The Cedar Valley Aviators will square off against the Timpview Thunderbirds at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Cedar Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Maple Mountain, who was ranked first at the time (Cedar Valley was ranked 25th). The Aviators came up short against the Golden Eagles on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Aviators have struggled against the Golden Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-19, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Timpview can bid farewell to their 12-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Wasatch 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Thunderbirds have posted since March 8th.
Timpview was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Timpview's victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-7 and their overall record up to 4-14. As for Cedar Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
Cedar Valley beat Timpview 3-1 in their previous meeting back in March. Do the Aviators have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Thunderbirds turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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