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The Georgetown field hockey team (2-17, 0-6 Big East) lost, 7-0, to No. 11 Lafayette on Saturday to end what’s turned out to be a largely forgettable season.

On a chilly afternoon, the Blue and Gray put up a decent fight in the second half after having been completely dominated in the first. Senior goalkeeper Briana Pereira finished the game with 14 saves, while senior midfielders Caitlin Hickey and Katy Wingo attempted two shots apiece for the Hoyas.

The Leopards came into the game shooting and, remarkably, recorded 20 shots in the first half while the Hoyas could not get off a single one. Thanks in part to Pereira’s goalkeeping, Lafayette could not score until the game’s 15th minute. However, the floodgates quickly opened after that, as goals from Deanna Dicroce, Kristin Heaney and Jenna Seybert allowed the Leopards to take a commanding 3-0 lead into halftime.

In the second half, the Hoyas turned much of the momentum, attempting the same number of shots as Lafayette in the period. This shift was not reflected in the score, though, as the hosts scored four goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half, including two in the 51st minute. Although GU threatened to score in the final minutes, they were ultimately shut out for the fourth time this season.

The loss marked the final game for 10 Georgetown seniors.

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-16, 0-6 Big East) could not complete a comeback from three goals down against Villanova (7-12, 2-4 Big East) on Friday, falling to the Wildcats, 5-3.

Villanova jumped on the Blue and Gray early, scoring three goals in the first nine minutes. Sophomore forward Leah High scored the first two goals for the Wildcats en route to her game-high four goals during the entire game.

After falling behind early, the Hoyas staved off several Villanova shots with the help of two saves from senior goalkeeper Briana Pereira. Against the run of play, Georgetown struck back, as senior midfielder Caitlin Hickey scored off of a penalty corner from freshman midfielder Emily Weinberg.

GU continued its comeback attempt out of the break when senior forward Annie Wilson scored 20 seconds into the half. However, Georgetown could not tie the game up, as ‘Nova’s High added another goal to her tally.

After another flurry of Villanova shots, the Blue and Gray staged one last-gasp comeback attempt with a goal by freshman forward Sarah Butterfield in the 64th minute. However, High erased any doubt of the game’s final outcome by scoring a fourth goal during a fastbreak with seven minutes remaining.

The defeat extended the Hoyas’ losing streak to 12 games. The team’s season finale is set for noon on Sunday at Lafayette

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-15, 0-5 Big East) knew what it was getting itself into when it took on No. 3 Syracuse (14-1, 5-0) at home this afternoon, and the Orange lived up to their billing in a big way with a decisive, 7-2 win.

SU had its foot on the accelerator early, scoring in the first minute of the game and then converting a corner and penalty stroke in quick succession to go up 3-0. Stopping the bleeding, senior forward Annie Wilson put the Hoyas on the board at 21:35 in the first by redirecting a deflected shot from senior midfielder Caitlin Hickey to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Syracuse was back on the offensive five minutes later, however, when the Orange’s Lauren Brooks snuck a shot past GU senior goaltender Briana Pereira to restore the three-goal advantage. The Orange managed one more goal at the end of the first to take a 5-1 lead at the break.

Both teams fought back and forth after halftime, with no goals being scored for the first 15 minutes of the second half. Syracuse’s Sarah Clark finally broke the second half stalemate with a goal at 51:22 to put the Orange up 6-1.

The Blue and Gray responded five minutes later, though, as Hickey, scored her first of the year. It would unfortunately be the last goal of the day for the Hoyas.

Syracuse would go on to score one more goal towards the end of the match, putting the final score at 7-2. A telling statistic from today’s contest was the Orange’s 34 shots on goal, compared to just 7 for Georgetown.

GU will be back in action next Friday night at Big East foe Villanova.

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-14, 0-4 Big East) continued its struggles today, suffering a 6-0 loss to Fairfield (8-8). Sunday’s defeat rounds out a disappointing road trip this weekend for the Blue and Gray, who lost to No. 4 Connecticut (15-0, 5-0 Big East), 4-1, yesterday.

The Stags were able to penetrate the Hoya defense virtually at will throughout the game, outshooting the Hoyas by a whopping 27-3 margin. Fairfield first stuck in the 21st minute and again six minutes later on a well-placed cross, sending GU into the half down 2-0.

The hosts dominated possession in the second half, allowing their onslaught of shots to continue. In the 48th minute, after Fairfield took a 4-0 lead off a rebounded shot, Georgetown Head Coach Tiffany Marsh replaced senior goalkeeper Briana Pereira with sophomore goalkeeper Emma Hamstra.

Hamstra earned five saves during her 21 minutes in goal, while Pereira posted six before the substitution.

Still, no change in keepers would slow down the Stags on Sunday: After another goal off of a rebound in the 50th minute, Fairfield’s final tally came in the 65th to seal the game.

Next up for Georgetown–as it looks to put a stop its ten-game losing streak–will be the squad’s toughest opponent yet, the top-ranked Orange of Syracuse (13-1, 4-0 Big East). That game, the home finale for the Hoyas, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday.

The Georgetown field hockey team (2-13, 0-4 Big East) hit the road on Saturday to face off with conference foe and third-ranked UConn (14-0, 5-0), falling by a score of 4-1 to extend its losing streak to nine straight.

If not for the Hoyas’ defense and goalkeeping, however, that deficit could have been considerably larger. Goalkeeper Briana Pereira had a career-high 17 saves on 39 Connecticut shots, shutting out the Huskies’ potent attack entirely in the second half to keep her team within striking distance.

Unfortunately, by that point the damage had already been done, as it was the visitors’ first-half performance that did in the Blue and Gray on the afternoon. UConn came out strong and fast after the opening whistle, tallying two goals within the first six minutes and adding two more before the break to build a four-goal advantage at the break.

Senior forward Annie Wilson, who has carried the bulk of the load on offense this season, finally got Georgetown on the board with less than three minutes remaining, but the breakthrough came far too late for the Hoyas, whose Connecticut road trip continues today against Fairfield (7-8, 0-3 America East).

It was a tough loss for the Georgetown field hockey team (2-12, 0-3) on Sunday, as the Hoyas looked to pick up just their third win of the season against Cornell (5-6, 2-1) on Senior Day.

All ten seniors started the game for the Blue and Gray, but their experience was not enough in the end to pull out the victory, as they fell 3-1.

At the 14-minute mark, senior forward Annie Wilson finished the work of fellow senior Katy Wingo, finding the back of the net on a ball deflected by Cornell’s goalie to tie the game at 1-1. It would be the only goal scored by the hosts all afternoon.

The game remained tied until just before halftime, when Hannah Balleza of Cornell broke the deadlock and put her team up 2-1. The Big Red tacked on a third goal 39 minutes later, assuming a two-goal advantage that would stand for the remainder of the game.

GU travels to Connecticut next Saturday to take on the Huskies, as the Hoyas continue to look for their first conference win.