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Women's Volleyball by Andy Schlichting

Volleyball: Game notes

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Metro State will play at Colorado Christian on Friday and No. 15 Colorado Mines on Saturday.

Notes:
•    Head coach Debbie Hendricks reached 300 wins at Metro State on Oct. 17 in a 3-2 victory over CSU-Pueblo.

•    Hendricks earned her 500th career win on Nov. 2 in a 3-1 victory over UC-Colorado Springs.

•    Hendricks became the 15th active NCAA Division II head coach with 500 career wins and the 29th in Division II history.

•    Metro State is already 6-3 in matches that go to five sets (school record for most 5-set wins is seven in 2006 and 2009).

•    The 20-18 fifth-set win at Colorado Mesa on Oct. 26 was the second-longest fifth set in school history (longest is also NCAA record at 26-24 on Oct. 8, 2011 when Colorado Mines defeated MSU).

•    Kylie Haun (Simpsonville, S.C./Hillcrest H.S.) had one of the best nights of her career with 19 kills, a .342 hitting percentage, 13 digs and six aces (career high) in a 3-1 win over UC-Colorado Springs on Nov. 2.

•    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.

•    Lauren Quijano (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore H.S.) 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.

•    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.

•    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).
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