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OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE OF ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Torres Berger Block
Khaxil Stewart
1
Arizona Christian ACU 1-2
3
Winner Benedictine Mesa BENU 2-1
Arizona Christian ACU
1-2
1
Final
3
Benedictine Mesa BENU
2-1
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Arizona Christian ACU 20 25 19 18 (1)
Benedictine Mesa BENU 25 21 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | Tim Gooszen

Firestorm Drop First Road Match Of The Season

Mesa, Ariz.- Playing for the first time this season on the road, Arizona Christian came up short against NAIA number four ranked Benedictine Mesa on Wednesday evening.

Match Info
  • Match score: Benedictine Mesa 3, Arizona Christian- 1
    • Set 1: BENU 25-20
    • Set 2: ACU 25-21
    • Set 3: BENU 25-19
    • Set 4: BENU 25-18
  • Records: Arizona Christian- 1-2, Benedictine Mesa- 2-1
  • NAIA Top 10 Rank: Arizona Christian- RV, Benedictine Mesa- 4
  • Location: Arizona Athletic Grounds, Mesa, AZ

ACU Stats
Inside the Box Score
  • Ben Mesa led beginning to end in the first set
  • The teams shared nine ties in the second set but ACU did not ever let Ben Mesa move ahead
  • Blocks from Torres and Berger accounted for two of the last three Firestorm points in the set
  • Eight more ties took the teams all the way to 15-15 in third set
  • The Redhawks rolled through a 4-0 run to move in front for good in the set
  • Ben Mesa did not mess around in the fourth set as they jumped out to a 5-0 edge and did not look back
  • Serving accounted for a whole set worth of points as ACU produced three aces along with 22 Ben Mesa errors (25) versus 9 BENU aces and 13 ACU errors (22)

Up Next
Arizona Christian will head to California for the first time this season as they play at Saint Katherine on Friday.  First serve from San Marcos will come at 7:00 pm.
 
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