Now that the academic year is over, and before we begin the 2019-20 season, LamarCardinals.com wanted to take a look back at what we felt were the Top 25 Moments of the 2018-19 season. The top 25 list was voted on by a panel of 15 members of the LU senior and external staff.
 
No. 20

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Just one point separated the women's cross country team of Lamar University from winning the Southland Conference Championships at the Enos Derbonne Sports Complex, but the Cardinals had a surprisingly strong showing and left it all out on the track for a second-place finish.

"Our women's team ran about as well as we could ask them to, and to come one point away from winning the championship was great," said cross country coach Tony Houchin. "They had their best day of the season on the day they needed to have their best day. I'm really proud of the effort they showed. There are no guarantees in sports, so you have to take the good where you can. Yes, we would've like to have won, but at the same time we're not at all disappointed in their performance."
 
Katie Buckley had the best individual race on the women's side, capturing third with a time of 23:00.9 in very wet and muddy conditions. She was followed by teammate Katy Whiteoak in 12th with a time of 23:53.8. A 14th place finish for Julie Emmerson (23:58.5), a 19th place finish for Sophie Wood (24:09.0), and a 23rd place finish for Mollie Williams (24:20.2) gave Big Red a competitive points grouping, with LU's Top Five runners finishing just before the fifth Islander runner. But Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Allyson Girard managed to win the women's individual title, which gave A&M-Corpus Christi the one point extra it needed to come out on top. Corpus Christi had 70 points to Lamar's 71 points, and Stephen F. Austin came in third with 74.
 
Also running for Lamar's women's team was Mya Taylor (30th, 24:50.3) and Sarah Foster (73rd, 27:32.5).

Continue to check back with LamarCardinals.com throughout the summer to see the rest of LU's 2018-19 Top 25 Moments.
   
2018-19 Top 25 Moments
No. 25 – Seniors Carry Cards in Volleyball Finale
No. 24 - Jolic Wins Match at No. 2 vs. SLC Leaders
No. 23 - Rookie Guides LU to Revenge Victory
No. 22 - Debut of Cardinal Choice Awards
No. 21 - Women's Golf wins the Babs Steffens Invitational