The Howell Vikings will face off against the Westminster Christian Wildcats on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Howell sitting on ten straight victories and Westminster Christian on 17.
Howell is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: St. Dominic, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Howell was ranked 12th). Howell won by a set and slipped past St. Dominic 3-2.
Howell wouldn't go down easily and took St. Dominic into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Westminster Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Incarnate Word Academy on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
Westminster Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-21.
Westminster Christian relied on the efforts of Rachel Buchanan, who had 26 digs and two aces, and Vivian Sharlow, who had five aces and four digs. Those five aces gave Sharlow a new career-high.
Howell is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season. As for Westminster Christian, they pushed their record up to 29-5-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
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