, freshman Rey Rivera ran a personal best in the men’s 800m, clocking in at 1:48.04 and finishing second; Rivera’s performance was also the fastest 800m in…