The Lone Peak Knights will square off against the Westlake Thunder at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lone Peak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Lehi, who was ranked third at the time (Lone Peak was ranked fourth). The Knights came up short against the Pioneers on Thursday, falling 3-0.
While Lone Peak ultimately came up short, they really made Lehi work, particularly in the third set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-21, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Westlake had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Vikings as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Thunder not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since March 18th.
Westlake not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Pleasant Grove to exactly 18 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-18.
Lone Peak better focus on containing Talon Schank and Rigden Hansen as the pair were huge in Westlake's win. Schank had 11 digs and two aces, while Hansen had nine digs. That's the most aces Schank has posted over his last six games.
Westlake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Lone Peak's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-3. As for Westlake, they pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
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