About Courtside
The Hatchet's sports desk is often a hectic place. But we try hard to keep you up to date on all things GW sports.
- Editors: Cory Weinberg, Nick Ong
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Recent Posts in Courtside
Baseball’s surprising season ended by blowout loss
The blowout loss to top-seeded Saint Louis ended GW’s season on a down note, but the Colonials beat the odds by reaching the tournament’s final four and winning their first postseason game since 2004.
Baseball stays alive with walk-off win, now faces top-seeded Saint Louis
There were plenty of bad omens in the Colonials’ elimination game against Rhode Island. But in the end, GW caught a break, and sealed a 5-4 walkoff win on light-hitting Xavier Parkmond’s bases-loaded infield single.
Early errors spell trouble in baseball’s first-round A-10 loss
This post was written by Hatchet reporter Josh Solomon. Senior center fielder Ryan Hickey, shading to left field on a defensive shift, sprinted for a line drive in the right-center field gap. He laid out for the ball, momentarily catching it in flight, but as his body landed on the turf field, the ball popped [...]
Lasan Kromah headed to UConn
Gregg Ritchie named A-10 Coach of the Year
Recent Sports Stories in Print
- Op-Ed:An amazing four years May 20, 2013Congratulations, graduates. What you've witnessed in the last four years as students in D.C. was nothing short of amazing. […]
- Cartoon: Students throw realistic "Great Gatsby"-themed graduation parties May 20, 2013[…]
- Snapshot May 20, 2013[…]
- Financial aid pool shrinks for first time in six years May 19, 2013The Board of Trustees approved a nearly $2 million decrease in financial aid funding Friday, the first drop in six years. […]
- Staff Editorial: Reassessing the GW bureaucracy May 19, 2013GW expansion has also included growth in the number of the administrators and staffers, which could hurt, not help, students' educational experiences. […]
- New Board chairman to tailor start-up mentality to academia May 19, 2013Ten years ago, Nelson Carbonell's software engineering company flamed out — a casualty of business risks and the dot-com bust. […]
- University to tear down and rebuild Hall on Virginia Avenue May 19, 2013The much-maligned residence hall for graduate students, the Hall on Virginia Avenue, will likely be demolished and get a nearly $35 million makeover starting next summer. […]
- Strategic plan approval to set off big academic changes May 19, 2013The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the nearly $400 million strategic plan Friday — a blueprint that the University will use to reshape its undergraduate structure starting next year. […]
- Cost of GW Museum increases by half to $33 million May 19, 2013The GW Museum opening near University Yard will expand it's size by 50 percent, increasing costs by a half in order to house additional exhibits and maximize space on the site. […]
- Op-Ed: Keep food trucks on campus May 19, 2013Food trucks have become a common spectacle at GW over the last few years, as each day nearly a dozen of these vendors serve up diverse cultural cuisines and build social connections on the Foggy Bottom Campus. But food trucks are under assault by the D.C. government. […]

