Skyridge and Lone Peak each earned two victories on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to advance to the 6A state volleyball semifinals at UVU's UCCU Center. All four semifinalists in the tournament are teams from Region 3.
Skyridge dominated their matches, never allowing an opponent to score more than 16 points in any set across six sets. The Falcons swept No. 15 Riverton with scores of 25-13, 25-16, and 25-11 before defeating Weber in straight sets. Emma White recorded nine kills in the quarterfinal, while Sienna Kuresa added eight kills and four aces. Lucy Meck and Anzlee Holt each contributed six kills.
Lone Peak reached the semifinals by sweeping No. 13 Layton in the first round and defeating No. 5 Mountain Ridge 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Senior Ava Burgess, a Stanford commit who recently returned from time with the U.S. U19 and U21 national teams and a knee injury, led the team with a high number of kills and digs. Sophomore Chevelle Peters added 12 kills and Cree Cooper recorded 10 kills.
Lehi's season ended in a five-set first-round loss to No. 7 Weber. Although the Pioneers won the first set 25-20 and the fourth set 25-23, Weber took the second and third sets to win the match. The Warriors won the deciding fifth set 15-9.
Lone Peak is the only Utah team to have defeated defending champion No. 1 Corner Canyon this season, having won their match on Oct. 13.
The semifinals were scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 28, featuring Skyridge against No. 6 American Fork and Lone Peak against No. 1 Corner Canyon. The championship match was scheduled for 4 p.m. on Court 2.
