Mesa State (39-17) capped an undefeated Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament by scoring seven runs in its last two at-bats to defeat CSU-Pueblo (35-22) 12-5 in Grand Junction for the title.
Center fielder Justin Little hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie. He doubled home Sean McKinney, who had singled home two runs, in the eighth to close the scoring. Mavericks right fielder Sean VanElderen was named the tournament’s most valuable player.
Lawsuit against Nuggets’ Nene still in play
A lawsuit pending against Nuggets forward Nene remains on the docket after a Denver district court judge on Friday denied a motion to dismiss it. The motion was authored by Nene’s attorney to dismiss a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by Nene’s former personal manager. Joseph Santos, the manager, alleges that when Nene fired him in March, the player breached a seven-year contract signed last July that was to pay Santos 6 percent of the forward’s annual gross revenue.
– Andy Vuong
