A record-setting championship run

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Senior Saturday turned into an epic day of celebration for the No. 25 Colorado Mesa softball team. The Mavericks' 8-0 victory over CSU Pueblo in the opening game of a doubleheader secured the outright Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. That victory set off a happy-dance group hug as it was announced the Mavericks (43-7, 41-3 RMAC) will host the RMAC Tournament, which begins Thursday, May 2 at the CMU Softball Stadium at Bergman Sports Complex. After their four seniors — first baseman Ava Fugate, center fielder Iliana Mendoza,...