Colorado Mesa split a weather shortened series with the Colorado Christian Cougars. The Mavericks lost the opening game of the series 6-5 then rebounded with an 8-0 win. The final two games of the series were canceled due to snow

FRI @ Colorado Christian L 5-6

FRI @ Colorado Christian W 8-0

HISTORY WITH THE RANGERS

Colorado Mesa owns a 116-31 all-time record against Regis and are 9-1 in their last ten meetings with the Rangers. Last season, CMU went 5-1 with four of the six games coming at Suplizio Field. 

LAST TEN GAMES

2013 Regis W 9-1

2013 Regis L 4-8

2013 Regis W 6-2

2013 Regis W 15-5

2013 @ Regis W 2-0

2013 @ Regis W 6-5

2012 Regis W 9-8

2012 Regis W 13-4

2012 Regis W 1-0 (8)

2012 Regis W 7-2

SCOUTING THE RANGERS

After being swept the openiong weekend of the season by South Central Region foe Tarleton State, the Rangers rebounded winning four straight. They split the opening weekend of RMAC with Colorado Mines in a weather shortened series.

The Rangers are a veteran group in the field and at the plate. They have mainstays Tony Piazza and Jon Shoutta in the middle of their order. Piazza leads the team with a .364 batting average and Shoutta led the RMAC in homeruns two years ago.

Sophomore Kirby Schwein is the ace of the Regis staff. He has thrwon nearly ten more innings than the nearest teammate on the staff.

FRESHMAN

Five freshman have seen playing time this season so far. Each of them have contributed when in the game. Against Colorado Christian, Kevan Elcock, Trevor Elcock, and Kyle Serrano each hit doubles while Jake Druce drove in his first run of his collegiate career.

SHUTOUTS

Senior Joey Danner has thrown two shutouts so far this season. He won a 1-0 battle with Dixie State in the Mavericks opening series of the season then he threw five innings in a shutout win over Colorado Christian. Danner is 2-1 this season with a 3.21 ERA.

ROTATION

Colorado Mesa will go with the same projected pitchers as last weekend but in a different order. Junior Matt Delay will get the ball in game one with senior Kyle Davis making his 26th start of his career in game two. Joey Danner will take the mound in game three with lefty Nevin Wilson closing out the series on Monday.

LEADING OFF

Junior outfielder Sergio Valenzuela batted leadoff in the Mavericks two games last weekend. Valenzuela hit .571 and stole two bases in the series. The leadoff spot in the lineup has a .429 batting average, three doubles and a homerun.

ON DECK

Colorado Mesa will continue its home stand with a four-game series with Colorado Mines at Suplizio Field on March 14-16. First pitch on the 14th is scheduled for 3:30pm.