Batesville is in the IHSAA Class 3A Volleyball Elite Eight after knocking off Evansville Mater Dei in four sets (25-19, 21-25, 26-24, 25-22) in the Bloomington North Regional heard Saturday on the Sports Voice.
It is BHS’s first volleyball regional title since 2010.
The Bulldogs won the first set before the Wildcats claimed the second set.
BHS won a hard-fought third set before closing it out in the final set.
Batesville (28-7) will face Indianapolis Cathedral in one 3A South semi-state semifinal at Jasper this Saturday, October 31 at Noon.
The winner will play either Jasper (28-7) or Tri-West Hendricks (28-6) in the Semi-State Championship on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Meanwhile, Oldenburg Academy fell to Greenwood Christian in three sets (20-25,7-25, 13-25) in the 1A volleyball regional at Morristown, also heard Saturday on WRBI.
The Twisters bow out of the tournament at 20-11.