GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (April 24^th, 2016)—The Adams State University Grizzlies traveled to Colorado Mesa University to take on the Mavericks in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) match-up earlier Sunday afternoon. This match up was the sixth game in three days for Adams State. Unfortunately, the Grizzlies fell to the Mavericks 16-4.

Morgan Osbourne, off of an assist by Collin Cranfield, netted the first goal of the game just under four minutes into play to give Adams State an early 1-0 lead.

Colorado Mesa would then net the next four goals of the period, to go up 4-1 over the Grizzlies heading into the second period of play.

The second period saw the Mavericks net the first goal to extend their lead to 6-1, before Cranfield would get the second goal for Adams State at the 5:15 mark of the period to cut CMU's lead down to 5-2.

However, with just four seconds left on the clock before halftime, the Mavericks would take a 6-2 lead.

The third period saw Colorado Mesa go on a five-goal run to give themselves an 11-2 lead before Drew Kerigan broke the run with his goal at the 3:57 mark to bring the score to 11-3.

The Mavericks would get that goal back, but Cranfild would net his second goal of the game with just forty-one seconds remaining in the period.

To end the third period, Colorado Mesa would counteract Cranfield's goal to go up 13-4 heading into the final stanza of the contest.

The fourth period would see the Grizzlies held scoreless, as the Mavericks would add three more goals onto their lead to end the game.

Head Coach Jason Levesque had this to say after the game, "We played a decent first half, we're in the game and I really thought we'd amp things up in the second and close the gap.  Unfortunately we let up a couple early goals and the flood gates sort of opened up.  It's another step in the learning process for this young group.  All we can do is move forward.  This one will hurt all the way home but tomorrowis a new day and we'll put get prepared for the next one."

Adams State goaltender, Connor Johnson, ended the day with fifteen saves. Out of the Grizzlies' twenty-one shots, fourteen were on goal. Adams State also edged the Mavericks in clears, as they went 14-17 overall.

Despite Sunday's loss, the Grizzlies are looking at a spot in the post-season RMAC Championships. Seeding has yet to be determined.

The Grizzlies will wrap up the regular season on April  30^th, as they travel to Pueblo to take on the Colorado State University-Pueblo ThunderWolves. Game time is set for a 3:00 pm start time, and live stats and video will be made available to fans by visiting www.asugrizzlies.com.