After a day and a half of delays, players finally took the field at Guy Mason for a Big East softball series between Georgetown and visiting Creighton.

It was a long time for the Hoyas to wait just to suffer a heartbreaking loss.

Georgetown lost 2-1 in what would be the only game of the weekend, as Saturday’s games were canceled due to weather conditions and Sunday’s games were postponed until the afternoon, leaving time for only one game.

This might have raised the stakes, as it may be the only time Georgetown (12-17, 2-2 Big East) sees Creighton (15-6, 2-2) during the regular season.

The Blue and Gray ran into trouble early. With two outs in the top of the first inning, Creighton senior shortstop Liz Dike reached first after Georgetown junior shortstop Grace Appelbe committed an error on a groundball.

“I think it’s just par for our season,” Head Coach Pat Conlan said of the play. “I’ve talked about us giving too many runs away, and that was an excellent example, where we get their best hitter to hit a routine ground ball and we don’t make the play, and things happen from there.”

Dike then stole second and was driven in on a single from teammate junior catcher Blake Ringle, putting the Bluejays up by one.

“We should have been out of that inning and in the dugout by then,” Conlan said. “That’s happened often this season and it’s really hurt us. It’s hard to always play from behind.”

Both sides were quiet during the second and third innings, and Georgetown pitcher Megan Hyson cruised, striking out the side in the second inning.

Georgetown made the most of Creighton’s mistakes in the fourth when Appelbe was hit by a pitch and then advanced to second on a passed ball.

An error by Creighton’s shortstop on a grounder from sophomore first baseman Alessandra Gargicevich-Almeida allowed Appelbe to score, tying the game at 1-1.

“I thought we were a little tentative early on, but as the game progressed, I thought we got much better. We took much better swings,” Conlan said.

Hyson pitched out of a jam in the fifth after hitting a batter and allowing a hit, stranding two runners in scoring position. But in the sixth, Jen Daro homered for the Bluejays with one out.

The Hoyas looked to rally but did not muster much offense, stranding one in the sixth and going down in order in the seventh to end the game. They only managed three hits throughout the ballgame.

“We’ve never faced this pitcher before. She had excellent stats, and she’s a good pitcher,” Conlan said of Creighton sophomore Sydnee Eck. “She kept us off-balance and moved the ball well and threw a nice game.”

Hyson, despite taking the loss, did not have a bad outing — she allowed only one earned run while striking out 10 and holding Creighton to five hits and no walks.

“Creighton’s a good team, and they just played better than we did today. They made one more play than we did,” Conlan said.

In this outing, Georgetown saw more problems with consistency and execution, struggling on defense with two total errors and failing to push multiple runs across the plate. Conlan is still working on getting the team’s energy and execution to align.

“I think we were ready to play, I liked our effort and I liked how hard we played,” Conlan said. “We just didn’t execute the way we needed to.”

Georgetown will face St. John’s (10-13, 3-0 Big East) during the Easter holiday. The Red Storm ranked second in the Big East preseason poll, one spot above Georgetown, and swept Butler (14-15, 2-4 Big East) with a 3-0 series victory this weekend.

“We’re going to continue to get out here and get lots of swings in, continue to work on our defense, continue to sharpen our pitchers’ execution, and get up there and give it our best effort,” Conlan said. “St. John’s is tough … so they’ll be ready for us.”