Media Scrum Schedule Tuesday, March 11)

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1:45 – Baseball
2:00- Softball
2:15- Men's Lacrosse
2:30- Men's & Women's Tennis
2:45- Women's Basketball

Home Event Schedule

Friday, March 14
6:05 p.m.- Baseball vs. CSU Pueblo

Saturday, March 15
Noon- Beach Volleyball – Maroon & White Scrimmage
1 p.m.- Baseball vs. CSU Pueblo (DH)

Sunday, March 16
Noon- Baseball vs. CSU Pueblo

Complete Composite Schedule: https://cmumavericks.com/calendar?date=3/10/2025&vtype=list

Women's Basketball

• The Mavericks (25-5) were selected for their ninth NCAA Division II Tournament on Sunday night,  earning the No. 4 seed and an at-large berth for the South Central Regional portion of the tournament, which will be hosted by Texas Woman's.
• The Mavs will take on fifth-seeded Eastern New Mexico on Friday at 7:30 p.m. CDT (6:30 p.m. Mountain) in Denton, Texas
• CMU advanced to the RMAC Tournament title game but saw their 18-game winning streak come to an end this past Saturday night when UCCS claimed a 63-61 win.
• The Mavs had also won 11 straight home games since falling to the Mountain Lions in the first RMAC game of the year back on Dec. 5.
• UCCS was the only team to defeat the Mavs in Brownson Arena this season.  CMU went 12-2 at home.
• CMU had advanced to the RMAC Tournament Title Game for the first time since 2020, posting 72-46 and 68-53 wins over New Mexico Highlands and Black Hills State in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of last week's tournament.
• The Mavs have won 12 RMAC Regular Season titles, including seven under 13^th Year Head Coach Taylor Wagner, who will be leading the Mavs into the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time.
• Wagner was named as the RMAC Coach of the Year for the seventh time in a vote of his peers.
• The Mavs had three All-RMAC selections in last week's post-season awards release, including first team picks Olivia Reed Thyne and Kylie Kravig.
• Reed Thyne was also selected as the RMAC Player of the Year for the second straight time and has now been on the first team in all three years of her career.  She was the RMAC Freshman of the Year in 2023 and is the first repeat winner of the Player of the Year award since Molly Rohrer of CSU Pueblo (2016-17 & 2017-18).
• Kravig earned first team honors this season after picking up second team accolades last year.
• Riley Hayes was a second team honoree.
• Reed Thyne & Kravig were also named to the RMAC All-Tournament Team.
• Kravig had ten assists over the weekend and broke her own single-season assist record.  She now has 182 this year.
• CMU sophomore Brooke Manzanares was named as the RMAC Summit Award Winner before Friday's semifinal for having the highest GPA (4.00) of any player at the RMAC Tournament Championship site.
• The Mavs were ranked 21^st in last week's WBCA Division II Coaches Moll and 22^nd in the D2CSC Media Poll.

Swimming & Diving

• The Mavericks will take a program-record smashing and national-leading 47 athletes to Indianapolis for this week's NCAA Division II Championships in Indianapolis.
• The Mavericks qualified 33 swimmers (17 women, 16 men), marks that are the highest of any team in the country.
• The Mavs also qualified a national-leading 12 divers (6 men, 6 women) who will compete in the Pre-Championship Qualification Meet on Tuesday with hopes of being amongst the 22 women or 18 men that qualify for the official championship, that also begins on Tuesday (Wednesday diving).
• The Mavs will also take two relay only swimmers to potentially complement the Mav relay teams.
• CMU is set to be represented in all 38 swimming events and will hope to be able to make the same claim in the four diving events after Tuesday's diving qualification meet.
• CMU's Agata Naskret is the top seed in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke after winning those events and three relays at last year's NCAA Championships.
• Men's team captain Andrew Scoggin is seeded second 100 backstroke.
• The Maverick women are ranked second in the latest monthly edition of the CSCAA Top 25 Dual Meet Poll and also hold the No. 1 spot in the Swimcloud NCAA Division II Championship Rankings.  They had been ranked first in December, January and February but switched spots with Indianapolis on Friday.
• The Maverick women finished second as a team, their highest finish in program history, at last year's championships and won seven events, including three relays.
• They have a realistic chance at winning what could be CMU's first-ever NCAA Division II Team Championship in any sport.
• The Maverick men are ranked fourth in the CSCAA Dual Meet Poll and are second in the Swimcloud Championship rankings.  CMU's men finished fifth last year, equal to their highest finish in program history.

Women's Wrestling

• The Mavericks wrapped up their season with an eighth place finish at the NCWWC National Championships in Coralville, Iowa.
• Freshman Lorianna Piestewa took third at 124 pounds to claim All-America honors.  She went 6-1 throughout the tournament and finished her freshman season with a 17-2 record.
• Five other Mavericks fell just one win shy of All-America honors falling in Saturday morning's "Blood Round" after advancing to the second day of the tournament.
• The Mavs have now finished in the top 10 of six straight national tournaments.
• Sixth-year graduate student Jennesis Martinez was one of those Mavs to fall just shy of an All-America honor, which would have been her fifth career honor.  She did finish her career with 87 wins (87-23).
• Senior Erica Smith also qualified for her fourth straight national tournament and finished her career with a 71-47 record.

Men's Wrestling

• The Mavericks qualified a RMAC-leading five qualifiers for this week's NCAA Division II Championships in Indianapolis.
• Action begins at 10 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. Mountain) on both Friday and Saturday.
• The top eight finishers in each 18-man bracket will receive all-America honors.
• That Mavs' national tournament roster includes regional champion Dayson Torgerson (125 pounds) and regional runner-up Gus Dalton (174).
• Owen Cline (157), Gabriel Carranza (197) and Tyler Doyle (285) all finished third at the NCAA Super Regional VI Championships on Mar. 1 in Gunnison, Colorado, to secure a trip to nationals as well.
• The Mavs scored 115 ½ team points, the most of any RMAC team and second only to regional champion Nebraska-Kearney, who qualified all ten wrestlers for nationals.
• Four of the Mavs' five qualifiers were nationally-ranked going into the regional with Torgerson (#8, 125 lbs.), Owen Cline (#13, 157), Gabriel Carranza (#8, 197) and Tyler Doyle (#12, 285).
• Dalton is now 10-11 on the season but turned it on at the right time to book a return trip to the national tournament.
• Torgerson, Carranza and Doyle are all repeat national qualifiers as well.  Cline will be making his NCAA Championship debut.
• Carranza and Doyle were both voted to the First Team All-RMAC squad by a vote of the conference's head coaches.

Indoor Track & Field

• The Mavericks had two athletes in men's long jumper Antone Higgs and women's sprinter Gaby Horton selected for this week's NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis.
• Higgs, a native of the Bahamas, and a transfer from Colby (Kan.) Community College will be making his first NCAA Championship appearance.
• Horton, a Grand Junction native, will be going to her second straight NCAA Championship meet after also competing at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
• Both will compete on Friday with Higgs jumping at Noon EDT (10 a.m. Mountain) before Horton will run in the preliminary round of the 200 meters at 5 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. Mountain).
• If she were to advance to the final, she would run again on Saturday afternoon at 4:20 p.m. EDT (2:20 p.m. Mountain).
• Both athletes won silver medals at the RMAC Championships on Feb. 28-Mar. 1 and set new season-best marks to qualify for the national meet.

Baseball

• The Mavericks just wrapped up a series sweep over New Mexico Highlands in a Saturday-Monday series that was moved to Grand Junction due to weather conditions in New Mexico.
• The Mavs are now 11-7 overall and co-lead the RMAC with UCCS, which swept Colorado Christian in the first RMAC series of the year.  Both the Mavs and Mountain Lions are 4-0 in conference play.
• CMU is now 7-1 at home over the last two weeks and will continue what is a 16-game homestand this weekend against CSU Pueblo (7-7, 0-0 RMAC), who had this past weekend off.
• The series will begin on Friday night with a 6:05 p.m. single game.  Saturday's doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. before the series will wrap up on Sunday at Noon.
• The Mavs won this past Saturday's game over NMHU by an 11-4 score and then won Sunday's doubleheader by 12-1 and 10-3 scores.
• On Monday, the Mavs scored in every inning and posted a 31-0 shutout, their first of the season.
• As a team, the Mavs hit .410 with a .688 slugging percentage and .527 on-base percentage during the series sweep.
• Kolby Felix hit .533 (8-15) with two doubles, four home runs, ten RBIs and 22 total bases, good for a 1.467 slugging percentage.
• Christos Stefanos hit .500 (7-14) with three home runs and 14 RBIs, including a Monday grand slam.
• The Maverick pitching staff posted a 1.50 team ERA during the sweep, allowing the Cowboys to hit just .162 on the weekend.

Softball

• The Mavs (14-8, 12-4 RMAC) recorded their second straight series sweep and went 8-0 on a 2-weekend homestand.
• The Mavs swept New Mexico Highlands this past week, winning Saturday's games by 7-2 and 6-5 scores.  The Mavs then crushed the Cowgirls on Sunday, claiming 10-1 and 18-1 victories, both of which were decided by the mercy rule in five innings.
• Jessalyn Gallegos went 2-0 in the circle and two complete games with a 1.75 ERA.  She had 19 strikeouts in 12 innings, including 12 in the Game 1 victory on Saturday.
• Myah Arrieta hit .667 (8-12) with three home runs and six RBIs throughout the series.  She slugged 1.417 and had a .733 on-base percentage.
• Khloe Kubitschek went 8-for-13 (.615) at the plate with two doubles and six RBIs.
• Chloe Valdez also added six RBIs while batting .500 over the weekend.
• The Mavs hit .431 as a team, scoring 41 runs in 20 offensive innings.
• The Maverick pitching staff held the Cowgirls to a .211 team batting average and conceded just eight earned runs.
• The Mavs are on the road for the next two weeks, playing at Adams State in Alamosa this Saturday and Sunday (Apr. 15-16) before going to Colorado Springs to face UCCS on Apr. 22-23.

Men's Lacrosse

• The Mavericks (4-0) have been off since winning at Rockhurst on Feb. 25.
• They retained their No. 13 spot in this week's USILA National Poll.
• CMU will begin a 3-game Spring Break trip to Florida, playing in Lakeland on Saturday night at 5 p.m. against Florida Southern (Mar. 15).
• The Mavs will then take on Florida Tech next Tuesday Mar. 18 in Melbourne before wrapping up the trip on Thursday, Mar. 20 at Saint Leo, currently ranked 16^th in the national poll.
• JJ Brummett and Connor Jensen co-lead the team and are tied for the RMAC lead with 12 goals while Brummett also has a RMAC-leading nine assists and 21 points.
• Shaden Shields has led an impressive goaltending crew, posting a 5.78 goals against average and .709 save percentage to lead the RMAC. 
• The Mavs have won nine straight and 14 of their last 15 games dating back to last season.

Women's Lacrosse

• The Mavericks (1-4) played in their home-opener last Thursday, falling 14-7 to No. 13 Grand Valley State.
• CMU had a 4-2 lead in the second quarter before the Lakers tied the game by halftime before scoring four goals in the first 4:07 of the third quarter as part of a 9-goal run.
• CMU's Courtney Havel scored two goals while Justine Anderson had a goal and two assists to lead the Maverick attack.
• Freshman Sadie Chappuis had three groundballs and three caused turnovers on the defensive end.
• The Mavs have played three nationally-ranked opponents in their last three games and will play another this week when they face No. 11 Regis on Friday in Denver to open up RMAC play.
• Regis (2-3) has defeated the Mavericks in the last four RMAC Tournament Championship games and has won each of the last five RMAC Regular Season titles, sharing the 2023 crown with CMU.
• The Mavs will then take on UCCS (3-1) on Sunday at Noon.
• The Mavs will then play three straight and five of their next six games at home.

Men's Basketball

• The Maverick men saw their season come to an end last Tuesday in the quarterfinal round of the RMAC Tournament. 
• The Mavs finished 19-9 after falling to Fort Lewis, 89-65.
• Ty Allred scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds in that game.
• Mason Honeyman was in double figures as well with 13 points.
• Christopher Speller had nine points, seven rebounds and four assists and finished his career with 987 points.
• The Mavs had three All-RMAC selections.
• Allred received first team honors while Yaak Yaak picked up second team accolades.
• Will Mortimore was an Honorable Mention selection.
• Yaak finished the season with 51 blocked shots to lead the RMAC and rank second in CMU program history behind only Mike Vig (80; 1996-97)
• the final regional rankings and results of this week's conference tournaments.  The tournament champions from both conferences will receive automatic bids while the other six squads will be selected at-large.

Beach Volleyball

• The Mavericks extended their winning streak to six and improved to 10-2 as they dominated Central Wyoming College in a Saturday doubleheader at home.
• The Mavs are now 21-0 all-time in home duals in the 10-year history of their program.
• CMU won all 12 matches and 24 sets, including exhibition affairs, in the 5-0 wins over the Rustlers. 
• The Maverick pairs held their opposing Rustler duos to single-digit totals in 14 of the 20 official sets.
• The CMU No. 2 pair of Riley Daugherty and Lizzy Hood are a perfect 12-0 this season.
• The No. 1 pair of Ellie Ask and Gracyn Spresser are now 8-4 and have won six straight.
• No. 3 pair Barett Nolan and Ania Swartzendruber are now 10-2.
• The Mavs will hold an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday at Noon before heading off on their annual Spring Break trip to Southern California.

Men's Tennis

• The Maverick men split their home-opening doubleheader on Sunday against Hawai'i Hilo.
• They dropped the first dual 4-3, but rallied to win the second, 4-2.
• The duals were also the first two of ten against fellow Pacific West Conference foes this season.
• CMU is ranked 27^th in the ITA NCAA Division II Rankings, released last Wednesday.
• The Mavs are now 7-6 overall and are just one win away from matching their 2022-23 and 2023-24 win totals (8).
• CMU will begin a Spring Break stretch in California on Saturday, playing six PacWest foes in as many days between Mar. 15-20.
• That stretch will largely determine CMU's post-season fate.
• The Mavs won the doubles point in both duals against the Vulcans as William Leschig/Henry Scheck and Romain Payan/Jamison Pfingston both went 2-0 on the day.
• Emil Hultman won both of his No. 5 singles matches while three other Mavs went 1-1 in singles play.

Women's Tennis

• The Maverick women played at Division I Utah Tech last Friday, falling 7-0 to the Trailblazers in St. George.
• The Mavs are now 6-7 overall this season.
• They will play on six consecutive days from Mar. 15-20, facing seven different Pacific West Conference foes in California during that stretch.
• CMU has yet to play a conference opponent so far.
• Makenna Livingston leads the team with seven singles wins.
• Jade Brilhante and Devyn Rodriguez are 10-7 in doubles play to lead the Mavs.

Men's Golf

• The Mavericks were able to get their spring season started last Monday and Tuesday at the Las Vegas Desert Classic.
• The Mavs finished 18^th out of 20 teams in the loaded field, which included the top three and six of the top 10 teams in the latest (Feb. 28) Division II Coaches' Poll.
• The Mavs are ranked 22^nd in that poll.
• The Mavs posted a 54-hole total of 893 (+29).
• Timmy Cavarno led the Mavs with a T-30 individual finish at -1.  He shot a 3-under par 69 in the final round.
• Luke Wagstaff also posed a round of 70 in the final round.
• The Mavs will next play on Mar. 21 at the Hot Dirt Desert Shootout in Goodyear, Arizona.

Women's Golf

• The Maverick women started their spring season on Monday and are on the course in the first round at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Arizona, outside of Phoenix.
• They are playing in a pair of tournaments there this week, both of which are hosted by Southwest Minnesota State.
• The Mavs played in five tournaments during the fall, recording a fourth place finish at the CSU Pueblo Fall Invite and three other seventh place finishes.
• They averaged 312.70 strokes per round as a team
• Peyton Panzeri and Cassidy Phelan co-led the Mavs individually, as each posted a 77.20 scoring average.  Brittlynn O'Dell was right behind with a 77.90 scoring average.

Triathlon

• The Mavericks traveled to Overland Park, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City to compete in the C26 Hub Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
• Preliminary heats set the field for Saturday's waves, which saw the Maverick freshman claim three of the top four spots to lead the Mavs to a team win.
• Shantelle Tupaz claimed individual victory with a time of 21:22.5 from a 200-yard indoor pool swim, a 5-mile bike segment inside the C26 Hub Invitational on a virtual course (Zwift) followed by a 1,000-meter run outside the facility.
• Fellow freshmen Mackenzie Mayer (21:39.9) and Mariana Batarse Duenes (21:34.0) finished third and fourth, respectively.
• Nadine Klive finished eighth to round out CMU's team score of 68 points.

Save the Date

• CMU Athletics will host a Casino Night fundraiser on Friday, Apr. 4.  The silent auction and cocktails and conversations begin at 5 p.m. with dinner and gaming tables opening an hour later at 6 p.m.  Prizes will be awarded at 9 p.m.  Tickets can be found at: https://www.supportingcmu.org/event/2025-maverick-casino-night.html