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The Hawks battle at home vs. Lancaster and at La Crosse Logan Invite
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Meah Lalor (10), Kristin Nolan (15) and Claire Kennedy (13) watch Brecklynn McCumber (2) hit the ball over two La Crosse Logan defenders. - photo by Derick Kelly

The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks Volleyball team welcomed Lancaster to town last Tuesday, Oct. 6 for senior night. The Hawks started the evening off strong, winning the first set against the Flying Arrows by the score of 25-21. The visitors flipped the script during the next three sets however as they defeated the Hawks 25-8, 25-18 and 25-18 to win the match in four sets.

The Hawks ended the week by traveling to La Crosse Logan this past Saturday, Oct. 10 for their final tournament of the regular season. PdC began the day in pool play competition alongside Viroqua and St. Charles, Minn. First up for PdC was a battle against future conference opponent Viroqua, who defeated the Hawks 2-0 with set wins of 25-18 and 25-23. St. Charles was the second opponent for PdC and the Hawks earned a 25-17 win in the first set before the Saints fought back to even the match at 1-1 with a 25-12 win in the second set. The third set saw both teams battle back-and-forth until St. Charles used one final rally to claim a 15-13 victory, giving them the 2-1 match victory.

Prairie du Chien was then placed into the Silver Bracket alongside Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, La Crosse Logan and North Crawford. The Hawks took on the host Logan Rangers in their semifinal matchup. The hosts held off PdC in two hard-fought sets, defeating the Hawks 26-24 and 25-22. The loss moved the Hawks into a consolation match against the North Crawford Trojans and it was Prairie’s turn to earn a sweep as they defeated the Trojans 25-21 and 25-12 for the match victory. The Hawks earned at least one match victory at all four regular season tournaments they attended this season.

Prairie du Chien traveled to Platteville last night before ending the conference and regular season schedules tomorrow night at Richland Center. The Hawks earned the eighth seed in their D4 regional grouping and will host ninth seed Melrose-Mindoro next Tuesday, Oct. 20 in a regional quarterfinal match. The winner will move on to the regional semifinal round two nights later at Stevens Point Pacelli.