The River Hill Hawks will head out to face off against the Howard Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
River Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Long Reach. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
River Hill got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 33-31, 25-23.
Howard extended their winning streak to 21 games thanks to a huge performance from Miranda Ball. Howard put the hurt on Atholton with a sharp 3-0 win on Friday thanks in part to Ball, who had 24 digs and two aces. She has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last three times she's played.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-11, 25-18.
Howard's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Riley Poholsky, who had seven digs and three aces, and Jojo Vassor, who had six digs.
Howard was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 16 consecutive contests.
River Hill has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Howard, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-0.
River Hill might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Howard when the teams last played back in September. Can River Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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