Azusa, Calif.- Hitting the pitch for an early Saturday morning match saw Arizona Christian come out shooting and scoring. Jada Barnett served up assists off a pair of corners as three different Firestorm found the net in the 3-1 ACU win.
MATCH INFO
Score: Arizona Christian - 3, Life Pacific - 1
Records: Arizona Christian - 4-5-1, 2-3-1 GSAC, Life Pacific - 1-8-1, 1-4-1 GSAC
Location: Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
STAT TRACKER
Barnett - two assists
Alyssa Mercado - goal
Abbey Glover - goal
Cadence Peroff - goal
Isabelle Cruz - assist
Tayler Wonderly - 4 saves
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Justyne Underwood immediately set the tone as she took a shot just nine seconds into the contest
- Eight combined shots by the teams in the first 15 minutes were off the mark or saved
- In the 19th minute, the Warriors cashed in the first goal
- With two minutes left in the first half, Barnett sent a corner kick into the box that found Mercado who scored her first goal of the season
- Eight minutes of actual game time later, Barnett delivered another corner that Glover finished in the right side of the goal
- For Glover, it was her first goal in a Firestorm uniform
- The next 30 plus minutes featured many more shots and lots of plastic shown without a score change
- Finally in the 89th minute, ACU iced the game when Cruz served a cross left to right setting up Peroff to score her second goal of the season
- In the end, ACU held a 25-8 shooting edge including 14-1 in the second half
NEXT UP
The Firestorm will have a split week as they will be on the road at OUAZ on Thursday and home to host Benedictine Mesa on Saturday.
