Glendale, Ariz.- On the road for the first month of the season, Arizona Christian came out excited to play at home and breezed through their match with Justice on Friday evening.

Match Info

• Match scores
  • Set 1: ACU 25-8
  • Set 2: ACU 25-12
  • Set 3: ACU 25-12
• Records: Arizona Christian - 9-5, Justice - 2-6
• NAIA Top 25 Rank: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Justice - not ranked
• Location: Firestorm Recreation Center, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ

ACU Stats

• Krysta Petersen - 7 kills
• Sydney Brown - 6 kills
• Hailey Reynolds - 6 kills
• Haley Duncan - 5 kills
• Grace Abbott - 5 kills
• Jolee Ecklund - 5 kills
• Kylie Rhodes - 20 assists
• Becca Thomson - 14 assists, 5 aces
• Nikole Lunsford - 14 digs, 4 aces
• Trinity Weidinger - 9 digs

Inside The Box Score

• The Firestorm came out swinging with three kills and a service ace for a 4-0 lead to open the match
• ACU extended out to 10-1 edge and did not look back in the set 
• Set two saw the Lions take a 2-1
• But ACU responded with a 7-0 run capped by a kill from Duncan 
• Aces by Thomson and kills from Brown and Abbott closed out the set
• In the third set, ACU jumped out to a 11-1 advantage (Ecklund- three kills, Madison Van Wie- two kills)
• The last four points scored by ACU of the match were kills- Thomson, Petersen (2), and and Duncan
• ACU had more service aces (15) than JC had kills (14)

Thoughts from Coach Briscoe
"We had a well rounded showing for this evening.  Our servers did a great job keeping pressure on Justice throughout the night and this opened up a lot of opportunities for offense and defense to shine. Everything we are doing is focused on preparing for conference and learning how to stay tough from start to finish.  Our team did a good job staying consistent and that's what we were looking for." 

Up Next
Next Friday, Arizona Christian will host Providence Christian.  The match will be played a little earlier in the day at 4:00 pm.