Glendale, Ariz.- On Tuesday, Arizona Christian fought through late rallies from Park-Gilbert to sweep the Buccaneers with two one run games.  The Firestorm showed off their power in game two with Claire Buckley and Miranda Hipolito going yard.  Buckley moved into a tie atop the ACU home run leader list with her blast.

Game Info

• Game one score: Arizona Christian- 2, Park-Gilbert- 1 (8 inn)
• Game two score: Arizona Christian- 2, Park-Gilbert- 1
• Records: Arizona Christian- 24-12, Park-Gilbert- 8-22
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian- RV, Park-Gilbert- not ranked
• Location: ACU Softball Field, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Dayna Herrera- 2-3
• Buckley- 1-4, RBI
• Emily Garcia- 1-3
• Brenna Henry- 1-3
• Jyden Miles- run
• Hipolito- run
• Savannah Smith- CG, win, 9 K

Inside Game One

• Each team had chances early but came up empty
• In the fifth, Hipolito walked and scored on an error
• Park- Gilbert was down to their final out before three consecutive hits tied the game at 1-1 in the seventh
• Abbi Covalt singled and stole second leading off the home part of the seventh but was stranded
• The Buccaneers left their tiebreak runner on base in the eighth
• Ryan Reese laid down a sac bunt to move Miles to third before Buckley produced a walk-off single plating Miles for the win
• Smith earned win number 13 and complete game 15 on the year

ACU Game Two Stats

• Buckley- 1-3, HR, RBI
• Hipolito- 1-3, HR, RBI
• Miles- 1-3
• Covalt- 1-3
• Herrera- 1-1, BB, CG win

Inside Game Two

• Both teams left runners on base in the first four half innings
• In the third, Park took their first lead of the day with an RBI single
• Buckley responded with her third home run of the season to tie the score
• Home run number 26 of her career ties Buckley with Abby Beasley (2015-16) in the ACU archives
• Herrera retired nine straight Buccaneers to keep the game tied
• Leading off the sixth, Hipolito smashed her team high sixth home run over the left fence onto Country Club Drive
• Park singled leading off the seventh but Buckley turned an impressive field ball while toe tapping second and fire to first double play to end the threat
• A flyout to right ended the game producing win number seven for Herrera

Thoughts from Coach Mayben
"Tonight was a good way to get back into rhythm after our Easter break and prepare for the second half of conference play. Savannah and Dayna both did a fantastic job bouncing back from last week.  We need to work on stringing more hits together, but the two home runs by Claire and Miranda were big for us tonight."

Up Next
On Saturday, the ladies will play OUAZ at Willow Canyon High School.  First pitch from Surprise is scheduled for 12:00 pm.