The Hauser Jets will be taking on the Lafayette Central Catholic Knights in the 1A showdown on Saturday.  This will be the Jets’ first trip to the finals and the Knights’ third appearance in 5 years.  Lafayette Central Catholic comes into the match ranked #1 according to the Indiana Prep Volleyball poll and Hauser comes in at #7.

Notables provided by the IHSAA: 

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC KNIGHTS (29-5)
IndianaPrepVolleyball.com Poll: #1
Top-ranked Lafayatte Central Catholic returns to state
championship match for third time in five seasons.
Knights are seeking second volleyball state
championship (2010 1A). Have fi nished as state
runner-up in last two visits to the state finals.
Central Catholic has won 20 consecutive sets to this
point including 15 straight during state tournament
action.
Central Catholic finished third in this season’s Hoosier
Conference standings with a 6-1 record.
Team returned five starters from last season’s 33-5
regional championship squad.
LCC claimed its fifth consecutive sectional crown with
a sweep of Northfield on Oct. 14.

Claimed fifth consecutive regional championship with
a 3-0 sweep of #4 Covington on Oct. 21. Defeated
one other ranked team during the tournament
defeating #6 Pioneer 3-0 for the semi-state title last
Saturday.
Volleyball State Tournament History
IHSAA Membership: 1957-present
First Volleyball State Tournament Appearance: 1975
State Champion (1) 2010 (A)
Runner-Up (2) 2013 (A), 2015 (A)
State Finals Appearances (6) 2007 (A), 2008 (A), 2010 (A),
2013 (A), 2015 (A), 2017 (A)
Semi-State Championships (4) 2010 (A), 2013 (A), 2015
(A), 2017 (A)
Regional Championships (8) 2007 (A), 2008 (A), 2010 (A),
2013 (A), 2014 (A), 2015 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A)
Sec􀦞 onal Championships (11) 2005 (A), 2006 (A), 2007
(A), 2008 (A), 2009 (A), 2010 (A), 2013 (A), 2014 (A),
2015 (A), 2016 (A), 2017 (A)
School’s IHSAA State Championship History (21)
Baseball (7) 2004 (A), 2007 (A), 2009 (A), 2010 (A), 2011
(A), 2012 (A), 2013 (A)
Boys Basketball (3) 1998 (A), 2000 (A), 2003 (A)
Girls Basketball (3) 2006 (A), 2015 (A), 2016 (2A)
Football (7) 1976 (A), 1999 (A), 2009 (A), 2010 (A), 2011
(A), 2012 (A), 2015 (A)
Volleyball (1) 2010 (A)

HAUSER JETS (35-4)
IndianaPrepVolleyball.com Poll: #7
Seventh-ranked Hauser making its first appearance in
the volleyball state fi nals on Saturday.
Jets seeking school’s first volleyball state title and third
overall in school history.
Team avenged regular season loss to #2 Barr-Reeve
with a 3-2 victory last Saturday for the semi-state
championship.
Hauser claimed the Mid-Hoosier Conference
championship this season with a 6-0 record.
Claimed eighth consecutive sectional championship on
Oct. 14 with a 3-0 victory over South Decatur.
Jets returned five starters from last season’s 33-4
regional championship team.
Head coach Jeff Case is a 1983 graduate of the school.
Volleyball State Tournament History
IHSAA Membership: 1957-present
First Volleyball State Tournament Appearance: 1972 (fi rst
year of the state tournament)
State Finals Appearances (1) 2017 (A)
Semi-State Championships (1) 2017 (A)
Regional Championships (5) 2011 (A), 2012 (A), 2014 (A),
2016 (A), 2017 (A)
Sec􀦞 onal Championships (9) 2008 (2A), 2010 (2A), 2011
(A), 2012 (A), 2013 (A), 2014 (A), 2015 (A), 2016 (A),
2017 (A)
School’s IHSAA State Championship History (2)
Boys Basketball (1) 2006 (A)
Softball (1) 2015 (A)