Element RECORDCOUNT is undefined in USERLOOKUP

Hello!

I am trying to integrate LDAP authentication with a CF8 application.  My index.cfm file posts to my ldap.cfm file, and when the username and password are entered into the form I get the error: Element RECORDCOUNT in undefined in USERLOOKUP.

Here is my ldap.cfm file (I have sanitized the server and start so I don't post any senstive infomation):

cfparam name="user_id" default="#form.username#">
<cfparam name="username" default="#form.username#">
<cfparam name="passwd" default="#form.passwd#">
<cfparam name="error" default="NO ERRORS">
<cfparam name="firstName" default="">
<cfparam name="lastName" default="">
<cfparam name="defaultErrorMsg" default="There was a problem with your username/password.">
<!--- use generic message to complicate hacking --->

<!---  query ldap to see if the user exists --->

<cftry>
<cfldap name="userLookup"
      action="query"
  scope="subtree"
  server="ldap.edu"
  port="389"
  attributes="uid,dn,cn,sn"
         referral="0"
  filter="(&(uid=#username#))"
  start="cn=group,ou=Groups,dc=edu" />
<cfcatch type="any">
  <cfset error = defaultErrorMsg>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>

<!---  if a single row is returned, bind to authenticate --->

<cfif #userLookup.recordcount# EQ 1 >
<cftry>
  <cfldap name="userBind"
   action="query"
          scope="subtree"
   server="ldap.edu"
   port="389"
   username="#userLookup.dn#"
   password="#passwd#"
   attributes="dn"
   filter="(objectClass=*)"
   referral="0"
   start="#userLookup.dn#" />
      <cfcatch type="any">
   <cfset error = defaultErrorMsg>
      </cfcatch>
   </cftry>
<cfset firstName = LEFT( Mid( userLookup.cn, 1, FindOneOf( " ", userLookup.cn ) ), 20 )>
<cfset lastName = LEFT( userLookup.sn, 30 )>

<cfelse>
<cfset error = defaultErrorMsg>
</cfif>

Can anyone help me get past this error?  If more information is needed, please provide an email address that I can use to respond.  Thank you for your time.