http://www.cuacardinals.com en-us en-us http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_alumni_game_2013 The Catholic University Field Hockey team welcomed former and current players for an alumni game and tailgate on Saturday, March 23. “It was a wonderful day and we had a great turnout,” said Head Coach Gia Cillizza. “It was such a treat to see players from across the years on one field together." Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_alumni_game_2013 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_spring_clinic_release The CUA Field Hockey team will host a spring clinic on Saturday, April 13 for girls in 9th to 12th grades. The clinic will feature instruction by CUA Head Coach Gia Cillizza, assistant coaches and U.S. Field Hockey Level I accredited players. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_spring_clinic_release 2013-03-21T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_academic_squad The 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad was announced on Tuesday, and 11 Cardinals were honored. To be eligible for the National Academic Squad, student-athletes must have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher through the first semester of the 2012-13 academic year. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_academic_squad 2013-03-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_national_academic_squad The CUA field hockey team has been honored with the 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division III National Academic Team award, it was recently announced. In order to receive a team award, institutions must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.0 during the first semester of the 2012-13 academic year. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_national_academic_squad 2013-03-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/pres_cup_standings_nov_2012 Following a fall season in which it captured two conference championships, the Landmark Conference has announced that CUA sits atop the initial President’s All-Sports Cup standings. The Cardinals currently lead over second place Scranton and third place Moravian. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/pres_cup_standings_nov_2012 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2012_fall_video_story Relive what was an exciting 2012 fall season with the CUA Fall Highlights video. The Cardinals won two conference championships, 29 student-athletes earned All-Conference recognition, and CUA posted an overall record of 61-40 during the fall season. Check out some of the highlights here! Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2012_fall_video_story 2012-11-24T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2012_fall_all-academic Four CUA student-athletes were named to the 2012 Landmark Conference Fall All-Academic Team on Tuesday. The four honorees include Megan Comunale (field hockey), Nick Civetti (men’s soccer), Regina Zolbrod (women’s soccer) and Kian Olia (men’s cross country). Nominees can compete in any of the Landmark Conference fall sports and must be a sophomore or older with at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2012_fall_all-academic 2012-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_wright_all_rookie_squad Freshman Hayley Wright has been named to the Synapse Sports All-Rookie Squad, it was announced on Monday. The Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-Conference selection, Wright led CUA with 14 goals this season. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_wright_all_rookie_squad 2012-11-19T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_all-region Two members of CUA’s Landmark Conference champion field hockey team were named to the 2012 Longstreth/NFHCA Division III All-South Atlantic Team on Thursday. Sophomores Maura Campbell and Colleen Harwood received their second consecutive All-Region honor, with Campbell being named to the First Team and Harwood to the Second Team. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_all-region 2012-11-15T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/fall_academic_honor_roll The Landmark Conference announced the 2012 Fall Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday, and CUA had 33 student-athletes honored. The honor roll recognizes fall student-athletes of sophomore standing or older with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. In all, 235 student-athletes from around the conference were honored. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/fall_academic_honor_roll 2012-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_all-lc Five Cardinals were honored on the All-Landmark Conference Teams on Wednesday, including Rookie of the Year Hayley Wright. Catherine Mirsky joined Wright on the Second Team, while last year’s Rookie of the Year Colleen Harwood received First Team accolades, along with Maura Campbell and Kim Hermann. Gia Cillizza and her staff were also honored as the Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_all-lc 2012-11-07T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/ncaa_fh_recap Down 2-0 to No. 11 Lynchburg after only four minutes of Wednesday’s NCAA Tournament 1st Round game, CUA battled back twice to tie the score and force overtime, but the Hornets scored just 40 seconds into OT to come away with a 4-3 win. The Cardinals season comes to an end with a record of 12-8 after winning their second straight conference championship. Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/ncaa_fh_recap 2012-11-07T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ncaa_preview CUA travels to Virginia on Wednesday evening for an NCAA Tournament 1st Round game vs. ODAC champion Lynchburg. The Cardinals won their second straight Landmark Conference title over the weekend and will be playing in their second NCAA Tournament. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ncaa_preview 2012-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lc_awards_115 After winning its second straight Landmark Conference championship on Sunday, CUA swept the weekly awards on Monday, with Colleen Harwood earning Offensive Player of the Week honors and Maura Campbell collecting defensive accolades. This marks the second time this season that the Cards swept the awards. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lc_awards_115 2012-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ncaa_announcement The Landmark Conference champion CUA field hockey team learned its NCAA Tournament fate early Monday morning, and in a rematch of last year’s NCAA second round game, the Cardinals will travel to face Lynchburg College. The game will take place on Wednesday, November 7 with the winner moving on to face Messiah College in the regional round this weekend. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ncaa_announcement 2012-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lc_champ_recap CUA captured its second straight Landmark Conference championship on Sunday, downing Drew 3-2 inside Cardinal Stadium. CUA jumped in front 1-0 before the Rangers came back to tie the score, but the Cardinals scored the next two and held on for their second title in as many years. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lc_champ_recap 2012-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lct_semi_recap The Cardinals will get a chance to play for their second straight Landmark Conference championship after CUA shutout Susquehanna 3-0 on Saturday in the conference semifinals. The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 13 minutes and were never threatened for the remainder of the game. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_lct_semi_recap 2012-11-03T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/mirsky_senior_game Catherine Mirsky has been selected for the 2012 NFHCA Division III Senior Game, it was announced on Friday. Mirsky will head to William Smith College on Saturday, November 17 for the game, which gets underway at 4 p.m. This marks the eighth straight year that CUA had a student-athlete selected for the Senior Game. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/mirsky_senior_game 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_reg_rank_lct_preview The NCAA released its regional rankings on Wednesday and CUA checks in at No. 6 in the South Atlantic. The Cardinals are currently 10-7 overall and 5-1 in the Landmark Conference. CUA will host the conference tournament this weekend inside Cardinal Stadium as it looks to defend its title from last season. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_reg_rank_lct_preview 2012-10-31T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/lct_changes_II The Landmark Conference announced additional changes to the upcoming conference tournament schedules on Wednesday. Due to Hurricane Sandy, the field hockey, men’s soccer and women’s soccer semifinals and finals have been moved to the highest seed on a Saturday-Sunday schedule. CUA will host field hockey, while Susquehanna hosts men’s soccer and Scranton serves as the women’s soccer host. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/lct_changes_II 2012-10-31T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/lc_tourney_update Due to Hurricane Sandy moving into the region, the Landmark Conference announced several changes to the soccer and field hockey conference tournaments. Semifinal games scheduled for Wednesday, October 31 will now be played on Thursday, November 1. CUA will host men’s soccer and field hockey contests, and women’s soccer will head to Scranton. Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/lc_tourney_update 2012-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_drew_recap CUA celebrated Senior Day in style on Friday afternoon, downing Drew 4-2. The win improves the Cardinals to 5-1 in the Landmark Conference and guarantees them of at least the No. 2 seed in next week’s conference tournament. Sophomore Kim Hermann scored two goals on the day for CUA, while junior Megan Comunale sent back nine shots in goal. Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_drew_recap 2012-10-26T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ursinus_recap After falling behind Ursinus 3-1 on Tuesday, CUA battled back to pull within 3-2, but that was as close as the Cardinals would get. Rebecca Lukaszczyk and Colleen Harwood scored for CUA, who falls to 9-7 following the setback. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_ursinus_recap 2012-10-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/mirsky_feature_fh Being co-captain of the Catholic University defending Landmark Conference champion field hockey team is a role that senior Catherine Mirsky was voted to by her teammates last year to take on. On top of that extremely important job, Catherine has another important and difficult role in terms of her academic career. “My planner has my life filled out down to the minute,” Mirsky says. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/mirsky_feature_fh 2012-10-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_scranton_recap No. 19 CUA dropped its second consecutive heartbreaker on Saturday, falling to Scranton 1-0 on a penalty stroke in overtime. Gretchen Kempf capped an intense affair with a stroke 10 minutes into overtime, to improve the Royals to 10-5 overall and 4-1 in the Landmark Conference. The Cards fall to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the conference. Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_scranton_recap 2012-10-20T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_cnu_recap In a battle of top-20 teams, No. 19 CUA went toe-to-toe with No. 7 Christopher Newport on Wednesday evening, but after two overtimes and a penalty shootout, the Captains were able to outlast the Cardinals 3-2. CNU won the shootout 2-1 with Marlene Lichty netting the eventual game-winner. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_cnu_recap 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_juniata_recap The No. 17 CUA field hockey team improved to 4-0 in the Landmark Conference on Saturday with a 4-3 victory over Juniata at Cardinal Stadium. Juniata took the early lead in the fourth minute when Emma Dahmus scored unassisted, but CUA answered with the next three goals and added another late in the second half to move to 9-4 overall. Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_juniata_recap 2012-10-13T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_mcdaniel_recap CUA dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker in overtime to McDaniel on Sunday afternoon inside Cardinal Stadium. After the teams were scoreless and headed to OT, McDaniel’s Lara Haab knocked in a rebound to give the Green Terror the win. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_mcdaniel_recap 2012-10-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_goucher_recap For the second straight game, the CUA offense had its game in gear, as the Cardinals stormed past Goucher 10-0 on Wednesday afternoon. CUA has now scored 15 goals in its last two games, and improves to 3-0 in the Landmark Conference. Taylor Elliott led the way offensively with three scores. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fh/2012-13/releases/fh_goucher_recap 2012-10-03T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/mobile_app_release Catholic University Athletics is proud to announce that its new mobile app, created and powered by PrestoSports, is now available for download. CUA Cardinals Front Row gives fans access to score updates, statistics and game recaps. Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/mobile_app_release 2012-10-02T04:00:00Z