Howell waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Howell North Knights 3-0. The Vikings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Knights, too.
Howell's got stronger as the match went on, holding Howell North to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-14.
Howell can attribute much of their success to Addison Nieman, who had five aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Nieman a new career-high in aces.
Howell was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They are 5-1 when they serve at least ten aces.
Howell is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Howell North, they dropped their record down to 10-16-1 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Howell and St. Francis Borgia are set to duel on Thursday. As for Howell North, they will square off against Fort Zumwalt North at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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