Irvine, CA – The Arizona Christian baseball team opens play today at the GSAC tournament as they take on Vanguard at 6:00 PM Arizona time at the OC Great Park in Irvine, CA. The tournament follows a double elimination format with the Firestorm coming in as the fourth seed.

Match Details

Vanguard - Monday, May 2 at 6:00 PM

TBD- Tuesday, May 3 at 2:00 pm (if lose on Monday) or at 6:00 pm (if win on Monday)

Can play until Thursday if keep winning (complete bracket)

Orange County Great Park Baseball Stadium – Irvine, CA

Tickets (online only)- Regular ($10), Senior/Student ($5)

Live stats: https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2021-22/conf/goldenstate/boxscores/20220502_fpi2.xml

Live video: https://www.gsacsportsnetwork.com/azchristian/

Tournament Central

Series Notes

The Firestorm are 12-28 against the Lions. They played a four game series on March 18 and 19 with the Lions winning all four games.

Arizona Christian

The Firestorm come into the game with a record of 31-24, 16-16 GSAC which earned them the fourth seed in the tournament. Last week they wrapped up the regular season with an 19-13 win over Embry-Riddle (AZ) and then a 15-7 win over Benedictine Mesa on senior night.

2022 ACU Key Players

Justin Ramirez- .360 BA, 54 RBIs, 16 doubles, 5 home runs

Robby Campillo- .356 BA, 49 RBIs, 17 doubles, 4 home runs

Manny Villa- .318 BA, 37 RBIs, 18 doubles, 8 home runs

Caleb Beach- .303 BA, 33 RBIs, 7 doubles

Marques Titialli- .290 BA, 39 RBIs, 5 home runs, 11 doubles

Daniel Durazo- .286 BA, 40 RBIs, 5 home runs, 9 doubles

Vanguard

The Lions come into the game with a record of 42-11, 23-9 GSAC. Last week they took three out of four games from Westmont winning 4-0, 10-2 and 5-4 before dropping the final game 10-7 after it had to be partially replayed due to a protest which earned them the third seed in the tournament . Joe Johnson leads the offense with 54 RBI and 13 home runs to go along with a .327 batting average. The Lions are also ranked No. 9 in the latest NAIA Coaches Poll.