Phoenix, AZ- On Saturday, #7 Arizona Christian pulled off a hard fought 5-4 win over #12 San Diego Christian to remain undefeated in GSAC play.  The trio of Junior Marcelo Balderrama and Sophomores Enzo Douillac and Scott Wheeler won both of their matches.

Action started on the singles courts as Wheeler wrapped up the first match complete- a 6-2, 6-1 win on court five.

The second match done saw Junior Santiago Galeffi come up short against SDCC's Nick Bell on court six by scores of 6-1 and 7-5.

Balderrama collected the 6-4, 6-2 win on court four before Senior Ezequiel Suarez dropped a 6-1, 6-3 result to Alessandro Moriano on court three.

On court two, the Firestorm (10-4, 4-0 GSAC) received the break they would need to ultimately lock up the team win.  Douillac won the opening set 7-5 and was up 1-0 in the second set.  But then Aliaksandr Meliuk was forced to retire to give Douillac the win.

After court one finally settled matters- 6-4 and 6-4 win in favor of the Hawks (3-5, 2-3 GSAC)- the teams found themselves tied 3-3 headed into doubles on the courts of Grand Canyon University.

Wheeler and Balderrama posted an 8-3 win on court two to give ACU the slight 4-3 edge.  However, SDCC won 8-5 on court one to re-knot the match at 4-4 and set up the winner take all final match.  Douillac and Suarez held off Leonardo Urquidi and Fabian Daniel 8-5 on court three for the team win and to keep ACU unbeaten in GSAC play.

Head Coach Chris Tolson offered these thoughts, "So proud of the guys today.  We didn't play our best tennis today but we battled and kept the pressure on SDCC all day.  SDCC is a great team and played well today.  This was a great learning experience for our team in finding ways to win.  No matches are easy in the GSAC.  We are going to put in a couple of days of good work and we will be ready for Wednesday."

When mentioning Wednesday, Coach Tolson is referring to their upcoming match against NCAA Division I UC Riverside at 3:00 pm at the Phoenix Tennis Center.