Glendale, Ariz.- Arizona Christian started well by winning doubles on Saturday against NAIA number 16 ranked Westcliff.  Bacchus, one of the seniors honored before the match, won her final singles match on the Firestorm home court.

Match Info

• Match score: Westcliff- 4, Arizona Christian- 2
• Records: Arizona Christian- 7-6, 3-1 GSAC, Westcliff- 8-5, 5-0 GSAC
• Location: Paseo Racquet Center, Glendale, AZ

Inside The Box Score

• Honored alongside Bacchus as seniors before the match were Karla Grobbelaar, Hannah Barlean and Emma Troyer
• The Warriors started the match winning number one singles
• But Vittoria Quadri and Grobbelaar responded by winning 6-2 at number three doubles
• Ella Lavender and Lucy Rekasch captured the doubles for ACU with a 6-2 win of their own
• When singles started Quadri lost her first set and just came up short 7-5 in her second set on number three
• Lavender was turned away in the ffive singles
• Madeline Monroy played a tough first set before losing at two
• Bacchus produced a double 6-2 win to see the Firestorm creep within 3-2
• Westcliff won the match when Grobbelaar came up short 6-4 twice
• Rekasch lost set one before winning set two 6-2 with the third set tied at two when the match went down as unfinished

Thoughts From Coach Carlisle
"We keep knocking on the door against these good teams, but cannot quite break through. The women were awesome in doubles today and I think we really caught Westcliff off guard. We played well in singles, but had a few too many dips in our energy and let them get on runs that we could not come back from. This is the second top-15 team that we have battled to the wire so we know how good our team really is, but we have to find a way to pull one of these matches out to earn the national respect. Overall I am really proud of the women and I am hoping we can get another shot at this team in a few weeks."

Up Next
Next week, Arizona Christian will be off to celebrate Easter before concluding the regular season on the road.  Their final two regular season matches will come at Menlo (4/5) and Jessup (4/6) in Northern California.