Glendale, Ariz.- For the second match date in a row, Arizona Christian faced the same opponent twice in one day.  On Friday, the Firestorm delivered two 4-3 victories over the Warriors of Lewis-Clark State.

Match Info

• Match one score: Arizona Christian - 4, Lewis-Clark State - 3
• Match two score: Arizona Christian - 4, Lewis-Clark State - 3
• Records: Arizona Christian - 2-2, Lewis-Clark State - 0-3
• NAIA Rankings: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Lewis-Clark State - RV
• Location: Paseo Racquet Center, Glendale, AZ

Inside Box Score

• The Firestorm came out ready to play as they swept the three doubles matches to begin the first match
• Anthony Popyrin eased his way to the first singles match win with a 6-3 and 6-1 result on court one
• The Warriors sandwiched wins around a Martin Thomas three set victory
• Jonas Wand secured the first match win with a 7-6 and 7-5 win on court two
• LCSC flipped the doubles script as they took two of three for the doubles point in the second match
• But ACU won the first four completed matches in singles play to lock up the team win
• Jose Dominguez clinched the deciding point with a three set thriller on court four

Thoughts from Coach Carlisle

"Unbelievably proud of the guys for their effort today.  Lewis-Clark has a very good team and they are extremely well coached, so getting two wins against them is huge for us.  We really struggled in these tight matches last year so to see the guys hang tough in the big moments today was awesome and speaks volumes for the work they have been putting in all year.  We will take a lot of positives from today as we continue to build towards the rest of the season."

Match One v Lewis-Clark State

Doubles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony/WAND, Jonas (ACU) def. Kikuchi,Itaru/Bruchard,William (LCSC) 6-1

2. DOMINGUEZ, Jose/VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) def. Swing,Austin/Harlan,Gunnar (LCSC) 6-4

3. MILLET, Andre/THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. Gomez,Austin/Tursyngazy,Beknazar (LCSC) 6-1

Singles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony (ACU) def. Kikuchi,Itaru (LCSC) 6-3, 6-1

2. WAND, Jonas (ACU) def. Bruchard,William (LCSC) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5

 3. Magalasin,Larry (LCSC) def. MILLET, Andre (ACU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)

4. Swing,Austin (LCSC) def. DOMINGUEZ, Jose (ACU) 6-3, 6-4

5. THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. Edwards,Cade (LCSC) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

6. Tevez,Daniel (LCSC) def. PRIES, Nick (ACU) 6-3, 7-5

Match Two v Lewis-Clark State

Doubles competition

1. Bruchard,William/Kikuchi,Itaru (LCSC) def. POPYRIN, Anthony/WAND, Jonas (ACU) 6-3

2. Swing,Austin/Magalasin,Larry (LCSC) def. DOMINGUEZ, Jose/VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) 7-5

3. MILLET, Andre/THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. Edwards,Cade/Tevez,Daniel (LCSC) 6-2

Singles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony (ACU) def. Bruchard,William (LCSC) 6-2, 6-0

2. Kikuchi,Itaru (LCSC) def. WAND, Jonas (ACU) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-3

3. MILLET, Andre (ACU) def. Swing,Austin (LCSC) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)

4. DOMINGUEZ, Jose (ACU) def. Harlan,Gunnar (LCSC) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

5. Edwards,Cade (LCSC) def. PRIES, Nick (ACU) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-6

6. THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. Tevez,Daniel (LCSC) 6-3, 6-4

Up Next

On Thursday, the Firestorm will host NCAA Division II Western New Mexico at the Paseo Racquet Club. First serve is planned for 12:00 pm.