WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's tennis team finished the regular season tabbed as the No. 7 seed in the BIG EAST Championships in Cayce, South Carolina. With the No. 7 seed, the Hoyas will face the Marquette Golden Eagles in the first round of the BIG EAST Championships on Thursday, April 17. The Hoyas finished the year off with a record of 7-10 with a 4-5 mark in conference action.

Follow the Hoyas

• Thursday's match against Marquette is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Cayce, South Carolina.
• All matches can be seen on the BIG EAST Digital Network on Flosports.
• A link to live stats will be available on GUHoyas.com.

About the Hoyas | 7-10, 4-5 BIG EAST

• Georgetown finished the regular season with a record of 7-10 and 4-5 in BIG EAST play.
• In GU's most recent match, the Hoyas picked up a 4-3 win over the Wildcats in Villanova on Saturday.
• In the win, the Hoyas took two out of three doubles matches against the Wildcats, with the duos of Ashley Kennedy/Katie Garofolo-Ro (No. 1) and Emily Novikov/Natasha Kavarana (No. 3) each picking up wins.
• In singles matches on Saturday, Kennedy (No. 2), Garofolo-Ro (No. 3) and Carolyn Schaefer (No. 6) all picked up wins to round out a conference victory.
• On the season, Novikov leads the Hoyas in singles victories, tallying 10 wins all in No. 1 matches. Paige Gilbert and Kavarana follow closely, with eight each to their credit.
• In doubles matches, the duo of Novikov/Kavarana leads the team with three wins as a duo.
• In last year's BIG EAST Championships, the No. 3 Georgetown Hoyas fell to the No. 6 St. John's Red Storm in the Quarterfinals, 4-2. 
• Georgetown is led by Freddy Mesmer, who is in his fourth season at the helm of the Hoyas. He is assisted by Diana Kussianova.

About Marquette | 3-18, 1-8 BIG EAST

• Marquette finished the regular season with a 3-18 record and an 1-8 mark in conference action.
• The Golden Eagles dropped two BIG EAST matches at Butler (7-0) and at Xavier (7-0) on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
• In last year's BIG EAST Championships, No. 8 Marquette defeated No. 9 Butler (4-2) in the first round before falling to No. 1 Xavier (4-1).
• Marquette is led by Jud Shaufler, who is in his second year at the helm of the Golden Eagles. He is assisted by Jayson Wiseman, Caio Barros and Jody Bronson.