The Coe College volleyball team will face St. Thomas in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday at 8 p.m. in St. Paul, Minn.

The Kohawks, winners of the Iowa Conference regular season and tournament titles, will face the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion Tommies.

St. Thomas, the host school, has won 21 of its last 23 matches, including five straight. The two teams have not met this season. The Tommies advanced to the third round of the 2013 NCAA championships and won the national title in 2012.

Coe is making its second trip to the NCAA tournament. The Kohawks' previous trip came in 2006 during Coach DeAnn Woodin's first year with the program. Coe dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 match to Capital, 30-26, 29-31, 39-41, 30-24, 17-15, in St. Louis.

The winner of the Coe-St. Thomas match will face the winner of the match between No. 7 Wisconsin-Stevens Point and No. 22 St. Benedict.

Cornell, No. 19 Augsburg, No. 13 Nebraska Wesleyan and Northwestern (Minn.) make up the other four teams at the eight-team regional. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door.