The Pleasant Grove Vikings will challenge the Payson Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pleasant Grove is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Pleasant Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Maple Mountain, who was ranked 12th at the time (Pleasant Grove was ranked 13th). The Vikings walked away with a 3-1 win over the Golden Eagles on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-23, 22-25, 25-16.
Kaitlin Stadler
| 10/02/25 vs Maple Mountain | 5 |
| 09/30/25 @ Springville | 1 |
| 09/25/25 vs Salem Hills | 4 |
| 09/23/25 @ Wasatch | 2 |
| 09/18/25 vs Spanish Fork | 4 |
| + 14 more games |
Kaitlin Stadler and Dixie Werner were among the main playmakers for Pleasant Grove as the former had 14 digs and five assists and the latter had eight digs and three aces. That's the most assists Stadler has posted since back in August.
They weren't the only good servers: Pleasant Grove was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Payson came up short against Timpview on Thursday, falling 3-0.
While Payson was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Timpview's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-23.
Payson's loss dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Pleasant Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 13-9.
Pleasant Grove took their win against Payson when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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