Metro State Selected for 11th Consecutive NCAA Appearance in Volleyball

INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 12 Metro State volleyball team earned the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Central Region tournament.  It is the 11th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament for the Roadrunners.  They will face No. 7 seed Wayne State (Neb.) on Thursday in Marshall, Minn.  Metro State is one of seven schools to reach the Division II tournament each year since 2000.

Southwest Minnesota State (26-3) earned the top seed in the region, followed by No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul (26-4), No. 3 Wayne State (26-3), No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney (29-4), No. 5 Minnesota Duluth (23-5), No. 6 Metro State (24-6), No. 7 Minnesota State (20-7) and No. 8 Colorado Mines (19-9).

In 17 previous postseason appearances, Metro State has a 9-17 record.  Last season, the Roadrunners won two matches to reach the Central Region championship where they fell to eventual national champion and now three-time defending national champion, Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.).  The two wins were the most in a postseason in school history.

This will be the first meeting all-time between Metro State and Wayne State.