Riverside, CA- Senior Kylee Brown homered three times and collected nine RBI on the day as Arizona Christian swept La Sierra on Monday to close out their California road trip.  Freshman Claire Buckley also homered in the day cap.

Game Info

• Game one score: Arizona Christian - 8, La Sierra - 1
• Game two score: Arizona Christian - 9, La Sierra - 2
• Records: Arizona Christian - 19-9, La Sierra - 8-11
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - RV, La Sierra - not ranked
• Location: La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

ACU Game One Stats

• Kylee Brown - 3-4, HR, 5 RBI
• Lani San Pedro - 2-4, run, RBI
• Payton Carli - 2-3, 2 runs
• Tatumn Porras - 2-3, RBI
• Mady Carli - 1-1, run
• Hilaria Stewart - complete game win, earned run

Inside Game One

• Four batters into the game, Brown launched a grand slam home run
• ACU added another in the first for a 5-0 lead
• After a single run in the second and a pair of runs in the third, ACU held an 8-0 advantage
• The Golden Eagles managed their lone run in the bottom of the third
• Stewart did not walk a batter as she collected her third win of the season

ACU Game Two Stats

• Kylee Brown - 2-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI
• Claire Buckley - 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI
• Paige Church - 2-3, 3B
• Payton Carli - 1-4, RBI, run
• Elsy Guzman - 1-4, RBI, run
• Helen Hayes ­- four innings, win
• Tatumn Porras - three innings scoreless relief, save

Inside Game Two

• San Pedro singled before Brown deposited a two run home run over the center field fence
• Church singled, Kirsten Garcia ran, stole a base, and scored before San Pedro reached and scored on a Carli single for two more in the second
• In the third, Jennifer Vickman pinch ran ahead of Buckley hammering out her first collegiate home run
• In the fourth, Guzman drove in Carli and Brown smashed her team best eighth home run of the season to cap the ACU scoring
• Hayes (2-2) worked into the fifth to earn the win and Porras closed the door for her second save

Thoughts from Coach Welsh

"Very happy with how we ended the road trip today.  I was proud of our offense as well as how Hilary and Helen did on the mound!  It was great to see them throw well and give our team every opportunity to win the games!"

Up Next

On Wednesday, the Firestorm are scheduled to play in the Sterling Scramble hosted at Cactus Yards in Gilbert beginning at 1:00 pm.  However, rain is in the forecast so they may get washed out.