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Women pass early test at Georgetown with flying colors
After a disappointing exit in the NCAA tournament last season, the women’s soccer team needed to come out of the gate strong and reassert themselves as a national contender. Any doubts following the team’s 2-1 exhibition loss to Illinois were solidly assuaged by their 1-0 victory over #11 Georgetown, the sort of statement victory the ‘Hoos were looking for.