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Metro State will face Midwestern State (Texas) at 4 p.m. on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Golden, Colo.

Notes:
•    Metro State is making its 12th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, the longest active streak in Division II.

•    Head coach Adrianne Pietz is 6-3-3 in NCAA tournament games at Metro State.

•    This season's 11-0-3 record through 14 games was the best start since 2005 (started 23-0-0 before a season-ending tie in NCAA quarterfinals).

•    Metro State had a 0.41 GAA through 14 games (11-0-3 record), but has a 2.19 GAA over past five (1-4-0 record).

•    Shursteen Sharpe (Westminster, Colo./Mountain Range H.S.) had a career-high three points (1 G, 1 A) on Nov. 1 in the final regular season game at Western State after not recording a point all season.

•    Brandi Farley (Colorado Springs/Pine Creek H.S.) netted the team's first hat trick of the season on Oct. 18 in a 7-0 win over Colorado Christian.

•    Farley is scoreless in five games since her hat trick.

•    Abby Rolph (Golden, Colo./Golden H.S.) had a monster weekend on Oct. 18 and 20, scoring four goals and two assists in two games, including the game-winning goal in each game.

•    Rolph broke the school record for consecutive games with an assist with five (Sept. 27 to Oct. 13).

•    Karisa Price (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland H.S.) was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Oct. 8 after scoring three goals with three assists in two games vs. CSU-Pueblo and Colorado Christian.

•    Price had a part in all four of Metro State's goals on Oct. 6 at Colorado Christian with two goals and two assists in the 4-0 road victory.

•    Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Karisa Fernandez (Westminster, Colo./Standley Lake H.S.) made her first career start on Sept. 29 at New Mexico Highlands and made four saves in the 4-1 victory.

•    Metro State's 2-1 double-overtime win on Sept. 22 was the first win at Colorado Mesa since 2010.

•    Metro State held Emporia State without a shot attempt on Sept. 15, the sixth time in school history and first since 2009 the Roadrunners have held an opponent to zero shot attempts.

•    Metro State allowed just one goal through the first five games this season, the fewest goals allowed over that span since allowing zero goals through five games in 2005 (did not allow a goal until sixth game in 2005).

•    Metro State tied No. 14 Dallas Baptist 0-0 on Sept. 7 and No. 12 St. Edward's 1-1 on Sept. 13 after going 4-3-0 last season against ranked opponents.

•    Metro State is 0-2-2 vs. ranked opponents this season.

•    Metro State snapped a four-game winless streak on artificial turf with a 2-0 win at West Texas A&M on Sept. 5.

•    Head coach Adrianne Pietz was married over the summer, changing her last name from Almaraz.