PUEBLO, Colo. (May 2, 2019) – No. 3 seed Colorado State University-Pueblo Men's Lacrosse returns to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Lacrosse Tournament to face No. 2 seed Colorado Mesa University  Friday at 2 p.m. at Walker Field in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Pack Notes:
- The Pack won a school-record seven games in 2019. They finished the regular season 7-7 with a 2-4 RMAC record. The Pack's three seed is their highest in program history.  

-Head Coach Sean Blair was named RMAC Co-Coach of the Year Tuesday. Blair has built the program from scratch into a .500 team.

- The ThunderWolves earned a program-best seven All-RMAC selections. They also placed a program-best four student-athletes on the First Team All-RMAC with Weston Bartgis, Taylor Davis, Anthony Ferrie, and Tavian Watson all earning First Team all-conference selections.

- Bartgis (Sr., El Cajon, Calif.) has at least one goal in each of his last eight games. He has 10 goals and four assists over his last three games. Bartgis ranks seventh in the RMAC with 1.79 goals per game and 2.86 points per game. He ranks third all-time at CSU-Pueblo with 65 goals.

- Ferrie (Sr., Littleton, Colo.) ranks second in the RMAC with 4.14 points per game. His 1.93 assists per game also stand second in the conference. Ferrie's 63 career goals place him fourth in team history. Ferrie needs to just one caused turnover to tie the school record of 47.

- Tommy Vassallo (Jr., Sarasota, Fla.) ranks fifth in the RMAC with 2.14 goals per game. Vassallo's 30 goals rank as the seventh-highest total in program history. He earned Second Team All-RMAC accolades earlier this week.

- Tyler Reed (So., Sacramento, Calif.) scored a hat trick with three goals against the Mavericks in Sunday's regular season-finale.  This was Reed's third hat trick of the season. Reed has netted 80 percent of his shots this season.

- As a team, the Pack ranks 12th in D-II with 8.93 assists per game. The Pack is the ninth-most accurate shooting team in D-II. They make 35.3 percent of their shots.

- Defensively, the Pack leads the RMAC with 10.86 caused turnovers per game. The ThunderWolves rank seventh in D-II in caused turnovers.

- Parker Evans (So., Bentonville, Ark.)ranks second in the RMAC with 1.43 caused turnovers per game. Evans was selected Second Team All-RMAC. He ranks fifth in the RMAC with 2.79 ground balls per game.

- Jacob Muir (Fr., Ogden, Utah) leads the RMAC with 8.00 ground balls per game. Muir ranks 13th in D-II in this category. The freshman was named Second Team All-RMAC. He has already set a school record with 112 ground balls and 203 faceoff wins.

Scouting Colorado Mesa:
- The Mavericks stand 9-7 overall. They earned the No.2 seed with a 4-2 record in conference play.

- Friday's game will be a rematch of Sunday's regular season finale, which the Mavericks won. It also serves as a rematch of the Pack's first RMAC Tournament game last year. The Pack is still seeking its first win over the Mavericks.

- Jack Griffin ranks third in the RMAC with 2.75 goals per game. Griffin scored four goals Sunday.

The RMAC Tournament will feature of pair games from the home of No.1 seed Westminster College. If the Pack wins, they will advance to the RMAC Championship game Saturday at 2 p.m.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics