Howland has gone 10-0 against Harding recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Howland Tigers will host the Harding Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Howland sidestepped Boardman for a 3-2 win.
Howland took Boardman into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-11, 25-21, 17-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Harding had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged East out 3-2 on Wednesday.
Harding was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-106), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 17-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 16-14.
The victory got Howland back to even at 6-6. As for Harding, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-7.
Everything went Howland's way against Harding in their previous matchup back in August as Howland made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Howland repeat their success, or does Harding have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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