LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second straight season, the MSU Denver volleyball team is ranked No. 3 in the final AVCA NCAA Division II poll of the season, matching the Roadrunners the highest season-ending finish in program history.
 
The Roadrunners spent the final four weeks of the regular season ranked No. 1 after spending five weeks at No. 1 in 2022.
 
MSU Denver had the best winning percentage in program history (.938) while finishing 30-2. The Roadrunners' only losses were to the teams who played in the national championship match – West Texas A&M and Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.).
 
Among the Roadrunners' accomplishments were: a 24-match winning streak, tying last year's team for the second-longest in program history behind only the 1978 team; a second straight 18-0 run through the RMAC regular season, the third time that has been accomplished in program history (all in the last seven seasons); an RMAC-record 40 straight regular-season conference wins dating to the 2020 season; a second-straight No. 1 seed for the South Central Regional; and an RMAC Tournament championship,
 
Outside hitter Rylee Hladky won numerous honors, including a second straight All-America first team (AVCA) award and a second team honor (D2CCA); a second straight D2CCA South Central Region Player of the Year; a second straight All-South Central Region first team from both the AVCA and D2CCA and a second straight RMAC Player of the Year award.
 
Outside hitter Riley Anderson earned All-America third team from the AVCA, while right-side hitters Kaylee Corsentino and Kelsey Gordon each earned All-America honorable mention from the AVCA.