Box Score LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Metro State rallied from down 2-0 for the second time this season, winning 23-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18, 15-13 at Colorado Christian on Friday night. The Roadrunners improved to 15-9 overall and 11-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while CCU fell to 16-10 and 10-6.

The Roadrunners hit .313 in the match behind Brandi Torr (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.)'s career-high 62 assists. She also had 16 digs and four kills.

Four players hit over .300 led by Lauren Quijano (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore H.S.) at .400 with 15 kills and three errors in 30 attempts. Alysa Heath (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield H.S.) had a team-high 20 kills and hit .308 (20-8-39). Kylee Hoagland (Mead, Colo./Skyline H.S.) also hit .308 with 12 kills and four errors in 26 attempts. Vasati Fiatoa (Las Vegas, Nev./Bonanza H.S.) hit .368 (9-2-19). Kylie Haun (Simpsonville, S.C./Hillcrest H.S.) added 16 kills and hit .250 (16-6-40).

Alex Green (Peoria, Ariz./Cactus H.S.) led the defensive effort with 21 digs. After Torr's 16 digs, Savannah Garcia (Platteville, Colo./Valley H.S.) and Tiffany Harris (Dublin, Calif./Dublin H.S.) each had 11.

The Roadrunners fell behind 18-9 in the second set and rallied to lose by just two points at 25-23. They carried that momentum into the third set where they hit .519. Down 12-11, MSU Denver scored four straight to take the lead. Despite the strong offensive attack, it took a late run to break a 20-20 tie.

Metro State scored the final six points of the fourth set to force the deciding fifth. Haun had three of those points on kills.

The fifth set was back-and-forth the whole way with seven ties and four lead changes. The Roadrunners were up 13-11 before the Cougars tied it up. Coming out of a timeout, Quijano connected on a kill for a 14-13 lead and Metro State survived a CCU timeout to finish with a block by Hoagland and Quijano.

Metro State will play at No. 15 Colorado Mines at 7 p.m. on Saturday.