Mobile, AL- In round two of the NAIA tournament, the Firestorm faced off against No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett. The record breaking year, with fewest losses in a season, comes to a close with the 5-0 loss on Wednesday.

Match Info

• Match score: Georgia Gwinnett – 5, Arizona Christian - 0
• Records: Arizona Christian - 19-2, Georgia Gwinnett – 24-0
• NAIA Rankings: Arizona Christian - 12, Georgia Gwinnett - 1
• Location: Mobile Tennis Center, Mobile, AL

Inside Box Score

• ACU came up short in all three doubles matches for only the second time this season
• The Grizzlies capped off the win with a win on the one and three court
• Courts two, four, five, and six were left unfinished
• Theo Preiswerk was up 6-4 on court four
• On court five, Andres Vasquez was up 4-3

Scores v Georgia Gwinnett

Doubles 

1. #2 Federico Bonacia/Ayed Zatar (GGCM) def. #4 DOUILLAC, Enzo/MIRITELLO, Jesse (ACU) 8-4

2. #5 Rafael Coutinho/Valentino Caratini (GGCM) def. SUPERLANO, Daniel/SCHAUB, Patrick (ACU) 8-2

3. #13 F. Herrera Duran/Daniel Czepielewski (GGCM) def. VASQUEZ, Andres/PREISWERK, Theo (ACU) 8-2

Singles 

1. #1 F. Herrera Duran (GGCM) def. #25 DOUILLAC, Enzo (ACU) 6-0, 6-2

2. #3 Federico Bonacia (GGCM) vs. #18 SUPERLANO, Daniel (ACU) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished

3. #4 Rafael Coutinho (GGCM) def. MIRITELLO, Jesse (ACU) 6-1, 6-2

4. #9 Jose Dugo (GGCM) vs. PREISWERK, Theo (ACU) 4-6, unfinished

5. #13 Valentino Caratini (GGCM) vs. VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) 3-4, unfinished

6. #24 Mika Kosonen (GGCM) vs. SCHAUB, Patrick (ACU) 6-2, 2-0, unfinished

Thoughts from Coach Southern

"The guys represented ACU to the best of their abilities this entire seasons, but especially today. Anytime you go into a competition facing the 5x times defending champs you expect to face a challenging situation. I couldn't be more proud of this group for how hard they competed and believed we could win this match. After completion we were ahead on courts 4 and 5 due to impressive performances by Theo and Andres. I want to say thank you to our two senior leaders Daniel Superlano and Enzo Douillac. Congratulations to both of these young men on completing unbelievable college careers. ACU is luck to have had them be part of this program. Roll storm."

Great season, Firestorm!