Phoenix, AZ- On Saturday, Arizona Christian and OUAZ met for the first time as GSAC foes and exchanged shutouts.  Sophomore Elsy Guzman homered in game one before ACU dropped a pitcher's duel in game two.

Game Info

• Game one score: Arizona Christian - 4, OUAZ - 0
• Game two score: OUAZ 1, Arizona Christian - 0 (8 innings)
• Records: Arizona Christian – 20-9, 5-6  GSAC, OUAZ - 8-20, 2-9 GSAC
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian – not ranked, OUAZ – not ranked
• Location: Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Phoenix, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Elsy Guzman- 2-3, HR, 3 RBI
• Paige Church- 1-3, RBI
• Emerald Grijalva- complete game win

Inside Game One

• Church cashed in pinch runner Kirsten Garcia to give ACU 1-0 lead in the second
• Guzman drilled a three run home run into left center to make it 4-0
• Grijalva fielded a comebacker to wrap up her tenth win of the season

ACU Game Two Stats

• Hilaria Stewart- 8 innings, unearned run
• Payton Carli- 1-3, 3B
• Paige Church- 1-3

Inside Game Two

• Stewart threw a shutout through seven innings stranding two runners at third
• OUAZ's Bailey Coronado matched Stewart pitch for pitch allowing just one runner to third (triple by P. Carli in the sixth)
• The Spirit cashed in their tiebreak runner for the only run of the game in the top of the eighth

Thoughts from Coach Welsh

"We hit, pitched & defended well in game one which was awesome.  Elsy hit a clutch home run for us.  Emerald threw really well!"

"Hilaria pitched a gem in game two.  Unfortunately we had to go to the international tiebreaker, allowing a free runner to start on second base in the eighth inning and we gave up one single and lost.  Hilaria threw well enough for us to win, but our offense didn't help her today."

Up Next

The Firestorm will turn around and host Simpson (CA) on Monday.  First pitch is set for 5:00 pm at the Rose Mofford Sports Complex.