Volleyball Preview: Payson Takes on Timpview

The Payson Lions will take on the Timpview Thunderbirds at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Payson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Pleasant Grove, who was ranked fifth at the time (Payson was ranked 24th). The Lions lost 3-0 to the Vikings on Tuesday.

Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-20, 25-14, 25-10.

Meanwhile, Timpview came into Tuesday's match having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Springville on Tuesday.

Timpview had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final set scores came out to 23-25, 25-12, 26-24, 26-24.

Payson's defeat dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Timpview, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-5 and their overall record up to 3-13.