Phoenix, AZ- With the winning runs on base in the final at-bat in both games, Arizona Christian dropped two one run games against William Jessup on Saturday.  Senior Taylor Babbitt led the offensive effort with a .625 (5-8) and four RBI day.

Game Info

• Game one score: William Jessup - 5, Arizona Christian - 4
• Game two score: William Jessup - 7, Arizona Christian - 6
• Records: Arizona Christian – 22-14, 6-10 GSAC, William Jessup – 12-14, 7-9 GSAC
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian – receiving votes, William Jessup – not ranked
• Location: Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Phoenix, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Taylor Babbitt- 3-4, 3 RBI
• Payton Carli- 2-3, 2 runs
• Lauryn Nicander- 1-4, RBI
• Emerald Grijalva- compete game, two earned runs

Inside Game One

• P. Carli and Elsy Guzman scored on a Babbitt RBI single and Nicander RBI fielder's choice in the first
• The Warriors scored the next five runs including three unearned runs in the second
• Babbitt drove in two with a single in the seventh but was left stranded at third when the game ended
• Grijalva went the distance in a losing effort
• ACU left 10 on base

ACU Game Two Stats

• Adri Garcia- 4-4, 2B, RBI
• Lani San Pedro- 3-4
• Taylor Babbitt- 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 runs
• Lauryn Nicander- 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Inside Game Two

• William Jessup scored three in the first
• Arizona Christian answered with four in the fifth highlighted by back-to-back doubles from Babbitt and Garcia
• WJU scored three in the sixth and the game winner in the seventh
• Nicander drove in a pair with a double in the seventh but was one of two left on base when the game ended
• ACU left 11 on base

Thoughts from Coach Welsh

"Scoring ten runs on the day but losing two games each by one run is tough.  We had a lot of hitters step up and that was great to see.  This was a really big conference weekend for us and we did not take care of business so we really dig ourselves in a hole.  Hopefully we can climb out."

Up Next

Next week, Arizona Christian will head out to California to face top 15 ranked Hope International and Vanguard.  The Firestorm will face the Royals on Friday at Bastanchury Park at 2:00 pm.