General 5/12/2025 11:02:00 AM Chris Day - CMU Sports Information

Mav Watch (Week of May 12)

A weekly rundown and look ahead at the happenings of CMU Athletics

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Baseball

The Mavericks (41-12, 26-4 RMAC) claimed their record-extending 23^rd RMAC Tournament title, winning five games over four days at The Diamond at Hamilton Ballpark.
The Mavs have now won three straight RMAC Tournament titles and regular season/tournament sweeps
The Mavs, who won their 13^th straight RMAC Regular Season title, defeated MSU Denver in pair of games on Saturday after having dropping a Friday decision to the Roadrunners forcing the Mavs to come through the loser's bracket.
CMU then won an 11-4 elimination game over Adams State on Friday night before defeating the Roadrunners, by 14-9 and 18-5 margins
The Mavs scored 71 runs in their six games, an average of 11.83, and scored at least nine runs in all six.
Tournament MVP Cameron Cartwright finished the tournament hitting .629 (17-27) with four doubles, five home runs, including two grand slams. He also scored 11 runs and drove in 18.
Stevenson Reynolds, Paul Schoenfield and relief pitcher JJ Almeda were also named to the All-Tournament Team.
With the tournament win, the Mavs earned the RMAC's automatic qualification spot into the NCAA Tournament.
They have drawn the No. 3 seed in the South Central Regional and will travel to Tyler, Texas to compete in a 3-team regional against the host Patriots, seeded second, and MSU Denver, which moved up from the No. 8 spot in regional rankings to claim the sixth and final spot in the regional.
The Mavs will play MSU Denver for the eighth time in a span of just 15 days on Thursday in the regional opener. They will play against UT Tyler on Friday.
Game times have not yet been announced.
The winner of this weekend's double-elimination regional will play the winner of the other South Central Regional the following weekend in a best of 3 Super Regional series. Top-seeded Angelo State, No. 4 St. Edward's and No. 5 Lubbock Christian are in the other half of the bracket, which will be played in San Angelo, Texas

Softball

The Mavs finished the season with a 40-17 record after going 1-2 at this weekend's NCAA South Central Regional in Canyon, Texas.
The Mavericks were seeded sixth and dropped a pair of 1-run decisions to national poll No. 8 and No. 3 seed Angelo State after defeating No. 7 seed Lubbock Christian in a 10-inning thriller elimination game on Friday.
The Mavs reached the 40-win mark for the second straight and third time in the last four years and were making their seventh regional appearance in the last nine completed seasons since 2016.
The Mavs have won at least one NCAA Tournament game in six of those seven appearances and 12 of their 15 total appearances.
Ally Distler went 4-for-8 and hit the Mavs' only home run of the weekend. She finished her career with 60 home runs, two shy of the CMU record of 62, set in 2016 by Makayla Kovac.
Grand Junction native Olivia Litzen drove in all three runs in the Mavs' 3-1 extra-inning win over Lubbock Christian, including a game-winning 2-run single in the top of the tenth inning.
RMAC Freshman of the Year Jessalyn Gallegos picked up the win in that game and finished the tournament with a 0.64 ERA, allowing just one earned run in 11 innings in two appearances.
Senior Myah Arrieta finished the year with a .400 batting average and hit 18 home runs with 62 RBIs. She led the team in all three categories and finished her career with a .414 batting average, 58 home runs and 184 RBIs. The 58 home runs are third most in program history. Her RBI total is fifth best in program history.
Arrieta and Distler were both named to the Second Team All-South Central Region squad by both the NFCA and D2CCA.

Men's Lacrosse

The Mavericks finished the season with a 13-4 record after falling 12-7 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament last Wednesday at national poll No. 1 Tampa
The Mavs were ranked 14^th in the USILA poll heading into the game and were the No. 8 seed in the South Region.
The Mavs were making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2018 and just the second in program history.
Shaden Shields made 18 saves in the game and broke the Mavs' single-season record, finishing with 178. The Naples, Florida native, made 66 of those saves in the Mavs' four postseason games and had been named as the Peach Belt Conference Tournament's MVP.
Connor Jensen and Erich Petersen scored two goals apiece in the NCAA Tournament game.
Jensen and JJ Brummett finished the year with 36 goals to tie each other for the Rocky Mountain Division lead.
Brummett finished his career 134 goals and 174 points to rank third and fifth in school history for those respective categories.
Brummett, Edwards, Petersen and Wolfi Gottschalk were all named to all-tournament team as well.

Men's Golf

The Mavericks' record-setting season came to a close on Saturday as the Mavs finished 18^th at the NCAA South Central/West Super Regional in Riverside, California.
The Mavs posted a 54-hole total of 862 (-2).
The Mavs finished with a scoring average of 286.03, smashing the program record of 290.97 from two years ago by nearly five strokes per round.
Cole Beyer, the lone senior in the Mavs' 5-man regional lineup, led the Mavs with a 38^th place finish (tie) at 213 (-3).
He finished the year with a 69.45 scoring average, smashing a 12-year old record of 72.22, that had been set by Brandon Bingaman, who recently qualified for a second career PGA Championship.
Redshirt junior Timmy Cavarno also bettered Bingaman's former record, finishing the 2024-25 campaign with a 71.85 scoring average.

Outdoor Track & Field

A select group of Mavericks competed at the Franson Last Chance Meet in Azusa, California.
Izzak Siefken (men's javelin) and Augustine Hancock (women's hammer throw) claimed victories on Friday morning.
Antone Higgs (triple jump) and Logan Hafey (400m Hurdles) both set improved NCAA Provisional Qualifying marks in those events on Saturday.
Marik Cummings and Gaby Horton advanced through the prelims and semifinals into Saturday's finals in the 100 meters.
Three Maverick women's distance runners in Megan Hodges, Brooke Miller and Autumn McQuitty all set PR times in the 1,500 meters to improve their position on the Mavs' all-time top 10 charts.
McQuitty also set a PR in the 5K as the Maverick women combined for six new marks on the program's all-time top 10 charts
NCAA Championship selections will be announced on Tuesday afternoon and should include at least two Maverick men in Teo Casados (200) and Higgs (Long Jump) plus the women's 4x100-meter relay team of Serenity Burnett-Perry, Sylvia Johansen, Kammi Merritt and Horton.
Siefken currently sits 23^rd on the national performance list in the javelin with the top 22 declared student-athletes to be selected.

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Players Mentioned

Cole Beyer: 5' 9"; Senior

Timmy Cavarno: 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior

#11 Myah Arrieta: MI; 5' 6"; Senior; R/R

#1 Ally Distler: C; 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

#22 Jessalyn Gallegos: P; 5' 3"; Redshirt Freshman; L/L

#8 Olivia Litzen: C; 5' 2"; Redshirt Sophomore; L/R

Teo Casados: Sprints; 6' 1"; Senior; Sr.

Marik Cummings: Sprints; 5' 10"; Sophomore; So.

Logan Hafey: Multis; 6' 1"; Junior; Jr.

Serenity Burnett-Perry: Sprints; 5' 6"; Redshirt Junior; Sr.

Players Mentioned

Cole Beyer
: 5' 9"; Senior

Timmy Cavarno
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior

#11 Myah Arrieta
: 5' 6"; Senior; R/R
: MI

#1 Ally Distler
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: C

#22 Jessalyn Gallegos
: 5' 3"; Redshirt Freshman; L/L
: P

#8 Olivia Litzen
: 5' 2"; Redshirt Sophomore; L/R
: C

Teo Casados
: 6' 1"; Senior; Sr.
: Sprints

Marik Cummings
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; So.
: Sprints

Logan Hafey
: 6' 1"; Junior; Jr.
: Multis

Serenity Burnett-Perry
: 5' 6"; Redshirt Junior; Sr.
: Sprints