STUNT Hosts Rattler Invitational at Bill Greehey

This Week in Rattlers STUNT

Rattler Invitational, San Antonio    
2/28    *#21 St. Edward's    12:30 p.m.
        *#10 Texas Woman's    5:30 p.m.
3/1    *#20 Texas A&M-Kingsville    11:30 a.m.
        *#10 Texas Woman's    4:45 p.m.
 

St. Mary's Rattlers
Record    2-6, 0-0 LSC
Ranking    #14 DII
Head Coach    Jordan VanTimmeren
StMU Record    30-31 (4th Year)
Career Record    Same

St. Edward's Hilltoppers
Record    4-10, 0-1 LSC
Ranking    #21 DII
Head Coach    Sean Garland
StMU All-Time Record Vs    2-0

Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas
Record    4-6, 2-3 LSC
Ranking    #20 DII
Head Coach    Lindsey Garcia
StMU All-Time Record Vs    2-0

Texas Woman's Pioneers
Record    6-8, 2-2 LSC
Ranking    #10 DII
Head Coach    Leslie Allen
StMU All-Time Record Vs    8-1

Quick Hits

•    St. Mary's will host the Rattler Invitational on Saturday and Sunday inside Bill Greehey Arena. The Rattlers welcome Kentucky, Quincy, St. Edward's, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas Woman's and UC Davis to town. All four of the Rattlers' games will be Lone Star Conference contests, as they face St. Edward's on Saturday, Texas A&M-Kingsville on Sunday, and Texas Woman's on both days.

•    The Rattlers have had three weeks off from competition after dropping all four games at the Royal Rumble, hosted by Hope International. Two of the four teams were ranked No. 1 in the nation in their respective division at the time of the contests, while the other two are in the top-10 in NCAA Division II.

•    St. Mary's is currently ranked No. 14 in the Division II STUNT rankings, as of Feb. 25. The Rattlers moved up four spots in the poll, despite not competing. 

•    With the change in scoring format, most school records will go by the wayside this season. At the Royal Rumble, the Rattlers and Concordia Irvine established a new record for combined points in a game with 55, shattering the old record of 33 from 2024 against Missouri Baptist (17-16). The 23 points in the loss are also the second-most ever scored in a game, one point behind the 24 from the sweep over Texas A&M-Kingsville a season ago.

•    The 21 points scored against Northern Kentucky ties for the third-most scored in a game in St. Mary's history, knotting the 21 scored against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The 20 points in the win over Purdue Northwest also ties for fifth on the list with a 20-5 victory over Texas Woman's on March 23, 2024 at the LSC Championship.

•    St. Mary's has a winning record against all three opponents this week. The Rattlers are 2-0 against both St. Edward's and Texas A&M-Kingsville, while they are 8-1 all-time against Texas Woman's.

•    Flyers Karelen Bastida and Taliiah Wilson, along with base/tumbler Sanaa Johnson were all named to the Lone Star Conference Players to Watch List.

•    A total of 19 Rattlers were named to the Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll after the conclusion of the fall semester and both Sanaa Johnson and Courtney McClellan posted perfect 4.00 GPA's. Karelen Bastida, Alecka Brown, Kailey Carder, Morgan Cassias, Jillian Fontaine, Sydnye Forde-Richins, TIffany Gomez, Audrey Gregory, M'Lynn Griego, Victoria Gutierrez, Jocelyn Mendez, Yanelle Nicholson, Reagan Rigsby, Maddie Salinas, Riley Smith, Isabel Soto and Taliiah Wilson also recorded at least a 3.30 GPA.

•    The Rattlers have eight returning Lone Star All-Conference performers.  Alecka Brown, Talisa Gomez, M'Lynn Griego, Izabella Grinnell, Sanaa Johnson, and Yanelle Nicholson. Courtney McClellan and Jocelyn Mendez were both honored on the All-Conference Second Team.

•    St. Mary's went 2-1 during its home portion of the 2025 schedule, defeating Lone Star newcomers St. Edward's and Texas A&M-Kingsville before falling to #5 DBU. 

•    St. Mary's also has five returners who were named to the 2025 Lone Star All-Academic team in Sanaa Johnson, Courtney McClellan, Yanelle Nicholson, Sydnye Forde-Richins and Riley Smith.

•    STUNT was accepted as an NCAA Sport and will begin with a 2027 Championship.