This Week in Mountain Lion Athletics

Softball (12-7-1 / 7-3 RMAC)

• UCCS will look to extend its winning streak at Adams State in a four-game series with the Grizzlies on Saturday and Sunday.
• The Mountain Lions are ranked in the top 40 of Division II teams in fielding percentage (No. 40 - .966), scoring (No. 20 - 7.35 runs/game) and batting average (No. 15 - .352). UCCS leads the RMAC in batting average and on-base percentage (.428).
• UCCS is 2-0 against the Grizzlies this season after the two teams met in the RMAC preseason weekend in Denver in the first weekend of February. The Mountain Lions won the games by a combined score of 26-9.
• The Mountain Lions improved to 6-0 at home after a tripleheader sweep of Metro State last weekend. It's the best start to the home season since a 7-0 start in 2007.

Men's Outdoor Track and Field

• A week after the national indoor championships, the Mountain Lions will send nine student-athletes to the Jerry Quiller Classic this Saturday at the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Jonathan Wright, the UCCS record-holder in the outdoor 400-meter dash, and Marc Hensley, the third-fastest runner in UCCS history, will lead a group of seven Mountain Lions in the event at 12:40 p.m.
• Chad Liscar and Chris Myers will run in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at 1:10 p.m. and 2:25 p.m, respectively. Liscar holds the Mountain Lion record in the 100-meter dash and ranks fifth in the 200-meter dash records.
• UCCS is tentatively scheduled to be joined at the Quiller Classic by RMAC teams Metro State and Colorado Mines.

Women's Outdoor Track and Field

• UCCS will send a small squad of Mountain Lions to open the 2013 outdoor season at the Jerry Quiller Classic on Saturday at the University of Colorado Boulder.
• Indoor RMAC champion Alex Colvin will get her first chance to record a qualifying mark in the pole vault at 11 a.m. on Saturday. She has the second-best indoor pole vault mark in UCCS outdoor history with 12 feet, two inches.
• Michaela Mansfield and Briana Alley will compete in the 400-meter and 200-meter dashes later in the day at 12:30 p.m. and 2:10 p.m., respectively.
• The Mountain Lions will be one of four RMAC teams to begin the outdoor season in Boulder. Colorado Mines, Metro State and Colorado State-Pueblo are tentatively scheduled to enter student-athletes in the Quiller Classic.