Surprise, AZ- Playing late into the night on Wednesday, Arizona Christian and OUAZ split their regular season double header finale.  The Firestorm finished in a three way tie for third in the GSAC standings and the tiebreakers will send ACU into the GSAC Championships as the fifth seed.

Game Info

• Game one score: Arizona Christian - 9, OUAZ - 2
• Game two score: OUAZ - 6, Arizona Christian - 4
• Records: Arizona Christian - 29-18, 11-13 GSAC, OUAZ - 16-27, 9-15 GSAC
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian – receiving votes, OUAZ - not ranked
• Location: Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Lani San Pedro- 2-2, 2 BB, 2 2B, RBI
• Payton Carli- 1-4, 3B
• Elsy Guzman- 2-4, 2 RBI
• Bri Lopez- 2-3
• Paige Church- 2-4, 2 RBI
• Emerald Grijalva- complete game win

Inside Game One

• San Pedro opened the game with a double and Guzman brought her home
• After OUAZ tied the game at 1-1 before Paige Church singled home pinch runner Mady Carli
• In the fifth, ACU sent 11 to the plate and scored seven

ACU Game Two Stats

• Payton Carli- 2-3, 2B
• Paige Church- 2-3, HR
• Hilaria Stewart- 3-3, 2B
• Elsy Guzman- 1-4, 2B
• Adri Garcia- 1-3, 2B

Inside Game Two

• A pair of doubles by Guzman and Garcia gave ACU a 2-0  lead in the first
• Stewart doubled in Joy Mendez to break a 2-2 tie
• The Spirit scored a run in the fourth and three in the sixth
• Church delivered her ninth home run of the season to make the score 6-4

Thoughts from Coach Welsh

"I was super proud of our hitters today.  They executed everything we have been working on.  They really showed up.  We had a lot of different players contribute on the day offensively.  It's unfortunate that scoring four runs against Bailey Coronado is not enough to win you the ball game.  She is a very good pitcher and I was happy with our at bats off of her- just disappointed that we allowed six runs against us."

Up Next

Next week, the Firestorm will head to Irvine, CA, to participate in the GSAC Championships at the OC Great Park.  Game times will be announced later.