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It wasn’t an easy day for No. 3 Wasatch, but it still qualified for the 5A semifinals with a 27-25, 24-26, 24-26, 25-16, 15-12 win over No. 6 Box Elder. It took Wasatch five sets in the second round to beat Olympus, and it got only 10 minutes of rest before its quarterfinal match. “I was hoping to find a way to rest some of our guys in some way, and we did pull some guys but that was more out of necessity with cramps and those kinds of things,” said Wasatch head coach Mike Wilton. “What really stood out to me is we asked a lot of our guys in a situation where we were hoping to be able to sit them a little bit more than we could, but Box Elder didn’t give us a break at all.” Middles Carter Smith and Alec Slater stood out for the Wasps in the win. Wilton said they don’t see a ton of time, but they stepped up when he needed them. With the win Wasatch moves to the 5A semifinal where it will face No. 2 Bountiful. The Wasps hope their resilience from day one stays through day two. “Something that we try to emphasize with the boys is that there's going to be times where it's super tough, especially in the state tournament, and we've got to find a way to just be present for this single point,” Wilton said.