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Show Thursday, November 9, 2006 OREM TIMES Page 11 4A, 5A STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Timpanogos, Orem go 1-1 on first day , ;vY " V , r k, - - is- V r:' 1 1 Orem's Alecia Nilsson reacts to losing a match against Sky View at Friday's 4A championship at UVSC. T'Wolves, Tigers fall in second-day action Phillip Morgan NORTH COUNTY In a Region 4 rematch, the Vikings knocked off the T'Wolves 26-24, 18-25, 25-16, 25-21 Saturday morning in the third round of the 5A volleyball volley-ball tournament. "This was a big emotional game for us," said Pleasant Grove coach Mandi Nuttall. "It took a lot to get over yesterday yes-terday and to grow up. Today we did a good job of just going go-ing out there and playing a game." After only recording 14 kills in their previous match against the top-ranked Bengals Ben-gals the night before, the Vikings Vi-kings came out swinging and really played tough against their familiar opponent. "They finally started playing play-ing a game out there," Nuttall said. "(The game) isn't meant to be a chore and these girls finally started playing that way." The two teams split the regular-season series with each team winning at home. The T'Wolves took the first game in the two earlier matchups. "We wanted that first game," Nuttall said. "We were down 10-2 in that first game, but we fought our way back into the game and then took it." Team leader Whitney Mendivil led the Vikings with 13 kills., including a couple on key points to spur Pleasant Grove to late-game rallies. "(Whitney) played great," Nuttall said. "She was focused on what she needed to do and she did it. This was a great match for her." Brooke McAlister, who played for the injured Danica Mendivil, added 10 kills, while middle blocker Sarah Clement Clem-ent had eight kills and three blocks. The Vikings had to battle back to win each game, trailing trail-ing Timpanogos at the start of each one. GOT HEAT? Help someone stay warm this winter! ijj- All donations tax-deductible. ffiunliie.coiii MARIO RUIZNorth County In Game 1 it was a five-point five-point rally that brought the Vikings back, when McAlister McAli-ster had back-to-back kills and then Hailey Barner and Clement combined for a huge block. In the third and fourth games, Pleasant Grove fought to stay out of a major hole and then used a 7-1 and a 9-2 run to finish out Game 3, following follow-ing up with a 7-0 run to take the lead in the last game. "We never give up," Nuttall said. "That's something that is great about this team." "Timpanogos has a great team," Nuttall said. "They have some talented seniors, but their juniors and sophomores sopho-mores are very good as well." Up next for Pleasant Grove was another Region 4 rival in American Fork, and Nuttall knew emotions would run high again. "There is still emotion with AF, just like there was with Timpanogos," she said. "When we get together with AF it's always Whitney against Ali-sha Ali-sha (King), so it should be fun to watch." 4A, second day CONSOLATION Highland def. Qrem 34): If the Orem Tigers have to face the Highland Rams in any sport, it will be too soon. A day after the Orem football foot-ball team was humiliated by the Rams, the Tigers' volleyball volley-ball team was bounced from the 4A tournament in three straight games 25-16, 25-19, 25-19. "Highland played better than we did," said Orem coach Wayne Wood. "There were moments when we played up to our potential but we didn't have enough of those moments." mo-ments." It was the second year in a row that the Rams punched Orem's ticket out of the tournament. Donations Needed! Water heaters, furnaces, insulation, windows, doors, wood burning stoves and more! Seewww.hfhuc.org for full donation list. ftHlMUHwHlnn II)' Restore 1 11 9 South 1 680 West Orem (801)344-8527 Won Profit Organization. NORTH-COUNTY 5A, first day Timpanogos went 1-1 in the first day of the Class 5A state volleyball tournament at UVSC on Friday. First round I Timpanogos def. Riverton 3-2: It was business as usual for Timpanogos in the first round of the 5A state tournament as the T'Wolves battled to yet another five-game match, this time against the Riverton Sil-verwolves, Sil-verwolves, f inally winning 26-24, 26-24, 25-18 19-25, 25-27, 16-14. "We are happy with the win," said coach Lala Mulitalo. "As long as we don't go into the losers bracket I'm happy." After taking the first two games, the T'Wolves relaxed at let Riverton back into the match. "We should have beat them in three games," Mulitalo said. "Our girls started thinking, "We'll be all right,' and they started to relax in Games 3 and 4." Each team had match point, but it was the T'Wolves who were able to put the match away when Riverton had a double hit on the final point. I Pleasant Grove def. Hunter 3-1: After dropping a close first game to the Wolverines, the Vikings roared back and closed out the match in convincing con-vincing fashion 23-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-19. "We served great, passed OK but blocked out of our heads," said Pleasant Grove coach Mandi Nuttall. The Vikings Vi-kings had 14 blocks as a team. Eight of those included Sarah Sar-ah Clement, who also had three kills. Hailey Barner added nine kills and four blocks, while Whitney Mendivil had seven kills and five aces. Brooke McAlister also was a major contributor with eight kills and five blocks. "She came out huge," Nuttall said. I Lone Peak def. Layton 3-0: The Lancers played hard but they just didn't have enough consistency consis-tency or firepower to overcome the Knights as they fashioned a 25-20, 25-17, 25-22 victory. "I think our middles had a great match," said Lone Peak head coach Deanna Meyer. Caitlin Jensen finished with nine kills, and two blocks, while Jessica Cook had three blocks and four kills with just one error. Christie Carpenter had 14 kills and was often on the bench as Meyer used some of her reserves. I American Fork def. Bingham 3-2: The Cavemen scored the biggest upset of the first round as they knocked the Region 3 champion into the consolation bracket with a 25-15, 26-28, 22-25, 22-25, 25-15, 15-11 triumph. In the deciding fifth game, the Cavemen took control early and held on for the thrilling thrill-ing victory. Other scores: Fremont def. Alta 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20), Brighton def. Viewmont 34) (25- 13, 25-14, 25-18), Davis def. Tay- lorsville 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 25-22) and Skyline def. North-ridge North-ridge 34) (25-17, 25-15, 25-23). Quarterfinals I Fremont def. Timpanogos, 3-1: In In the battle of the Wolves, the Silverwolves ended up hav ing too much firepower for the Timberwolves, pulling away for the 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-14 win. Our team lost their inten sity, Timpanogos head coach Lala Mulitalo said. "We had no momentum at all. I knew we were capable of beating them 3BB1F Open Mon :..:.'.. . 1 i ,.J I ' - u Timpanogos' Raeleen Mulitalo and it was a game that could go either way, but we didn't play together as a team." The Timberwolves played their best volleyball in Game nos. 1 and 3 but could only win one of the two. They fell behind be-hind big in the final frame and never recovered. Mulitalo lauded the effort of senior outside hitter Jhordan Te'o, who put down 15 kills. Senior middle blocker Cali Nelson Nel-son led the team with 18 kills. I Lone Peak def. Davis 3-1: Lone Peak's four -game victory vic-tory over Davis in the 5A state championships falls into the "ugly win" catagory but it was enough to get the Knights into today's semifinals, as they finished fin-ished off the Darts 25-16, 25-22, 17-25, 25-22. ) Brighton def. Pleasant Grove 3-0: The Bengals got revenge for last year's semifinal defeat at the hands of the Vikings and ended the Pleasant Grove hope of another return to the finals with a dominating 25-14, 25-19, 25-13 victory. The top-ranked team in 5A got things going early in all three games, jumping on top of Pleasant Grove and never letting let-ting it get back in front. Junior middle blocker Sarah Clement paced the Vikings with four blocks while diminutive senior se-nior setter VayAnn Smith made her presence known on the front line with three impressive blocks on Brighton hitters that stand more than a foot taller than her. I Skyline def. American Fork 3-0: The Cavemen played close in the first and third games but just couldn't get over the hump as they lost to the Eagles 25-21, 25-12, 25-22. "It's all mental, and we lost that game," said American Fork coach Chad Murray. "Still, I can't complain. We're here, we're on the right side of the bracket, but definitely mentally men-tally we weren't quite there." Murray was pleased with the efforts of his middle blocker. "Rebecca Zirkle put up some pretty good blocks in Games 1 and 3. We'll need to go to her more tomorrow." I Consolation scores: Riverton def. Alta 34) (25-13, 25-18, 25-23), 25-23), Viewmont def. Hunter 3-2 (26-24, 20-25, 26-24, 16-25, 15-11), 15-11), Layton def. Taylorsville 3-2 (25-19, 17-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-11) and Northridge def. Bingham. 4A, first day Queen Pillowtop Set $288 10-yaot worranty 10-6 - Sat MARIO RUIZNorth County (10) and Amy Weitzeil block a Riverton attack on Friday. Orem lost in the first round of the 4A tournament on Friday Fri-day to Sky View, but rebounded rebound-ed with a victory over Bountiful Bounti-ful in the consolation bracket to advance to Saturday play. First round I Sky View def. Orem 3-1: Sky View's 21-25, 25-12, 25-8 and 25-21 victory over the Orem Tigers Ti-gers came down to one word. Confidence. "Confidence is key in this sport," said Orem coach Wayne Wood. "Sky View had it and we didn't. After the first game we lost all the confidence in ourselves and it's frustrating." Junior Amy Gonzalez led the Tigers will 11 kills. Alecia Nils-son Nils-son had a great setting match as well. I Lehi def. Highland 3-1: The Pioneers Pio-neers battled a scrappy Rams team in a tight match but prevailed pre-vailed 25-21, 25-19, 25-27, 26-24. I Murray def. Springville 3-0: The Red Devils played well in the first and third games but couldn't keep up with the Spartans, Spar-tans, losing 25-21, 25-8, 25-22. "We had moments of brilliance bril-liance and moments where we showed our youth," Springville head coach Wade Taylor said "It came down to our ability to focus. fo-cus. When we're able to do that, we can beat anyone but when we can't, we can lose to anyone." I Mountain Crest def. Payson 3-0: The Lions had a chance to tie up the match with a game point in the second game but couldn't get it down and ended up falling 25-18, 26-24, 25-15. Senior outside hitter Alyssa Johnson played well for the Payson, as did sophomore setter set-ter Brooke Hiatt, who finished the match with five blocks. ft Provo def. East 3-0: Although the Bulldogs didn't play their best match, they still managed to knock off the Leopards, 25-13, 25-13, 25-11, 26-24. "We need to wake up and start playing," Provo head coach Wendy Bills said. "We need to get our serves in and quit messing mess-ing around with our passes. We played very poorly." The Bulldogs dominated most of all three games but let up late in the final frame, allowing East to make things close. I Other scores: Cottonwood def. Bountiful 34) (25-14, 25-9, 25-7), Box Elder def. West 3-2 (20-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-15, 15-9) and Roy def. Granger 34) (25-17, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23). 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Participate today to lee if this research study may help you with your heavy cycles. Call today for a research screening to see if you qualify: Quarterfinals I Lehi 3, Box Elder 1: The Lehi Pioneer Pio-neer volleyball team lost the first game in the quarterfinal against Box Elder, but came back to earn a tough 17-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 victory to advance to the 4A state tournament semifinals in the winner's bracket. "We snuck by on a very good team," said Lehi coach Jamie Ingersoll. "At times we played well, but at other times there were things that were not characteristic of this team." I Provo def. Roy 3-0: The Bulldogs Bull-dogs took some time to figure out the Royal attack but when they did, they were unstoppable, unstop-pable, picking up the 27-25, 25-18, 25-16. Provo faced two game points in the opening frame but rallied to score five of the next six points to get the win. That set the tone for the team's success suc-cess the rest of the match. Bills said senior Lori Wilson and Nalani Lobendahn played well and that senior Emily Barker did a great job digging. I Other scores: Cottonwood def. Sky View 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18) and Murray def. Mountain Crest 34) (25-19, 25-17, 25-15). Consolation ft Orem def. Bountiful 3-1: The Tigers played a better match against the Braves, rolling to the 25-23, 25-16, 21-25, 25-20 win over Bountiful in their consolation con-solation match. "I think they're finally starting start-ing to get their feet under them," Orem head coach Wayne Wood said. "They're playing with more consistency." The Tigers got strong performances per-formances from junior middle blocker Lindsey Jefferson, who had 10 kills, and from senior se-nior libero Alecia Nilsson, who was solid on the backline in th Tiger win. ft Springville def. Payson 3-1: After a sluggish start to open the match, the Red Devils came back to win their consolation match against the Lions, Junior middle blocker Sa-mantha Sa-mantha Sumsion and senior outside hitter Robin Wilson led the way for Springville. ft Other scores: Highland def. West 3-1 (25-20, 25-16, 24-26, 25-15) and Granger def. East 3-0(25-11,2512,25-21). ft Sports writers Jared Lloyd, Becky Beaton and Phillip Morgan Mor-gan contributed to this story. No tt far 6 ffiranth. OAC FrMdwpouJgfoldrailMW. Hangar's Mattress 5 - k'l I OPY 1 Vi r" 1 |