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Tuesday, February 10
6 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 1 Finals)
 
Wednesday, February 11
10 a.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 2 Swim Prelims)
2 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 2 Dive Prelims)
5:30 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 2 Finals)
 
Thursday, February 12
10 a.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 3 Swim Prelims)
2 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 3 Dive Prelims)
5:30 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 3 Finals)
5:30 p.m.- Women's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis (Shoe Night)
7:30 p.m.- Men's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis (Shoe Night)
 
Friday, February 13
10 a.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 4 Swim Prelims)
2 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 4 Dive Prelims)
2 p.m.- Baseball vs. Quincy (Home Opener)
5:30 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 4 Finals)
 
Saturday, February 14
10 a.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 5 Swim Prelims)
12 p.m.- Baseball vs. Quincy (Doubleheader)
1 p.m.- Women's Basketball vs. New Mexico Highlands (Valentine's Day For the Love of the Game)
2 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 5 Dive Prelims)
3 p.m.- Men's Basketball vs. New Mexico Highlands (Valentine's Day For the Love of the Game)
5:30 p.m.- Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving hosts RMAC Championships (Day 5 Finals)
 
Saturday, February 15
12 p.m.- Baseball vs. Quincy
 
Full Composite Calendar: https://cmumavericks.com/calendar?date=2/9/2026&vtype=list
 
General

• Twelve different Maverick teams will be in action this week, five of which will be at home.
• Nine different Maverick teams are nationally-ranked in various coaching organization or media polls, including five who are ranked inside the top 10.
• The Mavericks will be accepting charitable donations of gently used shoes to during their Shoe Night promotion in conjunction with Thursday's basketball doubleheader against Fort Lewis.
• On Saturday, the Mavs will host a Valentine's Day "For the Love of the Game" promotion in conjunction with their for their baseball and basketball games.  Fans can purchase two general admission tickets for $14.  A concessions "Cupid Combo" of two large fountain drinks and a large popcorn will also be on sale for $10. 

Swimming & Diving

• The Mavericks will look for their eighth straight RMAC Championship title sweeps this week, hosting the RMAC Championships in the El Pomar Natatorium.
• The 4 ½-day meet begins on Tuesday night with the 800 Freestyle Relays at 6 p.m.
• Preliminary round swimming sessions will then be held at 10 a.m. each day Wednesday-Saturday.
• Diving preliminaries will be at 2 p.m. on each of those days.
• The evening finals will be contested at 5:30 p.m. each evening, Wednesday-Saturday.
• All meet information, including the complete meet schedule and the ability to purchase tickets and access to the RMAC Network can be found on the RMAC Championships webpage.
• The Mavs will enter the week as large favorites to repeat and lead the pre-meet psych sheets in 34 of the 42 events, including all 10 relays and all four diving events.
• Antonia Leese (100 Breast), Kiara Borchardt (100 Fly), Tori Bartusiak (200 Fly) and Kenya Meyer (1 & 3-Meter) diving are defending champions for the Maverick women.
• Richard Schmiedefeld (50 Free) and Ryan Campbell (3m Diving) will be looking to defend their conference crowns for the Maverick men.
• CMU also swept all ten relay events in each of the past two years.
• The Mavericks continue to sit third (women's) and fourth (men's), in the February edition of the CSCAA NCAA Division II Top 25 Dual Meet Poll, which was released on Friday.

Women's Basketball

• The Mavericks, ranked fourth in the last Tuesday's WBCA Division II Coaches Poll, extended their winning streak to 21 games with 30 and 29-point road wins at MSU Denver and Regis on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.
• CMU is now 24-1 overall and 14-0 in RMAC play and has already clinched a spot in the RMAC Tournament with three weeks to go.
• The Mavs can clinch a top four seed and first round home game this week.
• The Mavs have now won 31 consecutive RMAC games over the past two seasons.
• In Thursday's 78-48 win at MSU Denver, the Mavs used an early 15-0 run to jump out to a 22-2 lead and outscored the Roadrunners, 36-14 in the first quarter.
• Olivia Reed Thyne finished with 29 points and 16 rebounds to record her 11^th double-double of the season.
• Mason Rowland scored 14 of her 17 points in the opening quarter and hit four 3-pointers.
• Hallie Clark also had 17 points, just one off her career-high.
• The Mavs then won by 31 (67-36) at Regis on Saturday.
• Reed Thyne again scored 29 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
• Rowland had her sixth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds.  She also added five assists as one of three Mavs (Hallie Clark, Mykaela Moore)
• The Mavs held the Rangers to 30.0 percent (15-50) shooting and to a season-low 36 points.
• The Mavs will return home for games against Fort Lewis (Thursday, 5:30 p.m.) and New Mexico Highlands (Saturday, 1 p.m.) this week.
• Fort Lewis is 14-8 overall and 7-7 in RMAC play.  NMHU is currently 10-11 and 6-8 in the RMAC but lost by just one point in the earlier meeting between the teams.
• The Mavs rank third in the nation for scoring margin (+23.1) and scoring defense (51.0) and fourth for field goal percentage defense (33.0).
• Reed Thyne is now averaging 20.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game and ranks third in the country for rebounds and fifth for points.
• The Mavs' No. 4 national ranking is their best since the end of the 2013-14 season, when they were ranked as high as second.
• The current 21-game winning streak is the second longest in program history, trailing only the 25-game streak that the Mavs used to post a 25-0 start to the 2013-14 campaign, when they reached as high as No. 2 in the national poll.

Men's Basketball

• The Mavericks (15-7, 11-3 RMAC) claimed a pair of road wins in Denver and extended their winning streak to a season-best five games.
• They held on for a 74-70 win at MSU Denver on Thursday night as Ty Allred scored a game-high 25 points while grabbing eight rebounds.
• Clayton Jewell also had 12 points and eight rebounds while Harvey White had eight assists, helping the Mavs give Head Coach Mike Dunlap a win in his return to MSU Denver, who he coached to a pair of national titles before entering the NBA coaching ranks.
• Ben Henderson then matched a season-high with 20 points on 8-for-10 shooting in Saturday afternoon's 95-69 win over Regis.
• He was one of seven Mavericks in double figures as the Mavs had their best shooting effort of the season hitting 62.9 percent (39-62) of their field goal attempts and 54.5 percent (12-22) of their 3-pointers.
• Tevin Reiehl had a career-high 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting while Jaylen Pitman scored 10 on 5-for-6 shooting.
• With the wins and losses by Fort Lewis and Black Hills State, the Mavs moved into a tie for second in the RMAC standings with Black Hills State at 11-3.  Both teams trail Fort Lewis by just one game.
• The Mavericks could forge a tie for the conference lead on Thursday when the Mavs host Fort Lewis (14-7 overall) at 7:30 p.m.
• They will also play at home against New Mexico Highlands (10-15, 8-6 RMAC) on Saturday at 3 p.m.
• Allred ranks second in the RMAC for both scoring (18.5) and rebounding (8.0) average.

Baseball

• The Mavs, ranked ninth in the NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) Division II Preseason Poll, split their season-opening 4-game series at Cal Poly Pomona over the weekend.
• The Mavs dropped their season-opener, 5-1 on Friday night.
• Four Maverick pitchers then combined for a 6-hit shutout in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, an 8-0 win, as the Mavs split the day.
• CMU then pounded out 14 hits in a 10-3 weekend capping win over the Broncos on Sunday.
• Ezra Farmer went 4-for-5 with a triple, home run and three RBIs in that game.
• He hit .533 (8-15) throughout the weekend.
• Landon Nunes also went 7-for-14 while drawing three walks during the weekend.
• Caleb Ruter tossed 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball in Saturday's 8-0 win.
• Aidan Biaggi and Rafael Espinoza picked up the Mavs' wins from the mound.
• The Mavs will open up a 16-game, 4-weekend homestand this week, hosting Quincy (Ill.) in a 4-game set.
• Friday's home-opener is set for 2 p.m.
• The Mavs and Hawks will play a doubleheader at Noon on Saturday and close out the series with a Noon game on Sunday.
• On a conference level, the Mavericks were unanimously picked to win a 14^th straight RMAC title in the conference's preseason coaches' poll.
• They received all eight possible first place votes to top the poll with 64 points, ahead of CSU Pueblo and MSU Denver, who were tied for second with 53.
• The Mavs, who went 42-14 overall while winning the RMAC title with a 26-4 conference mark, also had five selections to the Preseason All-RMAC team, which was announced in conjunction with the poll and made up of the top returning players from last year's All-RMAC voting.
• The Mavs' selections were outfielders Cameron Camwright and Kolby Felix, shortstop Kennedy Hara and pitchers Liam Hohensteain and Sage Ferguson.
• They will begin the RMAC slate on Mar. 6 against New Mexico Highlands.

Women's Wrestling

• The Mavs wrapped up their dual meet portion of the season with a 34-12 Senior Night win over Chadron State on Saturday.
• The Mavs won eight of the ten matches, including pins from Mia Zuniga, Lorianna Piestewa and Kimberly Carlin plus a forfeit win from Celina Preston.
• Before the dual, they recognized eight seniors.
• The Mavs went 4-0 in official duals at home this season and have now won 17 straight home duals.
• The Mavs finished the dual season with an 11-8 record and a 3-1 mark in RMAC duals to take second in the regular season standings.
• The Mavs continue to sit seventh in the NWCA's latest NCAA Coaches' Rankings (Jan. 16) as a team and have five individually ranked wrestlers.
• That list includes Mia Zuniga (3^rd, 103 lbs.), Lorianna Piestewa (4^th, 124) Sophia Cornish (10^th, 117), Gretchen Donally (9^th, 145) and Jayleen Sekona (6^th, 207).
• CMU will be off this week before competing in the Feb. 21-22 NCAA Region 6 Championships in St. Charles, Missouri.
• That tournament will qualify three wrestlers in each weight class for the Mar. 6-7 NCAA Championships, an historic first.

Men's Wrestling

• The nation's 22^nd-ranked Mavericks closed out the home portion of their season, splitting a pair of RMAC duals last week.
• They won seven of the ten bouts and recorded three pins in Thursday night's 34-9 Battle in Brownson win over CSU Pueblo.
• They then fell 22-12 to No.17 Chadron State on Saturday in their Senior Day dual.
• Owen Cline (157), Gabriel Carranza (197) and Ruben Samuelson (285) all went 2-0 throughout the week.  Carranza and Samuelson both recorded pins.
• The Mavs are now 5-4 overall and 2-3 in RMAC duals.
• They will close out the dual campaign on Friday night at arch-rival Western Colorado.
• Less-experienced Mavericks will also compete in Gunnison on Sunday during the Rocky Mountain Open.
• The Mavs are tied for 22^nd in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association's Rankings, which were released on Jan. 22.
• The Mavs also have a pair of nationally-ranked individuals in Owen Cline, ranked seventh at 157 pounds, and Gabriel Carranza, tabbed eighth at 197 pounds.

Men's Lacrosse

• The nation's 14^th-ranked Mavs opened their 2026 campaign with a key 9-7 neutral-site win over 20^th-ranked Rockhurst on Sunday at Adams State.
• The Mavs used a 5-0 run over a five minute stretch in the third quarter to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 9-5 lead.
• Dillon Pless had back-to-back goals just 24 seconds apart in that run and recorded his fourth career hat-trick to lead the way.
• Shaden Shields made 11 saves and allowed just six goals.
• The Mavs outshot the Hawks, 59-35 and won 12 of 17 face-offs as Kanyan Rhodes went 11-4 at the dot while scooping up six ground balls.
• Connor Jensen also added three points (1G, 2A) while Stefan Dingbaum scored two goals.
• The Mavericks were picked first in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• The Mavs also had five Preseason All-RMAC Team picks, which were announced in conjunction with the poll.
• CMU will begin conference play on Saturday when the Mavs return back to Alamosa to play at Adams State.
• The Mavs' first home game will be on Mar. 5 against Florida Southern.

Women's Lacrosse

• The Mavs will open their season with a 3-game trip to Florida, where they will face a trio of teams ranked in the IWLCA Division II Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• That stretch begins Tuesday at No. 10 Saint Leo.
• The Mavs also play at No. 19 Rollins on Friday and No. 11 Lynn on Sunday.
• The Mavericks were picked as co-favorites in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as they shared the top spot alongside Regis in the league's preseason coach's poll, which was released on Thursday.
• The Mavs also had four picks to the Preseason All-RMAC Team that was announced in conjunction with the poll.
• That list includes senior attackwomen Justine Anderson and Courtney Havel, sophomore defender Sadie Chappuis and sophomore goalie Heather Hawkins.
• The Mavericks were listed in the "also considered" section of the USA Lacrosse Magazine's Division II Preseason Top 20.
• The Mavs are coming off the 2025 season that saw them win a share of the RMAC title with a 9-1 conference record before advancing to the RMAC Tournament Championship game for the fourth straight year.
• They were 11-6 overall last year.
• The Mavs will take on Missouri Western State on Feb. 22 in their home opener.
• The team's full schedule can be seen here.

Track & Field

• The Mavericks fared well at the Colorado Classic in Boulder on Friday and Saturday.
• Three Mavs reached the finals in the throwing events on Friday.
• The Maverick runners then combined for 19 new times on the program's all-time top-10 charts on Saturday.
• Marik Cummings set a NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying time of 6.77 seconds (6.79-altitude adjusted) in the 60 meters to highlight that list.
• Saturday's meet marked the first time that many of CMU's middle and distance runners competed during the indoor season.
• The Maverick men surged a nation-leading 59 spots to 20^th in the USTFCCCA's National Track & Field Rating Index last week.
• CMU will continue the season this week sending athletes to three different locations in search of more NCAA and RMAC Championship qualifying marks.
• The Mavs will be at the Don Kirby Elite in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Grand Valley State Big Meets in Allendale, Michigan on both Friday and Saturday.
• Another group will attend the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Saturday in Colorado Springs.

Women's Tennis

• The Maverick women also opened their spring season at Idaho State, playing the Division I Bengals in a Sunday doubleheader.
• After not playing in the fall, Jane Steur opened up her spring with a 7-5, 7-5 win at No. 6 singles in the first dual, giving the Mavs their lone win in the 6-1 opener.
• The Bengals then won the afternoon dual, 7-0.
• The Mavs will play three more indoor matches this weekend, heading to Kearney, Nebraska.
• They will take on NAIA Hastings (Neb.) and NCAA Division II Midwest Region foe Northwest Missouri State on Friday before taking on host Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday.
• The Mavericks will host an Alumni Reunion on the weekend of Feb. 27-28 in conjunction with their home matches against Utah Tech and Colorado College.

 ​​​​​Men's Tennis

• The Maverick men played their first team duals of the year and opened up their spring season with a doubleheader at Division I Idaho State in Pocatello on Saturday.
• The Bengals won both duals, 7-0.
• Seniors Emil Hultman and Diogo Manzano won a No. 2 doubles match while Hultman took a set in his No. 3 singles affair during the second dual, highlights of the challenging day against the Bengals.
• The Mavs will play three more indoor matches this weekend, heading to Kearney, Nebraska.
• They will take on NAIA Hastings (Neb.) and NCAA Division II Midwest Region foe Northwest Missouri State on Friday before taking on host Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday.
• The Mavs will host an Alumni Reunion on the weekend of Feb. 27-28 in conjunction with their only home matches of the season on Feb. 28, when the Mavs take on Colorado College in a doubleheader.

Softball

• The Mavs went 1-7 in their season-opening trip to Southern California.
• They dropped both games of a doubleheader on Wednesday at Azusa Pacific, 7-2 and 6-4.
• The Mavs then went 1-5 at the D2 West Coast Challenge in Lake Elsinore, played between Friday and Sunday.  Three of those games were against nationally-ranked opposition.
• The Mavs' win came on Friday by a 4-0 margin over Cal State San Bernardino.
• Sophia Tassinari and Kamdyn Hagerty combined for a 5-hit shutout in that win.
• The Mavs then took on No. 3 Western Washington and No. 14 Cal State San Marcos on Saturday.
• They were then shutout by No. 17 Cal State East Bay and Vanguard on Sunday.
• Freshman Molli Magaña was named to the all-tournament team after hitting a team-best .318 and slugging at a .500 clip with a home run and four RBIs during the opening week of the season.
• Tassinari made seven appearances and four starts and posted a 3.00 ERA in 25 2/3 innings of work.  She also had 16 strikeouts and received the win against Cal State San Bernardino.
• The Mavs will be off this week before beginning RMAC play with a Feb. 21-22 doubleheader at Regis.
• The Mavs first home games will be on Feb. 28 and Mar. 1 against MSU Denver.
• The Mavericks were picked second in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, which was announced last Thursday.
• The Mavs are coming off the 2025 season, when they went 40-17 overall and 35-9 in RMAC to take second.
• The Mavs received three first place votes and tallied 109 points.  Colorado Christian received seven first place votes to top the poll with 117 points while MSU Denver picked up two third place votes to finish third in the poll with 102 points.
• Redshirt sophomore pitcher Jessalyn Gallegos and senior outfielder Makayla Westmoreland were both named to the Preseason All-RMAC team, which was announced in conjunction with the poll.

Football

• The Mavericks signed 28 new players from five different states during Wednesday's National Signing Day.

Triathlon

• The Mavericks received a CTCA Scholar All-America Team award for the sixth straight year last week.
• The award came after the Mavs posted a 3.79 team GPA in the fall.
• Four individuals were also recognized as Scholar All-Americans.  Nadine Klive and Shantelle Tupaz were first team honorees while Sylvie Aardema Gagnon and Josie Williams picked up honorable mention awards.

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.