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Complete Notes for the RMAC Tournament

RMAC TOURNAMENT AT A GLANCE
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season championship came down to the last game of the regular season with Colorado Mesa defeating Colorado Mines 4-3. The Mavericks will host the tournament at Suplizio Field from May 12-14. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA South Central Region Tournament.

Colorado Mesa is the only lock to make the NCAA Tournament at this point and is in position to host the tournament next week at Suplizio Field. Colorado Mines has been in the rankings all year but slipped to the No. 7 spot last week and probably needs to win the tournament or get to the championship to get in.

CSU-Pueblo and Adams State are also on the outside looking in for a NCAA Tournament bid. CSU-Pueblo has the offense to cause problems for teams in the tournament led by RMAC Player of the Year in Jordan Godman while the Grizzlies feature a tough one-two at the top of their rotation in Bailey Garcia and Josh Keaton.

WEEKEND RECAP
For the first time this season, the Mavericks dropped the series to Colorado Mines two games to one. After dropping the first two games, the Mavericks won game three after a game-tying two-run home run by Davis Cantwell and a go-ahead single by Kyle Serrano to claim the RMAC regular season championship for the fifth straight season.

REGIONAL RANKINGS
The third set of Regional Rankings from the NCAA are due out this week. These will be the final rankings before the tournament bracket is released. Below is a projection of what the rankings could look like this week. 
1. Colorado Mesa
2. Texas A&M-Kingsville
3. St. Edward's
4. Lubbock Christian
5. Angelo State
6. West Texas A&M
7. Colorado Mines
8. Cameron

RMAC AWARDS
Colorado Mesa had nine players earn all-RMAC honors. JR McDermott was named the RMAC Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year. It is the first time in conference history that there has been a Pitcher of the Year that was the Freshman of the Year. Tanner Herdt, Tyler Ehlers, Alex Fife, and Ben Chamberlin were all named to the first team while Matt Allen, Nick Borowski, Kyle Serrano and Zach McLeod were named to the second team. Fife, Greg Reynolds, and James Young III were named to the Gold Glove Team.

RMAC TOURNAMENT
Colorado Mines will take on Plains Division champion CSU-Pueblo in the 3pm game on Thursday before Colorado Mesa takes on Adams State at 7pm. On Friday, the winners will play at 12pm and the losers at 3:30pm.

COACHING
Head 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 HOUSE
Suplizio Field has been very kind to the Mavericks for several seasons now. The Mavericks are 121-16 the past four seasons including the 27-5 record last season. They have not been shutout at home in 381 straight 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 is a lock to make the NCAA South Central Regional and are in position to host the tournament next week at Suplizio Field. The dates for the regional tournament are May 19-22.