Glendale, Ariz.- On Thursday, Arizona Christian did not drop a match in singles or doubles against NCAA DII Western New Mexico. 

Match Info

• Match one: Arizona Christian - 7, Western New Mexico - 3
• Records: Arizona Christian - 3-2, Western New Mexico - 1-1
• NAIA Rankings: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Western New Mexico - not NAIA
• Location: Paseo Racquet Center, Glendale, AZ

Inside Box Score

• Jose Dominguez and Andres Vasquez rolled 6-1 in their doubles two match
• Anthony Popyrin and Jonas Wand dropped just one more game but won 6-2
• Andre Millet and Martin Thomas completed the doubles sweep by holding for a 6-4 victory
• After being part of the lost doubles match finished, Thomas was the first singles match done on court six
• Millet duplicated a pair of 6-3 set wins on court three
• After pairing in doubles, Dominguez and Vasquez both delivered twin 6-4 and 6-1 results (Vasquez just wrapped up his match before Dominguez to be clinch the team win)
• Popyrin and Wand needed three sets but completed the team match sweep

Thoughts from Coach Carlisle

"This was the best match the guys have played since I've been at ACU.  Our energy was off the charts from the first ball and everyone was able to feed off of that and execute exceptionally well. It is really encouraging to see the guys using what we have learned from our first few matches and to see how quickly we are improving because of it.  Now we have to recover quickly and be ready to do it again on Saturday."

Match v Western New Mexico

Doubles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony/WAND, Jonas (ACU) def. VEGA, Jonathan/ROMERO, Javier (WNMU) 6-2

2. DOMINGUEZ, Jose/VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) def. JHE DU, Yu/DELPINO, Joaquin (WNMU) 6-1

3. MILLET, Andre/THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. MERE, Rodrigo/LOCK, Brendan (WNMU) 6-4

Singles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony (ACU) def. VEGA, Jonathan (WNMU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

2. WAND, Jonas (ACU) def. ROMERO, Javier (WNMU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

3. MILLET, Andre (ACU) def. JHE DU, Yu (WNMU) 6-3, 6-3

4. DOMINGUEZ, Jose (ACU) def. LARREA, Patricio (WNMU) 6-4, 6-1

5. VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) def. LOCK, Brendan (WNMU) 6-4, 6-1

6. THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. MERE, Rodrigo (WNMU) 6-4, 6-2

Up Next

Come Saturday, the Firestorm will host another NCAA Division II team in the likes of Colorado Mesa.  Due to scheduling conflicts at the Paseo Racquet Center, the match will be played at Grand Canyon University.  First serve is set for 10:00 am.