The Pleasant Grove Vikings will head out to take on the Westlake Thunder at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Pleasant Grove has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Westlake will arrive with three straight wins.
Pleasant Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Lone Peak, who was ranked fourth at the time (Pleasant Grove was ranked tenth). The Vikings fell 3-1 to the Knights on Tuesday.
Pleasant Grove started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Westlake narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lehi 3-2.
Westlake took Lehi into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Westlake's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Pleasant Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
Pleasant Grove was able to grind out a solid victory over Westlake when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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