Auraria’s court queens rule Division II.
Metro State volleyball won the national title on Saturday, beating Concordia-St. Paul 3-1 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It’s the first Division II national championship for the program, and the fifth overall for Metro State, which also claimed men’s basketball crowns in 1999-2000 and 2001-02 as well as women’s soccer titles in 2004 and ’06.
The Roadrunners capped their magical season by beating Concordia-St. Paul 25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 25-21. Megan Hagar (18 kills) and Brooke Gennerman (16) led the way offensively, while the Roadrunners defense racked up 17 blocks.
Hagar, who also had a team-high 18 digs, finished off the dramatic final point with a thunderous kill to clinch the title. Hagar stepped up to fill the void left by the injury to MSU Denver star outside hitter Annika Helf in the Elite Eight.
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Winning the national title punctuated this year’s postseason breakthrough for Metro State, which had lost in the regional final each of the prior four seasons. And it underscored the effect of head coach Jenny Glenn, a 45-year-old Granby native and Middle Park High School alum.
In her 10 seasons leading the Roadrunners, Glenn is 252-53. Her theme of “true identity” — in which the coach emphasized the positive traits of each player that were unrelated to winning or losing on the court — allowed MSU Denver to play relaxed in the most pressure-packed matches of the year.
Since losing to Colorado School of Mines on Oct. 3, the Roadrunners ripped off 23 straight matches to close the season, setting a program record with 32 wins. In Sioux Falls, MSU Denver beat Wingate in a five-set thriller in Thursday’s Elite Eight and ended Tampa’s undefeated season in Friday’s Final Four before triumphing over Concordia-St. Paul in the title.
Metro State’s feat is the first national championship in volleyball for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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