Mathewson Earns Spot on RMAC Preseason Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior infielder Lara Mathewson earned a spot on the All-RMAC Preseason Softball Team announced this afternoon by the conference office. The Mountain Lions also earned one first place vote and were picked seventh in the preseason poll.
Mathewson earned NFCA All-Central Region Second Team hnors last season and led the Mountain Lions with 11 home runs. She had the fourth-best slugging percentage in the RMAC with .803 and the fifth-best on-base percentage with .511. She was an All-RMAC First Team selection.
The Mountain Lions tallied 67 points in the coaches voting, two points behind Colorado Mesa and nine points behind Colorado State-Pueblo. Five different teams earned at least one first place vote. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team.
UCCS opens the 2013 season during the weekend of Feb. 1-3 in Denver, Colo. The Mountain Lions take on Adams State twice, Regis, Metro State and Colorado Mines in a nonconference classic at the Metro State and Regis fields.
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 | Lara Mathewson | 44 | IF | Sr |
 | Lara Mathewson | 44 | IF | Fr |
 | Lara Mathewson | 44 | IF | Fr |
 | Lara Mathewson | 44 | IF | Fr |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 10, 2013 |  | Kornfeind Named to NFCA All-Region First Team | Payton Kornfeind, the RMAC Freshman of the Year, was one of two conference softball student-athletes named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Central Region First Team announced this afternoon. |
| May 6, 2013 |  | Mountain Lions Left Out of NCAA Regional Tournament | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs missed the regional tournament after the NCAA Division II Softball Committee released the 64 teams that qualified this morning. |
| May 5, 2013 |  | Smith Strikes Out Nine in 3-1 Loss to Grizzlies | Becca Smith struck out nine batters to move into fourth in University of Colorado Colorado Springs season records and pitched a shutout through the first five innings, but Adams State scored three runs in the sixth inning as the Grizzlies (24-17) won the 3-1 elimination game against the Mountain Lions (26-20-1) today in the 2013 RMAC Tournament. |
| May 5, 2013 |  | Mathewson, Smith Earn All-Tournament Honors | University of Colorado Colorado Springs seniors Becca Smith and Lara Mathewson each earned a spot on the RMAC Softball All-Tournament team announced today after the conclusion of the tournament. |
| May 4, 2013 |  | UCCS Falls for the First Time in the Tournament | GOLDEN, Colo. - The University of Colorado Colroado Springs softball team (26-19-1 / 19-4 RMAC), falls to Colorado Mines (29-5-1 / 27-3 RMAC) today 8-4. |
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