Tonight, the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk volleyball team travels to the Quad Cities to meet highly ranked Davenport Assumption to try to clinch their first state tournament bid in 18 seasons. Mid-Prairie comes into the match with 27-11 overall record, finishing second in the River Valley Conference with a 5-2 mark and ranked No. 11 in Class 3A in the final poll of the season issued by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Through the first two rounds of regionals they have swept Washington and Davis County. This season, Mid-Prairie stands No. 4 in Class 3A with 1,718 digs, No. 7 with 243 aces, No. 9 with 988 kills, and No. 10 with 914 assists and 255 blocks. Individual leaders for the Golden Hawks include Sophomore Dakota Mitchell with 614 digs, second most in 3A. Senior Landry Pacha with 395 assists and 256 kills, seventh and fourth in the River Valley Conference respectively, freshman Jovi Evans with 356 assists and 196 kills, eighth and 10th in the RVC and senior Ella Groenewold with 76 blocks, second in the River Valley.

Davenport Assumption has a 29-7 overall record, they went 8-1 in the 5A Mississippi Athletic Conference, finishing second. The Lady Knights are ranked No. 2 in Class 3A in the final poll of the year from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. They swept through Camanche and Tipton in the first two rounds of the postseason. Assumption is second in 3A with 266 aces, fifth with 1,065 kills, sixth with 276 blocks and seventh with 948 assists. Individual leaders for the Knights include sophomore Ellie Schubert fourth in Class 3A with 855 assists, senior Ava Schubert eighth in 3A with 59 aces and second in the MAC with 300 kills. Senior Ava Harris-Shepard leading the MAC with 77 blocks and senior Isabella Krogman third in conference with 266 digs.

These teams have not met since 2013, when the Knights swept the Golden Hawks. The winner of tonight’s regional final advances to the Class 3A State Tournament at Xstream Arena in Coralville. Mid-Prairie has not been to state since 2004. Action starts tonight at 7p.m. at Assumption High School.