Metro State volleyball cruises into Division II national title with straight-sets win over previously undefeated Tampa

Metro State volleyball s dream season stepped on the gas in Sioux Falls After the Roadrunners took down Wingate in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight on Thursday ending the Bulldogs -match win streak in a five-set thriller Metro State won again in the Final Four on Friday This time the Roadrunners dominated top-seeded previously undefeated Tampa in a straight-sets preeminence to advance to the scheme s first-ever national championship You saw a association that was fearless tonight and stepped out and played in our true identity Metro State head coach Jenny Glenn described reporters in South Dakota I m proud of the way we stepped on the court tonight On mission and our mission is to win a national championship When we play fearless and play together that s what it looks like The Roadrunners took down Tampa - - - in a match where Metro State controlled the momentum from the opening moments MSU Denver dominated in serves with nine aces to Tampa s one Junior outside hitter Megan Hagar led the way with kills a second straight clutch performance to fill the void left by senior All-American Annika Helf s injury in the Elite Eight Junior setter GabriElle Brewer paced the Roadrunners with four aces and assists sophomore middle blocker Alyssa Boyte had a team-high five blocks and freshman libero Emerson Dillon had digs Tampa s a really good crew and we knew it was two high-powered offenses going after each other Glenn stated We served tough to get them out of the system so we had a little bit easier time on the defensive end We didn t have huge blocking numbers but we slowed a lot of balls our defense played really feisty and then we did a great job of scoring and following our scouting description Metro State improved to - overall a campaign record for wins and now takes on Concordia-St Paul for the title on Saturday at p m at the Sanford Pentagon The Roadrunners have won straight matches dating back to Oct they last played Concordia-St Paul in a - win in Denver By embracing the squad s mantra of true identity the Roadrunners believe they are in a great spot to beat Concordia-St Paul for the activity s first national title and the fifth national title in school history The Roadrunners are the first RMAC volleyball company to reach the Division II championship since Nebraska Kearney in and Saturday will be the first title appearance for the school since the - Roadrunners men s basketball association was national runner-up Volleyball is a championship of errors so it s super easy to get caught up in the fear of making errors junior middle blocker Kryssa Moerman a Doherty alum advised reporters But with a true identity and embracing who you are outside of performance it s so crucial because then your confidence isn t coming from something that can be taken away It s something that is steady and will be there forever and that makes everything so freeing on the court to just go play This win over Tampa was good but we re going out the following morning with a job to do and we re going to do it