Alta

Timp Sports Weekly
October 26, 2009

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's volleyball losing its final home match of this year to the Alta Hawks, AKA the Tweets. We also look briefly at other northern Utah County sporting events this took place during this past week. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Alta Tweeties Knock Down Cavespikers in 3-Game Match
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Alta Hawks, AKA the Tweeties, ruined the end of the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's volleyball team's home season through defeating them by scores of 25-16, 26-24, 25-22.

The first match opened with the Hawks flapping ahead 3-1. Led by Mazkenzi Moeai and Jessica Jardine, the Cavewomen battled back to tie the game at four. Serves by Jenny "Munchkin" Hardman enabled American Fork to maintain strong effort against the Hawks. Alta received great help from Kenzie Mitchell and Scout Heizer on the front row. Their efforts kept Alta ahead for the entire game.

After the 25-16 bruising dealt to them in the first game, the Cavewomen played much better in the second round. Hardman's serving created a 3-0 lead for American Fork. Kills by Moeai, Jardine, and Jenny Orton kept the Hawks at bay for a little while. However, Kaitlyn Vanderhoff joined Heizer and Mitchell in delivering fierce attacks on the center of American Fork's front row. The game quickly turned into a seesaw battle. The Cavewomen came really close to winning Game 2 when a Moeai kill put their lead at 24-22. However, American Fork missed a serve. Aided by a Heizer ace, Vanderhoff guided the Hawks to a 26-22 win through her blocking and spiking.

In the third game, Alta rolled ahead 4-2. Hayley Sua-Filo joined Moeai in delivering kills that turned the round into another seesaw affair. American Fork errors late in the game gave Alta a 24-22 lead. The Hawks scored their match point on an ace.

Moeai lead American Fork with 15 kills and eight digs. Jardine contributed seven kills. Emilee Crawlee produced 16 assists and Hardman 13.

American Fork Coach Danette Moeai said, "We made too many mistakess. We would get ahead of them by three points, and then we would let them back into the game. We got to be consistent in our playing. Next week, we're going to be playing at Lone Peak and Pleasant Grove. We got to win at those places if we expect to make it to state. We have two of the best hitters in the state. Our girls just got to believe in themselves, so they can make it to the state tournament."