Howland hasn't had much luck against Austintown-Fitch recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Howland Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Austintown-Fitch Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Howland will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, everything went Howland's way against Salem as Howland made off with a 3-0 victory.
Howland never let Salem on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 27-25.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Austintown-Fitch, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top against Boardman by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Austintown-Fitch 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 23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-8.
Isabella Direnzo had a dynamite game for Austintown-Fitch, getting 24 digs.
Howland pushed their record up to 10-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Austintown-Fitch, their record now sits at 14-3.
Howland suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Austintown-Fitch in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Direnzo, who had 15 digs and two aces. Now that Howland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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