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Julie Causseaux rises for one of her six kills during the second set.

Women's Volleyball

Season-Best Offensive Output Leads Roadrunners to Sweep

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DENVER -
No. 14 Metro State hit a season-high .375 to swept Colorado Christian at home, 25-15, 25-15, 25-13 on Friday.  The Roadrunners improved to 9-4 overall and 4-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while CCU fell to 8-6 and 3-2.

The .375 hitting percentage topped a previous high of .333 as five players with at least 10 attempts hit over .300 on Friday.  Bri Morley (Parker, Colo./Cherokee Trail H.S.) had a match-high 11 kills and hit .429 (11-2-21).  Lisa Jones (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo East H.S.) also hit .429 with eight kills and two errors in 14 attempts.  Anna Mapes (Chaska, Minn./Chaska H.S.), Emily Greenhalgh (Conifer, Colo./Conifer H.S.) and Julie Causseaux (Dumas, Texas/Dumas H.S.) also hit over .300 on Friday.

Setter Darcy Schwartzman (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest H.S.) dished out 26 assists in just two sets as Sarah McGaffin (Phoenix, Ariz./Horizon H.S.) took over in the third and had seven assists.  Schwartzman also had six digs.  Ngoc Phan (Lone Tree, Colo./Cherry Creek H.S.) led the team with nine digs.

Metro State had seven team blocks and held CCU to just a .023 hitting percentage, a season-best for the Roadrunners.

They hit .406 in the first and held the Cougars to .067.  CCU hit .000 in both the second and third sets, while Metro State hit .333 in the second and .391 in the third.

The Roadrunners get a break the rest of the weekend and will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 1, when they host Chadron State at 7 p.m.  That match will be Dig For A Cure Night, a fundraiser for the fight against breast cancer.  Metro State will donate 25 cents to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for every dig in that match.  Also, fans can make pledges and donations at a table set up in the gym.
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