Complete Notes (PDF)

The Roadrunners will host New Mexico Highlands and Western New Mexico on Friday and Saturday.

Notes:
•    The Roadrunners have lost just three set in their past seven matches and the current seven-match winning streak is the longest since a nine-match winning streak last season.

•    The wins over No. 17 Colorado School of Mines was the first win over a ranked opponent this season.

•    Numbers during current seven-match winning streak: .247 team hitting percentage (.162 opponent hitting percentage); 18 receiving errors, 36 service aces, outblocked opponents 48-36.

•    Michaela Smith (Littleton, Colo./Regis Jesuit H.S.) was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Oct. 12 after averaging 4.62 kills in road wins at No. 17 Colorado Mines and Colorado Christian.

•    Brandi Torr (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.) was named RMAC setter of the week on Oct. 5 after averaging 12.60 assists and 2.80 digs, helping the team hit .310 during a 3-0 week vs. Regis, South Dakota Mines and Black Hills State.

•    Ryan Hoerdemann (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe H.S.) earned RMAC offensive player of the week on Oct. 5 after averaging 3.40 kills and hitting .491 in three wins.

•    The Roadrunners are picked second in the RMAC behind Colorado School of Mines.

•    Brandi Torr (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva H.S.) was named preseason all-RMAC.

•    Michaela Smith (Littleton, Colo./Regis Jesuit H.S.) was fifth among players in the Colorado Premier Challenge in kills per set at 3.69.

•    Vasati Fiatoa (Las Vegas, Nev./Bonanza H.S.) was second at the Colorado Premier Challenge with a .354 hitting percentage and fifth with 1.23 blocks per set.

•    This was just the third time under Debbie Hendricks that the Roadrunners have started a season with a 1-3 record (2006 - finished 21-10, 14-5 RMAC and won RMAC Tournament to reach NCAA Tournament; 2007 - finished 16-15, 13-6 RMAC and reached NCAA Tournamnet).

•    Four of the team's losses have come to top-25 teams, including two top-10 opponents.

MSU Denver successful in preseason
tournaments:
•    MSU Denver is 70-55 (.560) in preseason tournaments since Debbie Hendricks became head coach in 2000.

•    A 7-1 record is the best the Roadrunners have done in preseason tournaments, doing so twice (2009 and 2011).

•    MSU Denver has posted a 24-16 (.600) record in preseason tournaments over the past five seasons including 2015.

•    MSU Denver is 38-42 all-time at the Colorado Premier Challenge and has won the tournament once (2003).

•    The Roadrunners are 6-2 in season-openers over the past eight years.