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Men’s soccer defeats William and Mary in brutal heat

Some wins come ugly. That was the case this past Sunday as the Georgetown men’s soccer team (3-1-3, 0-0 Big East) faced off against William and Mary (2-4-0, 0-0 Colonial... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: The case for dance

If you’re a sports fan, and you happen to be friends with dance enthusiasts, I promise you, at some point, you’ll be out to dinner and someone will turn to... Read more

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Field hockey streak cut short

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-3, 0-0 Big East) brought home their second win of the season against Holy Cross this past Saturday, before dropping a game on Sunday 4-1... Read more

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Rugby rebuilds after graduation

The Georgetown club rugby team was founded in 1967 and holds an impressive legacy of success here on the Hilltop. After a strong 2013-2014 season during which they won their... Read more

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Georgetown football drives Marist away for first win

  When the Georgetown football team (1-2, 0-0 Patriot League) traveled to Poughkeepsie, NY to play the Marist Red Foxes, they knew that they needed to turn their season around.... Read more

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Buck Wild: Fútbol, not football

“Gooooooooaaaaaaallllll!” blares over the speakers, echoing throughout the airport terminal. Everybody freezes for a single moment to listen to the announcement and then erupts in a wild flurry of overzealous... Read more

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At the helm with Nevin Snow

This past summer, four members of the Georgetown sailing team represented America at the World University Championships in Italy, defeating defending champions Australia in the finals to take home first... Read more

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Football winless after Dayton loss

The Georgetown football team (0-2, 0-0 Patriot League) continues to search for a win this season after falling to Dayton (1-0, 0-0 Pioneer League) 23-14 last weekend. In the first... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: It’s not personality, it’s business

I’ve been going to the University of Vermont men’s ice hockey games since I could walk. I used to sit down at the bottom of section 18, adjacent to the... Read more

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Men’s soccer sends Badgers back underground

Georgetown’s 2-0 victory over Harvard this weekend did little to inspire championship-level confidence in Hoya soccer fans. The Blue and Gray (2-0-2, 0-0-0 Big East), therefore, had something to prove... Read more

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Full Court Press: The comfort of your own home

While Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer with its barbecues and games of golf, it also signals the beginning of another significant period in the American calendar: NFL... Read more

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Volleyball serves up two wins

The Georgetown volleyball team (2-1, 0-0 Big East) won back-to-back matches against George Mason (0-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) and Howard (2-2, 0-0 Mid Eastern Athletic Conference) to finish this past... Read more

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Women’s soccer wallops Wolfpack, tames Tigers

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (3-0-1, 0-0 Big East) defeated North Carolina State (1-2-0, 0-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) this past weekend in dominating fashion by thrashing the Wolfpack 6-0.  While... Read more

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Poultry fueling Nats to postseason

If Washington, D.C. is a sports town on the turnaround, the Washington Nationals deserve much of the credit for the change in fortune. Though the Nationals’ 2013 campaign proved disappointing,... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: Sporting stereotypes fading away

My brother Joe and I were sitting outside at a cafe next to the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence during the summer of 2012. The other guest at the table was... Read more

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Field hockey goes back to basics

As the Georgetown University Field Hockey team prepares for a fresh start, all eyes are on new Head Coach Shannon Soares. The former Virginia Commonwealth University coach will look to... Read more

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Men’s soccer to reach new heights

Last year the Georgetown Men’s Soccer team made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.  In 2012, the team advanced all the way to the finals of the... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: Tim Howard takes a break

If the U.S. soccer team were a living room, goalkeeper Tim Howard, on the squad since 2007, would be a couch— but not like the beer-soaked couch that’s travelled with... Read more

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Georgetown football embraces ‘Hoya Culture’

After a disappointing 2-9 campaign last year, the Georgetown football team enters this fall with high hopes thanks to some major offseason changes. The new head coach Rob Sgarlata took... Read more

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Women’s sailing changes course

The Georgetown women’s sailing team won the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Spring Conference Championship this past Saturday and qualified for the Women’s National Championship that will take place in... Read more