Volleyball Recap: Lone Peak Wins High-Profile Game Against Pleasant Grove

Lone Peak faced Pleasant Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Knights came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 3-1. For the Knights, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 victory the Vikings walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2024.

Lone Peak had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-23.

Braxton Simons

Digs

04/08/25 vs Pleasant Grove	7
03/29/25 vs Catalina Foothills	0
03/28/25 @ Mesa	1
03/28/25 vs Prescott	2
03/26/25 @ American Fork	7

Leading Lone Peak to victory were Braxton Simons and Freddy Dayton. Simons had seven digs and two aces, while Dayton had six kills, six digs, and two aces. That's the most digs Simons has posted over his last five matches.

Lone Peak has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Pleasant Grove, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 9-7.

Lone Peak didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat against Lehi on the 10th. As for Pleasant Grove, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Westlake on the 10th.