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Tuesday, September 30
6 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Western Colorado
 
Friday, October 3
4 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming host Intermountain Shootout – Day 1
6 p.m.- Volleyball vs. Westminster
 
Saturday, October 4
10:30 a.m. – Men's & Women's Swimming host Intermountain Shootout – Day 2
 
Sunday, October 5
1 p.m.- Women's Soccer vs. Western Colorado
 
Full Composite Calendar: https://cmumavericks.com/calendar?date=9/29/2025&vtype=list
 
Volleyball

• The Mavericks (7-4, 3-1 RMAC) continue a 4-match homestand this week hosting Western Colorado and Westminster on Tuesday and Friday evenings, respectively, in RMAC Regional Pod match-ups.
• Both matches will begin at 6 p.m. in Brownson Arena.  Neither will count in the RMAC standings.
• The Mavs were tied for 24^th in last week's American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division II/TARAFLEX Poll and have now been ranked in 45 consecutive national polls since early in 2022.  New rankings are due out Monday afternoon.
• The Mavericks split their first home weekend of the season, defeating national poll No. 5 MSU Denver in four sets on Friday night before falling in five sets to undefeated UCCS, receiving votes in last week's national poll, on Saturday afternoon.
• Senior outside hitter Sadie Scoville, last week's (Sept. 22) RMAC Offensive Player of the Week, recorded 17 kills without an error to hit .500 in Friday's win over MSU Denver, which snapped MSU Denver's 20-match RMAC winning streak.
• Aesha Alrashed also added a career-high eight blocks.
• That win was the 100^th of new CMU Head Coach Austin Albers' career (93 at CSU Pueblo).
• Outside hitter Emma Luce had a career-high 15 kills in Saturday's match against UCCS to lead four Mavs in double figures.
• Freshman Setter Ashlyn Tafoya recorded double-doubles in both weekend matches and now has four double-doubles this season.
• Libero Allison Waller recorded 37 digs over the weekend to help lead the Maverick defense.

Swimming & Diving

• The Maverick men's and women's teams will both begin their season this weekend hosting NCAA Division I and Big XII Conference foe BYU and RMAC rival Adams State in the Intermountain Shootout.
• Swimming and diving events will be held concurrently, starting at 4 p.m. on Friday and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday inside the El Pomar Natatorium.
• Each day of the meet will be scored separately in an invitational-style scoring system.
• Both Maverick teams were unanimous No. 1 picks to win their eighth straight conference crowns in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Polls that were announced last Thursday.
• The Maverick women also had nine athletes claim 14 of the 16 possible spots on the Preseason All-RMAC team, which was made up of the top returning athlete in each individual event from last year's RMAC Championships.  RMAC Diver of the Year Kenya Meyer, RMAC Freshman of the Year Kendyll Wilkinson and 3-event Preseason All-RMAC pick Olivia Hansson help headline that list.
• CMU's men had four Preseason All-RMAC selections and return RMAC Diver of the Year Ryan Campbell and Freshman of the Year Richard Schmiedefeld.
• CMU's women finished third while the Maverick men placed ninth at last year's NCAA Division II National Championships.

Women's Soccer

• The Mavericks, ranked 20^th in last week's national poll, got off to a strong start in RMAC play, posting a pair of weekend shutouts at home.
• The Mavericks (6-2, 2-0 RMAC) defeated Colorado Christian, 1-0 on Friday night and beat MSU Denver, 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.
• Kylie Wells scored goals in both games and now has seven goals, including four game-winners this season.  The Fruita product leads the RMAC in goals and is tied tie for the conference-lead in game-winner.
• Olivia Barrett also scored her first goal of the season to put CMU up 1-0 in the 34^th minute of Sunday's game.
• The Mavs outshot Colorado Christian, 25-1, and MSU Denver, 16-4.
• Junior goalkeeper Keely Wieczorek recorded shutouts in both games and now has five this season and 25 in her career.
• The Mavs are 5-0 at home and have not conceded a home goal this season.  The Mavs are unbeaten in their last 13 home games (12-0-1) over the past two seasons.
• The Mavericks have a split weekend ahead against their two Western Slope rivals.  They will play at Fort Lewis (3-4-1, 0-2 RMAC) in Durango on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. before hosting Western Colorado (0-7-1, 0-0-1 RMAC) for their Senior Day game on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Community Hospital Unity Field.

Football

• The Mavs (1-3, 0-2 RMAC) fell on the road, 34-27 at Chadron State on Saturday.
• Bryson Brown had 193 yards from scrimmage, running for 92 yards and a 75-yard touchdown on just three carries while catching five passes for 101 yards and another touchdown.
• Andre Lopez-Green made a career-high 14 tackles while forcing a fumble and recording a pass breakup.
• George Soppe (12) and Kash Bradley (10) were also in double-figures for tackles.  Bradley also had an interception, continuing the Mavericks' momentum just one play after Brown's 75-yard touchdown run sparked a comeback from 31-7 down to within 34-27 on Brown's 59-yard touchdown with 3:02 remaining.
• The Mavs will look to retain the Nyikos Cup this week when they travel to Golden to take on rival Colorado School of Mines, who they will play on the road for the first time since 2022.
• Mines is 3-1 overall and 1-1 in RMAC play after winning at Black Hills State, 36-27 this past Saturday.

Men's Golf

• The Mavs, ranked 19^th nationally in the Bushnell/Golfweek NCAA Division II Coaches Poll, won their second consecutive tournament to open the season last Monday and Tuesday in Montrose.
• CMU bested the field of 12 teams in the San Juan Intercollegiate presented by Timberline Bank at the Bridges Golf & Country Club.
• The Mavs posted their second (270) and third (271) best single round scores in program history in the first two rounds before holding on for a 5-shot win with a 54-hole team score of 828 (-25), their second best 54-hole total in program history.
• All five Mavericks on the "A" team plus another from the "B" team finished in the top 20 of the individual standings with scores of 3-under par or better.
• Timmy Cavarno was the top finisher at 204 (-9) to take third in the field of 62 golfers en route to RMAC Golfer of the Week honors that were announced on Thursday.
• CMU's back-to-back victories have marked the first time in program history that the Mavs have won consecutive tournaments.
• CMU is now in the second of three rounds of their first international tournament, playing in the Shootout at PGA Riviera Maya in Akumal, Mexico that got underway on Sunday afternoon.
• The Mavs were in tenth place after the first of three daily rounds in the 15-team tournament that will wrap up on Tuesday.  Live scoring can be found here.
• The Mavs will then send a "B" Team to Sunday and Monday's Writz at Mile High, hosted by the Colorado School of Mines.

Men's Soccer

• The Mavs (3-3-1) were on both sides of lopsided scores last week in road games, winning at Adams State, 5-0 on Wednesday, before allowing four second-half goals, three of which were in a span of less than eight minutes, in Sunday's 4-0 loss at South Dakota Mines.
• Neither game counted in the RMAC standings.
• Matteo Bonelli recorded a hat-trick and added an assist in Wednesday's win to record CMU's first hat trick since Apr. 25, 2021.  His hat-trick was also just the sixth in program history.
• His seven offensive point effort was the second best in program history.
• Manuel Ponce Casas also added a goal and an assist while Nathan Hernandez scored as well in Wednesday's win over the Grizzlies.
• Bonelli, Hernandez and Ponce Casas are now tied for the team-lead in goal scoring along with Kamden Kooiman.  All have three.
• Nathan Beck recorded his second shutout of the season against Adams.
• CMU will officially begin conference play on the road this week, playing at UCCS (2-3-3) on Thursday night at 7 p.m. before heading to Pueblo for a Sunday afternoon (1 p.m.) match-up against undefeated CSU Pueblo (4-0-4), ranked eighth in last week's national poll.

Triathlon

• After two weekends off, the Mavericks will resume their season this Saturday competing in the Prairie State Cup in Dewitt, Illinois.
• The Mavs are one of 16 schools expected to compete in the race, which will be dvided into two waves, starting at 9:15 a.m. CDT.
• The Mavs are ranked 13th overall and third amongst Division II schools in last week's Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association's rankings.
• Four Mavs are ranked inside the top 100 of the individual rankings.

Women's Golf

• The Maverick women completed a busy stretch of three tournaments in 15 days with a seventh place finish at the Wasatch Invitational in South Jordan, Utah, which was played last Sunday and Monday (Sept. 21-22).
• The Mavs finished with team scores of 317 and 318 and an overall score of 635.
• Anju Ogi was the top individual finisher, tying for 11^th at 153 (+9) while Payton Panzeri also recorded a top-20 finish, tying for 16^th at 154 (+10).  Panzeri had the Mavs' best round (75) on the second day of the tournament.
• Panzeri has the Mavs' best scoring average (75.67) and head-to-head winning percentage (.810) through three tournaments.  Ogi is right behind with a 76.83 scoring average.
• The Mavs will next be in action at the Oct. 13-14 West Region Preview hosted by CSU Pueblo at the Pueblo Country Club.

Men's & Women's Tennis

• The Mavs wrapped up a strong fall season at the ITA West Regional Championships in La Mirada, California last Thursday through Saturday.
• Devyn Rodriguez advanced to the semifinals of the women's singles draw to lead the Mavericks' effort.
• Catalina Ballon and Delia Maier also reached the semifinals of the doubles draw while Sophie Hartman and Valentina Gonzalez reached the quarterfinals.
• Henry Scheck and William Leschig reached the quarterfinals of men's doubles draw.  Thursday's Men's Recap | Thursday's Women's Recap | Friday Recap

Cross Country

• The Mavs were off last week and will be so again this week before resuming their season on Oct. 11 at the Lewis Crossover Invitational in Romeoville, Illinois.
• The Maverick women were ranked 28^th in last week's USTFCCCA National Poll.
• Megan Hodges was named as the RMAC Runner of the Week last Wednesday after she led the Mavs to a second place finish out of eight teams at the Sept. 20 Roadrunners Invitational.

Colorado Mesa turns 100

• The CMU Century Celebration stands as the cornerstone of Colorado Mesa University's year-long centennial celebration. This ambitious initiative unites our community in honoring a rich heritage while boldly envisioning the next hundred years of academic excellence.
• Led by the Steering Committee and six specialized sub-committees, we're orchestrating a transformative experience that will resonate through generations. Each committee brings unique expertise to create an unforgettable commemoration of our past, present and future.
• To learn more about Colorado Mesa's 100-year celebration, visit cmucentury.com