SERIES HISTORY
Colorado Mesa took all four games from the Colorado Christian Cougars back in March over on the Front Range at All Star Park. The game one win gave head coach Chris Hanks is 1,000th win of his career.

Over the years, the Mavericks are 90-11 all-time against Colorado Christian with the Cougars taking the series in 2022 for the first time in their program's history.

In the 101 games, the Mavericks have averaged nearly 12 runs per game with a home record of 45-4 in the series. They owned a 27 game win streak over Colorado Christian spanning from April of 2014 to March of 2018.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
The Cougars boast two of the best power hitters in the conference in Jordan Medina and Gabe Ramos. The two combined for 28 doubles and 35 home runs in 49 games this season which was more than New Mexico Highlands and Adams State had as a team this season.

Medina finished the regular season at .360 with 17 doubles and 16 home runs while Ramos hit .374 with 11 doubles and 19 home runs.

Projected pitcher for Wednesday's games figures to be Jake Gimble. The senior went 6-5 with a 7.35 ERA in 60 innings pitched to lead the Cougars. Gimble lasted three innings in his last matchup with CMU.

KNOCKING ON HISTORY'S DOOR
Colorado Mesa outfielder Julian Boyd accomplished only one other person in Maverick program history accomplished in the 66 years of baseball. Boyd now has 20 doubles, 10 home runs and 33 stolen bases to become the second-ever to reach 10 home runs, 20 doubles and 33 stolen bases in a season.

The only person to accomplish the feat was 2014 ABCA National Player of the Year Austin Kaiser. During that season, Kaiser batted .478 with 24 doubles, 11 home runs and 30 stolen bases on his way to earning the top accolades.

Only one other player came close to accomplishing the feat. In 1992, Johnny Bess finished the season with 19 doubles, 10 home runs and 34 stolen bases.

No one has ever stolen 40 bases in a season at Colorado Mesa.

MORE JUICE PLEASE
Boyd is just three stolen bases away from tying the single season stolen base record at Colorado Mesa. The senior is 33-for-37 on the season in stolen bases and is a threat anytime he reaches base.

The stolen base record has stood since the 2004 season when Trask Munoz took 36 bases.

The Los Angeles native went on to earn RMAC Player of the Week honors in the last week of the regular season for swiping five bases against Adams State.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE NO. 1
Colorado Mesa rose to the No. 1 ranking in this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll for the first time this season and for the first time since May 17, 2021 when the Mavericks entered the NCAA South Central Regional as the top-ranked team in the country.

It was the fourth time in program history the Mavericks ascended to the top of the rankings but have been featured as the No. 1 team in 17 polls which includes yesterday's release.

40 PIECE
The Mavericks eclipsed the 40-win plateau for the 10th straight season this past weekend and this year was able to accomplish it during the regular season as they finished with a 41-9 record. Colorado Mesa won 32 of their past 35 games to close the season.

It is the 16th time in head Coach Chris Hanks' tenure that the Mavericks have reached the 40-win mark.

ROHM AROUND THE WORLD
Senior pitcher Blake Rohm was named the RMAC Pitcher of the Week in the last week of the regular season after closing the regular season with his first win of the season against Adams State.

The senior recorded season-highs for innings pitched and strikeouts as he allowed one run (unearned) on six hits, walked one and struck out six in 79 pitches.

He is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 11 innings pitched this season.

PRO MAVS
The Mavericks had three players drafted last season with Andrew Morris, Haydn McGeary and Spencer Bramwell all getting selected in the MLB Amateur Draft. Since 2003, Colorado Mesa leads all Colorado state colleges with 18 MLB Draft picks in that time.

1. Colorado Mesa 18

2. Air Force 10

3. Lamar CC 9

4. Regis 8

5. Northern Colorado 7

6. CSU Pueblo 5

7. MSU Denver 5

8. Trinidad State 4

9. Northeastern JC 4

10. Mines 3

Andrew Morris was the highest selection during that time as he went in the fourth round to the Minnesota Twins this past June while Bligh Madris was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round in 2017 as the only top ten round selections. Madris was recently dealt to the Houston Astros after making his MLB debut last June.

Probably the most famous Maverick that is included in the list is Sergio Romo who was selected in the 28th round of the 2005 draft by the San Francisco Giants. Romo went on to win three World Series rings with the Giants.

NOT ONLY TEAM OF THE DECADE
The Mavericks were deemed the team of the decade after finishing the decade with the best record in all of NCAA Division II Baseball. But they have also been the best in DII over the last five years. Colorado Mesa has a .792 winning percentage (243-64) in the last five seasons which tops 2022 National Champion North Greenville (.784), South Central Region rival Angelo State (.773), Central Missouri (.763) and Tampa (.762).

Since 2017:

Colorado Mesa 243-64 (.792)

North Greenville 236-64-1 (.784)

Angelo State 235-69 (.773)

Central Missouri 229-71 (.763)

Tampa 208-65 (.762)

Minnesota State 202-65 (.757)

Illinois-Springfield 213-68-1 (.755)

Southern New Hampshire 210-68 (.755)

Augustana 224-77-1 (.742)

Azusa Pacific 204-77 (.726)

RMAC DOMINATION
Colorado Mesa has won its 11th straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title. Since 2009, Colorado Mesa has won nearly 82 percent of their games against RMAC competition as they have a 419-94 record in that span prior to the season.

RMAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TRIVIA
Colorado Mesa and MSU Denver will both enter the Rock Mountain Athletic Conference baseball tournament with 40 wins on the season. When was the last time two teams entered the RMAC Baseball Tournament with 40 wins?

ANSWER: 2003, Fort Hays State and CSU Pueblo (then Southern Colorado). The TIgers entered the tournament at 40-12 while Southern Colorado came into the tournament with a 40-14 mark. 

The key word in the trivia is entered. In 2019, Colorado Mesa was over the 40-win mark and Colorado School of Mines earned their 40th win during the tournament.