General 3/10/2026 1:55:00 PM Chris Day - CMU Sports Information

Mav Watch (Week of Mar. 10)

A weekly run down, recap and preview of CMU Athletic Happenings

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General

Six different Maverick squads will compete in their respective NCAA Division II National Championship events this week.
The Mavericks have eight winter and spring sports ranked inside the top 25 of their respective coaching organization's national poll.
Six are in the top ten while four are in the top five.
The Mavericks have already won a conference-leading four RMAC titles this academic year.
CMU is also the only RMAC institution that had both basketball teams selected for the NCAA Tournament.

Women's Basketball

The Mavericks won their seventh RMAC Tournament title in program history and their first since 2019 as they won all three of their games last week in Brownson Arena.
The victories allowed the Mavericks to set a new program record for wins in a season (33).
They also went 15-0 at home, recording their perfect home record since 2013-14.
CMU has also won 30 consecutive games, a program record.
That streak is also the longest in Division II and the tied for the third longest in all of NCAA women's basketball. Division III NYU (89) and Division I UConn (50) are the only other programs with a longer winning streak.
Their 33-1 overall record is the best in Division II.
The Mavs are now ranked third in the latest WBCA Division II Coaches' Poll, released on Tuesday.
Olivia Reed Thyne scored 107 points in the tournament, averaging 35.7 per game. She was named as the MVP and became the new CMU single-season record holder for points with 751, breaking the 12-year old record of 750, set by Sharaya Selsor.
Mason Rowland was one of the four Mavericks named to the RMAC All-Tournament team. She had a career-high 35 points in Saturday's 92-67 championship game win over second-seeded UCCS.
Rowland also set a program record for free throws in a game, going 19-for-19. She had 20 of her points in the fourth quarter, as the Mavs outscored the Mountain Lions, 34-10 in that quarter to claim the victory.
Her perfect 19-for-19 effort is also the second best in NCAA Division II history.
Hallie Clark and Mykaela Moore were also named to the All-Tournament Team.
On Sunday night, the Mavericks were officially selected for the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year and tenth time in program history. They are the No. 3 seed in the South Central Region and will play No. 6 seed Lubbock Christian on Friday at Noon CDT (11 a.m. Mountain) in the first game of the regional.
CMU is 7-8 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and will look to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2013.
The All-RMAC honors and major awards were announced last week and saw Olivia Reed Thyne garner her straight RMAC Player of the Year honor as well as her fourth First Team All-RMAC selection.
Reed Thyne is just the second player in RMAC history to ever earn three straight Player of the Year honors.
Maverick Coach Taylor Wagner also earned RMAC Coach of the Year honors for the third straight season and the eighth time in his 14-year tenure with the Mavs.
Rowland was also named to the First Team All-RMAC unit while Mykaela Moore picked up Second Team honors.
The Mavs scored over 90 points in all three of their RMAC Tournament games, recording a 96-41 win over Colorado School of Mines in the quarterfinal round last Tuesday, the largest RMAC Tournament margin of victory since 1999.
The Mavs then won 94-57 over Black Hills State in Friday's semifinals as Reed Thyne scored 40 points, tied for third most in CMU history as she became the first Maverick to ever score 40 or more points in two different games. She scored a school-record 45 in December, 2024.
Reed Thyne enters her third and final NCAA Tournament with 2,347 career points and 1,361 career rebounds, which are CMU and RMAC records.
She is now just 21 rebounds away from becoming Colorado's collegiate all-time leading rebounder (all divisions).

Men's Basketball

The Mavericks (21-10) were selected for the NCAA Division II Tournament on Sunday evening and will open the tournament on Saturday evening at 5 p.m. CDT (4 p.m. Mountain) when they take on Dallas Baptist University.
The Patriots are the top seed in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament and host the Tournament that runs through Tuesday in their Burg Center.
The Mavs will be making their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven years.
CMU is coming off a 2-1 run in the RMAC Tournament that saw them win a pair of games by one point.
They won 91-90 in overtime on Tuesday in a quarterfinal home game last Tuesday over No. 7 seed New Mexico Highlands.
The Mavs then scored the final eight points in a 57-56 semifinal win over No. 3 seed CSU Pueblo on Friday in Spearfish, South Dakota.
CMU then fell 89-77 to top-seeded and national poll No. 13 Black Hills State in Saturday's championship game in Spearfish.
Wes Ball and Clayton Jewell were both named to the RMAC All-Tournament Team.
The Mavericks had four selections to the All-RMAC teams that were announced last week. Ty Allred was a repeat First Team honoree while Jewell picked up second team honors.
Ben Henderson and Harvey White were honor roll selections.

Swimming & Diving

The Mavericks are competing at the NCAA Division II Championships in Evansville, Indiana this week.
The Mavs have a national-leading 43 athletes at the meet, including 14 men's and 14 women's swimmers and will be represented in all 38 swimming events, including all ten relays.
The Mavericks have also qualified a national-leading 13 divers (7 men, 6 women), who are competing in Tuesday's Pre-Championship Qualification meet, looking to secure qualification for the official championships, which begin with the 800-yard freestyle relays later tonight.
The Mavericks have also selected a pair of relay-only swimmers, who could figure in to the Mavs' lineups.
The Mavericks continue to sit third (women's) and fourth (men's), in the final and March edition of the CSCAA NCAA Division II Top 25 Dual Meet Poll.
They also hold the same rankings in the Swimcloud NCAA Division II Championship rankings.

Men's Track & Field

Two Maverick sprinters in Teo Casados and Joseph Randoloph will compete in the 200 meters at this weekend's NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Randolph broke Casasds' school record with a time of 20.92 seconds earlier this season and is seeded sixth in the event this week with the altitude-adjusted time of 20.99.
Casados also bettered his former school record in the same race and is seeded 11th with his altitude-adjusted mark of 21.10.
He is competing in his second straight NCAA Championships after also representing the Mavs at the 2025 outdoor meet.
Randolph is a first time NCAA Division II Championship qualifier but won four all-America honors at the NAIA level while competing for Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois over the past two academic years.
Izaak Siefken smashed his own school record by more than 12 feet in the javelin throw as he and throws coach Jay Shuman ventured to Long Beach, California for Friday's Beach Opener, hosted by Long Beach State. His throw of 68.58 meters (225 feet, 0 inches) currently ranks him second on the early-season national performance list and would have put tenth on last year's list. He is very likely to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time in May with that mark.
The remainder of the Maverick squads are preparing for their first full outdoor meet of the season next week, when CMU will host the Early Bird Open next Thursday and Friday.

Men's Wrestling

The Mavericks will have three wrestlers competing at this weekend's NCAA Division II Championships in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Action begins on Friday while the top eight finishers in each weight class will advance to Saturday.
The Mavs representatives are Alex Castaneda, Owen Cline and Tyler Doyle at 149, 157 and 285 pounds, respectively.
They qualified with top three finishes in their respective weight classes at the Feb. 28 Super Region VI Championships.
Cline and Doyle are returning all-Americans after placing fourth and seventh, respectively, at last year's national tournament.
Cline is ranked sixth in the NWCA Rankings and is seeded in that position for the national tournament. He is 12-3 this season.
Doyle is ranked tenth and has a 15-3 record.
Castaneda is a first-time national qualifier and has a 17-10 record.
The Mavs are tied for 23^rd in the final NWCA team rankings.

Women's Wrestling

All four Maverick qualifiers at last week's inaugural NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships earned all-America honors with top eight finishes.
As a team, the Mavericks finished eighth with 41 ½ team points.
Sophomore Lorianna Piestewa took fourth at 124 pounds and reached the championship semifinals while earning her second career all-America honor.
Jayleen Sekona finished fifth at 207 pounds and became the first Maverick women's wrestler to ever eclipse the 100-win milestone while becoming the third to ever her four career all-America honors. She won 31 matches this season and had wins by pin on her final career day.
Mia Zuniga (103) and Adriana Gomez (110) both finished eighth.
Gomez won three matches and finishes the season with a single-season school record of 32 while earning her first career All-America honor.
Zuniga is now a 2-time all-American after also finishing eighth at last year's NCWWC National Championships while wrestling for King.

Baseball

The Mavs, who jumped to fourth in last Wendesday's (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) Division II Poll, continued their hot streak and opened up RMAC play in a strong way, sweeping their weekend series with New Mexico Highlands.
The Mavs completed their month-long homestand with a perfect 16-0 mark and have now won 17 straight games overall.
They are now 18-2 heading into a Wednesday afternoon clash at NCAA Division I Utah Valley in Orem, Utah.
CMU will then head to Pueblo for a 4-game weekend series, Friday through Sunday at CSU Pueblo.
The Mavs came from 7-1 down and trailed 9-6 down through seven innings before pulling out a 10-9 win in the bottom of the tenth in the first game of the series on Friday.
They then swept Saturday's doubleheader, 7-3 and 16-0. They recorded 21 hits in the doubleheader and three home runs in the second game shutout.
On Sunday, the Mavs won in walk-off fashion for the second time of the series in the bottom of the ninth on a Kennedy Hara RBI single.
Jason Schramm was named as the RMAC Pitcher of the Week last Tuesday for his efforts in the previous series against Augustana.

Men's Lacrosse

The Maverick men remained undefeated and moved to 3-0 on the season with a come-from-behind 11-10 home win over Florida Southern on Thursday night.
The victory came in the Mavs' home-opener.
Jack Cooper scored five goals, including the equalizer with 20.7 seconds left in regulation before Camryn Moody scored the game-winner 1:55 into the overtime period.
Manny Flores set career-highs for caused turnovers (4) and ground balls (2) in the game and was named as the RMAC's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Freshman Boaz Brown made the start in goal and recorded a season-high 10 saves as well as five ground balls.
The Mavericks are back inside the top 10 in the No. 10 spot of the latest USILA Division II Coaches Poll, that released on Monday.
The Mavs will play their next three games in Florida, starting on Saturday against Palm Beach Atlantic in Tampa. They will then play fourth-ranked Tampa on Sunday before wrapping up the trip on Tuesday at Flager in St. Augustine.

Beach Volleyball

The Mavericks dominated their junior college opponents while going a perfect 4-0 during their lone home matches of the season.
They are now 4-4 overall this season.
The Mavs defeated Central Wyoming and Trinidad State by 5-0 scores in tri-duals on both Friday and Saturday.
The Saturday win over Central Wyoming was the 100^th in the program's history and the 100^th for Head Coach David Skaff, who has been in charge of the Maverick program since its inception in 2016.
The Mavericks then recognized four seniors prior to Saturday's dual against Trinidad State.
CMU won all 48 sets and 24 matches, including exhibition matches, throughout the weekend.
The Mavs will play nine matches in a span of five days next week on their Spring Break trip to the Southeastern United States. That stretch begins with a Tuesday, Mar. 17 doubleheader against NCAA Division I Tennessee Tech in Louisville, Tennessee.

Softball

The Mavs now have a .500 overall record and are in tied for place in the RMAC standings with a 9-3 record after winning their third straight series (3-1) at the Colorado School Mines.
The series was pushed back a day and played Sunday and Monday due to weather issues.
The Mavs outscored the Orediggers 23-11 in the series while having two games with 10-plus hits.
They split Sunday's doubleheader, falling the first game 3-1, before rallying for a 10-3 win.
They then swept Monday's doubleheader by 6-1 and 6-4 scores to win the series.
Brynn Escobar led the team hitting .500 (7-14) with three doubles and three runs scored
Khloe Kubitschek also hit .429 (6-14) while totaling one double and one home run and leading the team with six RBIs
Kubitschek had the team's lone home run of the weekend in game three and went 3-for-3 in the series finale
Sophia Tassinari went 2-1 in the circle with a 1.70 ERA over 12.1 innings pitched
She totaled two complete games while making three appearances
Marisa Nehm also made three appearances going 1-0
Freshman Lacie Rodabaugh made her collegiate debut in the circle in game two
The Mavs will continue life on the road this weekend playing a series at New Mexico Highlands on Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Men's Golf

The Maverick men's golf team turned in an impressive third place finish in an elite 20-team field at last week's Las Vegas Desert Classic in Boulder City, Nevada.
They defeated three teams ranked inside the top 10 and eight inside the top 25 of the SCOREBOARD Powered by clippd NCAA Division II National Rankings at the time.
Following the tournament, the Maverick surged seven spots to 12^th in those national rankings.
The Mavs also moved up to a tie for 12^th in the first Bushnell/Golfweek DII Coaches Poll of the spring season, coordinated by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Dylan Everett led three Mavericks in the top 20 of the individual standings at the tournament, tying for ninth with a 3-round total of 213 (-3). He had back-to-back rounds of 3-under par 69.
Everett was named as the RMAC Golfer of the Week for the second time this academic year thanks to that effort.
Leo Lavalle finished in a tie for 11^th at 214 (-2) an posted a 71 (-1) in the final round.
Freshman Jacob Gonzalez finished in a tie for 18^th at 217 (+1).
Lavalle, who sits 39^th, and Everett, who is 48^th, both moved up in the SCOREBOARD individual rankings.
The Mavs will resume their season on Mar. 22-23 at Cal State San Bernardino's Coyote Classic in Beaumont, California.

Women's Golf

The Mavericks opened their spring season on Monday, posting a team score of 307 in the first round of the SMSU Spring Invite at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Arizona.
They are in second place out of 13 teams, just three shots behind Western New Mexico.
Four different Mavericks finished in the 70's as Anju Ogi led the team with a 74 to put her in a tie fourth in the medalist chase. Payton Panzeri also had a 76 and is tied for ninth entering Tuesday's second and final round of the tournament.
The Mavs will remain at the Wigwam to play in the SMSU Challenge on Thursday and Friday.

Women's Lacrosse

The Mavs wrapped up their non-conference portion of the season last week.
They dropped a 9-7 decision at home to Northern Michigan on Monday before falling 14-13 in overtime on Sunday in a neutral-site game against Rockhurst in Pueblo.
Sophomore Heather Hawkins made 13 saves in Monday's game before adding eight more against Rockhurst.
Courtney Havel scored a season-high four goals against Rockhurst.
Carson Dickey added three goals in the two games and leads the team with 17 goals. She has scored in six straight contests.
Kaylee Kittle had two goals in both games as well and is second on the team with 14 goals so far this season.
CMU, 1-6 overall, will begin a new phase of the season on Sunday taking on UCCS in their RMAC opener at 11 a.m. on Sunday at Community Hospital Unity Field.

Women's Tennis

The Maverick women went 0-3 in their regional trip to Lubbock, Texas over the weekend and fell to 7-9 overall.
They dropped a 5-2 decision to Cameron on Friday.
They were then defeated by 6-1 margins by both St. Mary's and Lubbock Christian on Saturday.
Jane Steur won both of her No. 6 singles matches on Saturday after Valentina Gonzalez who her No. 2 match against Cameron.
All three of the Maverick doubles pairs won one match.
The Mavericks will begin a Spring Break trip to California on Sunday at Westmont. They will also play Biola, Menlo and Azusa Pacific on the trip, which will wrap up next Wednesday (Mar. 18).

Men's Tennis

The Mavs fought valiantly, but fell in three regional matches on Friday and Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.
They are now 5-8 overall.
They dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 35 Cameron on Friday.
On Saturday, they fell 5-2 to St. Mary's before losing 7-0 to national No.3 Lubbock Christian.
William Leschig went 2-1 in singles play to lead the Mavericks.
He and doubles partner Henry Scheck also went 2-1 in the top doubles flight over the weekend.
They were ranked 32^nd in last week's ITA NCAA Division II National Doubles Rankings and beat the sixth-ranked duo from Cameron.
The Mavericks begin a 4-day, 4-match swing through Southern California on Sunday playing at Westmont..
They will also face Biola, Menlo and Azusa Pacific on the trip, which ends next Wednesday (Mar. 18).

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.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Kennedy Hara: INF; 5' 8"; Senior; R/R

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

#10 Ty Allred: G; 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior

#4 Harvey White: G; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#5 Wes Ball: F; 6' 8"; Junior

#11 Ben Henderson: G; 6' 4"; Junior

#33 Clayton Jewell: F; 6' 9"; Junior

#3 Mykaela Moore: G; 5' 7"; Senior

#32 Olivia Reed Thyne: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#15 Mason Rowland: G; 5' 7"; Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#3 Kennedy Hara
: 5' 8"; Senior; R/R
: INF

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

#10 Ty Allred
: 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior
: G

#4 Harvey White
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: G

#5 Wes Ball
: 6' 8"; Junior
: F

#11 Ben Henderson
: 6' 4"; Junior
: G

#33 Clayton Jewell
: 6' 9"; Junior
: F

#3 Mykaela Moore
: 5' 7"; Senior
: G

#32 Olivia Reed Thyne
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#15 Mason Rowland
: 5' 7"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G