Links: Live StatsComplete Game Notes vs. Colorado ChristianWEEKEND RECAPColorado Mesa split a home series with 13th ranked Dixie State last weekend. The two teams played four one-run games with each team scoring 24 runs on the weekend. The Mavericks batted .314 in the series and had a staff ERA of 5.14.Â
STREAKSSophomore outfielder
Bligh Madris extended his on base streak to 41 games this past weekend after reaching in the first two games and did not play in the final two. The last time he didnt reach base was March 21 against New Mexico
Highlands where he went 0-for-3. Senior
Alex Fife is currently riding an 11-game hit streak from the start of the season until now.Â
ONE RUN GAMESThe Mavericks have played 11 games so far this season. Of those 11 games, seven have been decided by one-run with Colorado Mesa owning a 5-2 record in those games.Â
SCHEDULEColorado Mesa has just two games left on their non-conference schedule against Northern Colorado. They finished the first month with an 8-3 record with a series win and a series split with a pair of nationally ranked teams in Cal Baptist and Dixie State.Â
RANKINGSThe Mavericks continue to be ranked in the top ten in the four polls even after the series split with Dixie State. They are fifth in the NCBWA poll and as low as eighth in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper coaches poll.
COACHINGHead coach
Chris Hanks won his 700th game for the Mavericks on February 19 in a 5-4 win over Cal Baptist. 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 HOUSESuplizio Field has been very kind to the Mavericks for several seasons now. The Mavericks are 106-13 the past four seasons including the 27-5 record last season. They have not been shutout at home in 363 games dating back to the 2004 season (L 0-3 Western Oregon, Feb. 14).
RMAC TOURNAMENT IN 2015Colorado 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.Â
REGIONAL TOURNAMENTThe 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 DECKColorado Mesa will return home for a four-game series with MSU Denver at Suplizio Field. It will be the conference home opener for the Mavericks and will begin on Friday at 4:00pm.