Central Michigan University Athletics
CMU Athletics Weekly Preview
2/21/2022 3:03:00 PM | Baseball, General, Men's Basketball, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Lacrosse
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The Central Michigan men's basketball team returns to action on Tuesday night, kicking off a busy week in Chippewa Athletics.
Highlighting the week is the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Kent State.
The two-day event begins on Friday (10:45 a.m.) and concludes on Saturday (11 a.m.).
• The CMU men's basketball team, which is battling for a spot in the Mid-American Conference tournament, is set to play at league co-leading Ohio on Tuesday (7 p.m.).
It's the first of three games this week for CMU, which goes to Miami (Ohio) on Thursday (7 p.m.) and then returns to McGuirk Arena on Saturday (7 p.m.) to face Kent State.
Miami sits in seventh place, just percentage points ahead of the Chippewas. The top eight teams make the league tournament.
• The Chippewa lacrosse team is set to entertain Youngstown State on Wednesday (Noon) at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex. It is CMU's home and MAC opener.
CMU then is scheduled to entertain Butler in a nonconference game on Sunday (Noon).
• Fresh off of solid back-to-back performances, the Chippewa gymnastics team will seek to continue to ride the momentum wave when it entertains Kent State in a MAC dual on Sunday (1 p.m.).
CMU has scored a 196.475 and a 196.125 in its last two competitions and has moved up to No. 42 in the national rankings this week.
Kent State, the Chippewas' longtime MAC rival, is 33rd.
• The CMU women's golf team resumes the spring portion of its schedule when it goes to the Rio Verde Collegiate in Rio Verde, Ariz.
The 54-hole stroke play event, which is hosted by Western Michigan, begins on Friday and concludes on Sunday. The 18-team field includes seven MAC squads.
At 143, the Chippewas are the fourth-highest ranked team in the field. Kennesaw State, at 87, is the highest ranked. No. 106 Xavier and No. 124 South Dakota State are also in the field.
The Chippewas opened the season with a second-place finish two weeks ago at the MAC Match Play Challenge in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
• The CMU softball and baseball teams will head for warmer climes for the second consecutive weekend.
After going 2-3 last weekend at the season-opening Western Kentucky Hilltopper Classic, the softball team is scheduled to play in the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer Showdown in Conway, S.C.
The Chippewas open against Maryland on Friday (9 a.m.) and will play the host Chanticleers at 4:30 p.m. CMU is also scheduled to play North Carolina A&T, Monmouth and Dartmouth in the event, which concludes on Sunday.
The CMU baseball team (0-3) is scheduled to play a four-game series at Western Kentucky beginning with a single game on Friday (4 p.m.).
The teams are slated to play a doubleheader on Saturday (2 p.m.) and then wrap it up with a single game on Sunday (2 p.m.).
• The CMU women's basketball team is scheduled to entertain MAC-leading Toledo on Wednesday (7 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas are then slated to go to rival Western Michigan on Saturday (2 p.m.).
Highlighting the week is the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Kent State.
The two-day event begins on Friday (10:45 a.m.) and concludes on Saturday (11 a.m.).
• The CMU men's basketball team, which is battling for a spot in the Mid-American Conference tournament, is set to play at league co-leading Ohio on Tuesday (7 p.m.).
It's the first of three games this week for CMU, which goes to Miami (Ohio) on Thursday (7 p.m.) and then returns to McGuirk Arena on Saturday (7 p.m.) to face Kent State.
Miami sits in seventh place, just percentage points ahead of the Chippewas. The top eight teams make the league tournament.
• The Chippewa lacrosse team is set to entertain Youngstown State on Wednesday (Noon) at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex. It is CMU's home and MAC opener.
CMU then is scheduled to entertain Butler in a nonconference game on Sunday (Noon).
• Fresh off of solid back-to-back performances, the Chippewa gymnastics team will seek to continue to ride the momentum wave when it entertains Kent State in a MAC dual on Sunday (1 p.m.).
CMU has scored a 196.475 and a 196.125 in its last two competitions and has moved up to No. 42 in the national rankings this week.
Kent State, the Chippewas' longtime MAC rival, is 33rd.
• The CMU women's golf team resumes the spring portion of its schedule when it goes to the Rio Verde Collegiate in Rio Verde, Ariz.
The 54-hole stroke play event, which is hosted by Western Michigan, begins on Friday and concludes on Sunday. The 18-team field includes seven MAC squads.
At 143, the Chippewas are the fourth-highest ranked team in the field. Kennesaw State, at 87, is the highest ranked. No. 106 Xavier and No. 124 South Dakota State are also in the field.
The Chippewas opened the season with a second-place finish two weeks ago at the MAC Match Play Challenge in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
• The CMU softball and baseball teams will head for warmer climes for the second consecutive weekend.
After going 2-3 last weekend at the season-opening Western Kentucky Hilltopper Classic, the softball team is scheduled to play in the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer Showdown in Conway, S.C.
The Chippewas open against Maryland on Friday (9 a.m.) and will play the host Chanticleers at 4:30 p.m. CMU is also scheduled to play North Carolina A&T, Monmouth and Dartmouth in the event, which concludes on Sunday.
The CMU baseball team (0-3) is scheduled to play a four-game series at Western Kentucky beginning with a single game on Friday (4 p.m.).
The teams are slated to play a doubleheader on Saturday (2 p.m.) and then wrap it up with a single game on Sunday (2 p.m.).
• The CMU women's basketball team is scheduled to entertain MAC-leading Toledo on Wednesday (7 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena. The Chippewas are then slated to go to rival Western Michigan on Saturday (2 p.m.).
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