For the second straight game, Howell will face off against Novi. The Highlanders will take on the Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Howell is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Howell is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Novi, who was ranked 14th at the time (Howell was ranked 11th). The Highlanders narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Wildcats 8-7. While the Highlanders didn't have the best season last year (they finished 15-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Howell pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs over those games. As for Novi, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4.
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