Glendale, Ariz.- Playing an unusual Tuesday matinee, Arizona Christian eased past West Coast Baptist to end a seven game slide.

Match Info

• Match scores
  • Set 1: ACU 25-11
  • Set 2: ACU 25-7
  • Set 3: ACU 25-7
• Records: Arizona Christian - 7-13, West Coast Baptist - 0-16
• NAIA Top 25 Rank: Arizona Christian - not ranked, West Coast Baptist - not NAIA
• Location: Firestorm Recreation Center, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ

ACU Stats

• Emmi Jacobus - 7 kills, hit. 556
• Hailey Reynolds - 7 kills, hit .417
• Faith Baar - 6 kills
• Becca Thomson - 10 assists
• Ryan Coughlin - 4 service aces
• Kylie Rhodes - 3 service aces
• Nikole Lunsford - 6 digs
• Trinity Weidinger - 10 digs

Inside The Box Score

• The first 13 points saw two lead changes and four ties with WCBC eventually leading 7-6
• But a 5-0 run (two kills by Baar and one kill by Jacobus) pushed ACU out to 11-7 edge
• ACU would never trail trail again in the match
• Set two started with ACU rolling out to an 8-0 lead (Coughlin- 4 aces)
• In similar fashion, set three opened with three aces from Rhodes and ACU jumping ahead 5-0
• Kaeleigh Gibson got in on the service ace fun with two as ACU went from 11-4 up to 21-4 ahead
• The 15 aces for the Firestorm was the second most on the season

Thoughts from Coach Briscoe
"Thankful to have this match right in the middle of our conference play and come away with a win.  West Coast Baptist played scrappy and helped us to work on being a consistent team throughout the continued rallies.  Along with that it served as a good opportunity for us to compete while trying out a few different lineups as we prepare for more conference play this weekend." 

Up Next
Arizona Christian will remain home for weekend matches with Jessup and Menlo to begin the second half of GSAC play.  First serve against the Warriors on Friday will come at 6:00 pm.