Co-champ

Timp Sports Weekly

November 3, 2009

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi Pioneers becoming volleyball co-region champions with the Mountain View Bruins, AKA the Teddy Bears. The match that assured Lehi a piece of the league title was the season finale against the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups. Let's get to that story.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Lehi Bests Timpanogos T-Pups in 3-Game Match to Win Share of Region Volleyball Title

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After having pulled themselves out of a recent two-match losing streak, the Lehi Pioneers finally had a good reason to croak about how their recent Region Seven volleyball schedule had ended. In an Oct. 29 finale at home, the Pioneers washed away the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, by scores of 25-12, 25-17, 25-15.

Aided by Madi Greenwood's serving, the Pioneers hopped ahead 5-0 through kills from Bre Elle Bailey, Brook Izatt, and Miranda Parkinson. The T-Pups had difficulty with putting an effective offense together. By the time Mandy Merrill registered kills to get Timpanogos moving, Lehi had already rowed out to a 13-4 lead. Makayla Dunford's hitting gave the Pioneers additional momentum to stroke so far ahead of the T-Pups that Timpanogos didn't have a prayer for coming back strong in Game 1. With Lehi winning it 25-12, the Pioneers seemed certain of flooding away Timpanogos in three games.

Even though the second game opened with the T-Pups getting ahead 1-0, they soon found themselves with very little to howl joyfully about. Greenwood and Dunford's combined serving 

created a 9-2 lead for Lehi. The Pioneers made some hitting mistakes that allowed Timpanogos to get back into the game. Sisters Melinda and Mercendes "Benz" Riggs produced assists that Sharissa Nielsen and Ina Pili into kills. Despite experiencing resistance from Bailey, the Timberwolves managed to dig their way back within 13-11. Hitting errors slowed the T-Pups' comeback. Izatt produced a block that gave Lehi the game point.

Greenwood guided Lehi out to a 4-1 lead in the third game. Nielsen stirred up a comeback that saw the T-Pups move within 8-5. A Parkinson kill prodded the Pioneers into staying ahead. Late in the game, Parkinson served two straight aces which gave Lehi the final strength to finish Timpanogos off. A bad Timpanogos bump of an Aly White serve gave Lehi a 25-15 win.

Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll said, "For region this year, we have mainly highs and some lows. We rebounded after Mountain View to come back to win a share of the region title. Our girls served really great in Game 1. We had some service errors in Game 2 that allowed Timpanogos to give us a close battle, though. Stilling, our hitting was great, and we had good performances from our back row."

Lehi assistant coach Angie "T-Bear" Roberts said, "Miranda Parkinson led us with eight kills, and Brook Izatt added another six. Aly White made 11 digs for us, and Bre Elle Bailey produced four blocks."