Game Details - Girls Volleyball

Defending state champ Orem advanced to the 4A semifinals with a workmanlike 25-19, 25-21, 23-25, 25-15 win over No. 9 seed Ridgeline in the quarterfinals at UVU on Friday. The top seed Tigers advance to the semifinals to play Desert Hills on Saturday. Things got away from Orem a bit in the third set as Ridgeline showed the no-quit attitude that helped it win a five-setter earlier in the day. Coach Bill Sefita said keeping it simple was the key to bouncing back in the fourth. “Just kind of cleaning up, being simple with the ball and then just finding ways to communicate rather than; I feel a lot times when you have freshmen and upper classes, we tend to bark orders instead of saying ‘hey, how can we talk in a motivating and uplifting way with each other and I feel like that will help them step up to the spotlight,” said Sefita. He saw much more of that in the fourth set, and improved serving as well. Senior Kambri Kuhni led the Tigers with eight kills, with Sophie Campbell adding seven and Madi Scott chipping in with six.