Georgetown Hoyas
2023 Georgetown Hoyas baseball team
Founded1870 (1870)
UniversityGeorgetown University
Head coachEdwin Thompson (3rd season)
ConferenceBig East
LocationWashington, D.C.
Home stadiumShirley Povich Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
NicknameHoyas
ColorsBlue and gray[1]
   

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,[2] 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.[3] Georgetown has yet to make an appearance in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Facilities

Georgetown's baseball team is the oldest on campus, having formed in 1870.[4]

The Hoyas play their home games at Shirley Povich Field, a 1,500 seat stadium located in Bethesda, Maryland and named for Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich. The stadium was built in 1998. The Hoyas also utilize three lighted batting cages and two bullpen areas located on campus above Yates Field House, and adjacent to Kehoe Field. In the fall of 2017, the Hoyas added an indoor hitting and pitching facility which is located on campus under the Leavey Center.[3]

See also

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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. 1 2 2009 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Georgetown Hoyas. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Football's Roots At Georgetown". HoyaSaxa.com. August 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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