CUA Athletics Weekend Preview

WASHINGTON – Welcome to CUA Athletics Weekend Preview, your source for the latest happenings with the Cardinals. Championship season begins on Saturday when cross country competes at the conference championships, while the regular season ends for men’s and women’s soccer and field hockey.  In other action, football, swimming, and volleyball have big matchups of their own.

FIELD HOCKEY (13-1, 5-0 Landmark Conference)
The 12th ranked Cardinals will head to Madison, N.J. on Saturday to battle Drew for the top spot in the Landmark Conference Tournament. The Cardinals had a big win on Tuesday when they beat the number one team in the nation Salisbury 2-1, and increased their winning streak to nine. The match against Drew is set to start at 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER (10-6, 4-1 Landmark Conference)
The women’s soccer team will wrap up their regular season schedule when they host Landmark Conference foe Drew on Saturday. The Cardinals earned their tenth win of the season with a dominating 6-0 victory over Hood College on Tuesday. The team is led by Courtney Orgill with ten goals. The match against Drew is slated for 2:30 p.m. on Senior Day.

MEN’S SOCCER (13-3, 6-0 Landmark Conference)
The 24th nationally ranked Cardinals will close out their regular season on Saturday afternoon when CUA hosts Drew in a battle for the number one seed in the upcoming conference tournament. The Cardinals increased their winning streak to nine (a new school record) when they downed St. Mary’s 4-1 on Wednesday.  The match against Drew will begin at 12 p.m. on Senior Day.

VOLLEYBALL (22-6, 4-2 Landmark Conference)
The volleyball team will hit the road to battle a quartet of opponents in the Messiah College Volleyball Tournament on Friday and Saturday.  The team hit a rough patch last week with two losses against Franklin & Marshall and Washington College, but earned a big come-from-behind win over Gallaudet on Wednesday.  CUA now looks to keep the momentum going in the final regular season weekend.  CUA’s match against Messiah will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday with the Penn State-Harrisburg match to follow at 7:30. On Saturday, the Cardinals face Roanoke at 12:30 and FDU-Florham at 2:30.

FOOTBALL (5-2, 1-2 Old Dominion Athletic Conference)
CUA looks for its third straight win when it heads to Lexington, Va. on Friday evening for a showdown with Washington & Lee.  The Cardinals beat Emory & Henry last weekend on Homecoming by a final score of 28-24.  The Cardinals racked up 400 yards of total offense and quarterback Greg Cordivari threw a school record 64 passes, completing 46 of them, also a school record.  Kick-off on Friday is set for 7 p.m. 

SWIMMING
The men’s and women’s swim teams will start off the weekend racing against St. Mary’s on Friday and then travel to conference foe Goucher on Saturday. Both Cardinal teams faced two Division I schools last week, George Washington and American, in an unscored tri-meet.  The men were led by Justin Kenyon who came in fourth in the 1650 free, while Melanie Rebechi represented the women’s team in the 400 IM with a third place finish.  The meet on Friday against St. Mary’s will begin at 5 p.m. and the one on Saturday against Goucher will start at 1.

CROSS COUNTRY
Men’s
Women’s
The men’s and women’s cross country teams will race in the Landmark Conference championship on Saturday afternoon in Bethlehem, Pa. Two weeks ago the Cardinals raced in the Gettysburg College Invitational where the men’s team placed 25th and the women finished 17th.  The championship on Saturday will begin at 1 p.m.

CUA Athletics Extra, UPCOMING HOME EVENTS
Friday, October 28
Swimming vs. St. Mary’s (5 p.m.)
Saturday, October 29
Men’s Soccer vs. Drew (12 p.m.)
Women’s Soccer vs. Drew (2:30 p.m.)

UPCOMING ROAD EVENTS
Friday, Oct. 28
Volleyball at Messiah (5 p.m.)
Volleyball vs. Penn State-Harrisburg (7:30 p.m.)
at Messiah
Football at Washington & Lee (7 p.m.)

Saturday, Oct.  29
Cross Country at Landmark Conference Championship (1 p.m.)
Swimming at Goucher (1 p.m.)
Field Hockey at Drew (1 p.m.)
Volleyball vs. Roanoke (12:30 p.m.) vs. FDU-Florham (2:30 p.m.)
at Messiah