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The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk volleyball team looks to take the next step in the tournament tonight when they host the Davis County Mustangs in the Class 3A Regional Semifinals. The Golden Hawks enter the matchup with a 26-11 overall record, 7-2, second in the River Valley Conference, after an opening round sweep of rival Washington Monday in Wellman. Mid-Prairie is ranked No. 11 in Class 3A according to the final poll issued by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. The Golden Hawks rank in the top 10 in 3A with 1,669 digs, fifth most, 240 aces, seventh most, 876 assists, ninth most, 950 kills, ninth most, and 245 blocks, 10th most. Individually, Mid-Prairie is led by sophomore Dakota Mitchell with 597 digs, second in Class 3A. Mitchell eclipsed the 1,000 career dig mark in Monday’s match with Washington. Senior Ella Groenewold leads the River Valley Conference with 71 blocks. Senior Landry Pacha has 375 assists and 248 kills, seventh and fourth in the RVC respectively. Her 46 aces are second in the league. Freshman Jovi Evans is at 339 assists and 188 kills, eighth and 10th in the River Valley respectively.
Davis County is 25-14 this year, they finished 5-2 in a tie for second in the South Central Conference. The Mustangs also opened the playoffs with a sweep Monday, taking down Central Lee in straight sets. Davis County ranks fourth in Class 3A with a 92.3% serve efficiency to go along with 1,497 digs, 991 kills and 935 assists, all sixth in 3A. Individually, the Mustangs are led by a quartet of seniors. Chloe Fetch is the team leader at 96.4% from the service line, third in 3A and 807 assists, fourth in the state. Sophia Young has 326 kills, sixth in 3A, Caden VanLaningham has 369 digs, 10th in 3A and Kayla Joos has 56 blocks fourth in the South Central Conference.
The winner of this match advances to Tuesday’s regional final to play for a bid to the 2022 State Tournament against the winner of No. 2 Davenport Assumption and Tipton. Action between the Hawks and Mustangs gets underway tonight at 7p.m. in Wellman.