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American college baseball team
Georgetown Hoyas
2024 Georgetown Hoyas baseball team
Founded1870 (1870)
UniversityGeorgetown University
Head coachEdwin Thompson (4th season)
ConferenceBig East
LocationTysons, VA
Home stadiumCapital One Park
(Capacity: 650)
NicknameHoyas
ColorsBlue and gray
   

The Georgetown Hoyas baseball team represents Georgetown University in the Big East Conference, part of the NCAA's Division I level of college baseball. Baseball is Georgetown's second oldest sport after cricket, with the first recorded game taking place in 1866, and the team formally organized and sanctioned in 1870. In 1899, Georgetown took the intercollegiate baseball world by storm, winning 18 of 20 games against college teams, beating national powers Princeton and Yale three times each and Virginia twice. The Hilltoppers reached the pinnacle of college baseball when they were acclaimed intercollegiate national champions at season's end.

Upon their triumphant return from their northern trip at the conclusion of that year, the championship team was escorted from the train station to Georgetown in a torchlight parade led by a carriage of top university officials and included students on horseback, alumni, students from the three schools, and the college band. They were greeted with fireworks once back on campus. The team was once known as the Stonewalls, and is one possible source of the Hoya Saxa cheer famous among all Georgetown sports teams. Georgetown is one of 37 eligible NCAA Division I programs that have not made an appearance in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. From 1987 to 2014, the Hoyas did not even reach the Big East tournament, and it was only in 2023 that they won a Big East tournament game.

Facilities

Georgetown's baseball team is the oldest on campus, having formed in 1870.

The Hoyas have played their home games at Capital One Park in Tysons, VA, since 2024. They previously played at Shirley Povich Field, a 1,500 seat stadium located in Bethesda, Maryland and named for Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich.

See also

References

  1. "Colors & Visual Identity". Georgetown Athletics Brand & Visual Identity (PDF). September 18, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  2. Cannamela, Julia. "Georgetown Club Cricket: A Longstanding, Diverse Club Will Make Its First Regional Appearance This Weekend". The Hoya. Georgetown University. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. 2009 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgetown Hoyas. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/for-first-time-in-29-years-georgetown-baseball-has-a-postseason/2015/05/20/b7e1932c-ff20-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html
  5. "Historic Season for Georgetown University Hoyas Baseball Team". www.besteveryou.com. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. "Football's Roots At Georgetown". HoyaSaxa.com. August 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2010.

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