CUA Athletics Weekend Preview

WASHINGTON – Welcome to CUA Athletics Weekend Preview, your source for the latest happenings with the Cardinals. It’s a big weekend for the Cardinals with the swim team opening its season and CUA hosting round two of the Landmark Conference Volleyball Round Robin. In addition, men’s and women’s soccer and cross country, field hockey, and football have big matchups of their own.

Field Hockey (10-1, 3-0 Landmark Conference)

The 12th ranked Cardinals play two games this weekend.  First they hit the road to play conference rival Juniata on Saturday and then host Misericordia on Sunday.  The Cardinals are on a six-game winning streak with only one loss so far this season. The team is led by Kim Hermann with 10 goals and goalkeeper Megan Comunale with 36 saves.  The match against Juniata will begin at 1 p.m. and the match against Misericordia is set to start at 2 p.m. inside Cardinal Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL (19-3, 2-1 Landmark Conference)

The Cardinals will host round two of the Landmark Conference Round Robin this weekend in the DeFour Center.  Other teams participating in the action are: Juniata, Susquehanna, Scranton, Moravian, Goucher, and Merchant Marine. Last weekend the Cardinals went 3-1 at the Worthington Classic hosted by Gallaudet, defeating Rowan, Keuka, and Virginia Wesleyan.  The team was led by Claudia Jean with 19 digs and 13 kills and Bridget Kulesh with 13 kills and seven digs. Both were named to the All-Tournament Team. On Wednesday the Cardinals earned their 19th win of the season by downing Lancaster Bible 3-1. The Landmark Conference action will get underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

MEN’S SOCCER (9-3, 3-0 Landmark Conference)

The men’s soccer team is hoping to extend its winning streak to six and continue to be undefeated in the Landmark Conference as they host conference foe Juniata on Saturday.  Sitting in first place in the conference, the Cardinals are ranked 10th in this week’s NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region and they received votes in the D3Soccer.com national poll. The match against Juniata will begin at 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER (7-5, 2-0 Landmark Conference)

The women’s soccer team, who is ranked second in the Landmark Conference, will also host Juniata on Saturday. Last Tuesday the team had their four game winning streak ended with a 2-1 loss to Shenandoah.  The team is led by Courtney Orgill who has seven goals so far this season and right behind her is Kate Masson and Caroline Burke with four each.  The match on Saturday is set to start at 3:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL (3-2, 0-2 Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

The football team will head to Newport News, Va. on Saturday to play Apprentice School.  The Cardinals lost to Randolph-Macon last Friday 51-34 inside Cardinal Stadium on Family Weekend.  The Cardinals pulled within three points late in the third quarter, but the Yellow Jackets scored twice in the fourth to put the game out of reach.  Mike Pitsenberger and Alonzo Cooke are leading the team in touchdowns with a total of five each. Quarterback Greg Cordivari is averaging 345 yards per game and has fourteen touchdowns so far this season.  Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Apprentice.

Swimming
Men’s
Women’s

The men’s and women’s swim teams will begin their 2011-12 season with a pair of meets.  The Cardinals will host American and George Washington on Friday and on Saturday head to American to face those same two schools. Last year Caleb Capozella and Joanna Ladas both won the conference’s Swimmer and Rookie of the Year awards. Head Coach Paul Waas is very excited to start the season and believes that both the men’s and women’s teams will have an outstanding season. The meet on Friday will begin at 5 p.m. and the one on Saturday will start at noon.

Cross Country
Men’s
Women’s

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will race in the Gettysburg College Invitational on Saturday. Two weeks ago, both teams raced in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University.  The women’s team finished 25th overall with Camelia Mayfield leading the team with a 34th finish.  The men finished 42nd overall with Mike Puskar leading the way finishing in the top-60.  The race on Saturday will begin at 11 a.m.

CUA Athletics Extra, UPCOMING HOME EVENTS

Friday, October 14
Swimming vs. American and George Washington (5 p.m.)

Saturday, October 15
Men’s Soccer vs. Juniata (1 p.m.)
Women’s Soccer vs. Juniata (3:30 p.m.)

Landmark Conference Volleyball Round Robin #2
Court #1
Moravian vs. Catholic (1 pm)
Susquehanna vs. Moravian (3:30 pm)
USMMA vs. Goucher (6 pm)

Court #2
Goucher vs. Scranton (1 pm)
Juniata vs. USMMA (3:30 pm)
Scranton vs. Susquehanna (6 pm)

Sunday, October 16
Field Hockey vs. Misericordia (2 p.m.)

Landmark Conference Volleyball Round Robin #2
Court #1
Scranton vs. Catholic (11 am)
Susquehanna vs. Catholic (1:30 pm)

Court #2
Moravian vs. USMMA (11 am)
Juniata vs. Goucher (1:30 pm)

UPCOMING ROAD EVENTS

Saturday, Oct.  15
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country @ Gettysburg College (11 a.m.)
Swimming vs. American and George Washington (12 p.m.)
@ American
Field Hockey vs. Juniata (1 p.m.)
Football vs. Apprentice School (1 p.m.)