Catholic University of America 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Cardinals after the northern cardinal , and they compete in the NCAA 's Division III . They are members of the Landmark Conference , the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (football) and the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference (rowing). The team colors are red ( PMS 1805) and black .
20-645: Catholic celebrates Homecoming in the fall to coincide with a home football game. Originally known as the Red and Black after the colors they wore, Catholic University's athletes came to be known as the Cardinals (often the Flying Cardinals, occasionally the Fighting Cardinals) in the mid-1920s. Women's teams were established after women were admitted as undergraduate students in the 1950s, and
40-898: A 5–4 victory against the Maryland Terrapins . In 2017 the team transferred to the DVCHC . On February 10, 2019, the Cardinals secured an 11–5 victory at York College to win the 2018 Championship. They went 15–3–0 that season. The Men's Club Lacrosse team competes in Division 2 of the Chesapeake Conference in the National College Lacrosse League. The team has secured the NCLL Division 2 National Championship for 2015, 2016, and 2017. An important rivalry in Cardinals' history has been
60-471: A Women's Sports Department was established in 1959. The Department originally offered dance lessons and ping-pong and badminton tournaments. Jone Rastapkevicius was hired as the first coordinator of women’s sports in 1961. She went on to become a coach and married fellow CUA coach Martin Dowd. In the early part of her 50-year tenure, she worked to schedule games with other local colleges, thereby turning many of
80-442: A vow you'll e'er be true and do what she taught right, Whether we win or whether we lose, we'll never give up the fight, Down the field the men in red and black go marching on To victory, to victory, Driving all before them in the struggle toward the goal Of victory, of victory. Onward we're marching with all our might, Marching for C.U. never yielding, ever cheering, FIGHT! Forever onward we're marching to victory, For
100-586: The 1936 Orange Bowl , which they won, and the 1940 Sun Bowl , which they tied. In the fall of 2008, already in Division III, the team went to the ECAC Southeast Bowl and defeated Johns Hopkins University 18–17 to give the Cards their first post season win since 1936. The team made three consecutive trips to the Division III playoffs in the late 1990s. The Catholic University Cardinals played
120-679: The 1977 NCAA Division I baseball tournament after winning the ECAC District II championship. The Cardinals have won the Landmark Conference Tournament in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, and 2018. The 2011–12 women's basketball team won the Landmark Conference title and made the program's first trip to the NCAA tournament. In 2013 they won their second straight Landmark Conference title and again received
140-521: The NCAA tournament in 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2022 after winning the conference title. In 2008, the women's lacrosse team went undefeated in the inaugural year of the Landmark Conference and won the Conference post-season tournament, garnering a berth in the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history, and making it to the regional finals where they lost to Salisbury University. The team has won
160-817: The NCAA tournament in 2021 after winning the conference championship. Student-led club teams include rugby , ice hockey , lacrosse , and sailing . The Ice Hockey team competes in the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC) of the ACHA and plays at the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Washington, D.C. The team went 13–0–0 during the 2014–15 season and went on to win the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference (BRHC) Championship in
180-608: The football game against the Georgetown Hoyas , where the Steven Dean Memorial Trophy is in dispute. The series started at Brookland Stadium in 1976. Since 2022, the Pope's Cup is in dispute in all sports against Marymount University . The official Alma Mater Song was adopted in 1920, when students organized a contest for an alma mater song, open to the then all-male student body. The winner
200-653: The 2001 ECAC Southern Region championship game and won the ECAC title in 2010. In 2011 CUA won its first conference championship, which propelled the Cardinals to their first-ever NCAA tournament. They won the conference title again in 2012, and 2013. In 2014, the team earned an at-large bid and a first round bye to big dance. In 2015 and 2022, they were again Landmark Conference champions. The volleyball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2001 and followed it up in 2002. The softball team won its first and only Capital Athletic Conference title in 1994, and went on to become
220-576: The ECAC Southern Region Champions in the same season. In 2012 the Cardinals won the ECAC Southern Region Championship for the second time. In 2014 CUA won its first Landmark Conference championship, which propelled the Cardinals to their first-ever NCAA tournament. The men's golf team went to the NCAA tournament in 2021 after winning the conference championship. The women's golf team went to
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#1732783815215240-538: The LC's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, repeating in 2015. In 2017, 2022 and 2024 they received an at-large bid. The track & field team has produced three individual national champions: The men's swim team has won four Capitol Athletic Conference titles and three National Catholic Division III championships, while women's swimming has won a Catholic Division III title. The swimming program has two individual national titles as well: The men's lacrosse team went to
260-490: The Landmark Conference Tournament in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. The men's soccer team went to the NCAA tournament in 2009, 2010, 2013 (at-large bid), 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022 (at-large bid) and 2023. Women's soccer went undefeated in the CAC in 2005 and earned a berth in the NCAA tournament, repeating in 2009, 2014 and 2015 as LC champions. The field hockey team advanced to
280-481: The Red and Black is winning For C.U.A. it's Fight, Fight, Fight. Crimson and Black are above all the rest. Always a shout and a cheer, FIGHT! Always our colors stand out with the best, Onward forever against any odds, Bringing the victory near. Students supporting the games in the early 1900s created the following songs and chants to inspire high spirits: On, CUA, we’re rooting for you And we know you’ll win today, So battle hard, whatever befall you For
300-511: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 947703932 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:50:15 GMT NCAA Division III Men%27s Golf Championships The NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships is the annual golf tournament, typically played in mid-May, to determine
320-466: The intramural sports into “extramural” ones. The Metropolitan Sports Association for Women (MISAW) was founded in the mid-1960s by CUA along with Trinity College, Georgetown, American University, and George Washington University. It operated until the early 1970s. As a team, CUA won the national title in 1938. Besides, two cardinals won individual championships: The NCAA discontinued boxing in 1961. The football team appeared in two major bowl games,
340-498: The name of CUA (Rah-Rah) Go down the field, And cross the goal line With that CU pep and fight, And when the grand old game is over, CUA will shine tonight. CU will shine tonight CU will shine, CU will shine tonight, All down the line. CU will shine tonight, CU will shine, When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, CU will shine. Drink a highball at nightfall, Be good fellows while you may, For tomorrow may bring sorrow, So tonight let’s all be gay, Tell
360-759: The story of the glory, Of the Catholic University, Drink a highball, Let’s be jolly – Here’s the health of CUA. Fight Hard, Hit Hard, Buck that line! Every man must do his part for victory! For the honor of the red and black, We stand behind the fighting varsity! With our colors proudly flying high, We will march today to victories new! We all will back you to the limit, Fight hard every minute, Victory come to old CU. Give three cheers for CU! RAH RAH Let us banish fear for vict’ry! RAH RAH RAH Everybody up! Everybody shout To our fighting boys of CUA! We cheer, boys! Homecoming Too Many Requests If you report this error to
380-542: The team and individual national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States . It has been played annually since 1975, when it split-away from the NCAA College Division Men's Golf Championships when the NCAA split into its current three-division structure. It is a stroke play team competition, but there is also an award for the lowest scoring individual competitor. Methodist
400-429: Was Hail CUA (lyrics by Robert H. Mahoney and music by Victor Herbert), but second-place winner Guardian of Truth (music and lyrics by Thomas J. McLean) became more popular over the years. The cardinal's fight song is "C.U. Marching Song" (1931): (Music by Michael J. MacDonald & Lyrics by Clement Ducy) Sing a song of C.U.A. for all the world to hear, Drink a toast to Alma Mater, praise her far and near, Make
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