WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team will travel to Providence College on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. matchup against the Friars in the third round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The Hoyas (18-15) defeated Harvard on Sunday to advance to the third round for the first time since the 2009 season and just the second time in program history.
 
The Blue & Gray saw a career-high 38-point effort from Dionna White (Baltimore, Md. / Milford Mill) lead the Hoyas past the Crimson 70-65.  Along with her career-high performance, White added 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals.  She was also an impressive 15 of 16 at the line. Freshman guard Nikola Kovacikova (Levice, Slovakia / UKF Nitra) was the other Hoya in double figures with 12 points, and graduate student guard Dorothy Adomako (Midlothian, Va. / Cosby) pulled down 10 rebounds to go along with eight points in the contest. 
 
Georgetown outrebounded Harvard 42-38 and shot 39.3 percent (22 of 56) from the field.  The defense forced 10 Crimson turnovers on six steals and allowed Harvard 36.8 percent (25 of 68) shooting from the field.
 
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 in 2009. Overall, this is the ninth appearance in the WNIT for the Blue & Gray, and the program is 6-8 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 went 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.
 
GU has three players averaging double digits as All-BIG EAST honorees White and graduate student Adomako lead the team with 17.2 and 16.4 ppg, respectively.  Graduate student Mikayla Venson (Arlington, Va. / Yorktown / Virginia) is third with 10.6 ppg.  Adomako and White are averaging 8.0 and 7.6 rpg to rank first and second on the squad, White has a team-best 112 assists on the season as well as 93 steals, and Venson has 74 helpers to her credit.  Adomako leads GU with 52 blocks, while junior forward Anita Kelava (Zagreb, Croatia / Croatian National Team / Maine) also has 49 blocks on the year.
 
Providence defeated Penn 64-54 on Sunday to advance to the third round in the Friars' second WNIT appearance in program history.  Jovana Nogic finished with 13 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, and Kaela Webb completed the game with 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals. In the first round, the squad defeated Hartford 71-54.
 
Georgetown is 35-29 all-time against the Friars and 2-0 this season after meeting twice in BIG EAST Conference play.  This is the first meeting between the squads in the WNIT, but GU is 1-5 all-time against Providence in postseason play.  In the first meeting this season, Georgetown won 68-52 in the meeting in Rhode Island.  White led the way with 24, and Adomako added 20 in the victory.
 
Live stats and a webcast will be available at www.GUHoyas.com. The winner of Monday's game will then face the winner of Providence and Penn.