Glendale, Ariz.- This weekend Arizona Christian will host Hope International and Vanguard to close out the season.  The senior duo of Kaeleigh Gibson and Gertie Savitch will be honored before Saturday's match against Vanguard.

Match Details
Hope International- Friday, October 27, 6:00 pm
Vanguard- Saturday, October 28, 2:00 pm
Firestorm Recreation Center (Former YMCA-Glendale)- Map
Tickets sold only online (Try to purchase before arriving at door)- Tickets

Live Coverage
Video - https://www.gsacsportsnetwork.com/azchristian/
Live stats - https://acufirestorm.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

Coach Briscoe's Thoughts
"We are looking forward to our final weekend of competition to honor our seniors who have invested so much into our program over the years.  It will be another weekend of tough GSAC opponents who are going to make us work and fight for every point scored.  Our athletes have been working hard this week to prepare for these matchups and we are focused on mitigating our own errors to create opportunities on the long rallies to ultimately score."

Arizona Christian
The Firestorm are looking for a positive result to brighten a tough season.

2023 ACU Key Players
Sydney Brown- 190 kills
Hailey Reynolds- 184 kills
Faith Baar- 151 kills, 41 blocks
Emmi Jacobus- 104 kills, 70 blocks
Caitlin Chan - 411 assists
Becca Thomson- 274 assists
Nikole Lunsford - 336 digs
Trinity Weidinger- 201 digs, 44 service aces
Kaeleigh Gibson - 179 digs

Series Notes
Dating back to 2013, the Royals own a 16-10 edge in the series.  With an HIU win earlier in the season, ACU saw a three match win streak snapped.  Neither team has won more than three matches in a row ever in the series.

Against Vanguard, the Lions have controlled the series by winning 19 of the 22 meetings.  Vanguard has won the last four meetings after ACU won back in 2021.

Hope International
The Royals beat The Master's 3-1 on Saturday.  Cassidy Koffroth had 22 kills.

Vanguard
Vanguard has won the GSAC Regular Season Championship after a 12-0 run through GSAC foes up to this point.  The Lions will play at OUAZ on Friday.

Come out and cheer on your Firestorm.