After a relatively forgettable 2025 with a 16-40 record and 3-18 Big East record, the Georgetown University baseball team enters this spring with a retooled lineup, an experienced new coach and aspirations for the Hoyas’ first postseason berth.

The Hoyas’ 2025 graduating class, which saw particular success in the last four years, was headlined by all-Big East first-team catcher Owen Carapellotti (CAS ’25). Carapellotti signed with the Athletics organization July 16, 2025, and will join the organization’s rookie-level minor league team in Phoenix. He is the third Hoya in the past three years to sign with an MLB club, following right-handed pitcher Jake Bloss in 2023 and left-handed pitcher Everett Catlett in 2024.

Georgetown has played baseball for over a century, but is one of a small group of Division I baseball programs to never have qualified for the NCAA tournament. The Hoyas have also never won the Big East championship, and reached that game for the first time in 2024.

Head Coach Edwin Thompson took over command for Georgetown at the start of the 2020-21 school year from Eastern Kentucky University. Since then, Thompson has guided the Hoyas on some of their most successful campaigns in their long history. That 2024 season, which ended in a narrow championship loss to St. John’s University, set the Georgetown record for wins in a season at 36. Georgetown fell short of that goal last year, but is looking to finally compete in the postseason.

Despite losing his best player in Carapellotti, Thompson said he is confident in the Hoyas’ ability to rebound.

“The key for this offseason was to try to replace our needs,” Thompson told The Hoya.

The Hoyas did exactly that. Looking to add older veterans to the roster, Georgetown acquired four key position player graduates in the transfer portal: infielders AJ Solomon from Butler University, Connor Peek from the College of the Holy Cross, Dante Pozzi from Catholic University and infielder Brett Blair from Stanford University.

Thompson said he hopes the four position players along with graduate catcher Connor Price, who received an extra year of eligibility after playing four years at Long Island University, will bring experience to the 2026 roster.

Georgetown’s offensive improvements are not just limited to on-the-field additions. On Jan. 12, the Hoyas named Errol Robinson as the team’s new assistant coach. Robinson, who brings more than 10 years of professional experience as a player throughout the minor league ranks, will coach hitting and infield and serve as third-base coach.

Thompson said Robinson’s older presence has already made a mark during preseason workouts.

“It’s been an immediate impact,” Thompson said.

On the pitching side, the Hoyas will once again be led by graduate JT Raab. Raab, who sported a 3.63 ERA in 2025 and earned unanimous all-Big East preseason honors ahead of this season, started 14 games last year with a 4-3 record.

Thompson said he views Raab as one of the better collegiate pitchers in the country.

Behind Raab, senior relief pitcher Andrew Citron hopes to build on his strong preseason performance and leave his 2025 season behind. In an uncharacteristic contrast to his strong 2024 — in which he boasted a 2.45 ERA over 25 games — Citron appeared in 16 games last season and pitched to an inflated 18.29 ERA.

Georgetown opens the 2026 season in South Carolina with a three-game road series against Winthrop University beginning Feb. 13. The Hoyas will then begin their home schedule against Saint Peter’s University on Feb. 20.

The Hoyas will play their home games under the Metro’s Silver Line at Capital One Park in McLean, Va. The team also plays a 56-game regular season before entering Big East Championship play May 20 at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio. While Georgetown does not have a series against a College World Series contender in the non-conference this year, the Hoyas have three premier non-conference matchups. Georgetown visits the University of Maryland on Feb. 17 and the University of Virginia on March 17 and faces Maryland again, this time at home, April 28.

Despite Georgetown’s lukewarm 2025 season, the Hoyas appear optimistic about their chances to finish highly in the Big East in 2026.

“We played our best baseball at the end of the year,” Thompson said.

The box scores do not quite agree: The Hoyas ended the 2025 season on a three game losing streak, but they did score wins over Maryland, Seton Hall University and The George Washington University in between long losing streaks.

Still, a number of players made meaningful improvements this offseason. Thompson pointed to the sophomore class, in particular, saying he expects outfielders Dylan Larkins, Jackson Thomas and Christian Hamilton, catcher Ashton Seymore and right-handed pitcher Ethan Rucker to play frequently in 2026 after a strong summer showing.

Ultimately, the Hoyas are still figuring out what their full potential is. Their poor showing last year was uncharacteristic — it is the outlier of the last four years, during which the Hoyas won more games in the history of their existence than in any previous four-year period.

The Hoyas hope that last year represented a speed bump — not a downhill slide.

Despite that long pedigree, Thompson said he has his sights set on making history.

“We want to compete in the championship,” Thompson said. “That’s always my goal.”