Here’s a recap of Monday’s 6A girls soccer semifinals held at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, with No. 1 seed Lone Peak and No. 2 Davis prevailing to advance to Friday’s final at 10 a.m.
Lone Peak 3, American Fork 0
Lone Peak ran its winning streak to 16 straight in the 6A semifinals on Monday afternoon, and in the process beat the rival it has owned in recent years.
The top-seeded Knights scored just 20 seconds into the match, and the defense took care of business from there in a convincing 3-0 win over No. 4 American Fork — the 15th straight victory in the rivalry for Lone Peak.
“I think the girls just trust us, what us coaches are trying to do. They trust the process. Obviously we go out to win, but every game is a different process to win that game,” said Lone Peak coach Shantel Jolley.
“Every game, a little bit of a different game plan, and the girls have done the process and they’ve stuck with our game plan each time.”
After its 3-peat bid was denied in the championship game last year by Syracuse, Lone Peak will be making its fourth straight title match appearance in Friday’s final at Zions Bank Stadium at 10 a.m., where it will face Davis.
Lone Peak’s march to the final got off to a rocky start in the first round, as it fell behind 2-0 in the first half to No. 16 seed Skyridge. It eventually rallied to force overtime and then won in a shootout, and it’s been smooth sailing from there, with a 4-0 triumph over Layton in the quarterfinals and Monday’s shutout win over American Fork.
“Obviously you can never complain when you make it to the finals, but I think we’ve got such a different crew this year,” said Jolley, whose team only returns a handful of starters from last year.
Lone Peak needed less than 30 seconds to get things rolling in the semis.
It took the opening kickoff, worked it up the left side, with Sami Schiffman whipping a cross into the box that Macie Leavitt buried for the early 1-0 lead.
A dream start indeed.
“You can never complain when you can get a goal within the first minute, but they executed what we’ve been working on for probably the last week in particular. It was good for them to actually take what we did in practice and execute it, and it led to some goals,” Jolley said.
“It changes everything. I think it gives everyone a chance to take a breath, relax just a little bit, get the nerves out after that first one and feel a little more comfortable to kind of settle the ball and play our game.”
By halftime, Lone Peak had doubled its lead as Nya Piercy headed in a corner kick from Katherine Mason.
Up 2-0 at the break, Jolley quickly reminded her players what happened when they were down two goals in their first round game with Skyridge last week.
Lone Peak’s intensity never dropped in the second half, with Kami McMurtrey tacking on a second goal to seal the 3-0 victory.
Davis 3, Farmington 2
Davis lost four regular season games in 2026 — twice to Syracuse and twice to Farmington.
After avenging those Syracuse losses last week in a resounding 4-0 quarterfinal win, the Darts earned another slice of redemption in the 6A semifinals on Monday.
Kate Willard scored a pair of first half goals, and then Samantha Maudsley buried a classy winner on an assist from Avery Johnson in the 62nd minute as Davis outlasted Farmington 3-2 in a back-and-forth rivalry showdown at Zions Bank Stadium.
No. 2 seed Davis now advances to Friday’s 6A state championship at 10 a.m. against top seed Lone Peak.
Davis coach Dillon Richens believes grit is what’s helped his team get over the hump the past two games against tough region foes, and what will give his team a shot in the final.
“Just proud of the girls,” Richens said. “They’re super talented technically, tactically, but it’s been the heart moments that you say, ‘Can we do it?’ And so they played the last 15 minutes just full heart … everything they had,” said Richens.
“So that’s the kind of stuff that grit gives you a chance in these kind of games and it’ll give us a chance on Friday, and I think if they show up and play the way they have been the last several games, they’re going to be right there to start.”
Farmington beat Davis 3-2 and 4-3 in the regular season, and even in the semis Richens said the Phoenix attack gave his team problems again.
The difference was at the other end where the Darts finished their chances.
Trailing 1-0 after an Oaklee Stanford finish for Farmington in the ninth minute, Davis ripped momentum away with a pair of goals just 32 seconds apart.
Willard equalized on a goal from the top of the box in the 27th minute, and with the stadium still buzzing, she scored again from close range, chipping a cross from Maudsley over the Phoenix keeper for the 2-1 lead.
“You play for 80 minutes. You only need 35 seconds to impact the game, right?” said Richens.
“(Willard is) playing well. She uses her body phenomenally well, she’s technically super strong, she’s smart. She’s on, and it’s hard to defend her. So, you hope that the girls can take their moments, and Kate did. I think she only had a few shots today, and the ones she had, she absolutely buried.”
By halftime, however, the game was level again as Addy Webb equalized for Farmington on a quality tally near the penalty area.
The game was unfolding somewhat how Richens expected, and was hoping for.
“Every Davis-Farmington game’s always fun,” Richens said. “I mean, they do everything together. They’re friends, they’re probably family half the time.
“It’s a good, close rivalry, and I’ve actually really been pleased with Farmington and how, on both sides, boys and girls, it’s been a very good rivalry.”
Davis’ breakthrough ultimately came in the 62nd minute on a great bit of individual skill from Johnson to Maudsley. Johnson clipped a cross into the box to Maudsley who’d got in behind the defense, and then Maudsley took the shot first time as the ball hit the turf, slipping it past the keeper for the 3-2 lead and ultimately the win.