Match 18 - Georgetown: Big East Championship

[Reslife4Life]

Zips will look for their first Big East Tournament championship on Sunday at 2pm against the Georgetown Hoyas. Georgetown was the Zips sole defeat of the season back on September 25th. The Hoyas come in to the game as the Number 1 team in RPI with a record of 15-1-2. The Zips will need to be on the top of their defensive game as Georgetown has scored two or more goals in 16 of their 18 total matches this year. The match will be broadcast on ESPNU 

[TennZip]

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=56626&articleTitle=mens-di-conference-final-previews

 

Big East: No. 1 Georgetown vs. No. 3 Akron - 2 PM Eastern, Sunday, November 15

The nationally No. 1-ranked Hoyas are heavy favorites in this match, even if leading striker Mitch Baker is out with an injury. Georgetown won the regular-season clash 3-1, also without Baker in the lineup. However, Akron is a worthy competitor, undefeated in the last nine since that loss and just blitzed Creighton with three goals in the first ten minutes to reach the final.

[Zips1991]

32 minutes ago, TennZip said:

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=56626&articleTitle=mens-di-conference-final-previews

 

Big East: No. 1 Georgetown vs. No. 3 Akron - 2 PM Eastern, Sunday, November 15

The nationally No. 1-ranked Hoyas are heavy favorites in this match, even if leading striker Mitch Baker is out with an injury. Georgetown won the regular-season clash 3-1, also without Baker in the lineup. However, Akron is a worthy competitor, undefeated in the last nine since that loss and just blitzed Creighton with three goals in the first ten minutes to reach the final.

I don't know if I ever consider Akron soccer to be a heavy underdog, but I get their point.

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, Zips1991 said:

I don't know if I ever consider Akron soccer to be a heavy underdog, but I get their point.

If we are a heavy underdog to Georgetown, literally every other team in the country would have to be too.

 

Does Georgetown deserve to be favored? Yes.

 

Heavy favorites? Definitely not.

 

Let's hope the Akron buzzsaw shows up on Sunday and decapitates the Hoyas.

[TennZip]

The Georgetown web site has a preview up.  

 

Unfortunately, we will have to listen to different announcers.  I really liked Monika Moore.

 

On a side note, the ESPNU schedule tomorrow is :

12 noon to 2  - ACC Women's final  - Virginia vs. North Carolina

 

2 to 4 - Big East Men's final  - #5 Akron vs. #1 Georgetown

 

4 to 6 - ACC men's final -  #9 North Carolina vs.  #2 SMU.

 

I doubt that the women's final is over by 2.   I hope that ESPN is set up to show the start of the Akron game on ESPN News or ESPN2.

 

 

https://guhoyas.com/news/2026/11/14/mens-soccer-georgetown-to-play-akron-in-big-east-championship.aspx

 

Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU with Tyler Terens and Paddy Foss calling the action.

 

The Hoyas are 2-3-1 all-time against the Zips, and 1-0 in the BIG EAST Championship.

The squads have never met in the championship game with the lone postseason matchup coming in the 2024 semifinal where Georgetown won 2-1 in overtime.

 

               The Big East web site also has a writeup on the game:

 

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2026/11/14/georgetown-and-akron-set-for-top-five-big-east-mens-soccer-championship-showdown.aspx