Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

As soon as the Mets completed their historic collapse to open the playoff door for the Philadelphia Phillies, the NLCS was pegged as a potential battle of baseball’s greatest losers.

By Anthony Francavilla October 11, 2007

Sports

What Rocks

A Big East qualifying time of 55.26 in the 3×100 backstroke, along with a spot on a 200 medley relay that qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), places... Read more

By Liz Kuebler October 11, 2007

Sports

JTIII +Gaston=Madness!

Tomorrow night there’ll be one on-campus party that has no chance of being broken up. Since John Thompson III is the host, DPS or Metro intervention is unlikely.

By Phil Perry October 11, 2007

Sports

After a string of one-goal losses, the Georgetown men’s soccer team had a schizophrenic week. The Hoyas got back on track this past Saturday, defeating Providence (5-4-1, 2-2-1 BE) for their second conference win, but fell to D.C. rival George Washington on Tuesday, dropping to 3-8 (2-4 BE).

By Chris Leo October 11, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Seafaring wisdom holds that a captain goes down with his ship. Monuments were erected for the brave fishermen of Gloucester who sank with their vessels, Captain Smith of the Red Star Line’s tragic demise was immortalized in the film “Titanic” (though he was summarily overshadowed by Rose and Jack’s vehicular hokey-pokey) and on Monday night, Joe Torre likely bid adieu to his tenure as Yankees manager as his team sank yet again into the vast expanse that is playoff-less October.

By admin October 11, 2007

Sports

One fine day on the Potomac…

Following two days of Homecoming festivities, Sunday provided a day of rest on the Hilltop. But not for Georgetown’s rowing teams, who opened their fall season with the 27th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers’ Head of the Potomac.

By Mike Kuebler October 4, 2007

Sports

Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

Of all the great races that characterized the playoff push in the National League—the battle in the east between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets and the seventh one-game playoff in Major League history to decide the Wild Card between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockiesshy;—the MVP race is the best of all. The coveted award could easily go to any one of four young stars, all of whom were involved in the frantic pennant race: David Wright, Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday and Jimmy Rollins.

By John Cantalupi October 4, 2007

Sports

Fast Break

Georgetown struck first when junior midfielder Stephanie Zare found the back of the net in the 22nd minute. The goal came on one of Georgetown’s seven first-half corner kicks, as Zare collected the cross at the top of the box and beat the Scarlet Knight keeper Erin Guthrie.

By Anthony Francavilla October 4, 2007

Sports

Soccer slumping

Despite dominant play throughout the majority of the game, the Georgetown men’s soccer team fell to Villanova (8-2, 3-1 BE) 1-0 on Sunday. The loss marked their second in a row on the weekend homestand, including Friday’s 1-0 loss against Rutgers, and their sixth in the last seven games.

By Chris Leo October 4, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Not even my customary run-in with the ceiling could deter my good cheer last Saturday morning as I climbed out of bed. The sun glistening upon the muddy Potomac, the delicate snoring of my roommate and the intermittent shouting from kegs-and-eggs revelers; everything smacked of the collegiate bliss that Homecoming weekend is meant to invoke.

By admin October 4, 2007

Sports

What Rocks

Captain Mike Glaccum suffered a painful ankle injury during Friday’s loss to Rutgers. According to Head Coach Brian Wiese, the doctor gave Glaccum four weeks to recover before heading back onto the field.

By Chris Leo October 4, 2007

Sports

On the rocks: The tale of one prof. and the Alps

Four in the morning bedtimes are more relevant to most Hoyas than 4 a.m. wake-ups. Such an early rise can be exhilarating, though, granted you have a helmet, headlamp, ropes, crampons, a bag filled with more equipment and a mountain to conquer.

By Chris Leo September 27, 2007

Sports

Men’s soccer strikes back

A Sunday win was the perfect medicine for the ailing Hoya men’s soccer team (2-5-0, 1-2 BE), which snapped a four game losing streak with a 1-0 win against conference foe Louisville (4-3-0, 1-1-0 BE).

By David Dietz September 27, 2007

Sports

Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

Four weeks into the season, a lot of things are becoming clear in college football. Notre Dame is finally feeling the pain of being the most overrated program in the nation for the past few years. USC is scary good. Louisville can score a lot, but so can their opponents. Ohio State reloads instead of rebuilding.

By Mike Kuebler September 27, 2007

Sports

Anchors away

With the first month of the season drawing to a close, the Georgetown sailing team is already claiming it’s spot at the top of the heap.

By Liz Kuebler September 27, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

In second grade, sometime between being deemed “of an age of reason” by the Roman Catholic Church and finally shaking off that pesky imaginary friend, I came into baseball consciousness.

By admin September 27, 2007

Sports

Homecoming preview

This Saturday, the two teams entering the Multi-Sport Field will be working to shake off their hangover from last week’s play. Both Cornell (1-1) and Georgetown (0-4) gave up more than 50 points in their lopsided losses to Yale and Holy Cross, respectively.

By Phil Perry September 27, 2007

Sports

Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

Still unsure as to whether or not Georgetown has a football team? Me, too. But meandering over to the center of campus last Saturday, I noticed something.

By Phil Perry September 20, 2007

Sports

Fore! play!

While lacrosse, soccer and football benefit from the advantage of on-campus facilities, the Hoya golf team could never dream of having more than 18 holes of mini-golf in the quaintly cramped Georgetown community. The only glimpse most students will ever get of the golf team may be the sight of players lugging their golf bags on the way to practice.

By Mike Kuebler September 20, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

To me, Peter Gammons is the ultimate name in baseball credibility. I’ve never read a single column he wrote in The Boston Globe, don’t regularly search out his pieces on ESPN.com and only hear from him on the rare occasions that I watch SportsCenter when he happens to be on.

By Mike Stewart September 20, 2007