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May
05
2018

Georgetown Men’s Lacrosse Wins the Big East Tournament And Earns NCAA Bid

 

Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.  Hope your weekend is going well.

We step out of the ACC tonight for a short post (there are several lacrosse aficionados in the ACC and we’re going out of the conference tonight).

Full disclosure:  I’m a donor to Georgetown University Athletics (I’m an alumnus of Georgetown).

Today, the Georgetown Hoyas men’s lacrosse team (#17/#18) won their first ever Big East Conference Championship over the Denver University Pioneers (#3/#3).  The game was NEVER CLOSE. The Hoyas won 8-3 on the strength of their goalie, Nick Marrocco, who had 14 saves.  Marracco, an All-American, has the fourth most saves in Georgetown University men’s lacrosse history.

Georgetown was picked 5th in the Big East Men’s Lacrosse Media Poll – and has a total of six wins covering the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.  This year, the Hoyas put together twelve wins – and won the Big East Championship.  This is no small feat – and a huge turnaround.

The Hoyas will be playing on the road in the first round – the only question is where they will be playing.  I think the Hoyas could very likely be headed for a rematch with Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. That was a close game.   And Georgetown has a very hot goalie. Anything can happen in one NCAA playoff game (the Hoyas haven’t been to the NCAA tournament since 2007) – just ask the University of Virginia about that.

Hoya Saxa!!

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