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1 MAVERICK BASEBALL GAME NOTES COLORADO MESA MAVERICKS Colorado Mesa University Sports Information • Dave Jahnke • [email protected] SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGION #1 PREVIEW 8 v. Northwest Nazarene W, 3-2 9 v. Northwest Nazarene W, 8-3 9 v. Cal State L.A. W, 15-10 #4 SEED | COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES OREDIGGERS (39-13) 10 v. Cal State L.A. L, 11-9 Head Coach: Robbie Bales LEADOFF WEEKEND History: Colorado Mesa 150-24 (Colorado Mesa 5-0 this season) 15 MSU Billings W, 5-4 16 MSU Billings W, 8-7 (12) Colorado Mesa defeated Mines for the 150 time in their program history 17 MSU Billings W, 15-5 during the RMAC Tournament Championship Game on Saturday. 17 MSU Billings W, 6-3 21 @ Fresno Pacific W, 6-1 22 @ Fresno Pacific W, 3-2 22 @ Fresno Pacific W, 5-0 #5 SEED | WEST TEXAS A&M BUFFS (41-10) 23 @ Fresno Pacific L, 4-3 (11) MARCH Head Coach: Matt Vanderburg 2 @ Dixie State W, 11-3 History: Colorado Mesa 1-0 3 @ Dixie State W, 6-3 Colorado Mesa’s lone matchup against the Buffs came in the Regional semifi- 8 @ Regis* W, 10-6 9 @ Regis* W, 7-3 nal during the 2014 season where the Mavs advanced to the NCAA Finals. 9 @ Regis* W, 18-9 10 @ Regis* W, 12-2 15 #9 Colo. School of Mines* W, 7-1 16 #9 Colo. School of Mines* W, 4-3 16 #9 Colo. School of Mines* W, 11-0 17 #9 Colo. School of Mines* W, 15-11 south central regional #1 22 @ UCCS* W, 7-3 may 16-18, 2019 23 @ UCCS* L, 12-3 23 @ UCCS* W, 8-1 24 @ UCCS* L, 3-2 1 Colorado Mesa 29 Colorado Christian* W, 5-2 Game 2 30 Colorado Christian* W, 22-3 May 17 12pm winner Game 2 30 Colorado Christian* W, 14-3 4 Colo. School of Mines 31 Colorado Christian* L 8-5 Game 1 loser Game 1 APRIL May 16 7pm Game 5 5 @ CSU-Pueblo* L, 15-8 Game 4 (if necessary) 5 west texas a&M May 18 12pm 7pm 6 @ CSU-Pueblo* W, 10-4 May 18 Advancing Team 6 @ CSU-Pueblo* W, 5-2 7 @ CSU-Pueblo* L, 12-8 winner Game 1 12 Adams State* W, 12-0 Game 3 winner Game 3 13 Adams State* W, 11-4 May 17 4pm 13 Adams State* W, 11-0 14 Adams State* W, 8-3 Winner/Loser game 2 18 N.M. Highlands* W, 12-2 All times are Eastern. 19 N.M. Highlands* W, 3-2 Information subject to change. 19 N.M. Highlands* L, 7-6 20 N.M. Highlands* W, 10-1 Bracket Notes: If the #1 seed wins game 2, than game 3 will become the first of a 'best-of-three series between the #1 see and the winner of game 1 28 @ MSU Denver* W, 14-13 if the winner of game 2 is the loser of game 1, the loser of game 2 will play the winner of game 1 29 @ MSU Denver* W, 4-1 if three teams remain after game 3, refer to the alternate bracekt to determine matchups 29 @ MSU Denver* W, 5-2 © 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. 30 @ MSU Denver* W, 11-10 The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering. MAY 2 Dixie State* W, 9-6 FIREWORKS NIGHT COLORADO MESA PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 3 Dixie State* W, 9-4 STARTERS BY POSITION 4 Dixie State* L, 10-5 Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS 4 Dixie State* W, 8-6 8 CSU-Pueblo! W, 11-4 C 27 Spencer Bramwell 5-11 210 Sr. R/R .397 11 1 7 39 .444 .638 1.082 9 UCCS! W, 8-4 1B 25 Jordan Stubbings 6-1 230 So. R/R .358 16 1 13 47 .437 .658 1.095 10 Dixie State! W, 3-1 2B 8 Dominic DeMarco 6-2 200 Sr. L/R .332 13 1 10 44 .404 .561 .965 11 #29 Colo. School of Mines! W, 13-2 17 NCAA Regional SS 4 Chase Hamilton 5-8 170 So. R/R .311 13 1 4 41 .385 .473 .858 24 NCAA Super Regionals 3B 15 Caleb Farmer 6-2 200 So. R/R .315 14 3 6 41 .428 .522 .950 JUNE LF 10 Johnny Carr 5-9 175 So. R/R .312 4 0 2 10 .376 .442 .818 1 NCAA Championship Finals CF 11 Josh Shapiro 6-2 200 Sr. L/L .315 5 4 3 27 .395 .488 .883 * - RMAC Game RF 3 Hunter Douglas 5-11 200 Sr. R/R .363 12 0 13 42 .463 .648 1.111 DH 35 Haydn McGeary 6-5 235 Fr. R/R .341 9 0 9 38 .391 .627 1.018 CMUMavericks.com 2 MAVERICK BASEBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS SEASON PREVIEW SCHOOL INFORMATION WEEKEND RECAP YOUTH MOVEMENT Founded ..................................................................... 1925 Colorado Mesa won their sixth straight Conrad Villafuerte had just one at-bat Enrollment ..............................................................11,000 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in the RMAC Tournament but it may have been one of the biggest at-bats Nickname .........................................................Mavericks Tournament title after winning the tournament in four straight games. of the tournament for the Mavericks. Colors ..................................Mavroon, White and Gold They led the tournament in both bat- The Fountain Valley, Calif. native beat Facility ........................................ Suplizio Field (10,000) ting average (.362) and ERA (2.75) on out an infield single to start the two- Surface ....................................................... Natural Grass their way to the title. Catcher Spencer run rally against Dixie State in the Dimensions .............................. 365/410/400/365/350 Bramwell was named the tournament tournament semifinals. Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Division II MVP after batting .667 with five runs scored, five runs driven in and two THE STREAK OF 40 Conference...............................................................RMAC home runs in the tournament. The Mavericks finished last season President .......................................................... Tim Foster with a 43-16 overall record making Co-Athletic Director ................................. Bryan Rooks BACK TO THE POSTSEASON it six straight seasons that Colorado Co-Athletic Director ........................................Kris Mort The NCAA Postseason has nearly Mesa has won 40 or more games. With been a given for the Colorado Mesa their win over Dixie State on Friday Assistant Athletic Director....................Austin Kaiser Mavericks over the past several years. evening, the Mavericks made it seven Assistant Athletic Director.................. Rob Courtney They are now making their 11th straight seasons of 40 wins. The high Faculty Athletic Representative ......... Craig Fossett straight appearance and have made mark during the streak came in the it in 15 of the past 16 seasons into 2017 season where the team won 50 BASEBALL HISTORY the NCAA Tournament. The Mavericks games and reached the NCAA Cham- won regional title in 2009, 2014, and pionship Final Four that included a First Season of Baseball ......................................... 1947 2017 but things have changed this win over No. 1 ranked Delta State. All-Time Record ..................................1,504-774 (.660) year with the addition of the Super CWS Appearances .....................3 (2009, 2014, 2017) Regional this year. The top two teams NATIONAL RANKINGS NCAA Appearances .....................................................19 from the split regional sites will play Colorado Mesa continued its reign a best-of-three series for a trip to the on the top of the Collegiate Baseball National Championships this year. Newspaper coaches poll for the fifth TEAM INFORMATION straight week. They moved up to 2018 Record..............................................................43-16 REGION HONORS second on the National Collegiate Home/Away/Neutral ..........................20-3/15-10/8-3 One All-Region team has been pub- Baseball Writer’s poll after leap-frog- 2018 RMAC Record .................................................. 26-9 lished with two more still to go. Three ging Angelo State in the NCAA South Mavericks earned D2CCA All-Region Central Regional rankings and are be- RMAC Home/Away.........................................14-2/12-7 First Team honors. RMAC Pitcher of the hind North Greenville, the Southeast 2018 Postseason .................. NCAA Regional Finalist Year Garrett Hutson, closer Will Dixon Region top seed. Perfect Game did 2018 Final Ranking .....................................................#17 and first baseman Jordan Stubbings not update their rankings so the Mav- Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................21/15 all earned All-South Central Region ericks continue to be ranked No. 3. Position Starters Returning/Lost ........................... 4/4 First Team honors and are now eligible for their All-American Team. Hutson THE SKIPPER Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .......................... 1/3 went 10-1 with a 2.56 ERA while Head coach Chris Hanks enters his Returning Redshirts ........................................................4 Dixon led the RMAC in saves with 12. 21st season guiding the Mavericks 2019 Newcomers ..........................................................20 Stubbings is currently second on the and has an impressive 876-353 record, 2019 Incoming Freshman ..........................................14 team in batting average at .358 with the most wins from a coach in pro- 2019 Transfers ...................................................................5 16 doubles and 13 homers. gram history. The Carbondale, Colo. native won his 850th game as the INFIELD SHIFT Maverick skipper on March 16, 2019 COACHING STAFF If you havent made it to a game or in an 11-0 win over No. 9 Colorado Head Coach ..................................................Chris Hanks watched one online in the past two School of Mines. He has led Colorado Record at CMU ........................................876-353 (.713) weeks, you have missed the rear- Mesa to three region championships, Assistant Coaches .............................. Sean McKinney, rangement of the infield. Chase Hamil- a feat that has earned him ABCA ton bumped to shortstop, Caleb Farm- Region Coach of the year three times ..........................................