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The day started a little iffy for No. 4 Alta as it narrowly beat No. 13 Spanish Fork in a close 3-2 win. The Hawks brushed the dust off and found its execution in its quarterfinal against No. 5 Viewmont as it beat the Vikings 26-24, 25-19 and 25-21. “I think every time that we come here, we know the first one is always the hardest to win,” said Alta head coach Casie Maekawa. “We hadn't played Viewmont before, it’s the second game of the day and the really tried to focus on the execution pieces, the things that are in our control, serving tough, passing well, making sure that we're putting first balls down, those kinds of things.” Corbin Batista led Alta with 15 kills in the quarterfinal. Jayden Roberts had nine while Kaleb Puikkonen and Noah Hannan each added seven. Batista also led the Hawks in digs with 11. It’s a big improvement for Alta as it was eliminated in the second round of last years’ inaugural state tournament. Making it to day two has been a goal from the beginning for this Hawks team. “It's really exciting,” Maekawa said. “It's a goal that we've had on our on our board for a long time and we're excited to play Maple Mountain. We know they're a great team, we know they're going to do great things and we have to have good answers for those.”