page_title: Georgetown Hoyas
section_title: Sports sponsored
hierarchical_section_title: Georgetown Hoyas / Sports sponsored
caption_attribution_description: English: A tough play... the ball will beat the Georgetown runner, but it was an errant toss from the outfield. The catcher couldn't field the ball after it took a wild bounce, and the runner made it home. It didn't save the Hoyas though... St. John's won the game, capping off their 3-0 weekend series against Georgetown.
context_page_description: The Georgetown Hoyas are the intercollegiate athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C. Georgetown's athletics department fields 23 men's and women's varsity level teams and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level as a member of the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in football. In late 2012, Georgetown and six other Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference. The rowing and sailing teams also participate in east coast conferences. The men's basketball team is the school's most famous and most successful program, but Hoyas have achieved success in a wide range of sports.
  The team name is derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa", which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s. Most teams have their athletic facilities on the main campus of Georgetown University.
context_section_description: Georgetown University fields 23 varsity level sports teams, 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. Intercollegiate sports include (inaugural season in parentheses):
  Men's: baseball (1870), basketball (1907), crew (1876; 1958), cross country (1924), football (1887), golf (1925), lacrosse (1951), soccer (1952), swimming and diving (1949), tennis (1920), and track and field (1891)
  Women's: basketball (1960), crew (1975), cross country (1976), field hockey (1960), golf (2001), lacrosse (1975), soccer (1991), softball (2005), swimming and diving (1975), tennis (1960), track and field (1976), and volleyball (1960)
  Coed: sailing (1937)
caption: Georgetown's baseball team is the oldest on campus, having formed in 1870.[21]
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