COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The No. 3 ranked team in Division II entered Gallogly Events Center Friday night to take on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team.  The third-ranked Roadrunners of Metropolitan State University Denver handed the Mountain Lions a 3-0 setback.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP

• Final Score: 0-3 (22-25, 22-25, 18-25)
• Records: UCCS (3-7, 0-3 RMAC) | MSU Denver (9-2, 3-0 RMAC)
• Facility | Location:  Gallogly Events Center | Colorado Springs, Colo.
• All-Time Series: The Roadrunners hold an all-time series lead over UCCS, 43-6, and have won the last seven matches against the Mountain Lions.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first set featured six lead changes and the score tied 12 times.  The Roadrunners committed four service errors in the opening set, including one late in the set to tie the game at 21-21.  After a setting error by UCCS gave MSU Denver a 22-21 lead, Camden Strain tied the match for the 12^th time off a kill from Emily Ettel's set assist.  Another ball handling error by UCCS gave the Roadrunners a one-point advantage, 23-22, as they closed the opening set with back-to-back aces.
• The Mountain Lions never led in the second set but used a four-point run behind kills from Grace Ferguson, Ettel and Lauryn Shockley and forced MSUD into an attack error to get within one point, 17-16.  The Roadrunners chipped away at the lead to win by three, 25-22.
• In the final set, the Mountain Lions were held to a match low nine kills.  UCCS held a 7-5 lead early in the set but a 5-1 run gave the Roadrunners a 10-8 lead.  A duo block from Hannah Ammerman and Julia Geiger knotted the match at 10-10, but a service error on the following serve gave MSUD a lead they would not relinquish.

 
MATCH STATISTICS

• The Mountain Lions forced the Roadrunners into eight service errors on the night.
• Camden Strain tallied a team high nine kills and committed only one error on 19 attempts for a .421 hitting mark.  In the back row, the Mountain Lions defense was led by Jordyn Kinsey's 10 digs.
• The Roadrunners Rylee Hladky led all players with 19 kills and a .581 hitting percentage.
• UCCS finished the match with 35 kills, 30 assists, 36 digs and three blocks.  Ammerman registered one block and assisted on two more as the Mountain Lions finished with three team blocks.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Tonight's match was the third time this season the Mountain Lions have faced a nationally ranked team.  The Roadrunners are the highest ranked team UCCS has played since they took on No. 2 Colorado Mesa University last spring on April 8 in the RMAC Tournament.

 
UP NEXT

• UCCS will look to bounce back and snap a four-match losing streak when they play host to Colorado Christian University Saturday evening at 5 p.m.  

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.