The Lone Peak Knights will head out to take on the Lehi Pioneers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lone Peak will be strutting in after a victory while Lehi will be coming in after a loss.
Lone Peak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Pleasant Grove, who was ranked tenth at the time (Lone Peak was ranked fourth). The Knights came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Lone Peak had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Lehi unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Westlake by a score of 3-2.
Lehi took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Lone Peak will have to contain Ty Reynolds as he made an impact in Lehi's last game. He had 66 assists and 12 digs. Reynolds is on a roll when it comes to assists, as he's now posted 13 or more in each of the last 35 games he's played dating back to last season. Tyler Olson also deserves some recognition as he served his first ace of the season.
Lone Peak pushed their record up to 17-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Lehi, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 11-2.
Lone Peak was able to grind out a solid victory over Lehi in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the squad 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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