DENVER, Colo. – The postseason for fall sports is in full effect this week now while we begin the crossover into winter sports with basketball hitting the court as well.
Below is a breakdown of all that happened last week while diving into our upcoming events this week:
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Tuesday November 3rd
Men's Basketball: Regis 48, Wyoming 95 (Exhibition)
Wednesday October 4th
RMAC Women's Soccer Championships
Women's Soccer: #14 & No. 1 seed Regis 1, No. 4 seed Colorado Mesa 2
RMAC Men's Soccer Championships
Men's Soccer: #15 & No. 1 seed Regis 0, No. 5 seed Westminster 0, Regis advanced in the RMAC Tournament on PK's 5-4
Saturday October 31st
Men's Cross Country: 353, 12th/14
Women's Cross Country: 288, 8th/15
Volleyball: Regis 0, #20 Colorado School of Mines 3
RMAC Men's Soccer Championships
Men's Soccer: #15 & No. 1 seed Regis 4, No. 3 seed Fort Lewis College 1
COMING UP THIS WEEK
Friday November 13th
Women's Basketball: Regis at Eastern New Mexico ~ 5:30 PM ~ Portales, N.M.
Men's Basketball: Regis vs. UT Tyler ~ 6 PM ~ Regis Field House
M/W Soccer Potential Games dependent on NCAA Selection Show tonight
Saturday November 14th
Women's Basketball: Regis at Angelo State ~ 3 PM ~ San Angelo, Texas
Men's Basketball: Regis vs. UT Dallas ~ 6 PM ~ Regis Field House
TEAM UPDATES
VOLLEYBALL
The Rangers concluded their season with one final match this past week as they fell to No. 20 Colorado School of Mines 3-0 in Golden.
Regis finished the 2026 campaign with an overall record of 4-23 while going 2-12 in RMAC play.
Week/Season Notes:
· Jacie Kaniho had 10 kills in the final game of the season to lead the team
· Maddie Lynett and Nicole Shaver combined for 27 assists in the loss
· Lauryn Uyemura had 10 digs
· Kailyn Polzin finished the season with 216 kills as the Ranger's leader
· Lynett was the assists leader with 374
· Cady Knight ended with 427 digs
· All four of the Rangers' wins on the season came in five sets
Regis will now head into the offseason with postseason awards for All-RMAC and Academic All-RMAC being revealed in the coming weeks.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
The #14 Rangers hosted their first RMAC Tournament since 2017 this past week with them being the No. 1 seed and hosting the semifinals and championship round.
UCCS was the No. 2 seed in the tournament, Colorado School of Mines was the No. 3 seed and Colorado Mesa University was the No. 4 seed.
Regis played against No. 4 seed Colorado Mesa University in the semifinals of the tournament with them ultimately dropping the game 2-1 after a late comeback attempt fell short.
This was the second time the Rangers and Mavericks had met this season with them last tying 1-1 before CMU was able to upset the Rangers this time around.
CMU and Mines then meet in the championship game with them eventually going all the way to penalty kicks in overtime as Mines won 4-3 to claim the conference tournament title for the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to the start of the conference tournament the most recent IWSOC rankings came out as well with Regis moving up two spots and being No. 14 in the nation. This marked them being recognized for the sixth straight week as either ranked or receiving votes. This was also their highest ranking in program history 2008.
Furthermore, in the most recent NPI rankings Regis was ranked No. 17 in the nation and third in the South Central Region. They are the highest ranking in the RMAC for that poll while being the only team currently recognized in the IWSOC polls.
Weekend Notes:
· Fernanda Rodriguez had the Ranger's lone goal in the loss with her now at 18 on the year
· Rodriguez was named to the Conference Tournament's All-Tournament Team
· The RMAC released it's All-RMAC and major award winners last Tuesday as well with six different Rangers being honored including Jeff Frykholm winning Coach of the Year and Maggie Payne being the Goalkeeper of the Year
· Payne's honor was the first time a Regis Goalkeeper had won that award
· In addition, this was the first time Regis had won a major award since 2017
Regis will wait to hear their name called in the NCAA Selection Show this evening now with the South Central Region's top six teams making it, including the two conference automatic qualifiers.
Game will be played later this week for Regionals with it being split up between two sites with three schools at each of them.
MEN'S SOCCER
The Regis men's soccer team became double champs this past weekend as they won the RMAC Tournament Title for the first time in program history.
They went on an undefeated run in the conference tournament to claim the title with them tying No. 5 seed Westminster 0-0 in the semifinals and beating them in PK's 5-4 to move to the championship game before handily beating No. 3 seed Fort Lewis College 4-1.
Blaise Richard was named the RMAC Tournament MVP while the group of Jacobo Betancourt-Tovar, Abram Wilson Zach Jennings, Liam Corr and Matys Price were all named to the team as well.
Due to their stellar play ending the regular season, the Rangers are also currently ranked No. 15 in the nation by the United Soccer Coaches which is their highest ranking since 2016. In the most recent NPI rankings they are also now the No. 9 team in the nation while sitting in fourth in Super Region four.
Week/Season Notes:
· Price, Betancourt-Tovar, Richard and Michael Ajagbe all scored in the championships game
· Richard also tallied two assists in the game en route to his MVP honors
· Johan Murrilo had the game-winning penalty kick in the semifinals round to advance the Rangers to the championship game
· The RMAC released it's All-RMAC and major award winners last Thursday as well with Regis collecting four of the major awards in Coach of the Year for Taylor Diem, Player of the Year in Betancourt-Tovar, Defensive Player of the Year in Wilson and Goalkeeper of the Year in Jennings
· They all earned first team All-RMAC with three others also being named to the teams
The Rangers will now wait to see where their name gets called in the NCAA Selection Show this evening with the top 10 teams from Super Region 4 making it. The top four teams will all host regional games with conference tournament winners not getting an automatic bid.
M/W CROSS COUNTRY
Both the men's and women's cross country teams competed in their first event of the postseason this past week with them traveling to South Dakota for the RMAC Championships.
In each of their races, the men's team took 12th out of 15 teams while the women's team took 8th out of 15 teams well.
Both teams placed higher than predicted in the RMAC preseason polls with each of them voted in 13th.
Liam Chavez led the men's side coming in 56th place while Allie Braney was the women's leader in 18th place.
Braney earned All-RMAC Second Team honors with that placing as the race's top 28 finishers make up the All-RMAC Teams.
Both teams will compete next at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 21 in Lubbock, Texas. The top finishers from that race will then move onto NCAA Nationals if they qualify.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Rangers played a preseason exhibition game at Division One Wyoming this past week with them falling by a score of 95-48.
This was their first time facing off with outside competition before they open their season this week when they host three different schools for the DII South Central Region Crossover.
Westminster, UT Tyler and UT Dallas will all join the Rangers in the Regis Field House with it being the only time the Regis will face off with schools from the Lone Star Conference the entire regular season.
Regis will play against UT Tyler on Friday at 6 PM before then closing the weekend against UT Dallas on Saturday at 6 PM as well.
Westminster will face off with both schools as well at 4 PM each day too.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Rangers will open their season this weekend when they down South to compete in the South Central Regional Crossover as well with them playing at two different sites.
They will first place Eastern New Mexico on Friday at 5:30 PM in Portales, N.M. before they then head over to San Angelo, Texas on Saturday to face off with Angelo State at 3 PM.
These will be their only in-region games of the regular season with the next time they face a team from the Lone Star Conference potentially being in the NCAA Tournament.
Head Coach Jason Kohler is currently in his second year leading the Rangers with this year's team featuring many new faces, including eight new players.
The Rangers went 2-21 (2-18 RMAC) last season with them closing the year on a win over MSU Denver.
