Surprise, Ariz.- Arizona Christian was not bothered by an early morning start as they came out and delivered a four set total kills season best and season high in service aces.  A balanced attack saw nine different Firestorm account for a kill.

Match Info

• Set scores
  • Set 1: ACU 25, MSUN 23
  • Set 2: MSUN 25, ACU 19
  • Set 3: ACU 25, MSUN 13
  • Set 4: ACU 25, MSUN 18
• Records: Arizona Christian - 6-4, MSUN - 5-4
• NAIA Top 25 Rank: Arizona Christian, MSUN - not ranked
• Location: Faith Arena, OUAZ, Surprise, AZ

ACU Stats

• Sydney Brown - 11 kills, 11 digs
• Hailey Reynolds - 11 kills
• Haley Tedrow - 9 kills
• Krysta Petersen - 8 kills
• Emmi Jacobus - 6 kills, 5 aces, 5 blocks
• Haley Duncan - 4 kills, 5 blocks
• Caitlin Chan - 22 assists, 11 digs
• Becca Thomson - 16 assists, 3 kills
• Nikole Lunsford - 21 digs
• Trinity Weidinger - 12 digs, 7 aces

Inside The Box Score

• The match started by the teams alternating winning the first four points
• Jacobus broke the 2-2 tie with a kill and ACU never came back the lead
• The Firestorm had 14 kills in the first set- seven players with two kills each 
• Set two went in favor of the Skylights early on
• MSUN scored the first two points of the third set, ACU answered with three, and the Skylights earned a 3-3 tie
• A 5-0 ACU run was highlighted by two aces by Jacobus, a combo Haley block (Duncan and Tedrow), and a block by Brown and Duncan
• Up 11-8, the Firestorm secured seven of the next eight points to take complete control of the set
• Set four saw ACU grab a 6-0 lead (three Tedrow kills, two Weidinger aces)
• The Firestorm did not look back and Chan to Petersen for a kill ended the match
• ACU hammered out 55 kills and 18 service aces

Thoughts from Coach Briscoe
"It was good to see our athletes battle back today after a tough fifth set loss on Thursday. We were slow out of the gate for our morning match but our tough serving shined through with minimal serving errors to regain control of the match.  Our offense will need to continue to become more efficient for us to succeed long term but overall we are making notable progress.  Montana Western will be another great litmus test for our continued growth." 

Up Next
The Firestorm will wrap up action in the OUAZ Invitational on Saturday at 10:00 am against NAIA ranked number 15 Montana Western.