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<\/a>The UCCS Women’s Basketball team qualified as the\u00a0No. 2 seed in the South Central Region. They defeated CSU-Pueblo and Colorado Christian University during the first two rounds of the tournament before falling to West Texas A&M 69-96 in the Sweet 16 on March 16.<\/p>\nThe women’s team finished the season 26-7, with program records in total wins, points and rebounds in the first NCAA postseason appearance in program history.\u00a0Seniors Jessika Kienitz, McKenna Haist, Sam Patterson, Kellie Krueger and Abby\u00a0Kirchoff were a part of four consecutive RMAC Tournament teams and a pair of conference semifinal squads.<\/p>\n
The men’s team set records for wins, points and assists, and ranked as high as No. 2 in the NABC National Poll while finishing the season 27-6. Darius Pardner, Chris Morgan, Tommie Anderson, Alex Koehler and Tim Billingsley finished their collegiate careers on the best team in program history and were a part of the only two NCAA Tournament teams in program history.<\/p>\n A sample of media coverage follows. For more in-depth coverage, visit mediawatch.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>After winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship, the UCCS Men’s Basketball entered the tournament as\u00a0a No. 4 seed in the South Central Region. After\u00a0narrowly defeating Colorado School of Minds in a 90-87 nail-biter, they advanced to the second round where they were defeated 62-84 by\u00a0Tarleton State University March 15.<\/p>\n