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Oct 14 2011
By editor Men's Golf

Strong Round for Men's Golf at Bearcat Invitational

The Georgetown men’s golf team enjoyed two solid days of play this weekend at the Bearcat Invitational, hosted by the University of Cincinnati at the Traditions Golf Club in Hebron, Ky. The Hoyas shot a 5-over par 289 on Monday, which was the lowest of the competing teams in the final round and good enough for the Blue and Gray to tie for fifth place overall.

As the team traveled to the Midwest, they faced fifteen tough squads from Austin Peay, Bowling Green, Belmont, Cincinnati, Kentucky (with two teams), Marshall, Morehead State, Oakland, Ohio, and Youngstown State.

“Anytime we travel to the Midwest we will compete against a number of experienced and talented golf teams,” Head Coach Tommy Hunter said. “We knew going in we had to play well in order to gain a respectable finish.”

The Hoyas stepped up to the challenge over the weekend, with three golfers making notable improvements in their personal performances, especially in the final round.

Senior Brian Dorfman earned medalist honors after winning the first hole of a playoff against Cincinnati’s David Tepe. Dorfman was tied for sixth place out of the 79 golfers with an even-par 142 after the first two rounds. He shot 2-over par in the first round and two under par in the second.

Dorfman shot a bogey-free round on the final day and concluded the tournament with a 3-under par 68. Dorfman was tied for sixth with Tepe after the first day, and his Cincinnati foe also shot a 68 in the final round to force a playoff at the 10th hole to decide the winner. But on the difficult 460-yard hole, Tepe’s tee shot landed in the rough. Capitalizing on his opponent’s mishap, Dorfman made par on the sudden-death hole to clinch his second win of the season as well as notching the third win of his career.

Two other noteworthy performances came from freshman Greg Podufal and senior co-captain Taylor Hall. Podufal entered the final day of golf tied for 56th, ended it tied for 32nd after a 1-under par round. Hall also made an impressive comeback.,tying for 50th place after the first two rounds and rallying the last day to tie for 40th overall.

Next up for the Hoyas will be the Georgetown Intercollegiate Tournament at the Members Club at Four Streams, in Beallsville, Md. on October 17 and 18. That will be the final event in Georgetown’s fall season.

“The momentum from this last round will hopefully remain with us and carry us through,” Hunter said.

– Rae Underberg

Oct 11 2011
By editor Uncategorized

GU Football Crushes Wagner

After a disappointing loss last weekend to Bucknell, the Georgetown football team (4-2, 1-1 Patriot League) got back on track with a victory at Wagner (1-5, 1-2 Northeastern Conference) on Saturday.

Lackluster offense was the order of the day for both teams early on, as the Seahawks kicked a 24-yard field goal to grab an early lead. The Hoyas struggled on offense, and junior quarterback Isaiah Kempf fumbled the ball on one play and threw an interception during another drive.

Georgetown shook off its malaise in the second quarter, however, with two rushing touchdowns — one from Kempf and the other from sophomore running back Nick Campanella. Senior kicker Brett Weiss connected on both extra point attempts, and the Blue and Gray took a 14-3 lead into the intermission.

The first two Georgetown drives of the second half ended with fumbles, and Wagner managed to score on a 48-yard drive that consisted mostly of short rushes. With the lead cut to four points, Weiss sent the football sailing through the uprights to put the Hoyas back up by a score with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.

The Blue and Gray gained some breathing room midway through the fourth period, when Kempf connected with junior slot receiver Max Waizenegger on a 71-yard scoring strike. The touchdown catch was the longest of Waizenegger’s career.

“It was a broken play, Isaiah got flushed out of the pocket and I was just along the sideline. They blitzed a lot of people, he rolled out and he threw me the ball and I was able to get to the end zone,” Waizenegger said in a statement. “What we’re taught to do is that the deepest receiver on a broken play just supposed to run down the sideline. I did that and he just found me.”

Leading by 14 points, the Hoyas managed to seal the deal on defense, although pass defense remains a concern given Wagner’s 230 yards through the air. Senior safety David Quintero intercepted Wagner quarterback Matt Misley’s pass with 4:25 to go in the game. Georgetown knelt the ball on their last drive, ensuring a 24-10 victory.

“It was a very hard fought football game, I have to tip my cap to Wagner. It was seven points there for a long time. I’m really happy with our defense, they bent a little bit, but didn’t break and then made a real big play there at the end,” Head Coach Kevin Kelly said in a statement.

The Blue and Gray have four more days to address the shaky pass defense and the problems with interceptions and fumbles before traveling across town on Saturday to face Howard at 1 p.m.

– Evan Hollander

Oct 10 2011
By editor Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer Splits Conference Pair

Georgetown 2, Cincinnati 1

Georgetown redshirt senior midfielder Ingrid Wells stood over the ball 25 yards from the goal, scanning the defense as she prepared to play a free-kick from outside the left corner of the penalty box. Senior forward Camille Trujillo, awaiting Wells’ service amongst a sea of jerseys, knew exactly what to do.

Trujillo broke free from a pack of markers, running across the box towards the near post. Instead of lofting in the typical cross to the far post, Wells played a low ball in to the oncoming Trujillo, who sent the ball past the Bearcat’s keeper and inside the far post, evening the score at 1-1 just 49 seconds after kicking off the second half.

“It’s a free kick that we do in particular moments depending on what looks the defense gives us. If there’s a channel to play that ball in, we always feel that if we can get it in low on the ground we’ll have forwards running in on to it. And if not ,we have defenders facing their own goal, which they don’t like to do, so that’s something we conjure up,” Head Coach Dave Nolan said.

The strike was long-due for a Hoya side which dominated the opening half despite conceding a late goal against the run of play. The Blue and Gray struck the woodwork on numerous occasions before the break, including a one-touch volley from senior Sam Baker which rocketed off the crossbar after a lobbed Wells cross.

Trujillo notched her second goal of the afternoon in the 52nd minute, when she beat the Cincinnati defense and keeper to a Wells pass in the box, rolling the ball into the net past the stranded net-minder. It was Trujillo’s eighth goal of the season, putting her second on the team in total points behind Wells.

“Big players make big plays in big games, and Camille made two great big plays for us to win us the game,” Nolan said. “She’s just got great pace, she really has come on strong this last month.”

Wells, who improved her points total to a Georgetown-record 102, gave the Hoyas a strong 90 minutes after returning Friday morning from training with the U.S. National team during the week in Los Angeles.

“It was a really good experience and it was great to get to compete with different players at such a high level even just for a week,” Wells said. “To be getting feedback and playing in front of the full team coach is like a dream come true, it was very exciting.”

The Hoyas improved to 11-4-0 on the year and 5-2-0 in league play.

Georgetown 1, Louisville 2 (2OT)

Georgetown as a university upholds a fine Jesuit tradition, but the soccer gods failed to smile upon the Hoyas on Sunday afternoon, as the Blue and Gray fell in double overtime to their Big East rivals despite dominating the majority of the 102 minutes of play.

“We created chances, we had lots of chances, defensively we kept a very offensive team down to few chances, I don’t know if we could do much more,” Nolan said. “It wasn’t for lack of effort, it wasn’t for lack of chances, I don’t think it was anything that we could’ve done differently, the ball just didn’t go in.”

Trujillo continued her fine run, scoring her ninth goal of the season after a trademark throw-in from Baker found her head after bouncing in the box. Trujillo nodded the delivery past the Cardinals’ keeper and inside the far post in the 20th minute.

The Hoyas dominated the remainder of the half and the majority of the second period, but failed to find the all-important insurance goal. The Blue and Gray’s fortunes worsened when a breakdown in the penalty area allowed Louisville’s Christine Exeter to equalize from close-range in the 79th minute.

After barraging the goal with set-pieces, long throw-ins, and crosses for almost all of the opening overtime period, Exeter broke loose and fired home her low shot from the right side of the box for the shocking victory.

“I think this is one of the worst losses yet this season, we worked so hard and we were the better team, but we just got unlucky in the end,” senior defender Gabby Miller said. “Give credit to [Exeter], she’s one of the best offensive players I’ve ever played against, but we really deserved [the win] I think.”

The Hoyas outshot the Cardinals 13-6 and held a 13-2 advantage in corner kicks, but simply could not get the final touch when it counted.

“I feel sorry for the kids, thought they left everything on the field, I thought they played ever so well and that’s our sport sometimes,” Nolan said. “It was a really good game, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I’m sort of stunned a little bit but you got to give them credit.”

Georgetown fell to 11-5-0 and 5-3-0 in conference play. The Hoyas next match is this Friday at Notre Dame, where a win could propel them back to the top of the division. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

— Beno Picciano

Oct 07 2011
By editor Sailing

Sailing Preps for Busy Weekend

This weekend will be a busy one for the Georgetown sailing team with four regattas to attend: a single-man race in King’s Point, N.Y., a women’s event at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the offshore regatta at Larchmont Yacht Club in New York, and the Tom Curtis here in the waters of the District of Columbia.

These regattas will match the Hoyas against national powerhouses such as Boston College, Yale, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford, the Merchant Marine Academy and the Naval Academy. However, Head Coach Mike Callahan’ squad is looking to live up to its reputation this weekend.

“If we go to five events, we expect to do well at all five,” senior captain Andrew Mason said.

The Hoyas’ combination of youth and experience has been a staple of the fall season thus far. Callahan has tried to spread out the competition to give everybody experience and see where the skippers need improvement. As a result, Georgetown has continually relied on all sorts of sailors so far this year, and this weekend will prove to be no different against the top-ranked teams in the nation.

“Our team has everyone from All-Americans to girls from Oklahoma who had never sailed before and were just looking to get involved in something,” senior women’s captain Rebecca Evans said. “Our Thursday race-day amongst our team is our hardest competition and the hardest regattas we have.”

Junior Chris Barnard and freshmen Alex Post will be in boat alone instead of the usual two-man system of sailing, trying to take one step closer to the ultimate goal of a national championship. While the events at the Naval Academy and Larchmont Yacht Club will no doubt be important in helping the team maintain early-season momentum, the Tom Curtis holds a little bit more weight simply due to its location.

“We want to do well in the Tom Curtis because it is here on our home waters, which should give us a little edge over our competition,” Mason said.

Confidence, talent, and good instruction are all going to be vital this weekend to the Hoyas, as this weekend’s regattas hold a good bit of significance.  The single-man event in King’s Point New, York, the home of the Merchant Marine Academy, is a qualifier for nationals.

“The goal is always to win any event we go to,” said senior captain Pete Johns.

Many college sailing teams have one or two top boats that are able to compete in every race, but Georgetown relies on a full roster of capable sailors.

“One thing that sets us apart from other teams is the team-wide philosophy that we have.  We strive to have those two or three boats that are really good just as much as we strive to have a complete team,” Johns said.

– Dillon Mullan

Oct 05 2011
By editor Athletics, Field Hockey, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer

Muller, Gomez, Trujillo, Wilson Capture Big East Weekly Awards

Georgetown athletes are well represented in the Big East player of the week awards this week, with four Hoyas from three different teams earning recognition.

After a solid week in which they defeated DePaul and tied Penn State, the men’s soccer team (7-1-3, 2-0-0), had two players earn Big East awards, junior captain Tommy Muller and freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez. Muller was named Big East defensive player of the week after contributing to the shutouts of the Blue Demons and Nittany Lions. Gomez was named to the Big East honor roll after his performance backing up Georgetown’s defensive efforts with solid play between the posts. He made seven saves in his sixth shutout this season, a 2-0 victory over DePaul.

The women’s soccer squad (10-4-0, 4-2-0) also made a showing in the Big East awards this week, with senior forward Camille Trujillo named to the honor roll. Trujillo earned five points in the teams 6-0 shutout over Pittsburgh scoring two goals, which brings her season total to six.

Soccer wasn’t the only Georgetown sport with award winners this week. Junior forward Annie Wilson of the field hockey team (2-9, 0-2 Big East) also earned league honors. Wilson made the weekly honor roll after scoring one goal and recording three shots on goal in the Blue and Gray’s 3-2 loss to Rutgers.

All four of the athletes are repeat award winners and the Hoyas are likely to see them earn further recognition from the conference this season.

– Rae Underberg

Oct 03 2011
By editor Swimming & Diving

Swimming & Diving Opens Year at Potomac Relays

The Georgetown swimming and diving team kicked off their season with mixed results at the Potomac Relays this past weekend. The men’s squad was fourth of seven teams while the women finished third of six in the meet held at American.

Among the highlights were victories in the men’s 300-yard breaststroke and the women’s 400-yard medley. Seniors Brad Crist and Trevor Kosmo and sophomore Christian Kilgore led the Hoyas to victory on the men’s side.

For the women, sophomores Rosemary Christian and Kristen Krebs and freshmen Virginia Carefoote and Jessica Gaudiosi dominated the race, finishing 21 seconds faster than runner-up Towson.

The Potomac Relays, which traditionally start Georgetown’s season, consist only of team events. The Blue and Gray will head back to the pool Saturday when they take on Delaware in Wilmington, Del. That event will consist of both team and individual contests.

– Evan Hollander

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