Box Score


            The Colorado Mesa University baseball team fell to the CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves 16-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament in Pueblo, Colo. The Mavericks couldn't recover from a 8-run second inning put up by CSU-Pueblo. The Mavericks cut the lead to 10-5 but the ThunderWolves responded with back-to-back 3-run innings in the sixth and seventh.

            Five Maverick pitchers threw in the game with Dakota Behr giving the Mavericks the best chance to comeback. Behr pitched 3.0 innings and allowed 3 runs on 2 hits and struck out 4. Nolan Snell took the loss and fell to 9-2 on the season.

            Four Mavericks had two hits in the game while Jeff Popick delivered his team-leading 7th homerun of the season. Tamatoa Demello also hit his 2nd homerun of the season.

            The Mavericks will face the loser of tonight's Regis and N.M. Highlands quarterfinal game. The loser-out game will begin at 12:00pm.