The Lady Dons played their biggest volleyball game of the season against Springville on Tues., October 6, 2009. Spanish Fork and Springville both were tied in Region play. The winner of this match would take the lead in Region. Spanish Fork proved how much they wanted this win. The Lady Dons won 25-20, 16-25, 25-16, and 25-22. The Lady Dons only have four remaining games left to play, before going to State the first week in November.

Spanish Fork's volleyball team has not qualified for State for several years, making this year a special year and a very talented volleyball team.

In the first game the Lady Dons were ready to rumble. The score was very close 5-3. SF started to pull away when Makyla Theurer served 3 points in a row, keeping SF in the lead 14-10. Then Erin Redd and Kylie Schofield pounded away the points. Springville was not giving up. SF was able to maintain a 2-point lead until the very end of the game. The Lady Dons were able to wrap this game up winning 25-20. Kylie Schofield led this game with 6 kills, 1 block and 2 aces.

In the second game, the score was 7-7 when a Springville player served 8 unanswered points. The Lady Dons were down 8-15. Spanish Fork was having a hard time receiving the ball. Many errors were made, but the Lady Dons slowly posted some points on the board. Rachelle Remund served 3 points, bringing SF within 5 points 12-17. Springville never looked back as they finished the game with a win of 16-25.

The next game was a critical won. This game was a very close match. Both teams were point for point 4-4, 8-8, then 10-10. The Lady Dons were able to get ahead by 3 points with a score of 13-10. SF was able to keep a 3 point lead most of the game. Makyla Theurer served 3 more points, keeping SF in the lead 20-15. The Lady Dons pounded away the points as they only allowed Springville to score one more point, winning the match with a score of 25-16. The Lady Dons had 4 players scoring kills and served 6 aces that match.

Spanish Fork started the next game off strong, and caused Springville to take a timeout. SF had the lead with a score of 7-2. Springville was able to get within 1 point 10-9. Rachelle Remund gave the Dons the boost they needed. Rachelle served 6 points in a row giving the Dons a good lead of 16-10.

Brooke Thurgood was able get into the game and made some great passes off of Springville's good servers. SF score now in the lead 24-18. Springville scored another 4 points before the Lady Dons finished off the game winning this match 25-22. The Lady Dons fought hard to win this Region game.

Danee Merrell ended all the games with 34 assists.

Team Stats: 37 kills, 7 blocks, 29 digs, and 18 aces.

The Lady Dons won against Maple Mountain on Thursday, October 8. Spanish Fork won in three sets with a score of 25-12, 25-11. and 25-15. The Lady Dons only play one game, against Payson this week.