Varsity Sports
Georgetown University fields 23 varsity level sports teams, 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. Intercollegiate sports include (inaugural season in parentheses):
- Men's: baseball (1870), basketball (1907, crew (1876; 1958), cross country (1924), football (1887), golf (1925), lacrosse (1951), soccer (1952), swimming and diving (1949), tennis (1920), and track and field (1891)
- Women's: basketball (1960), crew (1975), cross country (1976), field hockey (1960), golf (2001), lacrosse (1975), soccer (1991), softball (2005), swimming and diving (1975), tennis (1960), track and field (1976), and volleyball (1960)
- Coed: sailing (1937)
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