GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Colorado Mesa hosted Colorado State over the weekend for a one game series to close out the semesters home games.

After a week of uncertainty as two games were canceled; Colorado State stepped up to play the Mavs in Grand Junction on short notice. Friday night, was CMU's PAC the rink tailgate night along with Camo night and the rink was most certainly packed. The Mavs would make it loud as Sophomore Ryan Erickson would score his first career CMU goal less than 10 minutes in with a great shot from the point. Freshman Marcus Ray would add to the Mavs lead 5 minutes later. Before the end of the period, the Mavs would get a quick breakout off the faceoff and Sophomore Connor Hassenstab would find Dylan Sowa on a 2 on 1 to add to the Mavs. The Mavs would be on the penalty kill to start the second, but Junior Ethan Levesque would intercept a pass through the neutral zone, taking the puck into the CSU zone and score with a beautiful cross crease effort. CSU would get one back on the power play, but the Mavs would answer quickly as Junior Mason Ripley would fire one far side on a power play of their own. Sophomore Tristan Brooks would make a beautiful move towards the net and Hassenstab would finish the job making the Mavs lead 5-1. 

The Mavs would score 2 more in the second with Marcus Ray and Dylan Sowa adding their second tallies. In the third Senior Levi Krantz, Senior Evan Wagner, And Brooks would all add their tallies before CSU would score a short handed goal for a final score of 11-2. Colorado Mesa would like to thank Colorado State for stepping up on late notice after a cancellation.

This was the Mavs final home game this semester as they will travel to Golden to play Colorado School of Mines before the holiday break and then head to Florida to play FGCU to end the semester. Your Mavs will host the United States Air Force Academy in late January. 

Game 1: Erickson(1), Ray(11), Sowa(6), Levesque(1), Ripley(2), Hassenstab(4), Ray(12), Sowa(7), Krantz(2), Wagner(3), Brooks(4)