The Orem Tigers will square off against the Dixie Flyers at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Orem is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 15 games.
Orem is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Orem was ranked second). Orem came out on top against Mountain View by a score of 3-1 last Tuesday.
Orem had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-23.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Dixie rose to the challenge on Saturday. They blew past the Timberwolves 3-0.
Dixie never let Timpanogos on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-19, 26-24.
Orem has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Dixie, their victory bumped their record up to 12-16.
Everything went Orem's way against Dixie in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Orem made off with a 3-0 win. Does Orem have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dixie turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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