#20 West Texas A&M (23-7) vs. #10 MSU Denver (27-3)
Date & Time	Friday, December 5th - 8:00 p.m. CT
Location	Denver, Colorado - Auraria Event Center
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CANYON, Texas – The #20 Lady Buffs continue the NCAA Postseason on Friday night as they take on top-seeded and #10 MSU Denver in the South Central Regional Semifinals with first serve set for 8:00 p.m. CT at Auraria Event Center in Denver, Colorado.
 
MSU DENVER
The Roadrunners enter Friday night riding an 18-match winning streak as they are 27-3 overall, finishing 13-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play to win the RMAC regular season and tournament titles. 
 
MSUD advanced to the Regional Semifinal round with a sweep of RMAC foe Colorado Mesa on Thursday night in Denver. The Roadrunners had a .327 attack percentage against the Mavericks. 
 
MSU Denver is making the program's 25th straight appearance in the NCAA Division II Postseason. The Roadrunners have become one of the top programs in the nation, advancing to the South Central Regional Finals in each of the last four seasons. The Roadrunners set a program record with 30 consecutive set wins earlier this fall and hosting rights for the NCAA Regional for the third time under Jenny Glenn (2021, 2022, 2025).
 
Annika Helf, a consensus First Team All-Region selection, leads the way offensively for the Roadrunners as the senior from Emmendingen, Germany has tallied 364 kills on 849 swings with 119 attack errors for a hitting percentage of .289 to go along with 28 assists, 30 service aces, 331 digs and 44 total blocks for 418.5 points to average 4.06 per set.
 
RMAC Defensive Player of the Year Alyssa Boyte has been a force at the net for the Roadrunners as the sophomore from Allen, Texas led the league in blocks (126) to go along with a .353 attack percentage. Boyte also excels in the classroom as the RMAC Academic Player of the Year.
 
MSUD HEAD COACH JENNY GLENN
Jenny Glenn, a five-time RMAC Coach of the Year, is now in her 10th season at the helm of the MSU Denver women's volleyball program, holding an overall record of 247-53 during her time in Denver.
 
Glenn was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association South Central Region Coach of the Year earlier this week for the third time in her career. Glenn played collegiately at Truman State, where she was a three-time All-MIAA and all-region selection. In 2001, Glenn helped Truman State to a berth in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.
 
A LOOK AT THE SERIES
Friday night marks the 30th all-time meeting between the Lady Buffs and Roadrunners as WT holds a 19-10 advantage in the series that dates back to 1986. Three of the last four postseason meetings between the two historic programs have come in the South Central Regional Finals (2021, 2022, 2023) with the Lady Buffs winning all three meetings. Last year the Roadrunners ended West Texas A&M's season in the Regional Semifinal round in San Angelo.
 
The two teams met earlier this season during the Colorado Premier as MSU Denver claimed a five-set thrilling win at the Auraria Event Center. 
 
LADY BUFFS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The Lady Buffs are making the program's 32nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The 32 trips are the fifth most in Division II history behind Tampa (40), New Haven (37), Central Missouri (36) and Florida Southern (34). 
 
The Lady Buffs are 67-27 (.713) all-time in the NCAA Tournament with four National Championships (1990, 1991, 1997, 2022). The 67 victories by the Lady Buffs in the NCAA Tournament is the third most in DII Volleyball history behind only Tampa (87) and Concordia-St. Paul (81).
 
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
West Texas A&M is fortunate to have senior leadership with experience in the NCAA Tournament. Emma Becker and Taytum Stow are the two remaining members of the 2022 National Championship squad for the Lady Buffs. Becker and Stow are an incredible 13-2 in a WT uniform during the NCAA Tournament with a pair of South Central Regional Championships and two trips to the DII National Title match.
 
THE GAMBLE ERA
Three-time National Champion and NJCAA Hall of Famer Terry Gamble was named the 17th head coach in Lady Buff Volleyball history on February 4, 2025. Gamble becomes the sixth head coach in West Texas A&M history to lead the Lady Buffs to the NCAA Tournament during their inaugural season at the helm.
 
Gamble has compiled a record of 1,124-356 (.759) as he is just the third head coach in NJCAA history to reach 1,000 career wins on October 15, 2024. Gamble came to Canyon following seven seasons at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas. Gamble was named the Regional Coach of the Year for the third time, leading Blinn College to their fifth straight NJCAA National Tournament. He was inducted into the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007 after winning three NJCAA volleyball championships (2000, 2004, 2006) and three NJCAA Coach of the Year awards.
 
LADY BUFFS IN THE AVCA POLL
The Lady Buffs sit tied for 20th in the newest edition of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Top-25 Poll announced on November 24th. It marks the 329th time since 1986 that the Lady Buffs appear in the poll, the sixth most in Division II history. WT has sat atop of the poll 28 different times including twice during the 2023 campaign.
 
THIS DAY IN WT VOLLEYBALL HISTORY
The Lady Buffs are 3-2 all-time in matches played on December 5th.
 
1992 - Cal State Los Angeles - W, 3-0
1997 - Cal State-Bakersfield - W, 3-1
2009 - Concordia St. Paul - L, 3-0
2013 - Dallas Baptist - W, 3-0
2019 - Angelo State - L, 3-1