The Orem Tigers will host the Deer Creek Riverhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Orem has 20 straight wins, Deer Creek has 22 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Coming off of a narrow one-set win over Lone Peak, Orem left no doubt about the outcome versus Summit Academy on Tuesday. The Tigers were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Bears.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Orem was: they took every set by at least 10 points. The final set scores came out to 25-14, 25-8, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Deer Creek came up short against Mountain View on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
While Deer Creek ultimately came up short, they really made Mountain View work, particularly in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-11, 26-24.
Orem will have to keep a close watch on Bella Smith and Halle Anderson, a pair of players who had a big impact on Deer Creek's prior game. Smith had seven kills, seven digs, and two aces, while Anderson had 12 assists and six digs.
Deer Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-23. As for Orem, they have now won 15 of their last 17 games on the road. That's helped them to a 21-3 record this season.
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