Box Score Chandler, AZ- Arizona Christian traveled to Valley neighbor and defending national champion (5) BenU-Mesa to take on the Redhawks Friday. BenU-Mesa defeated ACU 3-1.
Match Info
· Match score: BenU-Mesa - 3, Arizona Christian - 1
o Set 1: BenU-Mesa 25-21
o Set 2: ACU 25-21
o Set 3: BenU-Mesa 25-16
o Set 4: BenU-Mesa 25-18
· Records: Arizona Christian – 0-2, 0-2 GSAC, BenU-Mesa– 3-5, 1-0 GSAC
· NAIA Top 10 Rank: Arizona Christian - not ranked, BenU-Mesa – 5
· Location: Coyote Center – Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ
ACU Stats v BenU-Mesa
· Nate Mayfield - 11 kills, 3 digs, 4 blocks
· Wesley Hunter – 4 kills, 5 digs
· Justin Espinoza - 30 assists, 7 digs, 2 kills
· Brendan Hardt- 3 kills, 2 blocks
· Tyler Kohner - 14 kills, 2 assists, 5 digs
· Fatai Akolde- 8 digs, 4 assists
· Paul Dozeman- 4 kills, 4 blocks
Inside the Box Score v BenU-Mesa
· Team Stats were nearly identical in kills (41-41), errors (ACU 24-BenU-Mesa 23), total attacks (ACU 99-BenUMesa 100) and hitting percentage (ACU 17.2%-BenU-Mesa 18%).
· BenU-Mesa had 10 service aces to ACU's 2 and ACU committed 8 more service errors than BenU-Mesa (20-12)
· ACU scored first in each of the four games
Thoughts from Coach Hunter
"We played much more unified tonight. I'm proud of how the guys battled in a 3-1 loss against last year's National Champion."
Up Next
The Firestorm return to action on Saturday, January 25th at 2:00 pm against Park University (Gilbert) at ASU-West.
