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Arizona Christian University

OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE OF ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Miles hitting
Khaxil Stewart
24
Winner Madonna MU 6-4
17
Arizona Christian ACU 4-7
Winner
Madonna MU
6-4
24
Final
17
Arizona Christian ACU
4-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Madonna MU 2 0 3 2 0 5 12 24 30 2
Arizona Christian ACU 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 17 13 2

W: J. Anderson (2-3) L: Herrera, Dayna (1-6)

Game Recap: Softball | | Tim Gooszen

ACU Produces Big Inning, Gives Up Big Inning, Falls To Madonna

Tucson, Ariz.- On Saturday, the Firestorm plated 11 runs in the fifth inning against NAIA number six ranked Madonna in their first game at the Tucson Invitational.  Unfortunately, the Crusaders countered with a 12 run inning in the top of the seventh.

Game Info
  • Game one score: Madonna - 24, Arizona Christian - 17
  • Records: Arizona Christian - 4-8, Madonna - 6-4
  • NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian- not ranked, Madonna - 6
  • Location: Lincoln Park, Tucson, AZ

ACU Game Stats
Inside Game
  • Madonna scored the first five runs 
  • ACU answered with three runs in the third (Giddings and Herrera were both hit by pitch to score two of the runs
  • The Firestorm trailed 7-3 headed to the bottom of the fifth before scoring 11 runs (tied for third most ever by ACU in an inning)
  • Giddings and Herrera both singled to begin the inning and ACU scored three hits without a hit (3 walks, wild pitch, and fielder's choice
  • Miles singled up the middle to plate Rachel Martin
  • A wild pitch and bases load walk to Taylor Fogleman accounted for two more runs
  • Herrera singled home Joelle Dowdy and and Hailey Wackowski
  • Two scored on a single and error
  • Martin used a sac fly to score Terzakos for a 14-7 edge
  • MU closed the cap to 14-12
  • Lauko bounced a ground rule double over the left center fence to score Garcia and Miles
  • Herrera delivered a sac fly to score Morgan Bradford and end the ACU scoring
  • But the Crusaders scored 12 runs on 11 hits in the seventh (second most runs allowed by ACU in an inning)
  • The teams scored 41 runs with the benefit of just eight extra base hits (all doubles)
  • Seventeen runs is tied for the third most runs ever scored by ACU (24 runs most ever allowed)
Up Next
The Firestorm will return to Tucson on Monday for two games beginning at 1:30.  They will face Concordia (MI) and Jamestown in back-to-back games.
 
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