Complete Notes (PDF)

Metro State will host Colorado State-Pueblo, Western State and Adams State this weekend from Thursday through Saturday.

Notes:
•    Head coach Debbie Hendricks is one win away from 300 at Metro State (current record is 299-125).

•    Hendricks is five wins away from 500 for her career (currently 495-206).

•    Hendricks will become the 15th active NCAA Division II head coach with 500 career wins.

•    Lauren Quijano (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore H.S.) has been on fire since Sept. 21, hitting .351 and averaging 3.81 kills and 0.85 blocks over her past seven matches.

•    Quijano hit a career-high .750 at N.M. Highlands on Oct. 11 with nine kills and zero errors in just 12 attempts.

•    Quijano was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Sept. 30 after averaging 4.33 kills and hitting .397 in two matches Sept. 27-28.

•    Alex Green (Peoria, Ariz./Cactus H.S.) has been perfect in serve-receive over the past two matches in 48 attempts.

•    Alysa Heath (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield H.S.) was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Sept. 10, after averaging 3.81 kills and hitting .355 at the Western Oregon tournament.

•    Heath was named to the Colorado Premier Challenge all-tournament team after averaging 3.57 kills and hitting .270 in four matches.

•    Brandi Torr (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.) assisted on a season-high 48 kills at UC-Colorado Springs on Oct. 4.

•    Torr is averaging 11.56 assists and helping the team hig .203 over the past three matches (since Metro State began running a 5-1 offense).

•    Metro State earned a 3-1 win over No. 17 Colorado Mines on Sept. 27, its first win over a ranked opponent since a 3-2 win over No. 5 Central Missouri on Sept. 7 last season.

•    For the first time in school history, Metro State went to five sets in its first two matches to open the season.

•    It was the first time Metro State has won back-to-back five-set matches since 2011 (Oct. 21 & Oct. 22).

•    It was the first time Metro State has played in two five-set matches in the same day since Oct. 22, 1988.

•    Metro State is 8-6 in season-opening matches under head coach Debbie Hendricks.

•    Metro State was picked second in the RMAC preseason coaches poll behind Regis.

•    Lauren Quijano (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore H.S.) was chosen preseason all-RMAC.

•    Brandi Torr (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.) is the first freshman setter to play in a season-opening match for MSU Denver since 2008 (Darcy Schwartzman) and the first to start since 2006 (Stephanie Levi).