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Complete Series Notes vs. Cal Baptist

WEEKEND RECAP
Colorado Mesa earned a weekend sweep of former Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference member Nebraska-Kearney at Suplizio Field. They earned a 6-5 win in the opener after an Alex Fife two-tun double in the eighth followed by a 6-0 shutout win in game two. On Monday, they won 11-7 after James Young III slash base hit in the seventh inning gave the Mavericks the lead.

STREAKS
Sophomore outfielder is carrying over a couple of impressive streaks from last season. He extended his hitting streak to 22 games and his reached base streak to 35 straight games after the opening series. The last time he didnt reach base was March 21 against New Mexico Highlands where he went 0-for-3.

BULLPEN
The Maverick bullpen earned the win in all three games last weekend. The 11 pitcher group combined to allow just two runs on nine hits, walked seven and struck out 12 in 14 and two-thirds innings of work. With it being the first weekend, most of the pitchers were on pitch limits. 

SCHEDULE
Colorado Mesa setup a daunting non-conference schedule this season. After coming off the weekend sweep of Nebraska-Kearney, they set out to play No. 29 Cal Baptist followed by a home series with No. 18 Dixie State and a two-game home series with Div. I Northern Colorado.

RANKINGS
The Mavericks are ranked in the top ten in the four major national rankings outlets to begin the 2016 season. They are as high as No. 3 in the NCBWA rankings and a low of No. 6 in the D2Baseballnews.com poll. 

COACHING
Head coach Chris Hanks is closing in on his 700th victory for the Mavericks. He has spent his entire 17 year coaching career at Colorado Mesa and has won 11 RMAC Championships and two NCAA Regional titles.

PROTECTING THE HOUSE
Suplizio Field has been very kind to the Mavericks for several seasons now. The Mavericks are 104-11 the past four seasons including the 27-5 record last season. They have not been shutout at home in 359 games dating back to the 2004 season (L 0-3 Western Oregon, Feb. 14).

RMAC TOURNAMENT IN 2015
Colorado Mesa claimed their second consecutive RMAC Tournament Championship, defeating MSU Denver 7-6 on a walk-off home run by Alex Fife. It is the the Mavericks 11th RMAC Tournament Championship, most by any school in the conference. 

REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
The Mavericks hosted the NCAA South Central Regional for the second straight season and went 1-2 in the tournament. The Mavericks fell to St. Mary's then went on to defeat St. Edward's before falling to eventual champion Angelo State.

ON DECK
Colorado Mesa will begin a four-game series with Dixie State on Friday February 26 at Suplizio Field. The Red Storm are currently ranked 18th in this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper coaches poll.