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Women’s hoops wins; Men’s soccer loses

Men’s Soccer (9-9-1, 6-5 Big East)—Last Saturday, in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Championship Tournament, Notre Dame defeated Georgetown 1-0 to advance to the semi-finals. Although the Fighting Irish dominated the Hoyas, outshooting Georgetown 18-5, Georgetown senior goalkeeper Brian O’Hagan turned in a fantastic performance with nine saves.

By the November 15, 2001

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Crew uses fall setbacks to prepare for spring

Georgetown varsity and novice crews competed in to separate regattas this weekend and posted mixed results across the board. Last week, the novice crews competed in a scrimmage against UVA and George Washington, and this week they traveled to Princeton, N.

By the November 15, 2001

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Hoyas skin Kiwis, 87-53

New Zealand select visited McDonough Arena last Thursday and performed the country’s traditional Haka dance of intimidation before tipoff. Forty minutes later, Georgetown had beaten the Kiwis, 87-53.

Apparently, it wasn’t that intimidating.

Junior forward Victor Samnick was the story for the Hoyas, finishing the game with 13 points and 15 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double.

By the November 15, 2001

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A November to remember

The 1986 Mets team video, which I’ve seen somewhere north of Little Man Tate and somewhere south of Pam Anderson’s home video collection, begins with an ominous montage. We see... Read more

By the November 8, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

Sportswriters love to turn what is routine into hyperbole?and what is exceptional into poetry. Sometimes, this is done well. The Washington Post’s Shirley Povich wrote simply about players such as... Read more

By the November 8, 2001

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NBA Fantasy

During my adolescence, there were several days which were sacred to me. Foremost among these, usually, was NBA Draft Night. When TNT suddenly cut to a shot of Craig Sager... Read more

By the November 8, 2001

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Hoyas trounce Fort Hood in preseason

The Hoyas were fast, high-scoring and deep. They shot 45.5 percent from three-point land. Everyone played off the bench. Two first-year guards ran the backcourt for much of the second... Read more

By the November 8, 2001

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Da Scoop

Football (3-5, 0-4 Patriot)?After a heartbreaking loss on Oct. 27 to Marist, the Hoyas rebounded with a thrilling last-second 24-21 victory over San Diego on Saturday. Georgetown drove 45 yards... Read more

By the November 8, 2001

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Crew uses setback to prepare for spring

Georgetown varsity and novice crews competed in to separate regattas this weekend and posted mixed results across the board. Last week, the novice crews competed in a scrimmage against UVA and George Washington, and this week they traveled to Princeton, N.

By the November 8, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

It was brought to our attention over the weekend, while spending late nights in the Voice office with noodles, fun baggy sweatpants and bearded fellows from the University of Georgia, that the editor of this section and the writer of this prosaic diatribe (ah, isn’t talking in unnamed third person so .

By the November 8, 2001

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HOO-WAAA! RUN BOYEE!

This body of mine has gone alot of places and done a lot of things. While it’s true I’m not ripped like Marky Mark and I don’t work out that... Read more

By the November 1, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

“ECU vs. TCU. Tuesday night Conference USA football! Hoo-wa!” There’s a sort of pit you fall into at this time of year. You can’t pull yourself away from the World... Read more

By the November 1, 2001

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Avaunt ye, 23!

I don’t think any of you could possibly understand what it’s like. OK. Well, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement. Maybe if you grew up in Chicago, in the... Read more

By the November 1, 2001

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Women’s Tennis: ‘This team has so much fun together.’

The Georgetown women’s tennis team finished out a successful fall season last weekend, competing in both singles and doubles at the prestigious ITA Regional Championships. First-year Liora Gelblum, who has... Read more

By the November 1, 2001

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Freshmen, veterans combine to take down Penn

When the Hoyas upset defending national soccer champion UConn on Sept. 20, it looked to be a springboard to a renewed run at the NCAA tournament. Georgetown’s record was back... Read more

By the November 1, 2001

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“Pooch Punt!”

It was a pilgrimage to the very bottom of the talent pool that the National Football League has to offer, to a stadium out in the middle of nowhere, where... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

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The final verdict on the Yanks

Once again, it’s the Yankees. I don’t know what to do with myself. I live with Yankees fans. My best friends here are Yankees fans. Some of my other buddies,... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

The good folks at MBNA Career Center brought us “Career Fair 2001” in the Leavey Center on Wednesday. The Serm realized, while sitting in Sellinger, that we have no idea... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

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Port leads men’s soccer over rival UConn

In a physical, well-played Big East Conference game, Senior forward Nate Port’s team-leading eighth goal of the season led Georgetown to an inspired 1-0 shutout victory over defending National Champion... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

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Da Scoop

Men’s basketball?RaMell Ross, a sophomore guard-forward will miss the first three months of the season because of a broken right foot, Head Coach Craig Esherick announced Wednesday. Ross played a... Read more

By the October 25, 2001