The Spanish Fork Dons will challenge the Desert Hills Thunder at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Spanish Fork is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Maple Mountain, who was ranked fifth at the time (Spanish Fork was ranked ninth). The Dons fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Dons haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Spanish Fork couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Maple Mountain a tough time in the fourth set. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-16, 21-25, 28-30, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Desert Hills waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Panthers. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Desert Hills was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-103), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 18-25, 25-22, 27-25, 15-11.
Desert Hills' victory bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Spanish Fork, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Spanish Fork got the 'W' when the teams last played back in March of 2025 against Desert Hills by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Dons repeat their success, or do the Thunder have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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