Soccer Recap: Howell Takes a Loss

Howell fell victim to Summit and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 5-0 to the Hilltoppers. While losing is never fun, Howell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 129th, while Summit are ranked 15th).

Howell now has a losing record of 2-3-1. As for Summit, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 7-1.

Howell didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 4-1 defeat against Freehold Township on the 27th. Summit has also already played their next match (against West Essex), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.