Don't miss the CUC Pioneer Baseball team play East Stroudsburg University today at 12:00 p.m., noon.

Directions to Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreational Park, where the team plays, are here.

Go Pioneers!

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Summer seems to have agreed with the CUC Men's and Women's soccer teams. Both teams have won recent games...by a huge margin. The men's team played Patrick Henry College on Friday, August 31, for a win of 6-1. The women then pulled off a huge win on Sunday against Gallaudet University with a final score of 8-1.

"We were so excited to pull off our first win against Gallaudet, which is such a well-known school," said freshman forward Jeralyn Wile of the Lady Pioneers.

Congratulations to both teams...and we hope to see more of the same in the upcoming season!

Come see the Lady Pioneers play their next home game against Christendom College on September 10 at 6 p.m. The men's soccer team plays next on September 6 at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park against Holy Family University.

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JUNIOR GUARD JADA RICHARDSON reached the 1,000 point mark during a women's basketball game against Davis & Elkins University on Saturday night, January 20, 2007. According to the coaching staff, Richardson, a Silver Spring, MD resident, has been a stand out player since her arrival at Columbia Union College three years ago.

“She's the first female basketball player to reach a thousand in a couple of years at CUC,” said Lorain Anderson, assistant coach of CUC's women's basketball program.

Boasting a diverse and hardworking group of athletes in a variety of sports, from men and women's basketball, to softball and baseball, CUC competes in the NCAA Division II. For more on this story, check out CUC's main website.

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THE COLUMBIA UNION College Acro-Airs team performed last night during the Washington Wizards 99-98 win over the New York Knicks. The team was the halftime entertainment and provided a variety of stunt routines during time-outs and television time-outs.

The Acro-Airs, CUC's high-flying gymnastics team, performs regularly for the Wizards and other NBA teams. In recent years the team has performed in New York (read about their recent performance at Madison Square Garden), Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Boston, Toronto, and Atlanta. Many colleges and universities have gymnastics teams, but few can boast the performing schedule of the Acro-Airs. "You have to understand, we are performing for 20,000 people when we do these NBA games," said Don Peter, a member of the team. "It's an amazing feeling -- especially when the whole arena cheers for us when we're done."

You can catch the Acro-Airs for yourself at one of their upcoming shows (see schedule below). If you would like more information about the team or would like to schedule a performance near you, please contact coach Ben Johnson at bjohnson@cuc.edu.

• January 17 - Washington Wizards Halftime Show
• January 20 - Highland View Academy
• February 7 - Washington Wizards Game
• February 9 - Barrie School Show
• February 16-19 - President's Day Tour
• February 28 - Washington Wizards Game
• March 2-11 - Spring Break Tour
• April 10 - Washington Wizards Game
• April 15 - Washington Wizards Game

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CUC SENIOR GUARD Cory Blythe was recently named USCAA basketball player of the week. Blythe was rewarded, in part, for his performance in the Mercyhurst Basketball Tournament held last month. During the second game of the tournament, Blythe scored 21 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in CUC's 76-65 loss to Slippery Rock University. Blythe, a senior English major, averages 15 points and 8 rebounds for the CUC Pioneers.

Read more about Cory Blythe and the CUC's NCAA Division II basketball program at our main website.

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The Columbia Union College Pioneers baseball team participated in a three-day “Live the Lifestyle” clinic hosted by Dana Cavalea, the spring training assistant strength and conditioning coach for the New York Yankees, on November 9-12, 2006.
Cavalea’s camp focused on weight training, speed development, nutrition, sleep, academics, and offered the team a comprehensive approach to prevent injury and maximize performance.
“I couldn’t be more excited about starting this new program,” said senior Adam Melis, a Physical Education major. “To know that we worked with a guy who works with Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter is a great feeling.”
Cavalea provided the Pioneers with a year-round strength and conditioning plan and demonstrated exercises that targeted muscles and movements used specifically in baseball games.
“Dana did every one of the exercises with us until every player had it down,” said transfer student Bill Arpei, a junior Business major. “We didn’t move on to the next step until everyone did it right.”
CUC’s baseball team ended their successful season with a 34-22 record, the best in College’s history. Under the former coaching staff in 2005, the baseball team won just five games. However this year, the Pioneer coaches are looking ahead.
“This is just the beginning for our program and we need to approach the offseason differently than we did last year,” said second-year head coach Michael Ricucci. “We are not going to sneak up on anyone this season and we need to be better prepared.”
Riccuci believes that Cavalea’s program will give the team that opportunity.
“We do not have the luxury of having a practice/game facility on our campus, which could hinder our players development significantly,” said Ricucci. “We need to provide our players with every opportunity to get better and having a Yankee’s instructor pass along this knowledge and training regimen provides that opportunity.”
Cavalea owns and operates Major League Strength, a company that emphasizes the total development of an athlete’s life from strength training to mental health. He has worked with the Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, and other professional baseball organizations to improve player’s performance.

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