Georgetown Hoyas sports roundup
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Version 0 of 1. Men’s basketball: Senior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera was selected to the Big East weekly honor roll on Monday after leading the Hoyas to a pair of wins last week. He averaged 19.5 points and 4.4 assists in two games, including a game-high 27 points in a win over UNC Wilmington on Saturday. Women’s basketball: The Hoyas split a pair of games to finish last week with an overall record of 6-3. They defeated Delaware, 61-50, at McDonough Arena on Thursday. Freshman Dionna White led the way with 18 points, while junior Faith Woodard added 10 points. Sophomore Yazmine Belk posted a squad-best 14 rebounds, including seven on the offensive glass, and sophomore Dorothy Adomako managed six points and 10 boards. On Saturday, a tough third quarter proved to be the difference as GU fell at Alabama, 78-66. White led the way with 17 points and seven rebounds as well as five assists, while Adomako added 14 points. Woodard managed 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks, and sophomore DiDi Burton posted six assists, six rebounds and three steals. Men’s soccer: Senior forward Brandon Allen and junior defender Joshua Yaro were named all-Americans by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America on Friday. Allen earned a spot on the first team and Yaro was named to the second team. On Friday, Allen was named a Hermann Trophy finalist, marking the first time in program history that a Hoya has been named a finalist. Five members of the team earned NSCAA all-Great Lakes Region honors last week. Allen, Yaro, senior defender Keegan Rosenberry, and junior forward Alex Muyl all earned first-team nods. Freshman goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski received a spot on the second team. Track and field: Georgetown all-American Sabrina Southerland earned weekly Big East honors last Tuesday, as announced by the league office in New York. Southerland picked up the honor after winning a pair of events, taking the top spot in the mile and running the second leg on the championship 4x400-meter relay team. Southerland clocked 4:51.66 to win the mile, the lone competitor to break five minutes, with a time that ranks atop the conference and third in the country. She was also part of a relay squad that currently leads the conference, clocking 3:52.15, the 16th-best time in the country. Swimming and diving: Sophomore Molly Fitzpatrick qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:34.32, becoming the first Georgetown swimmer to ever make an Olympic trials cut. Fitzpatrick earned her qualifying time at Lejeune Hall at the Naval Academy. |