The Springville Red Devils will venture away from home to face off against the Payson Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Springville will be strutting in after a victory while Payson will be coming in after a loss.
Springville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Spanish Fork, who was ranked 11th at the time (Springville was ranked 18th). The Red Devils put the hurt on the Dons with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday. The Red Devils not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 19th (when they won 3-0).
Springville not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Spanish Fork between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-18.
Taylor Cook
| 04/14/26 vs Spanish Fork | 3 |
| 03/21/26 vs Salem Hills | 2 |
| 03/17/26 vs Layton | 2 |
| 03/07/26 vs Orem | 2 |
| 03/07/26 vs Cedar Valley | 2 |
Springville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Taylor Cook, who had 11 digs and three aces, and Quinn Laurie, who had 40 assists. Those three aces gave Cook a new career-high. William Carter also deserves some recognition as he had his first kill of the season.
Meanwhile, Payson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pleasant Grove.
Payson started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-19.
The victory made it two in a row for Springville and bumps their season record up to 11-8. As for Payson, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
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