By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

DENVER. – No. 1 seed Metropolitan State University of Denver and No. 2 seed University of Colorado Colorado Springs both swept their semifinal matches and advance to the 2025 Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference Volleyball Tournament championship match, set for 5 p.m. (MT) on Saturday at the Auraria Event Center.

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No. 1 MSU Denver def. No. 5 Colorado Mesa, 3-0
MSU Denver won its 16th consecutive match, sweeping No. 5 seed Colorado Mesa in three sets (25-14, 25-17, 25-16) in the first semifinal match on Saturday. There were eaerlier 14 ties and seven lead changes in the match, but MSU Denver used a 7-0 run in the first set, an 8-2 run in the second, and a a 6-0 run in the third to break open each set. Annika Helf lhe Roadrunners with a 14-kill, 11-dig double-double that also saw her post a .323 attack percentage. Brooke Gennerman also had 12 kills and hit .423 for the match. Colorado Mesa's Karsen Breeding led the Mavericks with nine kills and a .219 attack percentage. . 

No. 2 UCCS def. No. 3 CSU Pueblo, 3-0
UCCS won its 14th straight match, sweeping No. 3 seed CSU pueblo in three sets (25-22, 25-17, 27-25) in the second semifinal match on Saturday. The first and third sets were see-saw affairs with 11 ties and eight lead changes in the opening set and 13 ties and two lead changes in the third. CSU Pueblo led the bulk of the third set up to a 22-21 advantage late. UCCS won three consecutive points to get to match point at 24-22, but the ThunderWolves won back-to-back points to force overtime, after trading points to get to 25-25, CSU Pueblo committed back-to-back errors and UCCS claimed the win. The Mountain Lions' Kinley Gomez had 11 kills with no attack errors for a .423 attack percentage. CSU Pueblo's Golden Finch had 11 kills with no errors and a .733 attack percentage. 

About the RMAC
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.