http://www.cuacardinals.com en-us en-us http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/President-s_Cup After a strong fall and winter season, CUA won its first Landmark Conference President’s All-Sports Cup, it was announced on Wednesday. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/President-s_Cup 2013-05-22T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/senior_banquet The Catholic University of America Department of Athletics held its annual Senior Banquet on Thursday, May 16 honoring all graduating athletes. In addition to every senior student-athlete being honored, the department awarded six honors to athletes for their accomplishments on and off the field. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/senior_banquet 2013-05-22T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/all-academic Four Cardinals were named to the 2013 Spring Landmark Conference All-Academic Team on Tuesday. Winners must carry a 3.0 grade point average or above and be a sophomore or older. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/all-academic 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/honor_roll The Landmark Conference announced its 2012-13 Spring Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday, and CUA had 42 student-athletes recognized. The honor roll recognizes spring student-athletes of sophomore standing or older with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. In all, 294 student-athletes from around the conference were honored. http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/honor_roll http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/LLC_Awards Five Cardinals were selected to All-Landmark Conference teams on Thursday. Lindsey Brophy, Caroline DiBartolomeo, and Caroline Scalamandre were named to the First Team, while Megan Gormley and Kelly Neligan were selected to the Second Team. Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/LLC_Awards 2013-05-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/All-Region_team Three Cardinals were named to the IWLCA Division III All-Chesapeake Region team, it was announced on Tuesday. Sophomore Lindsay Brophy was selected to the First Team and Caroline DiBartolomeo and Kelly Neligan were named to the Second Team. http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/All-Region_team http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/Senior_All-Star_Game CUA women’s lacrosse defensive player, Kelly Neligan, has been selected to participate in the 2013 IWLCA/DeBeer North-South Senior All-Star Game, it was announced on Tuesday. Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/Senior_All-Star_Game 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/201305042229nf CUA suffered a loss to Susquehanna 16-9 in the Landmark Conference championship on Saturday. The Cardinals end their season with an 8-10 overall record and 3-1 in the conference. Sat, 04 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/201305042229nf 2013-05-04T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/20130501if3kar CUA will play for its sixth consecutive Landmark Conference championship after the Cardinals defeated Scranton, 19-12 on Wednesday in the semifinals of the conference tournament. Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/20130501if3kar 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_rowan_recap CUA fell to Rowan by a score of 16-11 on Wednesday evening in the Cardinals regular season finale. Lindsay Brophy scored five goals for the Cards, but it was not enough, as Becca Wood countered with nine goals for the Profs to lift them to the win. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_rowan_recap 2013-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/tori_neill_story_cpo Often, the really good coaches search for meaning and examples outside of sports to teach life lessons to their players. The Eastern High School girls’ lacrosse team looks no further than the sideline, to volunteer coach Tori Neill, for their continuous reminder that a game is just a game. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/tori_neill_story_cpo 2013-04-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_susquehanna_recap CUA suffered its first Landmark Conference home loss ever on Saturday afternoon, falling to No. 11 Susquehanna 15-10. The teams were tied at nine with 20:33 to play, before the Crusaders scored five straight to go on top 14-9 with 3:37 on the clock. Following today’s action, CUA will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Landmark Conference Tournament. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_susquehanna_recap 2013-04-20T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_gettysburg_recap CUA had its hands full with No. 5 Gettysburg on Wednesday afternoon, falling to the Bullets by a score of 22-8. After trailing 2-1 early in the game, the Cards saw Gettysburg score the next 12 goals to open up a commanding 14-1 advantage. Lindsay Brophy and Nicole Laitner scored two goals apiece for CUA, while Erin Fowler tallied a pair of assists. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_gettysburg_recap 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2013_cardinal_leadership_celebration On Tuesday, April 16, Yasmeen Ajdari (women’s lacrosse), Caroline DiBartolomeo (women’s lacrosse) and Laura Kinley (women’s cross country/track and field) were honored by Catholic University at the annual Cardinal Leadership Celebration. Ajdari was named the Mary J. O’Dwyer Flynn Memorial Award winner, DiBartolomeo received the John J. Convey Award and Kinley was honored with the Martha Comiskey Memorial Award. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/general_news/2013_cardinal_leadership_celebration 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_goucher_recap CUA breezed past Goucher on Saturday afternoon, downing the Gophers 22-10. Six Cardinals scored multiple goals on the day, led by Lindsay Brophy with six. With the win, the five-time defending Landmark Conference champions clinch a berth in this year’s tournament, which gets underway next month. Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_goucher_recap 2013-04-13T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_cortland_recap CUA saw its three-game win streak come to an end on Thursday afternoon when the Cardinals fell to No. 4 Cortland State 18-9 on the campus of Muhlenberg College. CUA pulled to within 12-7 with 19:32 remaining, before the Red Dragons went on a 6-0 run to pull away. Caroline DiBartolomeo and Katie Miller combined for seven of the Cards nine goals. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_cortland_recap 2013-04-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_miller_feature Most student athletes look forward to their senior day knowing that it will culminate with the end of their college career. For one CUA women’s lacrosse player however, she has become a veteran of the senior day festivities. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_miller_feature 2013-04-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_dibart_pehnke_pow CUA swept the weekly awards from the Landmark Conference on Monday, with Caroline DiBartolomeo earning Offensive Player of the Week honors, and classmate Tricia Pehnke receiving Defensive accolades. This is the third straight week in which a CUA player has earned a weekly honor after Lindsay Brophy captured the previous two Offensive awards. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_dibart_pehnke_pow 2013-04-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlx_drew_recap CUA improved to 2-0 in the Landmark Conference with a 17-11 win at Drew on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals jumped out to a 9-3 lead at halftime and added eight more second half goals to improve to 6-5 overall. Lindsay Brophy and Caroline DiBartolomeo led the way offensively with five goals apiece. Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlx_drew_recap 2013-04-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_st_marys_recap Caroline DiBartolomeo scored six goals and Madeline Nowakowski totaled seven points (three goals, four assists) to help lead CUA to a 16-10 win over St. Mary’s on Tuesday evening. With the teams tied at two early in the 1st half, CUA ripped off three straight scores and led the rest of the way en route to its second straight win. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_st_marys_recap 2013-04-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_brophy_pow_4113 For the second consecutive week, Lindsay Brophy has been named the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Brophy led CUA with 11 goals and 13 points in two games last week. Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_brophy_pow_4113 2013-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_scranton_recap CUA won its Landmark Conference opener 17-16 over Scranton inside Cardinal Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The Royals pulled ahead 15-14 with 6:32 remaining, before the Cardinals scored three straight to open up a two-goal advantage. Scranton scored once more, but it wasn’t enough as CUA held on for the win. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_scranton_recap 2013-03-28T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_mary_wash_recap CUA suffered a tough 10-9 loss at Mary Washington on Tuesday afternoon. CUA led the Eagles 8-7 with 18:44 remaining, before Mary Washington scored three straight. Lindsay Brophy scored with 1:45 on the clock to pull the Cards within one, but that was as close as they were able to get. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_mary_wash_recap 2013-03-26T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/brophy_pow_32513 Sophomore Lindsay Brophy was named the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, after helping lead CUA to a 2-1 record last week. Brophy scored nine goals and handed out four assists in the Cardinals three contests. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/brophy_pow_32513 2013-03-25T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_wandl_recap After falling behind 3-0 to Washington and Lee on Saturday, CUA regrouped and came away with an 11-9 win on Senior Day. Lindsay Brophy led the way with four goals, while Emily Downs and Katie Miller added two each. Tricia Pehnke made 16 saves on the afternoon, including 12 in the first half. Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_wandl_recap 2013-03-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_trinity_recap No. 18 CUA had its hands full with the nation’s No. 1 ranked team on Wednesday, falling to Trinity 20-2 inside Cardinal Stadium. The Bantams scored the first five goals of the game and jumped out to a 12-1 halftime lead en route to their fourth straight win. Lindsay Brophy and Theresa Ciletti scored goals for CUA. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_trinity_recap 2013-03-20T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_iwlca_poll_319 CUA is ranked 18th in this week’s IWLCA poll, released on Tuesday. The Cardinals lost a pair of tough games last week, falling at nationally ranked York on March 13, before dropping a double overtime decision at Elizabethtown on Saturday. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_iwlca_poll_319 2013-03-19T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_babson_recap After falling in overtime this past weekend, CUA flipped the script on Monday, downing Babson 15-14 in OT inside rainy Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals led 13-7 with 19 minutes remaining in regulation, before the Beavers scored six straight goals to force the extra session. After Babson scored the first goal of OT, CUA netted two straight, including the game-winner from freshman Mary Clare Regan. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_babson_recap 2013-03-18T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_etown_recap CUA dropped a 14-13 heartbreaker to Elizabethtown in double overtime on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals trailed by two with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation, but battled back to force OT, before falling in the extra session. Freshman Maddy Nowakowski scored five goals for CUA, while Nicole Laitner added four. Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_etown_recap 2013-03-16T04:00:00Z http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_york_recap No. 13 CUA dropped a 13-8 decision at No. 10 York on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans led 10-3 at halftime, but CUA fought back in the 2nd half, pulling to within 12-7 with 17 minutes remaining. That was as close as the Cards would get however, as they suffered their second straight loss to a top-10 opponent. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/wlax/2012-13/releases/wlax_york_recap 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z