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Last Thursday, October 22, the Lady Red Devils made the trip up to Uintah to try and beat the Utes again in three; the matchup didn’t go as planned.  The contest went to five with the Red Devils squeaking out the win.  

The match was full of emotion, intensity, and plenty of heart stopping moments. The Lady Red Devils gave themselves plenty of work to do later by struggling in the first two games and losing.

“Things just weren’t working like they should have and we were making stupid mistakes we never make” said senior middle blocker Stephanie Schultz when asked about the first two sets.  

Senior co-captain and setter Jenny Scott also had this to say about the first two sets, “People were stepping in my way and trying to set, we were just out of sync.”

The scores of the first two games were 26-24 and 25-19 with Uintah taking both. However, the Red Devils came off the bench a different team in the third set by dominating the Utes 25-17. A close game followed the set with SHS taking back more ground with the final score of the set being 25-21. This set the final mood for the final showdown. If you are not familiar with high school volleyball, all sets are played to 25 and you must win by two points or the match continues; also, the fifth and final set of the match is played to 15 points.

The stage is set; both teams won two sets and all the games have been very close if. Springville took the game early; but, then the Utes came back fighting and made a huge comeback, 7-12, with the Red Devils only scoring one point in the process. To make matters worse, the Utes scored yet another point making the score 15-14.

The Utes then put up a set and spiked the ball to the ground without contest.  Elation filled home crowd as they erupted. The Ute players jumped up and down.   The Lady Red Devils heavily discouraged began to drop their heads when all of the sudden the up official and the down official blew their whistles and called a double hit on the Ute setter. A feeling of redemption swept the team and they got ready for another shot. The Lady Red Devils played good defense and got the ball back. A set to Turia Andrus in the back row took the lead 15-14.  A long rally ensued for the final point of the match, but once again Turia Andrus put the ball down from a back row swing to end the game with a Springville victory.