Box Score DENVER - Freshman Kylie Haun (Simpsonville, S.C./Hillcrest H.S.) led No. 23 Metro State with a career-high 15 kills as the host Roadrunners won 25-23, 25-16, 21-25, 25-21 over Colorado Mesa on Saturday at the Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners improved to 14-7 overall and 9-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while the Mavericks fell to 13-8 and 7-6.

Haun put down her 15 kills with six errors in 30 attempts for a .300 hitting percentage, also a career high.

Alysa Heath (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield H.S.), who had career highs of 21 kills and a .741 hitting percentage on Friday in a win over Fort Lewis, struggled with the CMU block for much of the match and finished 10 kills and eight errors in 39 attempts for a .051 hitting percentage. However, she responded with five kills and just one error in the fourth set to carry the load at the end.

Lauren Quijano (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore H.S.) also had 10 kills for MSU, which hit .188 as a team after hitting a season-high .441 on Friday.

Setter Vanessa Gemignani (Colorado Springs/Doherty H.S.) led the Roadrunners with 40 assists and added a career-high six kills.

Defensively, four players reached double digits in digs, including Alex Green (Peoria, Ariz./Cactus H.S.) with 18, Tammy King (Colorado Springs/Liberty H.S.) with 12 and Gemignani and Savannah Garcia (Platteville, Colo./Valley H.S.) with 10 each. Daleah Whitaker (Denver/Lakewood H.S.), who had nine kills, led the team with five blocks.

In a very even first set, MSU pulled through by closing the set with three straight points to recover from a 23-22 deficit. Haun crushed a ball down the left sideline and Whitaker then put down a kill from the right side, setting up set point as the Mavericks hit the ball out of bounds to end the set. The Roadrunners continued their strong hitting from Friday night, hitting .294 in the first set.

Trailing 8-5 in the second, the Roadrunners scored 10 straight points with Garcia serving to take a 15-8 lead. The rally included five attack errors by the Mavericks, including a block by Whitaker and Haun.

MSU went cold in the third thanks to six Mavericks blocks, leading to a .023 hitting percentage for the Roadrunners. Metro trailed 23-14 and ran off seven straight points with Garcia serving again, but CMU pulled through with two more to force a fourth set.

Heath, after hitting -.074 in the first three sets, had five kills and just one error to lead the offense in the fourth. Haun and Quijano each had four kills as well with Metro holding an 18-12 lead at one point.

Metro State will play at No. 17 Regis at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.