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Dear Friends,
The culmination of the spring season has put an exclamation point on a great year in the Athletic Department here at CUA. Our spring season was highlighted by impressive team and individual accomplishments on the fields of competition, as well as a continued commitment to community involvement by our student-athletes and staff.
Women’s lacrosse had another outstanding season, winning the Landmark Championship title for the third consecutive year and advancing to the regional semi-finals of the NCAA tournament. Nine Cardinals were named to the All-Conference team and two student-athletes, Mary Swarthout and Becky Borrell, earned All-American recognition, with Mary also adding conference player of the year to her already impressive resume.
The men’s lacrosse team enjoyed its most successful season in program history, posting a 12-4 record and earning its first ever bid to the Landmark Conference Championship game. Sophomore Chris Fuccillo was recognized as the co-conference player of the year for his outstanding play.
The softball team also earned the most wins in the history of the program, finishing the year with a 26-15 record. The squad was led by shortstop Megan Rizzi, who nabbed First Team All-Conference and NFCA Second-Team All-Atlantic Region honors in her sophomore season.
A special congratulations goes to our head men’s tennis coach, Marty Dowd, who earned his 500th career victory in his 47thseason with the Cardinals. Coach Dowd’s teams are always competitive on the court, but most impressively, they have represented CUA with the highest level of sportsmanship and class for almost five decades.
Off the fields of competition, we were delighted to host the DC Special Olympics at the DuFour Center for the tenth straight year. With over 900 athletes and 1000 volunteers (many of whom are CUA student-athletes and staff), the event gets bigger and better each year. The athletes and volunteers continue to inspire us with their determination, competitive spirit, and generosity.
Lastly, while we are very proud of our success over the past several years, our coaching staff continues to work tirelessly to recruit talented student-athletes to become future Cardinals. As of June 1, we have 232 prospective student-athletes who have deposited to CUA for fall 2010 and we look forward to welcoming them and their families to campus in August.
I hope that you all have a relaxing and enjoyable summer and we look forward to seeing you on campus soon.
Sincerely,
Mike Allen
