WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team has earned a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) and will host the Sacred Heart University Pioneers at McDonough Arena on Friday at 7 p.m. The Hoyas are currently 16-15 on the season and finished with a 9-9 record in the BIG EAST Conference, earning the No. 4 seed at the 2019 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament and advancing to the semifinals for the second-consecutive season.
 
This marks Georgetown's fourth-consecutive postseason berth, and the second under Head Coach James Howard. The furthest the Hoyas have gone is the WNIT quarterfinals before falling to Boston College, 65-56. Overall, this is the ninth appearance in the WNIT for the Blue & Gray, the program is 5-8 all-time in the postseason tournament. Georgetown's last NCAA berth was a trip to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2012.
 
The Hoyas had an outstanding end to the regular season as the squad going 5-1 in its final six games. The Blue & Gray defeated fifth-seeded Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals after earning a first-round bye. The Hoyas defeated the Wildcats 76-67 to advance to the semifinals before falling to nationally-ranked Marquette.
 
Sacred Heart went 19-12 on the season winning six of their last seven games of the year.  The squad earned the second seed in the Northeast Conference Tournament and advanced to the semifinals before falling 68-60 to Saint Francis University.  The team tied a league record with four players earning all-conference honors. 
 
The Hoyas are 3-0 all-time against the Pioneers and have never met in the postseason.  Georgetown is 2-0 at home with a 90-63 victory during the 2012-13 campaign as well as an 82-55 win in 1999.  The most recent matchup came in the preseason WNIT at McDonough Arena.  The lone road meeting was a 70-52 Hoya victory in 2000.
 
Georgetown is one of seven BIG EAST teams participating in postseason play. Butler, Providence, Seton Hall and Villanova will join the Hoyas in the WNIT while DePaul and Marquette earned spots in the NCAA Tournament.
 
Tickets for the game can be purchased through Georgetown's Athletic Ticket Office or at the gate. Live stats and a webcast will be available at www.GUHoyas.com.