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The Georgetown Pep Band supports students in expressing their school spirit at a variety of sports games including basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

Guité | A Love Letter to ‘There Goes Old Georgetown’ on Game Days

By Simone Guité, Special to The Hoya October 23, 2024

While most Georgetown University students may be sleeping in on Saturday mornings after packed Friday nights, I’m up early grabbing coffee and my trumpet before heading to Studio A in New North to prepare...

Georgetown's football team poses for a victory photo after improving their season record to 4-2. The Hoyas previously beat the Columbia Lions, Davidson Wildcats and Marist Red Foxes.

Georgetown Starts Patriot League Play With Shutout Victory Against Lafayette

By Ethan Herweck, Special to The Hoya October 23, 2024

The Georgetown University football team hoped to carry over the momentum from their big win against Columbia University two weeks prior to their game against Lafayette College Oct. 12.  The Hoyas (4-2,...

Aaron Judge was supposed to be part of a class of talented prospects, but the Yankees have squandered his tenure so far.

HERMAN | Real Yankees Don’t Turn Into Pumpkins Come October

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist October 23, 2024

Happy playoffs. Or sad playoffs. Depends on what team you like, I suppose, but I’m assuming you’re a New York Yankees fan because otherwise you surely would’ve gotten sick of my column months ago. We’re...

Junior forward Henley Tippins looks on during a Georgetown game. After losing 1-0 to DePaul, the Hoyas rebounded with a 1-0 win against Providence on Oct. 17

WOMEN’S SOCCER | Hoyas Fall to DePaul in First Big East Loss of the Season

By Madeline Wang, Special to The Hoya October 20, 2024

Despite ample opportunities, the 18th-ranked Georgetown University Hoyas (8-2-4, 4-1-1 Big East) failed to secure a win against a DePaul team (4-5-5, 2-1-3 Big East) seeking its first conference win of...

COMMENTARY | Washington Capitals Disappoint in 50th Anniversary Home Opener, Fall 5-3 to New Jersey Devils

By John Ehrmann, Sports Staff Writer October 20, 2024

Following a disappointing end to their 2023-2024 campaign, the Washington Capitals looked to hit the ground running, but fell to the New Jersey Devils by a two-goal differential in their home opener Oct....

WOMEN’S SOCCER | Washington Spirit Dominate Racing Louisville FC in 4-1 Victory

By Faith Specter, Deputy Sports Editor October 20, 2024

With a top-four finish and a home playoff game already a certainty, the Washington Spirit (16-2-6) entered Sunday’s matchup against Racing Louisville FC (6-7-11) looking to build continued momentum heading...

Golden State Valkyries general manager Ohemaa Nyanin and head coach Natalie Nakase will look to build the team/

Send Paige Bueckers to the Valkyries, Or Any Other Big-Market WNBA Team

By Sophia Lu, Senior Sports Editor October 20, 2024

Over the summer, I allowed my imagination to run wild. As an all-around Bay Area sports superfan (except for baseball — ask me about that), I’ve been calling for a WNBA expansion franchise in NorCal...

The New York Yankees will kick off their 2024 American League Division Series matchup against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Oct. 5

HERMAN | Start Spreading the News. Please, I Beg You.

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist October 7, 2024

“On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was. ‘It’s October 3rd,’” said Lindsay Lohan in the (fantastic) movie “Mean Girls.” Close enough; it’s “October 4th.” That means the first...

The Hoyas celebrate in the end zone after scoring a touchdown against the Columbia Lions. (GUHoyas)

FOOTBALL | Hoyas’ Defense Powers Comeback Win

By Ethan Herweck, Special to The Hoya October 7, 2024

The Georgetown University football team entered their matchup against Columbia University hoping to secure their first victory over the Lions in four years.  The Hoyas (3-2) did just that with a nailbiter...

The Mets celebrate in the locker room after Francisco Lindor's two-run homer in the 9th inning against the Atlanta Braves sends the team to the playoffs. (@Mets/Twitter)

BLUMENFELD | It’s About the Mets

By Eli Blumenfeld, Hoya Sports Columnist October 7, 2024

When I first envisioned what “Rounding the Diamond” could be in the spring of my first year at Georgetown University, I thought it would be clever — albeit a bit self-indulgent — to weave my favorite...

The Hoyas take a stroke together in an eight during morning practice on the Potomac River. (Courtesy of Hadley Winslow)

WOMEN’S ROWING | Hoyas Pick Up Speed With Deepest Roster Yet

By Sophia Lu, Senior Sports Editor October 7, 2024

The Georgetown women’s rowing team opened their fall season Saturday, Sept. 28 on the Potomac River in a friendly scrimmage against the George Washington Revolutionaries and Navy Mids. Both the openweight...

Dikembe Mutombo (#55) dunks against Villanova in a 1990 game. Mutombo, one of the Hoyas' greatest ever players, died Sept. 30. He was 58.

Dikembe Mutombo, GU Basketball Legend and NBA Hall of Famer, Dies at 58

By Caroline Rareshide, Oliver Ni, and Evie Steele September 30, 2024

Dikembe Mutombo (SLL ’91, H ’10), a Georgetown University men’s basketball icon who became a basketball Hall of Famer for his rebounding and blocking prowess with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and Atlanta...

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