Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Colorado Mesa University

The Criterion

The Student News Site of Colorado Mesa University

The Criterion

The Student News Site of Colorado Mesa University

The Criterion

Best CMU sports moments from the 2019-20 athletic seasons

Best CMU sports moments from the 2019-20 athletic seasons

Matt Kennedy April 27, 2020

We miss sports. A lot of us do. As much as it hurts to say that all collegiate sporting seasons are over, we have to come to realization and acceptance of it sooner or later. To help with the grieving...

Recent name, image and likeness policy discussions will hopefully see changes even on the Division II level

Recent name, image and likeness policy discussions will hopefully see changes even on the Division II level

Matt Kennedy April 22, 2020

With the rest of spring collegiate sports being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA has a lot of free time to pass some crucial policies and bylaws on the name, image and likeness policies...

AnnMarie Torres is one among many CMU athletes who had their senior year cut short

AnnMarie Torres is one among many CMU athletes who had their senior year cut short

Matt Kennedy April 17, 2020

Everyone is being forced to make sacrifices during this time of a pandemic, however, for senior student athletes, it feels like more than others. Graduation, senior day, a last run at a championship and...

Shanta Loecker is no longer the head coach of CMU women's lacrosse

Shanta Loecker is no longer the head coach of CMU women’s lacrosse

Matt Kennedy April 4, 2020

In only her second year as head coach, Shanta Loecker is being forced to part ways with Colorado Mesa University.  The women’s lacrosse program won the last sanctioned game of any 2020 CMU spring sport...

How CMU sports are affected by the recent NCAA announcements

How CMU sports are affected by the recent NCAA announcements

Matt Kennedy March 12, 2020

UPDATE: The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) announced at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday that all spring championship and non-championship competitions, along with travel, will be suspended until April...

Let's dance Griffins

Let’s dance Griffins

Matt Kennedy March 11, 2020

Dancing is fun. It doesn’t matter what kind either -- swing, salsa, waltz or foxtrot -- all of them tend to be a good time between the two partners. Except for the big dance in March. For the Colorado...

CMU completely shuts down Mines and advance to RMAC Championship Game

CMU completely shuts down Mines and advance to RMAC Championship Game

Matt Kennedy March 7, 2020

Defense got the Mavericks to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Championship Game. Seven points in the second quarter and six points in the third quarter is what the number-one ranked offense...

It will be the best offense vs the best defense in the RMAC on Friday inside Brownson

It will be the best offense vs the best defense in the RMAC on Friday inside Brownson

Matt Kennedy March 6, 2020

Conference Player of the Year verses the Defensive Player of the Year. You love to see it.  Friday night will feature Colorado School of Mines’ Denali Pinto and Colorado Mesa University’s Syndi...

CMU says 'onto the semi's' after downing MSU-D in the opening round of the RMAC Tourney

CMU says ‘onto the semi’s’ after downing MSU-D in the opening round of the RMAC Tourney

Matt Kennedy March 4, 2020

Well, it’s official now. The rest of the remaining road in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament goes through Brownson Arena.  After the 60-46 win against eighth-seeded Metro State University-Denver...

Fouls and free-throws cost CMU in loss to Western Colorado

Fouls and free-throws cost CMU in loss to Western Colorado

Matt Kennedy February 29, 2020

In the long run it shouldn’t matter, but as of Friday, all of the momentum belongs to the Western Colorado University Mountaineers.  After winning the Regular Season Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference...

How student sports writers deal with road games

How student sports writers deal with road games

Matt Kennedy and Jaremy Goggins February 28, 2020

The experience of actually  traveling with the team By Matt Kennedy Let’s face it, NCAA Division III athletes do not have the most luxurious travel schedules. The mass majority of trips consist...

CMU captured their second-straight RMAC title after road sweep

CMU captured their second-straight RMAC title after road sweep

Matt Kennedy February 23, 2020

Over Red Mountain and through the San Louis Valley, to the Land of the Champions is where Mavericks are found. Ya like that? Meh, probably not. A little attempt to poetically summarize this past weekend...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Criterion