Game Details - Girls Volleyball

No. 4 seed Woods Cross survived a thriller in the 5A quarterfinals on Thursday as it narrowly edged No. 5 seed Salem Hills, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20, 17-15 at UVU. Sophomore outside hitter Avery Poulton played an outstanding match for the Wildcats as she recorded 16 digs and 13 kills, including the winning kill in the back-and-fourth final set. Alisi Tapa'atoutai also had a big match with 17 kills. WIth the win, Woods Cross advances to the 5A semifinals on Saturday to face top seed Maple Mountain. "We had our up moments, we had our down moments, Salem Hills is a super good team as you saw, but we also have to remind ourselves why were playing because the game is fun," said Woods Cross coach Josey Hilton. "So a couple of times we told some jokes in the time out to loosen them up, and other time we said let's get intense." It was a big win for a Woods Cross team, that a few times had four freshman on the court. One of those freshman was setter Zamari Christensen who had 36 assists and 13 digs. Fellow freshman Ella Hinton also come into the match and had a big impact late. Salem Hills led 8-5 at one point in the fifth set, but Woods Cross rallied to tie it quickly at 9-9. "We were up 5-3 and they came back and did a huge run on us, so that's when you call a timeout to change momentum and theb you just kind of remind them about the game plan," said Hilton.