CUA Softball Places Two Freshmen on CAC All-Star Team
WASHINGTON (April 23, 2005) -- The Catholic University of America softball team placed two student athletes on its Capital Athletic Conference all-star team. Kathleen Ager made the team as one of two first basemen selected and Kara Walker was chosen as one of five at-large players.
Ager, a freshman from Olney, Md., and Good Counsel High School, started each of the team's 30 games and batted .411 for the season, the highest average on the team. She drove in 28 RBIs on 39 hits and three homeruns. She also established herself as a conference leader in several categories including: first in triples (4), third in individual batting (.411), on-base percentage (.477) and slugging percentage (.684), fifth in total bases (65) and sixth in homeruns (3).
Walker, a freshman from New Milford, N.J., and Academy of the Holy Angels High School, also started every game and posted the team's next highest batting average with .371. She drove in 22 RBIs on 33 hits and two homeruns. In the CAC, she ranked sixth in on-base percentage (.424) and seventh in both individual batting (.371) and slugging percentage (.539).
The team went 16-14 overall and 2-6 in conference play
for the season.
2005 Softball Schedule and Results
16-14 Overall, 2-6 CAC
Cumulative
stats
|
DATE |
OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
TIME |
RESULTS |
|
March 2 |
Concordia (DII) |
Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
| |
|
March 3 |
Adrian |
Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
| |
|
March 4 |
Neumann |
Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
| |
|
March 5 |
West Chester (DII) |
Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
| |
|
March 10 |
Randolph Macon% |
Home |
2:30 p.m. |
ppd. |
|
March 13 |
Mary Baldwin% |
Home |
1:00 p.m. | |
|
March 14 |
Trinity% |
Away |
2:30 p.m. | |
|
March 16 |
Mary Washington*% |
Home |
2:30 p.m. | |
|
March 19 |
Washington% |
Away |
1:00 p.m. | |
|
March 20 |
Villa Julie% |
Home |
1:00 p.m. |
ppd. |
|
March 21 |
Dickinson% |
Away |
5:00 p.m. | |
|
March 31 |
Shenandoah% |
Home |
2:30 p.m. | |
|
April 3 |
Franklin Marshall% |
Away |
1:00 p.m. |
ppd |
|
April 5 |
Salisbury*% |
Home |
3:00 p.m. | |
| April 6 | Gallaudet*% | Away | 3:00 p.m. | W 9-0 W 14-2 |
|
April 9 |
Hood% |
Away |
1:00 p.m. | |
| April 10 | York*% | L 5-0 L 8-3 | ||
|
April 10 |
Columbia Union% |
Away |
1:00 p.m. |
ppd |
|
April 13 |
CAC Play-in |
Home |
5:00 p.m. | |
|
April 16 |
CAC Tournament |
Salisbury |
12:00 p.m. |
L 8-0 (5 inn) |
| April 16 | CAC Tournament #4 CUA vs. Mary Wash | Salisbury | 2:00 p.m. | L 7-1 |
* Capital Athletic Conference games
% Double header
** Senior Day
| NO. | NAME | POS | YR | HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL |
|
5 |
Lindsay Mulligan |
2B |
Sr. |
Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown |
|
6 |
Rachel Marrion |
C |
So. |
Los Altos, Calif./ArchBishop Mitty |
|
7 |
Cailin Fitzpatrick |
|
Sr. |
Glen Dale, Md./Pallotti |
|
9 |
Heather Holley |
|
Fr. |
Owings, Md./Northern |
|
10 |
Kathleen Ager |
1B/C |
Fr. |
Olney, Md./Good Counsel |
|
12 |
Laura Cartagena |
C |
Sr. |
Scaggsville, Md./Holy Cross |
|
14 |
Natalie Banaszewski |
P |
Jr. |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel Area |
|
17 |
Kara Walker |
OF |
Fr. |
New Milford, N.J./Holy Angels |
|
18 |
Marissa Weaver |
OF |
Sr. |
Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown |
|
20 |
MaryKate McGilley |
OF |
Sr. |
Northfield, N.J./Holy Spirit |
|
22 |
Kristen Cimino |
2B |
Sr. |
Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown |
|
33 |
Sarah Galloway |
P/1B |
Sr. |
Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame |
|
51 |
Ellen Manning |
OF |
Sr. |
Rockaway Twp., N.J./Morris Knolls |
