Salt Lake City – The Metropolitan State University of Denver volleyball team kept its winning streak alive at ten in a row Friday night defeating Westminster College 3-1.  The Roadrunners advance to 13-8 overall, and 10-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.  Westminster College drops to 5-15 overall and 2-10 in the RMAC with the loss.

The Roadrunners were down early in the first set and fell short losing 25-19.  The Griffins came out strong at home with a .319 hitting percentage while holding the Roadrunners to .136 in the set.  Ryan Hoerdemann (Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe H.S.) and Michaela Smith (Littleton, Colo./Regis Jesuit H.S.) both registered three kills.

The Roadrunners came back strong in set two and built a 13-7 lead on Griffins.  Westminster could not recover losing the second set 25-20.  Through two sets, Summer Greager (Colorado Springs, Colo./Colorado Springs Christian H.S.) led the Roadrunners with ten kills.

Set three was a tight set early with both teams trading off points.  MSU Denver went one a five point rally to build a 15-10 lead.  The Roadrunners outscored Westminster 10-4 to close out the set winning 25-14.

MSU Denver carried the momentum from set three into set four with a quick 6-0 lead and went on to win the set 25-17.

The Roadrunners finished the match with four players with double-digit kills.  Smith lead the team with 15 kills and Greager's tallied a total of 14 kills.
The Roadrunners travel to Colorado Mesa on Saturday, Oct. 24.  The match is scheduled for 7 p.m.